***I did not draw this picture. This wonderful work of art belongs to shimoda7 of deviantART****


I'm an artist at the ripe ol' age of 18. I can't think of I time I didn't love art, but it wasn't until four years ago I got hooked. And I've been a helpless addict ever since.

Video games paved my artistic foundation. To me, they were a radiator of inspiration. I couldn't help myself. They awoke a passion inside me which had to come out. It broke free from it's captivity inside me through a piece of graphite and assumed a form on countless sheets of paper.

My passions have changed their form throughout the years but are boiling stronger than ever. I've branched away from anime figure drawings in recent years and developed an intense love for portrait drawings. Old habits die hard. I still foster my childhood love of Sora, Link, Yuna, and all my virtual heroes. I keep the inperation they planted inside me alive by letting them stretch their legs in my artwork.

The years of slaving for art's sake have conditioned me. My art and my life are not two separate aspects. They both flow along the same river, affected by the same forces and influenced by the same experiences. Needless to say, having art shift my left-geared brain over to the right side has contributed greatly to my mental development. Who I am on the inside in reflected on the outside; "from the abundance of the doth speak the mouth." Art is life.

The official seal of my nerdism