welcome to my corner of the internet, i’m the webmaster.
honestly, i have no idea how to introduce myself properly.

you can call me west, though my friends like to call me bon —like bonbons— even though it’s short for bones, my old discord tag. i’m years old, born on June 6 2007, which makes me a gemini. to my portuguese family’s dismay, i’m a transman, using he / it pronouns. i'm also panromantic and some hints of asexuality, though i don’t love putting strict labels on things. i'm usually seen as an internet dad by those who surround me, which i find funny sometime, since i'm clealy no example to anyone
i’m currently studying in the arts field and hoping to get a degree in either illustration or character design someday. i don’t think i’m interesting at all, to be honest i’d rather let my creations do the talking for me.
makes me sound so antisocial geez

talking about creations, i mostly come up with ocs for the sheer fun of it, yet all my ocs hold a bit of me, making each and everyone extremely special to me.

i grew up on the internet, learning english thanks to unrestricted internet access bless the chaotic internet days. i mostly learned from youTube videos and occasionally some videogames i watched, i say “watched” because i didn’t own videogames when i was younger.
only recently have i managed to get my hands on a few games with collected money, but back then, i’d dive into whatever free games i could find on the play store or apks.
not the brightest idea, looking back.

talking about languages i also hold a great interest for learning languages, such as russian, japanese and maybe scottish (starting to focus on japanese first). since i currently already speak european portuguese, a mix of intermediate spanish and of course advanced english.
Anyone who knows japanese andwould love to talk w/ me for help or just wants to learn european portuguese back, is totally free to message me. i have no language study buddy

still, videogames did something amazing for me, it made me fall in love with art they could hold and the storytelling its so cool the worlds people can create, especially indie games and original characters.
for a kid like me, it was mind-blowing to realize that there's someone out there, like me and you, without big budgets or giant companies, could make something so awesome.eversince i found out about it i've watched from afar wishing one day i could write or make something special like that
a childish dream of mine to make my "grand" project

big thoughts aside, when i’m not drawing fan art or doodling my ocs, my hobbies consist of me reading manga on my phone during random blank moments, watching random anime or movies, playing my comfort games or just binge-watching my favorite youtubers. i love just hanging out with my friends, even if it’s just to chat and keep each other company.

this website was mainly an impulsive decision, i’ve known about neocities for ages and the free internet. but only recently decided i wanted a space of my own — a little corner of the internet that’s just mine, far away from posts, numbers and all that chaos. when i started, i had and still have little to no coding skills, so i just did what i could and learned by peeking at what others did. one big inspiration for me has been dokodemo, this page is a good example, their work is so cool, and it really helped me figure out some stuff.

thank you for reading this weird rant about myself, feel free to explore the tabs on the side