Maryanne Sockey

Hello, I'm Hiro, I'm primarily a character sketch artist as a hobby. Right now that's what I most want to improve on as even in all my years of sketching and finishing pictures out in color, I just have improved very little since I have no drive or work ethic to really sit down and work at whatever I wish I was better at, I don't really know where to start. I want to find my own unique style.

I also sew, doing repairs and alterations, but started with cosplay and still like to do cosplay when sewing isn't repulsive (I go back and forth between hating and loving it and there seems to be no in between no matter how hard I try to make myself sit and just do it).

I also have designed a couple simple plushie sewing patterns and make little dragons and foxes which I've sold on a number of occasions. I'd love to learn how to make more of my own unique plushies. I should say I started sewing with plushies, mostly felt based, from there I tackled cosplay and moved upward when I was a seamstress for a time. I want to improve my sewing as well so I can handle tougher materials like chiffon which scares the daylights out of me. A small dream is to become good enough to work confidently on complicated sewing like prom and weddings, maybe even open up shop in my small town area since the old one I worked at had to close.