About Us

meet natsukoarts - yes, we finally updated this page so it's correct!

self-portrait:: Hi-chan

Ameliano:

Nicknames: Amio, Natsuko-senpai, Sanzo-sama, Hi-chan

Hates: Writing Ad Copy, Proofreading, Republicans, Meat, People

Transport: Black Vespa Scooter

Web_frogg and resident crazy person, Fashion Designer and Storyboard Artist. Typography and Colour Theory. Specilizes in corporate and small business webdesign. Marketing and Advertising design including posters, ad campaigns, window design. Moved from New York to the boondocks. Not a big fan of the boondocks. Storyboards for animation, cartoons and short film. Sculpture and acrylic on canvas. In-betweens & cleanup.

Drinks, smokes and otherwise hates most people, especially non-artists.

Certification: Graphic Design, Typography, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, 3Ds Max

BFA: 2D Animation & Game Design (2005)

self-portrait:: Naito

Naito:

Nicknames: NNNNNy, Natsuko-chan, Sanzo, Naito, NaNoNiNeNoNi-chan

Hates: Walmart, Dogs, SUV's, Beef, country music, stupid people

Car: Black Pearl 2005 Scion xA

Half-Japanese & Scottish/French. Birthday:Novembre 29. Writer. Downwardly-mobile. Trust fund kid. Smoke too much, drink on occasion. Miss deadlines constantly. Went to College. Graduated with too many credits. Moved to New York, became a model. Left New York, got bored. Moved to the boondocks. Got a job as a freelance writer. Went to grad school. Started writing my novel. Graduated. Still smoking too much, wrote a couple of chapters, quit smoking, started drinking, wrote 80 pages.

Quit drinking, started smoking again, wrote 8 chapters. Went to art school, started designing again. Went Vegan. Went to Sundance Film Festival. Promoted a friend's film, spent a slew of money. Got pissed. Worked at an ad agency. Got published. Got depressed. Moved from North boondocks to South boondocks. Took a semester off school. Still working. Went Un-Vegan. Gave up smoking. Still haven't finished the novel. Still enjoy drinking on occasion. wrote 20 more pages last night. Quit School. Gave up drinking, went straight-edge. Still smoke. People seem to irritate me more straight edge and my ADHD goes totally clockwork orange. Finished 1 of 2 novels.

BA. English. Double-Minor: Japanese Language & Japanese Culture

MBA: International Management

BFA, 2D Animation (176 of 184 credit hrs)

Certificate: Graphic Design, Script Writing

natsukoarts does

PICTURES:
illustration, FLASH, 3DS Max, storyboarding, animation, fashion design, photography, web design, acrylic

WORDS:
scriptwriting, technical writing, editing, copy, fiction, non-fiction

Suede, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, The Strokes, Primal Scream, Oasis, Nancy Boy, Good Charlotte, Indochine, Les Tigres Vertes, Linkin Park, NIN, David Bowie, Nitzer Ebb, Einsteurzendeneubauten, Goth, Punk, New Wave, Trance, Tribal House, blah, blah, blah...

Anime we Like:

Gensomaden Saiyuki, Yukikaze, Technolyze, Fruits Basket, Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, Angel Sanctuary, X, ArgentoSoma, Kiddy Grade, Saiyuki Reload, Witch Hunter Robin, Vampire Hunter D, Gundam Wing, Teen Titans, Powerpuff Girls

Poets we Like:

Shelley, Byron, Poe, Wordsworth, Chaucer, Shakepeare, Ginsberg

Alcohol we Like:

Zima, Gin, Smirnoff Ice, Kahlua, Sky Vodka, Port, Sake

Fags Lino likes:

Camel Lights, Marlboro Ultralights, Dunhill Lights, Marlboro Menthol, Lucky Strike

Bio-Break: More Stupid Crap About Natsukoarts

Nickname: Hi-chan, Hi-de

Favorite Colour: Indigo

Favorite Location: New York City

Current Hair Colour: Blond

Natural Hair Colour: Medium Brown

Favorite Band: TM Revolution

Favorite Singer: Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode
Worst Band in Existence: NSynch

Favorite Footwear: Chinese Slippers

Last Book Read: "Wuthering Heights"

Favorite Anime: Saiyuki
Saiyuki Char U Think U Are: KONZEN DOUJI
Saiyuki Char People Say U Are: Xenon
Most Pissy Saiyuki Char: Dokugakuji
Ichiban Twisted Char: Ni Jien-i
Most Kick-arse Weapon: Kougaji's "Enkoki" spell
Best Episode: Season 2: Ame; Monkey Wine
Best Season: 2nd -Homura
Best Song: Wild Rock (Buzzlip)
Fave Sanzo Bitch: URASAI!, Tak
Stupidest Saiyuki Thing U Done: Wacked my boss with Nnny"s 16-inch Sanzo harisen

Naito
Natsuya

Nickname: Natsuko, Nat, Nate, Naito, Nai

Ethnic: Half-Japanese & Scottish/French

Blood Type: A

Favorite Food: Sushi

Birthday: November 29

Favorite Colour: Purple

Favorite Location: Lino's couch

Current Hair Colour: Badly Bleached Yellow-Blond

Natural Hair Colour: Light Doo Doo Brown

Favorite Band: Depeche Mode
Favorite Singer: Brett Anderson from The London Suede
Worst Band in Existence: The Beatles

Favorite Footwear: Black 8-hole Doc Martins

Last Book Read: "The Lives of Kuan Yin"

Favorite Anime: Saiyuki
Saiyuki Char U Think U Are: GENJYO SANZO
Saiyuki Char People Say U Are: Genjyo Sanzo
Most Pissy Saiyuki Char: Doctor Wang
Ichiban Twisted Char: Hazel "Blue Angel" from Reload Gunlock
Most Kick-arse Weapon: Sanzo's Maten Kyomon "Makai Tenjyo" spell
Best Episode: Reload Gunlock: Reflection
Best Series: Reload -Kami Sama Arc
Best Song: Dont Look Back Again (WAG)
Fave Sanzo Bitch: Teme; Ikai yo kuke... (listen up you...)
Stupidest Saiyuki Thing U Done: Growing my hair to be exactly like Sanzo's for con

natsukoarts: ramblings, poetics, metaphysical nonesense, 19miles to utopia, go to the west you stupid monk!