Anime isn't what got me into drawing. When I was in kindergarten (in China. They have dorms and everything), everybody went to an art class that takes place on Tuseday night. We mostly did Chinese painting there. I developed a passion for drawing in grade 1 and doodled on my walls(you're not allowed to doodle in your notebooks in China. The teacher collects your notebooks to grade hmwk). Then I went to Canada, and drew some ugly fanart XD When I was 8 I began taking a drawing class at an artshop. It was expensive, and the teacher is too engrossed in selling art so I moved to an art class that took place in someone's basement. The art class got bigger and moved to a plaza ^^ I'm still in that art class.

As for what got me started in drawing manga style, it's Sailor Moon. I drew fanart of that when I was 6 XD In grade 3, I didn't draw any OC's, so I wouldn't really use manga style outside of fanart. Then in grade 4, I saw a classmate draw in anime style and she was pretty popular with the class. Well, I started drawing in anime style too because I wanted to be popular then. Didn't work. In grade 5, I continued to draw anime style since I found it easier to do than american cartoon style. I was going through the freakishly whimpy shoulders and freakishly skinny everything phase. Then in grade 6 I finally drew realistic-looking shoulders and got started in computer art with a tablet.

I just always liked drawing. My mom’s very creative and even has drawn animals and things like that on the walls in her house. I’ve always been inspired to draw and paint because of things like that. I also always took a lot of art classes in elementary school, high school, and college. I never looked as art as being a career or anything like that though, more of a hobby.