Age 12

Self Portrait
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Kimba
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Self Portrait
Graphite on paper

I always felt so out of place in my school. I didn't really relate to anyone, and I didn't really understand them. It was only once I switched schools in high school that I really made friends.

Untitled
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A Korean supermarket opened near our house, and my Dad, being the adventurous world traveled guy he is, just started getting all kinds of stuff from there immediately. It was awesome. I love trying new things.

Eyes
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I got a book for Christmas that describes different ways to draw eyes, so I started looking at the characters within one anime to see how different characters were drawn. It's really fun, and I think eyes are still my favorite thing to draw in general.

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We were still dealing with the fallout from my Mom's car accident and subsequent surgeries. She had a lot of pain and a lot of damage. She was left with 30% of her brain functioning, and she was noticeably different from before. Luckily, my Mama is really tough.

Donia
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This was done at my uncle's house while I was babysitting my cousins. One of the only ways to get them to calm down and behave was to just start drawing together. Look at that face. She's so cute. I loved hanging out with them, even if they're a bit of a handfull sometimes.

Inuyasha
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This is when I started using white areas to differentiate between different dark areas in a drawing. I saw it in a manga and I loved this method of highlighting things.