NOSTALGIA CORNER!
I got my start in animation as a middle schooler in the mid-2000’s, designing animated avatars for the now-defunct AOL Instant Messenger (also known as “AIM,” may she rest in peace).
I posted my work on the (also now-defunct) iconator.com, where I found a small creative community of mostly teenage women (like myself) who swapped animation techniques and made art for no reason but our own creativity and pleasure.