I am available for hire to do websites, graphic art,
illustration, and design work.
I am a fan of manga and anime, and often follow that
style in my artwork. My favorite anime series are Trigun, Cowboy Bebop,
and Last Exile. My favorite anime movies are Princess Mononoke, Akira,
Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, and My Neighbor Totoro.
I attend conventions in the New Jersey area, working
for a local store as a tradeshow sales representative. I have attended
Otakon, Fangoria, Chiller Theatre, and Horrorfind.
I'm not so good about talking about myself, so here
is "Thorfinna A-Z":
A
is for Anime
Anime, for those of you who are uniformed, is Japanese Animation.
Every genre of movie/TV show/miniseries we make in live action,
they make animated. Saves a ton on actor's salaries and special
effects. ^_^ I prefer to watch them in Japanese with subtitles,
so the references to Japanese culture are left in, and they aren't
"dumbed down" for Americans like some companies do.
Plus this way I pick up the occasional word in Japanese. |
B
is for Bunny
I love bunnies. I have taken in two that needed homes because
their former humans didn't want to take care of them anymore.
Liam passed away recently, but Duncan is as cute as ever. I also
like things with bunnies on it and stuffed bunnies, bunny statues.... |
C
is for Classic Rock
My preferred type of music for general listening, but I vary my
tunes up. |
D
is for Drawing
If you've peeked through the site, you'll see that I have been
doing some of that. I used to draw all the time when I was a child,
and loved it, but my family always wanted me to seek out a "sensible"
career, so I left my colored pencils behind when I left high school.
It took me many years before I picked them up again, but I'm making
up for lost time. |
E
is for Elite Force
Specifically, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force. I play online with
{MAC} Fleet ( www.macfleet.com).
|
F
is for Freak
Yeah, might as well just admit it. I'm a freak, though I keep
it temporary so I can become the illusion of "normal"
when it's convenient for me. But freak is so much more interesting. |
G
is for Goddess
Yes, a goddess. Some places online know me as "Cartoon Goddess",
which is a shortened form of something someone called me a while
ago and I took it for my own. I also believe in the Goddess as
a deity. I mean, the God is cool and all, but the realm of creation
is certainly enhanced by a woman's touch |
H
is for Haiyao Miyazaki
This is my favorite director in the world of Japanese Animation.
He is responsible for such movies as Princess Mononoke, Spirited
Away, and My Neighbor Totoro. Princess Mononoke is for a little
bit older audience for violence, but most of his stuff is very
family-orientated. I would equate it with Disney, but that would
be insulting him, it's far better than to be compared. However,
Disney does have the rights to many of his movies in this country
and have put them on DVD. |
I
is for Insane
Not the legal kind mind you, but I am a subscriber to the theory
that you need to be a little bit crazy to keep your sanity. I
also say that sanity is overrated and limiting. Dare I say that
"sanity is conformity"? |
J
is for Jethro Tull
My favorite band in the whole wide world. They formed in 1968
in London, and have made such classic songs as "Living in
the Past", "Bungle in the Jungle", "Aqualung",
and "Locomotive Breath". They started out blues rock,
did some hard rock, progressive rock, folk rock… they basically
manage somehow to always sound like "Jethro Tull", while
incorporating musical styles from all over the world. |
K
is for Kevin Smith
My favorite American movie director, who has done such movies
as "Clerks", "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy",
"Dogma", "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back",
and "Jersey Girl". He's moved to California now, but
he'll never get the stink of New Jersey off of him. |
L
is for Licor 43
My favorite alcohol in the whole world. It has a bit of a smooth
sweet vanilla flavor, but fuller than that. Throw some in a coke
and enjoy. |
M
is for Medieval
Yeah, you know that geeky stuff like Renaissance Faires, Medieval
Times Dinner and Tournament, and the Society of Creative Anachronism.
Men in armor with swords, sexy men in kilts, mud shows, and food
like steak on a stake,
and pork on a pike. |
N
is for Nice
I'm the nice one, Rebecca's the evil one. We balance each other
nicely. |
O
is for Open
Open to new ideas, new experiences, new friends… all that
sort of stuff. |
P
is for Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is my favorite program on my computer. Gaming
Clanmates would always see me on Instant Messenger and invite
me to a game with them, and they'd always hear "I can't I'm
in Photoshop". It became a joke that I was married to it
- perhaps if I took the box to Vegas they'd perform the ceremony. |
Q
is for Queen of All Things Green
A name for myself that originated playing Gladiator with {MAC}
in Elite Force. My "subjects" had names like "Green
Slime" and "Green Fire". |
R
is for Rubber Duckie
I must have 20 or so of these, ranging from "Devil Duckies"
to an old plastic bath duckie to a stuffed my first duckie. My
favorite(s) is a set of three, a "Mommy" and two babies
with magnets in them so they connect and float around together. |
S
is for SnipeMe.com
This is a site I frequent, maintained by Galen. It is full of
rants, discussions, and insulting each other, and the most fun
on the web if you are not offended by "adult" conversation
and gratuitous cursing. |
T
is for Thorfinna Arnbjarndottir
Originally picked as an SCA name of Norse origin, the "Thorfinna"
has become synonymous with me online in most circles. I would
call this my main online name, and my emails and website are named
for it. |
U
is for Union County College
This is where I took classes in print media and prepress to further
my Graphic Arts skills. I had great teachers and learned far more
than I ever expected. |
V
is for Volume 2 Issue 8
…Of Passional Magazine - September 2004! I have two photos
of me in this magazine. This marks the second time I've been photographed
for a magazine, the first being Anime Insider Magazine who photographed
me at an Anime Convention and put it in their magazine in late
2003/early 2004. |
W
is for Wozniak
Steve Wozniak - the OTHER Apple Computer founder. I currently
use a G4 iMac, and needed to get Apple in here somewhere. :) Actually
I recommend a visit to his site - woz.org - for a fun informative
time. |
X
is for X-cytable
It's an X - don't give me a hard time on this one. What was I
supposed to do tell you about my X-Ray when I had Pneumonia? So
I can be quite X-cytable when I'm letting my hair down and acting
free and freaky. |
Y
is for Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno is a composer who does many Anime Soundtracks. My personal
favorites are the soundtracks for Cowboy Bebop, which mostly have
a Jazz feel. The band she assembled to play on these soundtracks
are called "The Seatbelts". Though Cowboy Bebop is only
a 26 episode series and a movie, it has a boxed set of music,
5 soundtracks, a maxi-CD of music, and a mini-album of 5 songs.
|
Z
is for Zippo
For someone who quit smoking 5 years ago, I still have lots of
lighters. I always love my Zippo though. My old favorite disappeared
suspiciously, but even though I don't smoke anymore I bought a
new one, which has never been used. It has the Cowboy Bebop logo
painted on the side. |
