American Icon

The first project for Humanities this year is a project called American Icon. For this project we have to pick someone who is an icon in our lives that has something to do with America. I have three people whom is an icon in my life.
The first person that I choose is Hayao Miyazaki. I choose him because he represents an artistic fictional side of myself much like many of his wonderful movies. This icon is important to me because he helps influence a childlike side of me. This Icon has become important in American culture by creating many wonderful movies for children like the new award winning film "Ponyo", although the correct name is "Gake no Ue no Ponyo". As a child I use to watch the movies all the time and they were important to me because the hero was always a girl so I was able to feel that I could be as strong as the girls in the movies. The movies have inspired me to do drawings like Hayao Miyazaki and show the childlike fantasy behind everything. I plan to make drawing my career even if it means being an illustrator because I love to draw with all my heart.

The second person who is my Icon I is Masashi Kishimoto who is the creator of Naruto a very famous and my favorite comic. This comic is very well know throughout America and you can ask just about any kid what Naruto is and they will say it's about ninjas. It is important to me because this is what helped inspired me to start my hobby of drawing ( this also includes Yu-gi-oh and Pokemon which I grew up on). This Icon became important to me because it helped me to get a firm knowledge and understanding of how to draw people of course over the years I gain my own style of drawing with out the help of art classes.

My third and final icon that I chose to write about is J.K.Roweling. The reason for this is because she wrote my favorite book series "Harry Potter" and like me she has an interest for fantasy. She is important to American culture because her books are very commonly read and they have even been made into movies which is very popular. This Icon has inspired me to do more writing and have an open mind when creating stories and my imapination has expanded due to reading her wonderful work.