Influence Meme

From left to right (sorta):

Ayami Kojima: She does the artwork for all the Castlevania games. I always liked her style--delicate, but bold.

Curvy women: Always a fun thing to draw. =3 Not a self plug, no.

Cluttered rooms: I loooove pictures of cluttered and interesting rooms. Sadly, my room is too small to be as I want it to be, but it does have some neato junk in it.

Humor: Main inspiration for any and all work. And dad said that trying to be humorous all the time would never amount to anything.

Gothic lolita: Were I skinny enough, I'd dress as as such all the time. Wait...there's also the money factor. Damn.

Hellsing: Best anime ever. Dark, spooky, GREAT soundtrack. Houses the only anime female I would EVER cosplay as.

Horror: A genre I could never become bored with: from zombies to mutants to psycho killers to aliens, a personal favorite. Am I predictable yet?

Tomhoshino: One of the first people I ever watched on DA, quickly became my favorite artist, outside of my IRL friends' art, of course. And then, turns out she knew my sister. oO;; So I got to meet her, and commission my first con badge. Still waiting for it in the mail, though--I know she's a busy chickie. ^^

Japan: I got interested in Japan via NOT anime, but kimonos. Then anime. Then mythology, music, language, etc. I love the culture, and it's proven to possibly hold a future job opp.

Military gear: I love me some military junk, boy howdy. Don't care about any particular military in real life, just the junk that comes with it.

Music: I'm a musicophile. I pass time at work by getting songs stuck in my head. I listen to music 85 percent of my day, if I can manage that. I have all genre types on my computer and Zune. I play a handleful of intstruments, and want to learn more.

Paradoxes: Simple things, like one thing that acts like another, whathaveyou. Serious-looking people that actually like to goof around a lot [you know who you are X3), tiny dogs that actually stay quiet, tough, ball-busting women, that sorta thing.

Tom Waits: Is GOING to sing me to sleep one day. I can't even count the number of doodles I've drawn that were inspired by his crooning lyrics. I am a total fangirl. Would've put Man Man on here too, but I could go on about them for days, too.

Steampunk: Can be a little kitchy to some people, but I like it. When it's done right. Maybe I like when it's mixed with cyberpunk, who knows. I got into steampunky stuff after taking a class on the steam engine and its literature.

Pav: An FA artist that draws some amazing stuff. I love his work, and its militaristic goodness. I wonder if he plays DoW?

Video games: Yum yum, gimme some. I'd play more if playing around a bunch of people didn't make me so nervous. Sadly, I'm taking a long sabbatical from fighting games. Remember how I used to be Guilty Gear/Soul Cal master? No? Eh, you weren't there, anyway. >< Anyways, fighting games get too...competitive for me, so all the fun's been drained out of it.

Vintage pin-ups: I want to BE one of these one day. Not the super-sleazy kinds you see younguns emulate these days, but the classy 50's style, where they can keep all their clothes on, flash heels and stocking-tops, and still look hot.