My hobbies are
drawing anime - whether it be fanart of Pokemon (especially Shinji), crossovers, concept art or even trying to think up new styles and practicing poses, I just love to draw. It also helps that I have some good programs and a nice tablet.
writing stories - goes great with my anime drawing skill because with that, I can create manga. But I still write stories a lot more than I draw manga.
reading/browsing internet forums for interesting discussion - whether it be criticizing American media, discussions about being caught coughfappingcough or even debates over cartoons vs anime, I just love reading these things.
Animating - I'm a pretty good animator and I'm not your standard animator who makes anime chibis blink, I do the real deal. But honestly, I didn't realize how good I was until last night when I did some practice.
I mean to the point where I can animate a Pokeball-throwing scene. I was also doing a walking animation, a head turning animation and am in the process of doing a dance animation. The only problem with
learning animation is that it's virtually impossible to find tips and tutorials on how to animate the Japanese style. I tried myself and ended up just deciding to learn from Pokemon and other anime and also trial and error.
Japanese - I'm not your weaboo/otaku trying to learn Japanese. I got into the language be
fore I was introduced to the world of anime. I seriously only knew of Cardcaptor Sakura (the dub), Pokemon, Sailor moon, DBZ and Zelda as Japanese things and didn't really get into the whole concept of a
Japanese show/game. But I digress (a bit)
I know a lot more than the average anime fan. I know over 400 kanji (cant write all of them unfortunately but I can read them and recognize them). I also know so much grammar and so many words and know all the tricks and have good pronunciation, but I'm not really good at the tone thing yet, nor have I studied the humble/honorifics like itasu (humble version of suru "to do") or nasaru (honorific version of suru). But I'm pretty good.
I also like collecting and practicing the fancy cg art I find on 4chan. Sadly much of it is explicit but that doesn't stop me from studying the lovely coloring techniques they use and how they combine cel-shading and gradient shading and make it look so perfect.
I also go on 4chan and sites like ebaumsworld and joke site.
Outside, I practice nature survival skills such as weaving and making shelters. I also play basketball.
Oh yeah, and I love to eat.
