Your Next Door Otaku Artist | crimsonowl Introduction

I draw in anime style (#animeartsupremacy !); trying to make a living off of it, too. I made a few NFTs and sold them on the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain. It took a lot of energy for me to be confident enough to show it to other people, more so when I post it online. But slowly but surely, I learned how to make art for myself, enjoy making art for myself, not for other people.

Making a life career out of art is quite challenging, to say the least, and I gave up on that thought too many times. However, art is like a ghost of the past that kept haunting me over and over. Also, in the years of suffering art block, I was so lost and so empty so that's why I decided to grab that pen and never let go of it no matter how many times art block would stand in my way.

Otaku

Alongside anime, I have also been watching anime as far as I can remember. Well, that sounded cliche but that's a fact. What triggered for me to dig a deeper hole into the otaku world is Naruto. Yes, Sasuke is my favorite character. As a matter of fact, my all-time favorite character (Even Gojo can't beat that). I am not the most versed when it comes to anime titles, theories, and such, and definitely don't have a whole room and lifestyle dedicated to anime but I like to collect mangas and novels of my favorite shows and titles.

_{A exhibition for Jump Force on 2018 or 2019}

As I am currently living in Japan, I make an effort to go to places that have been mentioned in an anime and go to live performances (of course, pre-COVID). As for my current obsession, you should know that my current poison is Jujutsu Kaisen. I've been trying to save my earnings to buy the volumes available and the fanbook. I even watched the latest movie! (More on that on the next blog post.)

Anime inspires me more than anything in this world. I am pretty normal as a human being; another face in the crowd but when it comes to anime, I've been told that I shine the brightest ever since they've known me.

Life in Japan

It was a long path to get to where I am today. My earlier journey into anime led me to learn the Japanese language. When the Naruto episodes on TV are on repeat, I started to search the internet for new episodes and discovered the Japanese dubs are way better than the local dubs. This might be the norm now but in my time, reading the subs while watching anime was a skill. However, I grew irritated and tired so I decided to learn the language itself. I have a total of 10 years of extensive learning under my belt and I am proud to say, I don't have difficulty living in Japan, language-wise, despite only coming here 7 years ago on 2015.

_{The Infamous Sakura Festival at Meguro River 2016}

As a girl who grew up in the suburbs, the convenience of Tokyo was exceptional but boy, oh boy, was it the most stressful years of my life. Now, I moved to the suburbs a couple of hours away from Tokyo and I’m living the life.

Before Covid, I used to travel to Tokyo from my suburb haven for 3 hours back and forth every day. I love Tokyo since it is the center of anime culture but it does not fit my personality as a potato. Too much stimulation, too many people. I thank Covid somehow because I was forced to leave my work in Tokyo due to health concerns and permanently keep the root in my suburb haven.

I guess that's me in a nutshell. What do you think? Too much rambling? too little?
Well, I suggest you start getting used to me rambling as I will do a lot, a lot, of it in future blog posts.

That's it for now.
Remember, creativity is contagious. Pass it on.
Let's be nice to each other.
See you on the next one.

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I'm crimsonowl, a random otaku in the blockchain, creator of ArtPark CryptoArt Community, an artist-in-progress trying to make a living out of art, an NFT artist-creator, a crypto blogger talking about anime, art, and everything in between.

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