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Hello everyone, it's me, Naohiro. The one and only owner of the Naruto Shop! 3nodding The avatar posted above is something that I made of how I look in real life....Minus my trademark hat. sweatdrop I'll get around to making me in my trademark hat later.

A little about myself:
Name: Naohiro
Avatar making experience: 11 months and counting
Something interesting: Most people thought I was a guy at first because I started off with a male avatar, so I just went along with it until I decided to change my avatar to a female. Even after I changed it, most people still thought I was a guy. sweatdrop I still just played along. xd It was fun.
What my avatar used to look like (male form):
What my avatar used to look like (female):

First Edits

Ah... my days as a new avatar editor. It's been about a year since I made my very first edits. whee I think I was pretty good for a new avatar editor. Here are samples of my very first avatar edits. It was a set of avatars from my web manga Black Magic(before it became a web manga).



I'd have to admit, I think I was rather good back then for a newbie. I started doing avatar edits as a way to gain some income to purchase donation letters. Doing avatar edits is still my only income to purchase donation letters, expecially since they have become so expensive lately. crying
However, I not only do it for the income, but because I just like making them. Every now and then, I'm willing to do a avatar edit swap. 3nodding

Opening the shop

Since then, I've made many more avatar edits, thus opening "The Naruto Avatar Shop!". I later changed it to "The Naruto Shop!" seeing as how I now sell Naruto battle cards too.

Here are a few samples from my shop. wink



Obviously, you'll have to purchase them from the shop (located HERE) in order to get these without the word "sample" on them). Over time, they have become quite popular. biggrin

Gift Edits I've recieved:
<--- from Shaolin
<--- from Shocktv3


Gift edits I've made for others:

Animated goodness

I then moved onto animated gifs. However, me being the poor fool who doesn't have very good resources... I found AdGif. A free gif animating program that I would have to pay for if I wanted it registared. sweatdrop Something I refused to do. So I ended up making only 2 of these to get a feel for gif making.



Both are dedicated to Seraphym, my sweet, kind, loving girlfriend of almost 2 years now. whee Me loves her lots.

Very nice edits, I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

omg @_@ You're the one that did that soul calibur edit. eek You know there's a couple versions of it floating around without the signature on it, but it was actually one of the edits I saw that inspired me to do edits too. redface

Pixelated sarcasm tastes great. domokun Ne Naohiro, Saranghae... Depending on what time my mom goes into the hospital, tomorrow I just might be able to go see you after your school lets out. 3nodding

xd i'd like to see that..

Seraphym- I pray that your mom makes it out of surgery just fine. I look foward to seeing you after school. 3nodding wink heart

Shocktv3- Wow. A 3rd party? I expected my girlfriend to do something like that. I didn't realize I'd have others doing that too. sweatdrop But thank you for considering her feelings (the the 3rd party too I guess sweatdrop ). *bows*

Tyran Brandywine- Yep, I'm the one who made that Nightmare edit from Soul Calibur 2. I've never seen any other versions of it around before. sweatdrop Maybe I'm just blind. I'm glad to hear that my edits have given inspiration to people. 3nodding Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. xd Your edits are so much more better than mine though.

TheQualityofMercy- Yep, that is a Gravitation edit you see there. xd It was a custom someone ordered. I'll be sure to stop by the Self-portrait thread when I add on my hat. 3nodding If Shocktv3 means what I think he means by lickings, then I'm sure it's completely different from using your tongue. sweatdrop gonk

Shaolin- But of course. biggrin All because people find out my real gender doesn't mean I've changed my attitude. xp I'll try to get a little more active with avatar making as well. Thanks for the support! whee