† Inspirations. †

† Yoshitaka Amano is perhaps my biggest influence and my first artist love. He was the first artist that I 'followed'. He has done the character designs for the first six Final Fantasies, and artworks for many of the others. He can work in any medium, and does all different kinds of art. He is my hero.

† JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, and she is just amazing. She's one of my favourite writers and she's incredibly skilled in throwing you off of the scent of 'whoddunit', so to speak. Even if you're not a fan of fantasy, she's got humour and mystery and action in the series and if you don't read it, you're missing out.

† Neil Gaiman is one of my biggest influences as far as writing. He's got this marvelous black sense of humour and this talent for making me shiver in horror even with his children's books. Coraline is one of my favourites, and changed my view on children's tales. If you've never checked out his work, you really need to.