Hi there! I'm Turtle Sensei, you may know me from various other avatar based forum sites. If you know me on another site, please say HI!

A bit about me...

I'm 32, married, no kids, female.
I have 2 cats. A 4 year old Orange Tabby named Bonito aka Boney Toes, and a 12+ Lynx Point Siamese named Tiamaat aka Tia.
I adore turtles. I happen to have 3 turtle plushies hanging out in my living room with me right now. I'm even using one as a laptop tray lol.

I work part time, I just recently got approved for disability benefits. I have Crohn's Disease and Asperger's. I've had 5 surgeries in the last 4 years for my Crohn's.

I love to draw, knit, write, color, and do just about anything crafty. You can find me on Instagram as @TheRealTurtleSensei

Want to know more stuff about me? Please ask!!

Also, would anyone here be interested in me opening up an art shop?

this is a sample of my art:

@Saeyra: Thanks for the warm welcome! Is there an art forum area for pricing help?


@Cookie: haha probably. I have been on most of them. Nice to see one I didn't know about!


@Q t e a p o n: ooh hey! i do know you! how have you been? i found this site actually from a thread comment that Dawn Painters over on Caedon made!

@Tuijp: Hey! Always nice to meet someone my age! May I ask what you're on Disability for? If you'd rather not share, I understand! I just got a[[roved after fighting for 6+ years. They approved back about 5 years. I actually just woke up yesterday to my husband excited about me getting my backpay lol. We put it in savings and I got a new laptop and we got an Xbox 1. We can also now afford our glasses. We'veboth had the same prescription for 4 years and desperately need a new pair.

I'm currently still working, but not sure how long I can continue that, I work about 20 hours a week.

@Tuijp: yeah I finally found a doctor who was willing to fight for me too.But when I was approved, my state covered insurance got turned off because i was now eligible for Medicare, so I've been off of my medications for about 2 months waiting for hte Medicare to kick in. Haven't been doing so well. Im trying to get everything re-prescribed now. Takes a lot of work. And I got full approval, but Im allowed to work as long as I make under $1,700 a month and I only work 30 or less hours. I am set up at work for 20, but sometimes I'll barely make that in a week, and other weeks, when I feel better, I can make about 25-28 hours.

@Tuijp: oh that's so neat you were a caregiver for her! my husband does some of that for me as well as works full time. We're excited he'll be able to cut his hours down to something more manageable. He has Fibromyalgia.

@Q t e a p o n: I'm always game for a new avi site. And the avatars are so cute.


@Tuijp: Not yet unfortunately. He's got OsteoAthritis developing from it, we've been debating whether or not to file for disability for him. He enjoys his job though. He's a pizza delivery guy for Pizza Hut.

@Totalanimefan: hello! thanks for the warm welcome! now to find someone to make me a spiffy post art stuff.

@Turtle Sensei: Welcome ^^ nice to meet you.
I glad your getting accepted onto disability it was hard for me to do with my Crohn's but it finally happened, if you ever need anyone to talk to about it with I'm here and wouldn't mind I don't have many people to talk to about it.

@Turtle Sensei: I first got sick when I was 12, I was diagnosed right before my 2nd surgery at 18, I was the same way the doctors didn't know what was wrong with me until they did my first surgery then they found out but my doctor still didn't want to believe that it was Crohn's because it never showed up on any of the test he would run.

@Turtle Sensei: For pricing everyone has their own way of doing things. Depending how long it takes you, you can charge accordingly. To give you a good feel of things 1 monthly donation item is worth 250 ohms or 5k volts. That's how much I charge per character for a full illustration which takes me about 3 to 4 days (not full time) sketches and flats I charge lower because it takes less time and effort. Best advice I can give is have a look around and see how the other shops look. There is a dedicated shops forum so it's quite convenient.