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Hello fellow Otaku!!
So this is an introductory section primarily for the sake of introducing myself... yay!

Before I do that, tho, here's a list of my accounts on other websites:
* Tumblr-Haitaka123
* DeviantArt-Haitaka123
* MyAnimeList-Haitaka

How did I get into anime/manga?
I have a gf who absolutely loves manga and anime. (Need I say more?)
Through my childhood I was never allowed to watch Pokemon, Yu-Gi_Oh, Bey-Blade, Naruto, etc.
Therefore, the first Anime I ever watched was Kiki's Delivery Service by Hayao Miyazaki when I was 11.
(about 17 years after it's release-Danish theaters were being slow)
My initial reaction was one of great awe. The movie was just SO AMAZING!!!
Miyazaki's skill and attention to detail was, and still is, one of the very best.
Shortly after that trip to the movies I had a full arsenal of every Studio Ghibli movie I could find.
I watched them constantly and became convinced that they must be the best movies I had ever watched!
After having been in the USA for 3-ish years, 4 girls in my class convinced me to start reading and watching more.
My gf (one of the girls who re-introduced me to manga/anime) gave me a llloooonnnnngggggg list of her favorite manga and anime. Naturally, I'm going through those first.
So far so good-I'll be putting the list (plus some other ones I've read/watched) on here so y'all know what craziness I'm enjoying! ^^
My favorite artist remains Miyazaki-so I decided my user name should relate to that. Haitaka is the Wizard from Tales from Earthsea-his name meaning Sparrowhawk.

I hope someone at least reads this. I see it as a great achievement if someone does : )
Anyway, I should really get to posting my list.
So...

For info on my read/watch list, refer to my account on MyAnimeList

Have fun spending money and time on one of the most expensive "common" hobbies out there!! ^_^

Best wishes-Haitaka ^_~

Created By Haitaka

UPDATE

Hello everyone!!

So sorry to bring you this update so late, should have said something earlier-but yeah... forgot....
Anyway, I'm currently wrapping up my annual coast-coast road trip around the US with my family. It's been very nice so far, but I haven't had an awful lot of hours with decent internet on the whole. However now I do! Yay!!
So I thought I'd pop by and apologize for not checking on you guys' posts and work, and to make a small update myself.

So as y'all are probably aware, today was my birthday! (special thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday)
And as is usually expected on birthdays I also got presents! How is this at all relevant to a website about otaku-related stuff you ask? Well, not in a clearly obvious way, but I guess this relates to the art department of that.
Basically, I was possibly hoping for a Bamboo Capture tablet which I thought would be fun to try out and maybe use to edit some photos or draw some digital stuff (not that I'm at all experienced). But my parents surprised me and gave me a Bamboo Create instead ^^ (for those not aware, the Bamboo Create is the best Wacom Bamboo tablet)
So I might start trying to increase my digital artistic ability (from zero at present) and maybe (just maybe) I might upload something in the future.

On other news, my watched/read and to-watch/-read lists have been ever expanding and I give up on trying to list them under my introduction.
If you ever become interested, check out my account on MyAnimeList-everything's there. And if you do, send me a friend request!

Hope you all are having a great time, sorry for the lack of activity and contribution-all that should start to change after the summer!!

-Haitaka

Tablets, Inklet, Digital art?

I decided that I should get a Wacom Tablet of some sort, to have more fun and keep me motivated as I improve my art skills considerably (starting relatively low-level). After research I've decided to attempt to get a Wacom Bamboo Capture at some point ^^
I was looking around for some free software to compliment Windows Paint, SAI and GIMP (I use Windows and Apple operating systems on my Mac in compatibility mode via Parallels) and found the Inklet tool that enables your trackpad to function similarly to a tablet. I'm using the free version until I acquire the expensive tablet later on.
If anyone has experience with tablets or digital art software-free or not, I would appreciate some advice since I'm relatively new to it : )

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