Things that mean a lot to me.

For me, I enjoy working at my art desk. It's a quiet little area where I can work on my art time to time while my favorite music fills the room creating a this personal secluded space that made it feel like it's just me, my music, and my imagination. I use this space to not only work on my drawings, but also work on many side projects I like to do when I'm not busy with school work. Like disassembling old clocks an taking the clockwork gears in order to make unique clothes for my Steampunk project. but besides that, this place to me is my personal escape where I am free to think of new ideas.

The next picture is my "Manga" collection. A manga is a Japanese comic book or graphic novel. See I've been collecting them since 2004, and originally with the idea of "Hey! These look pretty cool, and you have to read them right to left instead of left to right" This was a interesting concept since in Japan books are usually published so the reader would read right to left. I start off with 'Full Metal Panic! vol. 1" and since then I now have 132 Japanese graphic novels. My latest purchase was "Inukami! vol. 5" This is has been a collection that has grown with me over the years, and I still like to add on as much as I can whenever I get the chance.

And finally my Anime miniature figurines. Yeah I admit I'm a nerd for anime (Japanese cartoons) as well as manga. This is just a small part of my collection. I usually go to anime conventions in Texas once or twice a year to buy Japanese imports and models for my collection. I've been collecting since I was middle school.

Overall even though these may just be materialistic they possess a personal value to me. I can remember where I bought each book, and watch convention I bought which model, but I enjoy collecting as a hobby and a way of expressing myself just as I do with my art.

I am a nerdy cartoon and comic book collector and proud of it.