Hello ! I am back after 8 long years o.o

[kina]

...Wow. I can't believe it's been 8 years since I joined here. I was 13, I'm 21 now. I don't know if any of you remember me, my name's Marie, I was this French kid who made paintings and sent them to Tom for his birthday. When I was 16 I met him in London after a play, he sent me two letters, one of them was for Christmas. Now I do art for a job, I'm an artist/animator in a game studio
I don't know why I felt like creating an account here again, I guess that I felt nostalgic after all these years. 

I'm curious to see if my posts from 8 years ago are still here somewhere...my grammar was probably terrible back then XD

But, you know what ? When I joined here, when I was 13, it's this forum that made me want to learn English in the first place. I remember how I used to say I wanted to speak English well enough so if I ever met Tom we could have a conversation. It took 3 years for this to happen. But I'm the kind of person who believes in dreams and never gives up !

I'm considering creating my game studio soon, I've been on a personal project for awhile, and now things are starting to get real as I'm getting really cool people to voice my characters etc. Gosh it feels so weird to come back here and talk about this, when I remember the only art I posted back then were terrible paintings XD

Speaking of voice actors, do you know if Tom does voice acting too ? I remember back when I was 13, I though to myself "one day I'll be an artist and I'll ask him to voice one of my characters". I don't know what made me think of this again, but I thought... why not give it a shot ? XD


if anyone here remembers me I'd love to hear from familiar faces again !


Marie

edit : I found my old messages
...wow the grammar. so much cringe :'))

hollanderia.proboards.com/user/37/recent?page=6

[Ale Smallbone]

Hi, I'm Ale from Argentina. I'm new here at the forum 

[lintu]

Hi Kina . Nice to meet you . I was not here 8 years ago but I think thats great that you got to meet Tom .What kind of games do you make ?

[kina]

hi to both of you !

and my project is gonna be a 2D platformer/puzzle :3

[ignacia0k]

beautiful your story really nice to meet you , you were lucky to know him.  that good you've gone for a walk around here, I am also new on the page, greetings

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[jobrodie]

Gosh that's amazing I'm too new to the forum myself to have known you but what a lovely story.
Tom does seem to do voicework, yes - www.anothertongue.com/artist/tom-hollander (he may be with other companies too, I don't really know how it all works).

Good luck with your projects,
Jo

[kina]

nice to meet you too !

And ohh I see, thanks for the link ^^

[lintu]

I cannot wait to see your game project ! I am sure it will be great ! I was wondering which play did you see Tom in ? Tell us all about meeting  him ! It keeps the board alive .

[lintu]

Also your English is very great ! Better then mine even and I went to school in the US and am multi Lingual . It can be confusing sometimes . It is easier to learn to be fluent when you are younger so it is good you started learning young .

[kina]

The play was "a flea in her ear" ! It was 5 years ago so I might have forgotten a few things, but it seems kinda fresh in my memory still.

Well, my dad took me to london just to see the play, we only stayed there for one day. I waited until the play was over and moved to the back door. I waited maybe half an hour I think, he was the last guy coming out of the building XD
When he did I went to say hi, and I said I was this French person who had sent him tons of paintings, and I gave him another one I had made of a gorilla, because he said to me in a letter that it was his favorite animal. And he said it was really nice to meet me and asked stuffs like what I was doing in school I think. I introduced him to my dad who took pictures of us together. He asked if I was gonna stay a few days and when I said I literally just came for the play he was like, wow XD
It was kinda fun ahah. He left after maybe 10 minutes, because someone in a car was waiting for him and he had to go, it was night time.

I think that's all I can remember o.o

I still have pictures if you want !
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And that's me now XD scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13921057_322780121397635_7962007980608231307_n.jpg?oh=972f2a3f026baf12c186e85312a85926&oe=585EDB79
(I had to share that one too because I look SO different. I hate how I looked back then and I didn't want people here to think I still look like that loool. I went from classy kid to punk covered with tattoos lmao)

As for my project, I can show you my thesis film if you want
It's not the best quality I can do though, I was alone and only had 4 months to do it
I didn't have as much time as I wish I had to complete it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldw0H9VJNPo

I also redesigned my characters recently. That's what they look like now ^^ (sorry for the sketch quality, I'll do better pictures soon :U )
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[lintu]

I love the pictures and your project ! I also looked at some of your other videos on youtube ! Great animation and characters ! Very much reminded me of Avatar ! <3

How awesome that you got to meet him . He looked very nice and friendly in the pics .

PS I am an old skool punk with tattoos myself

[kina]

thanks a lot !

and high five for tattoos XD

[lintu]

what tattoos do you have ? Did you draw/design them also ? I have 7. but one of them is cover work over another so only 6 visible .

[kina]

Now I have 7 tattoos too XD

and sure, here are pictures
sta.sh/229w1nltvc7r


Also, GREAT NEEEEWS

I'm back from london ! I went to see Travesties

I had started sending him art when I was 13, and ever since, I keep sending him stuffs. He sent me a really nice christmas letter and a second card once, he's super nice D:
I met him at another play he played in in London back in 2011. We had taken a picture together, and he had said he remembered all the letters I had sent to him.
And so this year, 5 years later, I came back to see him. And guess what. He remembered me o.o
I had sent him a birthday letter with art last month, and he kept thanking me for it and gave me a hug, and we took a picture. That day couldn't go any better ;w;
He said he really liked my characters too, and he said he would love to voice one of them. I'm like. omg. can you imagine. It's like, when I was 13, I would dream of that, and now, 7 years later, it can happen. It's just incredible. That guy is the nicest man I know, I'm gonna send him a super shaded painting for Christmas to thank him ezdhbjezhdujezhkudeank

Here's a picture too !!
sta.sh/02cvkf9em6sw

[lintu]

Nov 1, 2016 13:41:04 GMT -5 kina said:

Now I have 7 tattoos too XD

and sure, here are pictures
sta.sh/229w1nltvc7r


Also, GREAT NEEEEWS

I'm back from london ! I went to see Travesties

I had started sending him art when I was 13, and ever since, I keep sending him stuffs. He sent me a really nice christmas letter and a second card once, he's super nice D:
I met him at another play he played in in London back in 2011. We had taken a picture together, and he had said he remembered all the letters I had sent to him.
And so this year, 5 years later, I came back to see him. And guess what. He remembered me o.o
I had sent him a birthday letter with art last month, and he kept thanking me for it and gave me a hug, and we took a picture. That day couldn't go any better ;w;
He said he really liked my characters too, and he said he would love to voice one of them. I'm like. omg. can you imagine. It's like, when I was 13, I would dream of that, and now, 7 years later, it can happen. It's just incredible. That guy is the nicest man I know, I'm gonna send him a super shaded painting for Christmas to thank him ezdhbjezhdujezhkudeank

Here's a picture too !!
sta.sh/02cvkf9em6sw





That  is  awesome  Marie !  Congrats  .  I had  seen  your  pic  on twitter  and  tweeted  back  you.  I like  your  style  .  Did  you  also  draw  all  your own  tatoo  characters ?  Pretty  cool  .  I  cannot  figure  how  to  post  my  tattoos  on here  . probablly  because  I  do  not have  them  picture  hosted  anywhere  .  I might be  able  to post  some  on  twitter  some  time  , Most  of  mine  are  on  my back  though  .  I have  a  big  one   on  my  thigh  of  Ganesha   and  an owl  tattoo  on my arm  .