I started watching in the hiatus between Season 7 and 8 too :) I was so excited about show I had to find a place to squee - first was Supernatural_TV, where I got to know someone who was on LJ :D I never knew about fandom until then or about digital art, but I had been using photoshop for work so it wasn't too big of a jump. What an eye opener it was! My life basically changed LOL