CURRENT MISSION

Travel across the USA and meet nice people ^-^

ABOUT ME

I'm a 25 year old girl from Germany who loves to draw and watch cartoons. I'm studying Design in Düsseldorf.

"When I grow up" I want to be an artist :) I'm still trying to find out what direction it'll go, but I'm doing a lot of illustration, animation, I make kawaii jewelry, sew cute tote bags and stuff.. ^-^

And I'm very interested in American and Japanese culture.

And I do a lot of sports, too.. Dancing, Aerobic, Yoga, Zumba..
♪〜(^∇^〜) I'm actually a "Partime Dance/Aerobic teacher", too.

PHILOSOPHY

Happy as a Quokka!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm currently traveling across the USA together with my husband ^-^

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm brand new to CS and hope to make some awesome experiences with it!

Interests

I love movies (especially animated movies), music, traveling, dancing, comics and graphic novels, making jewelry, sewing, meeting new people.

I draw every day - I'm making an illustrated journal since 3 years :)

And I also draw kawaii doodles, which I sometimes turn into fabric patterns or use to practice my Japanese skills ^-^

(You can check it out here if you want ;)
kirakiradoodles.tumblr.com )

And I really love animation, especially the Stop Motion technique. I also made some short films during my studies :)

• arts
• culture
• design
• illustrations
• dancing
• yoga
• zumba
• comics
• cartoons
• movies
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• sports
• animation
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Coraline, Pixar Movies, Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, Fantastic Mr. Fox...

Music: The Shins, Blink 182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foster the People...
and many many more :D

Books: It's easier for me to name writers ;) Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Walter Moers

Graphic Novelists and Comic Artists: Craig Thompson, Chris Ware, Dav Pilkey, Andy Runton..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling across the USA :) I love this country!

Participate in Art Exhibitions and Japan Conventions - it's so much fun to meet other creative people and collaborate with them :)

Giving Comic- and Stop Motion-Workshops - I love to share my fascination for these two artforms with other people ^-^

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn a lot of you guys out there! ^-^

In return maybe I can teach you something about Illustration, Animation, Comics.. or maybe give you a little dance/aerobic class (ﾉﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