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Hisame Artwork

Hi everyone! I'm the artist behind the educational comics and games "Niels Feynman' and "Ernest the blue bunny".


I was asked by the awesome wonder mommy Keirani Gallant to give you some insight into how I became a graphic artists so here we go!

I was born and raised in East Europe and despite the wars, dictatorships and  economic meltdowns I have doctors, engineers and artists in my family who nurtured my love of learning.  My grandfather was a writer and editor of the national publishing house so I grew up with atlases he worked on and my parents encouraged my curiosity and education. They worked a lot so many hours I spent alone coloring and watching  cartoons and documentaries. 

I finished school and got degrees in International Marketing from the Academy of Economic Studies and a degree in Multimedia from the National University of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts and I went on to work in advertising and shovelware games because it payed the bills and I like eating. Occasionally I would get to work on an educational feature film animation or video game, but the pay was sad.




My husband was the one that encouraged me to do what I like and helped me start my business last year. He is a nuclear physicist  and a gamer and the most awesome person you'll ever meet!


I have created :
- a science themed calendar
- a comic book series about time traveling
- a farming and economy themed board game and,
- a collectible sticker booklet to help kids learn about the history and geography of the United States of America. 

At the moment I'm working on a video game and I plan to make a booklet with the European Union like I did for the US! I always try to find new ways to make learning fun  and  awesome people like the ones behind SciShow and CGP Grey , Kurzgesagt , Awkward Yeti and Skallagrim are a constant inspiration.

I'm always happy to answer  questions and to help  so you can find me here:
Tsu: http://www.tsu.co/Hisame_Artwork
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hisame.artworks/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hisame.artwork/
Tapastic: http://tapastic.com/hisameartwork
Twitter : https://twitter.com/HisameArtwork
Wordpress blog: https://hisameartwork.wordpress.com/
Online shop:
http://society6.com/hisameartwork
http://www.redbubble.com/people/hisame-artwork

Beware shameless gloaters

How often do you see adds on TV telling you how wonderful a company is and all the donations they make?

Today it is almost hard to go without seeing an advertisement at least at some point in your day.

Having grown up with advertisements my whole life,I guess you could say I have developed an immunity to many of them, some now make me never touch a product.

All I see now are payed to be smiling actors reading lines about why a product is amazing.

But the worst by far are the ones that jump on current time popular things.

Time for the Olympics?

Better make an add to tell consumers how selfless of a donater we are!

Special Olympics?

No profit in sponsoring that, next~!

Its the people who don't donate just for a tax break, or publicity placement that should be held in highest regard..

But quite often these selfless heroes take no credit.

Its the ones who take their own fortune and spend it making the lives of others better that make this world a better place to live in.



Happiness is the only reward they want and sometimes that loving karma may back to say thank you.



Have a story of kindness? Share it!


Now we live in a time where its possible to blog it, and share it with the world.

Acts of kindness fills everyone (even observers) with joy.

Promote selfless love.

So I've been  having lots of fun setting up the Cosmic Soup and Cosmic Shop!~

So far~ My friend Meg has accepted to possibly be my secretary/manager.
(she is amazing helping me focus on the tasks that need completion.)

Logged into my Gaia online account after many years of inactivity.
Apparently... my items are worth more then I could possibly have ever imagined now..


So I'm hoping to do some form of give away contest to help promote the Cosmic soup project.

As advised by my other wonderful friend Charlie ~ We've taken up using Tumblr-
Updates can be found Here.


and Our Indiegogo croud funding can be found here

Don't forget to join us on Facebook!!




Our goal is to create, share and pay it forward.

We are so happy to have you along for the journey!~

The way we shared with the world-

Once upon a time ~ I  use to communicate without fear!

I'm not sure when the judgement jumped on me... But eventually I turned into an antisocial blob.
( I'm pretty sure its a side effect of accidentally saying things that hurt other people.. not knowing about their own personal walk in life....)

My closest friends can share story's of bad spelling and grammar ....  So when it comes to online communications my poor writing skills can definitely kick down my credibility in conversations.
(or blogging)

~One of my things is drawing.~

Recently I found a way to reconnect to this portion of my adolescence.


Miiverse!

Stress? Draw it away!

Like when  I still can't get through to the EI call center regarding my maternity leave benefits... The call volumes is always "higher then expected" and disconnects my call... (Ive been trying to reach them since I opened my claim.... 4 monthes ago..)



