froggy

its chilly! the leaves have all fallen, and now I have to wait for my car to de-frost until i can drive!

I have a lot of favorites, my favorite bookmark would probably be izaya x shizou. I read a lot of shizaya fanfics. And there is definitely no shortage of them!

This is the full art from my signature

its finished! it has a sweet ending and i recommend it a lot! the colored pages and chefs kiss, so well drawn

I love wotakoi too! Did you know that it was published bc the author won a manga contest on pixiv? the manga is rlly entertaining and worth reading as well. You get to know the characters more, and all of the side couples as well.

thx it took me like three years to get it. I initially started driving when I was not ready, which gave me a bad first impression. But after taking the bus to works for months, I was motivated to get my license. I met my ex where I worked, and it was the only place I consistently spent time with others, so it made sense that I dated him for a little. I was just not expecting him to have a crazy secret like that. I also think my new job will be a lot less chaotic, I will be doing closing shifts tho, so getting out at 2 or 1am, but driving is easy at that time so I should be fine. i think it'll get better eventually, that sucks hearing about whats going on for u tho. hopefully this week goes by fast for u and u can get an explanation for ur condition.

thanks bro, i think everything will be fine. It'll pan out yknow

thanks so much! i'm excited to try and learn. Astronomy is something really profound and I want to explore the science. Like how we're all connected under the same night sky, its so beautiful. My dad pushes me to do something involved with people since I'm good at socializing, but I think science can be very collaborative. I also agree that working ur hobby works for some and others not, for me, i've learned my art is something I want to pursue on my own yknow.

On a different forum I let ppl request drawings, so heres all of them. They really helped me expand my skill set.

So basikally, I don't really want to go Japan anymore I love drawing, but I think making it my job would led to me hating it. On top of that, Japan isn't the best country for me to live in. I wouldn't mind studying abroad, but I'm more focused on my studies. I'm still taking the N4 Japanese proficiency test in like a week (dec. 7), we'll see how that goes. But I've spent my entire summer and fall studying non-stop, so my textbooks have become boring ngl. A lot of things have happened in my personal life, I think I said it in my update, but ya I found out my bf was cheating on me with his cousin... I was N O T expecting that. I just thought he was mysterious or smth, turns out hes a D1 pervert. And N O T in a good way. I'm also getting a different job at the rival fried chicken place I currently work at. But ya, in regards to my career plans, I want to go into astronomy and theoretical psychics, so I applied to my state school within a week of the deadline. It was very last minute, but I just want to find a new direction. I have the drive to succeed, I know how to self-study thanks to my japanese studying, and I want to earn lots of money so I can be independent. That's basikally it. Let's see what curveball life will throw at me next. <--- me when i change my entire life plan

I just roke up. I'm prolly gonna go to the gym after. Its been a while since I've been active on this forum. Just a general re-cap, I got my driver's license, broke up with my bf after finding out he cheated on me with his younger cousin, and got a different cashier job at the other fried chicken place.... I put in my two weeks, so now I just have to endure a week of my ex trying to get me back and my managers being lowk crazy.

Theres a historical manhwa that recently had an anime adpatation, its called May I ask you One Final Question? Its really funny bc the main girl bascially has a bad habit for beating the shit outta ppl she doesn't like

i've been watching og naruto lately. But I also completely caught up to apothecary diaries with my dad last night

i finished that series a couple years ago. Its bc of the floating head guy I swear. Thats god in the manga, always bringing misfortune to punpun. I mean punpun stays in that city waiting to bump into harumi again. So no surprise it happens.

Sure! I'd love to see it @sexysarashsayssup

I got my dad to watch apothecary diaries with me! he stopped watching anime years ago, but when I introduced him to it, he finished the first season in two days! He liked so much he got a crunchyroll sub to watch the second season, so thats a win for me:) I'm also watching this anime called petite cossette? Its a dvd I found in a cd store, it even came with a cool poster. I really like the gothic abstract vibes.

I've been reading blood on the tracks recently. Its a creepy pyschological horror about a mother and son. Below is severe spoliers! But it really captures the silent horror in the mother's expression. The artist doesn't use screentone very often, but uses cross-hatching to create form. It's not dramatic lines, but rather soft lines as if the story is playing out in our memory. Great read definitely recommend it if you're into chilling expressions.

I saw edits on instagram of the manga (The Guy she was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at all). So when I went to japan in 2023, I picked up the japanese manga! At the time the english version wasn't released so I had to try and translate with my mediocre Japanese skills.

I have the same sakura miku figurine! The swishy hair one lol. Oh ya, I recently got clip studio paint. So you'll be seeing more digital art from me!

Thankss I really appreciate the support guys:)

Thanks!!

Thanks! Sorry abt that lol

My AP art comic, Silent Centipede. Reads left to right, top to bottom. Its under this cover art I made. It took an entire school year from sep 2024 to june 2025. All done traditionally with manga pen, brush pen, and screentone:)

This morning I checked my AP score results. I had signed up for two classes, AP art where I had drawn a comic series throughout the year, building a portfolio to submit. And AP Japanese, where my knowledge from the past 4 years of my studying would be put to the test. How scoring works, is its 1 - 5, 3 is passing and anything under means you don't get the college credit. Japanese I got a 2 (｡•́︿•̀｡). And for Art I got a 4 (o_O) ! I was expecting to fail my art, since I wasn't sure how anime esque manga inspired comic would be received by highly technical artists who are scoring my work. If you would like to see my comic, I'll be posting it on my art channel called Froggy's Art or something like that. I forget. This is a link to the thread here. I was feeling confident with my writing and reading, but I think I messed up on the speaking portion, I fumbled that for sure. I didn't really know what to say in regards to Japanese sports since I'm not a fan. But oh well. I was planning to take the JPLT, but I think I might postpone it. I've been studying less since I've just been pursuing other things than school. But seeing these scores really makes me reflect, with my dad I've been having a lot of conversations about what career I'm going to pursue. I'm already taking a gap year, so I can just figure something out. But really, I just want to make art, hang out with friends, and watch anime. I enjoy reading manga in Japanese and anime without the subtitles, and when I go to Japan again then I'll have skills to navigate. But in regards, to working in Japan or trying to fit in there, I don't think its for me. In middle school, I used to idealize Japan a lot. As any normal child, I've done my fair share of daydreaming. But when it comes to reality, I want to develop my art skills. Practice Japanese as a hobby, and enjoy other aspects of my life like skateboarding and making memories with people that are important to me. Pretending to be something I'm not is something I'm going to let go of. Just to reference, the area I live has a high korean population. I'm asian, but south asian. Ever since I was kid, I've had a hard time fitting in or having a community because I'm mixed and don't properly relate to my white or asian side. At my school, the korean kids always sticked together because of discrimination, but that meant I couldn't fit in with the white kids or the asians at all. I felt really left out, after giving up on trying to fit in, I just did everything in my power to be as weird as possible because I just wanted attention. (-_-;)・・・ I thought I could make my whole personality be being weird, but that also wasn't me. There are very normal things about me, liking anime is important to me like a lot of different things. I'm glad my interest has pushed me to work hard in Japanese class, and anime and manga for inspiring me to make art. In my Japanese and art classes, I've made great friends and memories. It was the best part of my highschool life, which is why I wanted to take the AP, just to see how what I learned would measure up. But the actual value of those classes was teaching me that identity is made up of tons of things, who you are changes, but the things you love don't fade away that easily. Doing what you love to is the best way to live(〃￣ω￣〃ゞ That's all!