TERRIBLE.

I'm Esmer, a pretty boring person from New Orleans (currently relocated for school) who is bad at introductions! This is technically my second account here, I guess, but I've long since forgotten my old username and never posted much except in the art thread anyway. Might as well correct that and try to participate in the community more.

My main interests/hobbies are photography - and talking aimlessly about cameras and cinematography to anyone who'll listen - and fashion, but I'm pretty passionate about animation and storytelling too. I like to paint, and I'm currently trying to adjust to digital art after years of pens, pencils, watercolors, and paper. For better or worse I love video games from AAA to indie, and quite a few of them have probably had a major influence on me artistically (I think even now my favorite game is probably still Killer7) so the idea of making a little game of my own is really cool.

I've messed around with Game Maker, but I'm more interested in a game with rpg elements so I'm going to take a crack at RPG Maker for the first time since teenage me decided she was going to make The Most Epic 100-Hour Masterpiece RPG Ever with rm2k3. My expectations today are much more realistic and specific, even if I'm... still pretty scatterbrained and unfocused in general. The organization and dedication required to really complete a project is a bit daunting, but that's probably an uphill battle a lot of us deal with!

Anyway, nice to meet you all, looking forward to participating and maybe writing up a few articles, making games, etc., etc.