Name... CK Russell
Location... Eastern Canada.
Contact... @ e-mail [mangagirl@tru.eastlink.ca] @MSN virtualcara@hotmail.com <- don't send important e-mail here, hotmail's site doesn't load on my computer
Drawing Since... off and on forever, comics since '97, digital since '2000
Tools... cardstock, colerase in lt blue, bic pencils, uniball micros, pitt artist's brush pens, prismacolor markers & color pencils, wacom graphire 2
OS/Software... Mac OSX & Windows XP, Photoshop LE &6, Flash 8, some painter
Games... City Of Heroes/City of Villains, Magic: The Gathering, White Wolf tabletop systems
Favorite Manga... Boys Over Flowers, Mars, YuYu Hakusho, Hot Gimmick, Paradise Kiss, Fruits Basket, City Hunter, Zombie Powder
Current Manga... Fruits Basket, Gunslinger Girl, Bleach, NANA, Boys Over Flowers, Banana Fish
Favorite Comics Superboy (1994), Young Justice (1997), Supergirl (1996), Green Arrow (Smith), Spider-Girl, Sensational She Hulk, Runaways, Preacher
Current Comics... Supergirl, Titans(ect), Robin, Nightwing, Superman/Batman, Fables, Birds of Prey, Green Arrow/Black Canary, Batgirl, Fallen Angel, Justice League of America, Neozoic, more randomly
Genres that make me geek... westerns, superhero, noir, vintage pulp, more

Do you...
Take Commissions? Often.
Do Requests? I'll take em, I might not get em done in a timely manner, but I'll take em.
Do Art Trades? Sure do! Just poke me.
Trade Links? Sure, just shoot me an e-mail.

WTF, "manga girl"? you're not a manga artist!
Yeah, like I haven't noticed. I rarely see the sun, I spend more time drawing than I even do sleeping (which can be saying a lot), and if I take a break from training to draw faster and better, I'm busy editing myself. I suppose a better moniker would have been "mangaka girl" after the insane working conditions eastern comic artists subject themselves to, but they're not so different from those of great western animators (which I also highly respect for their demonstrated skill), or even a handful of American comic artists. Jack Kirby, anyone? But all kidding aside, when I picked this handle I was equally influenced by the anime and manga I could find, and North American comics (especially the 60's and 90's eras). Just, before Tokyopop had it's boom, North American comics were much easier to come by if you didn't have internet access and lived in a small rural community. And since... superheroes pay more (seriously). Now, my manga influence shows up in my work in less obvious ways, though I have been known to flip out and show my inner fangirl with some not-very-americanized fanart. ;)