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               Cartoons have always been something I was interested in and cared about.  Every morning and every evening I would always try to find something to watch on cartoon network, or something on nickelodeon.

                

                Very early on my relationship with each cartoon was different; I started to develop certain styles that I liked, although at the time I didn’t realize it. I could see that I liked any smoothed out drawings like todays “Family Guy” and most like that, although others were very interesting like “Hey Arnold and Real Monsters”.  Every day I tried to watch these shows, and also tried to recreate and make my own drawings as a kid, when I was inspired by them or just felt like drawing.

                

               Although one day my brother decided to show me and great anime called, “Dragon Ball Z” this was phenomenal change in what I like at the time, following each episode closely on cartoon network. The action and the art was amazing, not to mention the repetitive plot line that I loved. This was a huge chunk of my younger years watching TV, and drawing at the time. That’s all my friends and I tried to do, was talk about “Dragon Ball Z” and draw each character the best we could.

                

                As I was growing up, most of my qualities in cartoons did not change, only the shows that I watched. I could tell over time that I developed a good memory for the shows, with the weird ability of remembering almost every character’s name from the shows I liked most. Even today I still watch cartoons, any day that I see an old show or a replay of a series. I will sit and watch and enjoy my childhood.

                

                Overall the evolution of my relationship with cartoons hasn’t changed very much; I still love the same styles they used and the crazy humor of “Family Guy”. For this reason it has set me on a path to create something that I’m interested in, with my own style associated with the cartoon. I think it will be a lot of fun to take the time I have now and create something that I think is funny or meaningful. Cartoons have been a very important and special part of my life. I’m inspired by the time and effort that the creator’s take to make the shows for children and adults alike.  Seeing how they create each frame and find ways to do it faster is a big advantage, all the software that they use to help them create even better productions. Hopefully one day I will be on the same level or even something better so I can put my ideas down to paper and some great network to show off all my work and my crazy mind.