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As part of promoting deviants and their work, we regularly interview artists and share their art and featured answers on our official Facebook page. Today's featured artist is @DanKendi! When did you first begin identifying yourself as an artist? What was that turning point? Since I was a child, I've always loved drawing anime characters that I liked watching, just like many of us here in this community. But I always did it as a hobby and never thought about turning it into a career. I graduated as an architect in college, a profession that is related to drawing, but not at all like the illustrations that I do today. After graduation I started rethinking if I really wanted to pursue an architecture career, and, on top of that, I had more opportunities as an artist than as an architect. So I started working with commissions and ended up earning more than I did when I worked as an architect, and that was the turning point to becoming an artist. The fact is that I really like both