Favorite visual artist Yuu Watase, close second Hiromu Arakawa + Arina Tanemura. But I love so many artists! Like Sanami Matoh and Sakura Kinoshita and Ai Yazawa and...those are all manga artists, aren't they? Oh....um...Monet! Favorite movies Pirates of the Caribbean, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, The Lord of the Rings and a whole bunch of others :D Favorite TV shows Criminal Minds, Supernatural, various animé (lots of those haha) Favorite bands / musical artists Evanescence, Maroon 5, Stabilo, DBSK, Yui, other assorted Japanese stuff too. Favorite books The Guardians of Time Trilogy ('The Named' most of all), various manga (lots), the Nancy Drew books 8D and lots moreeeeee Favorite writers Marianne Curley ♥ Favorite games Tales of Symphonia! (although children's card games also interest me) And Mana Khemia :D Harvest Moon is fun too~ Favorite gaming platform Wii/GC/DS But I love my PS2 too! Tools of the Trade Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0, Panda-san (my tablet) and my pencil crayons. ^^ And, more recently, acrylic paint - love the stuff Other Interests Drawing, writing, manga, animé, reading, movies, amusment parks, dancing sporatically, etc.