"Appreciate range and potential of media for visual expression of ideas" For the few of you out there who know Spike Spiegel, (And the even fewer who know about this blog...) then you know of Cowboy Bebop. One of the few properly syndicated animes aired on North American television and a great one at that, pretty much giving me the motivation to draw from this idea. But at the same time, as I drew what I saw in Spike, I began to pay even closer attention to the details, the expressions, and the style that Spike has in his character. The shading of this drawing was to give off the right mood for Spike and also used to present an air of realism. I started to think if the artists of Cowboy Bebop always think in such detail and to reach their proper moods in their work. Being the amateur artist that I am, I believe that talent doesn't just happen in any old drawing, it takes the time, detail, and discipline true artists must have to create a great anime character like Spike Spiegel.