Its also where I drew that comic from my previous post.


~ Nintendo has saved me much frustration by showing me how amazing it is to physically draw to communicate with other Nintendo fans.


Its amazing!!!!



~ Sooooo to celebrate this awesome, I have shoved aside my fear of conversation... and started networking with the individuals on miiverse. (because you are not supposed to identify yourself and how to find you in the real world so its very freeing.)

I have been doing the inverse~ connecting with friends and hoping they will join in.

My best memory's come from scribbling/role playing /creating with  my friends.



But even more fun~ as a mother its a place I can scribble with my kids without needing to waste a million peices of paper. (I have a history of eventually hording away stacks of my scribbled on paper... so this is nice!)




Thank you Nintendo~ and Miiverse for giving me one more step into overcoming my social anxiety.

To remember that there are millions of amazing people, who are just as shy as we are, or fans of the things that we love really takes the edge off.

It lets people be people~ and is a wonderful window to the world.

The amazingly fantastical callcenter adventure -- Mental health -Lets talk about it!

Welcome to cosmic soup.

Here's some back story to go with this one:

My husband and I are currently on shared maternity/paternity leave.
My weeks are almost out for my claim and I wanted to borrow some of my husbands to be able to stay home with our daughter for a little while longer.


But every time I call... Their call volume is unexpectedly too high and I get hung up on.
I haven't been able to speak to anyone since I started my claim.



Seeing as my employer needs to know about when I'm going back.... I try to call to touch base to let them know I'm still trying to get through to the EI call center.


I call: ~ **Automated msg: We're sorry~ This number is not in service. Please check the number and try your call again.~**


.... so I try other numbers..

My friends, family... Same thing!




So wanting to know what's up I call my phone company.




me:~ "Yea hi my phone isn't letting me dial out I was just wondering why."

agent: Oh yes, it appears you have been disconnected for non payment ... today.


me: But I just made a 100$ payment not that long ago.. I didn't receive any notice of this.



 I told them I could make a payment tomorrow and said I did not feel safe without having an active phone line.

But I was told that nothing could be done unless I could make the payment tonight...

This really hit a nerve.

My woman powers chimed in: 

Cast:(~ bringing up the PAST ~)

<~*flashback sequence*~>

4 month's ago we had moved to this new house. ~ and they had messed up the move order...




I was a few weeks away from giving birth to my daughter and really needed the phone hooked up in case of emergency. My husband works overnight out of town and I don't drive.

but they told me there was no way they could hook up my phone and were sorry for the inconvenience of having to wait a few weeks for a tech.
( I didn't currently have time for my prepaid cellphone either.)





*</flashback>*


Then I apologized to the agent for being one of those calls...
I worked their jobs ... I know what its like...

it sucks

Then asked "for a supervisor...

I was then placed on hold....and waited ...and waited... and waited...


To be hung up on...in the end....




But this time instead of getting angry~ I choose to get creative.



So it just so happens Bell is doing a fundraiser!!!


You want to talk about mental heath? 




Sure! I'll share my story~ whats yours?

House of broken dreams

So update!~

Our landlords have been having some issues making their payments, and lost the house.

So now we are living in renters limbo....


I've noticed a lot of people are in the same situation who are quiet about it.
So this is a heads up that there are many people suffering in silence who have lost much during these stressful times.
~

I have this issue where injustice pokes me...



I feel like there has to be something we can do to prevent the games these financial institutions are playing with the dreams of young individuals.

The dream to have a house their children can grow up in... then Bam~ Lost your job?

Goodbye everything!~

Its not fair...


Not to mention the fact these places charge overdrawn fee's and are also the ones that handle insurance.

They own everything, while others are losing everything.


All for money.


Then the house is auctioned... to some one else and the cycle of broken dreams continues.


~

This forces me to really have to socialize and communicate (or try to since I seem to be getting few answers).

I've been trying to communicate with all seeing as we are stuck between a renters contract and the bank now being the owners.

So we shall see what happens~ But I have high hopes for something wonderful ~



****

Let us return hope to the broken hearts.

How to become socially akward...

Growing up I was generally a very social individual.

Truthfully over the last 7 years, I took a dive within myself to figure out some of my deeper stances on life and philosophies.

I have come to learned there is always a cause to every action... and in this case:
~

I had achieved completely removing myself from the lives of people I cared about~ and slowly over time I began to forget how to socialize.

