Where does the name shima come from? Just curious. Also how long have you been drawing? And i dare to share your very first drawing! >:3 I could probably wait for an ask meme, but hey, answer when you feel like!
Ahhm, I feel like I’ve answered this before…lol!
To sum it all up, when I was a kid I was very easily influenced by the things I read or the games I played. The first ever manga I bought as a child (this was a long loooong time ago, probably around ten years ago or so) was a series called Pita Ten (it’s actually really good and I still have the series, it’s pretty heartbreaking for a shoujo manga haha). And one of the characters in Pita Ten was named Shia. She had this whole crazy backstory arc thing, and a name confusion since she had amnesia or something, and during that time her memories were gone she was called Shima! Of course I really liked Shia as a character, and tbh Shima’s previous name was Shia until I decided to switch and add the “m”. She was one of my first ever OCs, so she’s very special to me. So yeah, Shima from Pita Ten inspired my Shima, but honestly now all they share is the name. They don’t even look alike anymore, they used to though //shrugs
Another reasoning behind Shima’s name–this was pure coincidence but it’s pretty awesome–is because as a kid I was a major otaku (and. Still kinda am lmao) so I was obsessed with Japanese culture and all that. Shima in Japanese translates to “island”, and my real name just so happens to also mean “island” as well. So technically. My name in Japanese could be Shima. Lol
FRHJRHGIR GOD–why would you make me do this honestly. I have a huge box in my closet full of artwork from the age of like…2 to 13, I could go digging through it but I’d rather not
Instead I can show you something from my sketchbook from 2011, I was probably in…the 8th or 9th grade? jESUS;;
G O D
I’m. This is disgusting. Gggod;; Just!! I didn’t draw noses! Or ears, either! And my anatomy? That is SHIT! Why would you make me look at this I want to die. I want to die, I feel ashamed of my younger self lmfao I was trying my best. I really was. I mean look at that shading. That is on point
But NOW look at Shira. She is gorgeous. Not that yuckiness
THIS IS WHAT I M P R O V E M E N T LOOKS LIKE. REVEL IN IT.
(This is just a really rough sketch of her new outfit btw, and well. You’ve already seen Shima’s, it’s my icon right now)
If I showed you my first drawing it would probably be a whole bunch of scribbles tbh, like I said I have a box full of art that my mom saved over the years, and the first was from when I was a wee child just learning the beauty of crayons
I have tons more I could post if you want–I still have the very first drawing I did of Lucas and Claus back in my junior year of high school //sniffs and wipes away tearsI never get rid of any of my art, it just stacks up in huge piles of paper in my closet and when I look back on it years later I either cry or laugh–or both sometimes.
Sorry this post got really long and rambly lol. But it was fun! A trip down memory lane for me