Update:
05-14-08 Gaaaah, my head hurts. I painted today, therefore I'm happy. :) I've also never seen so many people on Ochiba at the same time before. Feels like a big community now.

As entertaining as the provided profile was...

Ruina is my real name~ It's pronounced "rei-na", but my friends all know me as Rina. I am a student in the morning, and a goof off at night, once every five weeks I sit down and try to be an artist. Soooooo, I joined Ochiba in hopes of learning from all of the amazing talents here, plus I like pretty things in general.

More me!

Me!
Likes: Deserts, disaster films, studying by osmosis.

Skills: Sitting on my butt because I do it well.

Dislikes: NONE, it's true, I don't have a very good memory, so I forget and forgive easily.

Me! Me! Me!
I'm a microbiology major who wants to become a surgeon and find a cure for cancer (I was trying to be funny if you didn't catch that). I love the environment dearly (which is why my paintings are many times nature themed). I'm a college freshman attending a HUGE university. Go orange and blue!

Oh, and RECYCLING IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART, MIND and SOUL.

Previous Updates:
03-22-08 Dangit! ;^; I was going to distract myself by painting some more this weekend, but then I realized that I left my tablet at school. Now I'm forced to study. I was so in the zone after I got "T" and listened to "NO!" over 50 times.

02-17-08 I just started a painting that will be featuring a coser (cosplayer), Suna. Now, I'm not a big fan of cosplaying, but Suna is one of those people that I personally think should cosplay for the sake of all of us who gave up on cosplay because there are too many bad ones. I do not know her personally like I would in my perfect world, so this would be... Fan art?! Anyway, here's her blog where she posts a lot of her recent photos: Suna's Blog Oh, you may have to scroll down quite a bit to see the photos, and don't get freaked out by the Chinese.

03-02-08 I'm now done with almost half of my current project. I've already got the face, the hair, some of the sword in. All there's left to do is the outfit... I dread outfits...