RANDOM THOUGHTS AND SHENANIGANS!

As I sit at my desk at half 11 at night I sit and wonder to myself what it means to be an artist, an illustrator or an animator, (stop me when this gets too deep). If I am honest I wouldn't consider myself an artist I just think of myself as I person who likes to create things, stories, people, drawings etc. I honestly think that is what all artists are just people putting themselves out there, basically a persons art is a reflection of themselves of their style their experiences and their inspirations. Artists put their work out there and it can affect people in different ways, some find it inspiring and they then create something new from this inspiration, some disregard it and think nothing more of it, basically its like life how we strive to impress people and be ourselves in front of others, art is basically the same a mixture of concepts, formats and production styles, all art is different and its basically like people all unique in its own way.

I guess as a person my main inspirations would be anime and manga and I know within the world of art that is A BIG NO-NO! however if it wasn't for these childhood TV shows and the comics and anime that I watch I don't think I would be as passionate about  creating illustrations and stories as I am today, things like Naruto, Invader Zim, Card Captor Sakura, power puff girls BLABLABLA I could sit and list all of them however this would not be as an interesting blog post if I did so instead here are some images of those things and you give me you impression:

    

 

  through various experimentation and trying different styles I feel a lot more happier with my art than I used to and I feel like I can better myself with my work and although its not as respected in the art industry I really have to appreciate my roots of inspiration because if it wasn't for this anime/manga and cartoons I wouldn't be the same person today let alone an "Artist" (bleh). 

Also furthermore I have been working on some photo bashing lately and I did mock up of my boyfriend and among other sketches:

 

I feel like I am improving although in my opinion I am shit at art, and most people know it too I am kind of glad that I can create these things and improve constantly and to have met people who influence me and encourage me, and to be honest I don't want to impress people or have them like my work I want to do this because I want to no other reason :) 

PEACE FOR A WHILE CROCODILE!