My name is Laura but my pen name is Amei Arts. I'm from Maine of the United States. My art has improved since I first came to deviant art, but like most artists I am still learning. I want to make art my career. I went to EMCC for digital graphic arts, but I felt a bit limited in what I can do artistically. I created my first character "Zack" when I was in middle school. I got into the furry fandom in college as an escapism. I learned to do realistic portraits from a private art teacher through oil paintings, and taught myself(and got a few tips from others) how to transfer my knowledge of it into digital art.