Hi! My name is Sharnaka Haque and I am an Animator, Manga
Artist/Writer, Author and part-time Musician. I am currently doing a part-time
BA course in Art & Design and hope to pursue a career there after. The age
range of my audience varies from 9-13 to midteens, depending of the type of
story I work on.
I was at the early age of five when the inspiration of animation first hit me. I was given a video of Disney's The Little Mermaid just before my sixth birthday, and I wondered how it was done. Also, the style in which the characters were drawn inspired me to draw my characters in a similar way. You can take a look at some of my current characters as they were drawn in my old style here.
Shortly after that, a series of another mermaid was shown on TV. This series was called Saban's Adventures of The Little Mermaid and it was in a different style called Anime. That style also interested me, but not as much as Disney at that time. When I was around seven years old, the interest in what is calledManga also started to interest me, as our neighbour's daughter, at the time, used to draw pictures of the particular style. I also recall receiving a colouring book in which the characters were in Manga style as a gift.
It was not until I was doing a Foundation course after my A levels did the Manga/Anime style dominated the Disney style and since then, I have been drawing my characters (old and new) this way. However, I do believe there is still a hint of the old style as my characters do not have the authentic face shape of an Anime/Manga character, yet I still see it as an Anime/Manga style. Also, during that course, I created my first animation piece which was a trailer of my own story calledShimmeryVain: The Forbidden Love(2005-2008). At that time, I was also interested in Textiles and this was the only animation in which I combined it with animation as the characters were created out of various fabrics by myself and with a bit of help.
When aged ten, I had a new interest in CGI when Toy Story was first released in the cinemas. However, I have yet to explore the methods used.
I was also obsessed with mermaids and dreamt of being one and meeting one. At the time it first started, it was just because of how a mermaid looked and how freely they moved.
However, when receiving another version of The Little Mermaid on video, when I was eight years old, it struck me to know that the story was not like the Disney one, and it was very sad to see the mermaid disappear at the end, and I never wanted to see it again. The version was also in Anime style but was originally directed by Tomoharu Katsumata and was dubbed in English by Tim Reid.
Never the less, a few years later, I come to realise that the feature length Anime version stays true to the origin story written by Hans Christian Andersen.
I was at the early age of five when the inspiration of animation first hit me. I was given a video of Disney's The Little Mermaid just before my sixth birthday, and I wondered how it was done. Also, the style in which the characters were drawn inspired me to draw my characters in a similar way. You can take a look at some of my current characters as they were drawn in my old style here.
Shortly after that, a series of another mermaid was shown on TV. This series was called Saban's Adventures of The Little Mermaid and it was in a different style called Anime. That style also interested me, but not as much as Disney at that time. When I was around seven years old, the interest in what is calledManga also started to interest me, as our neighbour's daughter, at the time, used to draw pictures of the particular style. I also recall receiving a colouring book in which the characters were in Manga style as a gift.
It was not until I was doing a Foundation course after my A levels did the Manga/Anime style dominated the Disney style and since then, I have been drawing my characters (old and new) this way. However, I do believe there is still a hint of the old style as my characters do not have the authentic face shape of an Anime/Manga character, yet I still see it as an Anime/Manga style. Also, during that course, I created my first animation piece which was a trailer of my own story calledShimmeryVain: The Forbidden Love(2005-2008). At that time, I was also interested in Textiles and this was the only animation in which I combined it with animation as the characters were created out of various fabrics by myself and with a bit of help.
When aged ten, I had a new interest in CGI when Toy Story was first released in the cinemas. However, I have yet to explore the methods used.
I was also obsessed with mermaids and dreamt of being one and meeting one. At the time it first started, it was just because of how a mermaid looked and how freely they moved.
However, when receiving another version of The Little Mermaid on video, when I was eight years old, it struck me to know that the story was not like the Disney one, and it was very sad to see the mermaid disappear at the end, and I never wanted to see it again. The version was also in Anime style but was originally directed by Tomoharu Katsumata and was dubbed in English by Tim Reid.
Never the less, a few years later, I come to realise that the feature length Anime version stays true to the origin story written by Hans Christian Andersen.
The interest in story writing also came at an early age, probably
at the same time as when I first had the interest in animation. My stories had
always been in relation to my life, but as I grew, my stories have become less
and less literate.
When looking back at the original story The Little Mermaid written by H. C. Andersen, I have come to realise that my life, more or less follows the concept, and I now appreciate the story, giving me the idea of writing a story called, A Little Mermaid Story (2012-), which is also inspired by the film A Cinderella Story.
As an Asian, I am also influenced by Bollywood films and many of my stories have at least one Asian character and has the story may have some ideas from films I have watched. My current series of stories called The College Lovers Series (2002-) are an example of some infleunces of Bollywood and real life.
My current project that Im working on as part of my Degree course is an animation called Vi-acklings from Vi-ackle which is influenceced by Anime, Bollywood and real life, and has a few more Asian characters. The real life aspect of this story is metaphorically shown as Aliens helping a human girl to get herself heard. This project began as a Manga in 2010, and is continued as an Anime from 2012. The idea of doing a Manga was highly influenced by Mark Crilley when I came across hisYouTube videos on how to draw Managa characters in 2009. I bought his Manga books Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost and they helped me to think about my future a bit more as well how to portray my story in graphic novel form.
I wrote more stories in my school years which I am yet to share.
When looking back at the original story The Little Mermaid written by H. C. Andersen, I have come to realise that my life, more or less follows the concept, and I now appreciate the story, giving me the idea of writing a story called, A Little Mermaid Story (2012-), which is also inspired by the film A Cinderella Story.
As an Asian, I am also influenced by Bollywood films and many of my stories have at least one Asian character and has the story may have some ideas from films I have watched. My current series of stories called The College Lovers Series (2002-) are an example of some infleunces of Bollywood and real life.
My current project that Im working on as part of my Degree course is an animation called Vi-acklings from Vi-ackle which is influenceced by Anime, Bollywood and real life, and has a few more Asian characters. The real life aspect of this story is metaphorically shown as Aliens helping a human girl to get herself heard. This project began as a Manga in 2010, and is continued as an Anime from 2012. The idea of doing a Manga was highly influenced by Mark Crilley when I came across hisYouTube videos on how to draw Managa characters in 2009. I bought his Manga books Miki Falls and Brody's Ghost and they helped me to think about my future a bit more as well how to portray my story in graphic novel form.
I wrote more stories in my school years which I am yet to share.
I do music in my pass times and I am inspired by various artists
such as Enrique Iglesias, 3nity Brothers and various Bangla and Hindi songs.
