Yay I love your Celestia there especially the way you drew her eye. Like Wild Raspberry just said, the place for artists to meet is in the Arts n Crafts forum.
I started with G4 but am deeply in love with the other gens now too thanks to the people here. You'll find lots of stuff to feed your interest in G1-G3.5.
I'd love to see some of your handmade plushes! I love those and have accumulated several made by different people. When I have time I plan to make some too...I used to make mice and such from the leftover scraps and time in tailoring class so long ago.
Hope you have a great time here!