I'm 21, currently a student at CU Boulder, studying Japanese Language and Studio Art with an emphasis in drawing and painting. I love to draw and paint with watercolor. I have always been intrigued by the clean, exact, and very dynamic lines used within Japanese anime and manga comics. Along with the powerful visual aesthetic of anime and manga, I am intrigued by the idea of storytelling through sequential images and comic panels. Within my own art, I aim to simultaneously encompass and personalize these visual elements, while also advancing the story through the stylized composition. I also strive to create work that allows for individual interpretation, as to invoke the viewer to form their own idea of the story separate from my own.
Favourite Visual Artist
Takato Yamamoto, Matsui Fukuyo, Egon Schiele
Favourite Movies
Melancholia, Under the Skin, Her, Last Samurai, The Raid 2, Princess Mononoke/ all Miyazaki movies, AntiChrist, Drive, Blue Valentine, Looper, No Country for Old Men, Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Gladiator, The Master, There Will Be Blood
Favourite TV Shows
True Detective, New Girl, It's Always Sunny, Arrested Development, Game of Thrones, Parks and Rec, Archer, The Office, Breaking Bad, Madmen,
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Beach House, Trust, Tennis, Crystal Castles, Death Cab for Cutie, Sparklehorse, Midnight Juggernauts, Mother Mother, Ogre You Asshole, Plastic Girl in Closet, Papercuts, Pictureplane, Purity Ring, Shugo Tokumaru, Starfucker, The Strokes, Unkle,Weezer(old)
Favourite Books
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Favourite Games
Last of Us, Catherine, Halo 4, SSF4, SmashBros, Portal, Dark Souls, Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim, Shadow of the Colossus, Borderlands 2, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Windwaker, Soul Caliber 4
Favourite Gaming Platform
Xbox 360
Tools of the Trade
Mechanical/Graphite Pencils, Watercolor, and Ink
Other Interests
Japanese Language, Fashion, Volleyball, Chess, Martial Arts, Music, Anime/Manga