IronMandy

So, I've been thinking... this page has been inactive for a long time, and only recently I decided to try and revive it. However, time has passed, and things have changed. So has the work I make. So, I think it only fitting to start over. To make a new account. i won't shut down this page right away, but I will inform you on my new name when the time is there, if anyone would be interested in joining me on my new journey. My new page will hopefully be a place where I can show more high quality work, and more diverse work (think costumes, props, paintings, drawings, and school projects).

Hey everyone, It's been quite a while since my last content, but after a very long - and unannounced - hiatus, I'm back! There's a reason why I've been away so long, and to keep a long story short: life got crazy busy, both school and personal, I had quite a few obstacles to face - mostly school related - but I'm finally back at it. I'm starting anew, you could say. About school, I had to quit, not because of my work, but because of myself. I'm very shy, and I find it very difficult to talk in front of a crowd of people - or just a few people, for that matter - and the folks at school weren't willing to help me, I'd have to sacrifice the

Lately I've been working on a short story of a character I created based on a photograph of an unknown person, and I would love to share the creation process. Here's the photo I chose: I decided to call her Mary O'Dea, she's 24 years old in this picture (which was taken in 1958), she is Irish, but she moved to England to marry the love of her life, an english man she met when he was on a business trip in Ireland. She's very kind and helpful, even towards strangers, and is almost always happy.  Here's a picture of Glendalough, Wicklow mountains. Mary loves to go hiking here, because it is located quite close to Dublin, where she lived. Sh