Another issue is that social language generally evolves over time making it difficult to jump back in. ~

I began to realize most things I could easily connect with people about in the past: movies, shows, I was no longer current on.

Somewhere since college I became lost in the daily routine of working to pay my bills.

Then ~ Upon becoming a mother, I nearly completely shut myself off from the outside world.... for almost 2 years.

The story:

My husband is the only one who has his licence (up until 2 years ago neither of us did.)
He was working overnights, so how things ended up working out while I was home on maternity leave~ He slept - I watched our son~

We both never stopped..




The positive that came out of all of this- Was closely observing the evolution of the mind.
Children, how they looked at the world and explored.
(It really helped me to learn how to communicate and teach my son before he was able to speak.)
The expirience was very cleansing.
I had the opertunity to observe the fractal of life and its infinite beauty.


He brought me back to who I was and truly am. ~
Singing music all the tie~ Sewing ~ creating ~ drawing.

But... now facing the outside world I feel as though I'm surrounded by a new block.

I recognize my inner world for what it is.
But to be myself~ I need to return to where I use to be socially....


So I dedicate this blog to documenting this adventure. 

I know there is an entire world of socially anxious people~
I dedicate this adventure to you.

May we know we are not alone when facing our fears, our problems or worries.

Namaste

The Internet~ is the book of life -

Everything that you post on the internet generally stays on the internet.


Sometimes this can lead to a pile of regret...

For me I once posted an article associating my name with my weight and video games like DDR for weight loss.



Truthful as it was... I suppose it was facing the humility of not being comfortable with myself when new people (generally people who lived on the internet) would discover this page.


But for some people.... Its much more personal then that.


Its caused a few rare cases that have spiraled into chaos....and sadness...



It has begun a so called: Crusade on bullying....... (Crusades are not generally  good things historically for the record...)

Now we can blame the internet for that, we can blame bullying for that: 
Having been a chubby girl, I am no stranger to  bullying.

But I have observed that suppression of anything leads to far more problems psychologically.

Instead regarding bullying... perhaps we should be asking : Why is this person bullying?

(Usually a much deeper emotional problem is the cause of this.)

~~~~~

Regarding internet safety we can use this opportunity to see the truth.... 
This is something we need to inform our children about.


Much as Taxes, and finances are not mandatory to be taught in school, internet habits not points of mandatory education..



I feel it is time to recognize the amazingness of the internet, by spreading awareness that this is the global mind united in one place.


I propose we use the internet for what it was made for: the expansion of human consciousness!

With funding to education being cut almost everywhere in North America.. Its the children who are hurting most.


Seeing as they are the future adults that run the world~ perhaps the inversion of today's philosophy needs to take place.


Children > Money


In celebration of education I wish to share this wonderful creation :

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Khan Academy is the first step in free - quality education material.

I'm sure if professionals work together to create a future focused on our future~
Only greatness can ensue.


credit:

Dance Dance Revolution: Konami
Fantastic student debt image ://fewings.ca/

https://www.khanacademy.org/ 

Quest complete

So the last 2 days, I have been working on this new household system.

~(and bottled fairies)~

I Dub the project ~ the greatest MMO ~

But ill talk more about it on next post!~

Today's post is about :

Organization~ Something I've never had much practice with my entire life.

I've followed the system, and never strayed from it.
I always use to follow the rules.
Back in my youth you could have called me a 'Goody Goody."  (we need a new word for that... )

But organization is never something I've applied to my life.
So I guess so to speak I felt carried by the wave of life, and I learned to flow with it.

~ Problem is, this has given me much experience working on my creative skills. But~ I find things taking forever to complete.

My husband on the other hand is the complete opposite. He's learned to work with flow so well that he's crazy efficient.
Hes sort of a perfectionist.

But both of our worlds collide~

So over the years, we've found things that conflicted that we had to find a common solution for.

Before you live with some one else your use to your own routine. (your own universe)
But when we mix universes, we get the ultimate perception of infinity.
(Seeing how all things can be done infinite ways.)

We all have our routines from growing up~ Then~ We all create our own routine and know our own flow.
We can learn from each other.

Sadly for most of us our employer occupy the majority of our day.
So finding time for flow outside the will of our employer is very difficult.  (Yet not impossible)

Anyway, for the hubby and I ~ Forgetfulness is an issue. So ~ To solve this little problem : We've created this new system.

So far it lets me get what use to take me a month in like a couple of days.

Teamwork is freaking awesome.

Untill Next time!~