WHO IS
RUBY RAWLINS?
Creative & Curious
Communication
To get in contact or follow my internet presence outside of this website, check this page.
The content of my character exists across the internet, scattered by a decade
of shifting media landscapes, the birth and death of giant social media
websites, and a personality which values privacy.
I am hoping this website can offer a glimpse into the vastness of my person.
I'm passionate about communication and culture. I've been studying Japanese
since 2019. I'm certified
JLPT N2 and worked as a Japanese-English translator in 2022 and 2023. I
enjoy the process of highlighting Japanese cultural texts for western audiences.
As part of my continued study into the Japanese language and culture I write
weekly Reading Reports about media I
engage with.
I am a broad reader of fiction and non-fiction and have explored
the vast ocean of Japanese media from romance to mecha, from magical girls
to erotic horror. I'm always looking for new ways to examine the world
through art and anthropology.
I have a Bachelor of Professional Communications (Advertising). I currently work in Account Services at an advertising firm (check my LinkedIn for more details and updates).
I consider myself a better copywriter than artist, but my aesthetic sensibilities bring a certain something to my work.
Since July 2024, I've been working to further develop my
design and other hard skills. I coded this website from the ground up,
learning HTML, CSS, and a smidgen of Javascript as I went. I'm a strong
believer in the "learn as you go" and
"learn by imitation" methods.
Everything on this website was designed and placed by me. It is as
valuable a resource to understand me as this page.
I have no active social media,
but I encourage anyone interested to contact me via the
resources available.
A Brief Timeline
Born in 1991, some of my earliest memories involve holding a game controller
or watching anime too mature for my age.
Japanese aesthetics enraptured me, and I never really escaped
the whirlpool of kawaii, dot-matrix displays, or
web 1.0 design sensibilities (see this whole website).
A middle child wedged between two older and two younger siblings, I've
always played the role of mediator. I spent many of my early years with
my head in sketchbooks, doodling countless pages of playful creatures.
After graduating childhood education in 2009 I spent ten years
soul searching. It was still in my nature to be creative, and I spent
much of my spare time making amateur art, writing, and trying new things.
In 2022 I started translating Japanese media professionally.
The majority of the work I did was for independent adult artists. I'm
proud of the work I did bringing Japanese stories to the West
when those stories might not otherwise have been told. Some people shy away from
adult media, but I've always seen it as a compelling
form of human expression worthy of protection, admiration, and study.
In total I produced translations for over 1000 pages of manga.
In 2023 I enrolled at RMIT University under a Bachelor of
Professional Communication. I finished my first year with recognition
of my academic excellence by the Dean of Communication.
In 2024 I majored in Advertising and minored in Asian Media and
Communications. I overcame a fear of firearms and travelled to the
United States of America for the first time in my life.
In October, I concluded my studies and begun working at Pace. I plan to graduate in December.
Some other bits and pieces with nowhere else to go
I really like moody, classical or classical-inspired music. Usually anything that involves a piano or vocals. I also just like the sounds of acoustic guitars. Some songs I really like (in no particular order) include:
- 黒に限りなく近い夜空 from Island
- Polovtsian Dances, aka ダッタン人の踊り. First heard it in 彼氏彼女の事情 and later in ラーゼフォン
- 一期一会 first heard in 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン and later in 彼氏彼女の事情