and here is me yes this is my face i live in california in a small one bedroom apt with my boyfriend whom i love with every fiber of myself he is my happiness and all i can say is that i will walk through fire for him..my sweet loving bear bear i am a mother of a a very cute affectionate yet mischievous little boy his name is justin he is the cutest 7 year old hes part Puerto Rican part irish part philipino and FULL OF LIFE hes currently into playing video games right now hes playing Zelda arcana of time hes always shouting "watch me play mommy!!" and now im the same way im into games just as much if not more so then he is im playing a game called resident evil 4 its AWESOME i love playstation2 and plan to collect every rpg and action game some day but for now i have 5 games i think i have devil may cry 1 2 3 and resident evil and another game forget the name of it but its a ps1 game i need to get a ps1 memory card to save tho i love to watch my sweet bf playing hes really good at games all sorts of games and he will play a game till he has opened everything hes very agressive in his game play lets just say ive seen the playstation 2 controler be flung to the floor and all i can say is im glad im not his ps2 conroler id be broken lol but im the luckiest girl in the world and feel i am inspired and driven to live a good life and making sure hes happy i love you baby!! im going to be teaching my son to draw sometime not yet but maybe one more year and i think he will be as long as the father does not start restricting me more then he has already i will try my hardest to stick around i collect lots of things manga, anime, and books are my faverate thins to colkect i am a self taught artist and i am a writer too like almost every artist i know i started drawing as soon as i could pick up a pencil its always been my life i am 125% artist always am always will be. It is what i know will never change tho my art style may change, or my popularity may change i am always going to be elaina the artist because it is what i was born to do, draw my inspiration mostly comes from life and books and games! in my mind there is always a story going on but i never can catch the entire tale its like a star you can see it but you cant realy touch it thats how it is in my mind, its totaly out there I used to a be full time massage therapist but it is not possible anymore i have joint damage and i am always in pain from it after a massage  so now im home working only partime in massage and have yet to start drawing since i last updated this website which is at least a year from now in hopes that i can supliment some of the income i am still draw selling my art whenever i have some to sell localy and on ebay for now and displying my fairy and mermaid arts in local galleries well enough about me hope this tells you all that you wanted to know ^_^ please feel free to take a look around and email me if you have any qestions melty_chan@yahoo.com ps im currently looking for a publisher if you know of some please let me know ill send you notice if it leads to something youll be the first to know and youll get a painting by me  anyything you want love lily_pook