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BeaGarrido00

BeaGarrido00
Date Joined: June 9, 2021
Last Online: November 10, 2023
Birthday: August 7
Country: United Kingdom

About Me

About Me

Hello everyone!

My name is Bea, and I'm a Spanish-born translator and artist relocated to UK, currently living in the beautiful city of Canterbury, in the south of England.

Let me tell you a bit more about my interests, work and hobbies :)


Random Things I love

In no particular order! :D

Cats

Sushi

Old coins and banknotes

Yellow is my favourite colour

Lucky charms

Fossils and little mineral stones

Cacti and succulents

Jigsaw puzzles

Coffee

Traveling

Old newspapers

Writing letters and sending postcards

Beetles, butterflies and moths

Chocolate

Videogames


What do I do for a living?

I've been working as a part-time artist for the past three years, and I combine it with my work as a translator to make ends meet! I'd love to be a full time artist, but it's not easy getting established in this industry.

This is what I do as an artist:

Traditional wildlife artPet portraitureEntomology artCurrency art (I paint on banknotes from all over the world!)Book page artAny other type of artistic form of expression that involves wild animals, pets or nature in general

So I bet you can tell that I'm a big animal lover :D I work with coloured pencils and acrylic paint, sometimes I dabble in other media, like watercolours, pastels, etc., and I often combine some of them to create mixed media pieces.

I also work as freelance translator and linguist specialist, and my main language pair is Spanish to English. It's not a terribly exciting job, and I spend a ridiculous amount of time in front of my laptop, frantically typing and getting stressy about deadlines, but I enjoy it for the most part :)


Favorite Books

Literature is one of my biggest passions! I would basically read anything and everything, as long is well written! It's hard for me to choose a handful of favourite books, as they tend to change as years go by and my life, interests and circumstances develop and change, but here's a little list of my favourite authors and genres:

(Just a Few!) Favourite Authors

Dostoevski H.G. Wells Terry Pratchett Stephen King Haruki Murakami Agatha Christie George Orwell Herman Melville Tolkien JK Rowling

Favourite Genres

Science Fiction Thriller, Horror Mystery and Whodunnits Memoirs Historical Fiction/Non fiction Popular science Classics novels Best Sellers of the moment


My Hobbies and Interests

Videogames - I've been a dedicated gamer all my life, and I even worked for SEGA Europe and Nintendo as a language QA in London, for a couple of years. All platforms and all genres, I don't discriminate :D

Cooking - I adore food! I enjoy cooking at home, for me or for other people. My favourite cuisines are Mediterranean (Spanish and Italian, bit of Greek too), Indian, Thai and Japanese. I make some pretty good maki sushi :)

Music - I play several instruments and used to work as a sound tech. I did some mixing and post-production too. I mainly love classic rock, blues, funk, R&B, some jazz, prog and psychedelic, old school hip hop, etc...

Art - See above! :D

Literature - See above :D

Ratings

StitchingWitch rated for ATC Mini Oracle Deck 2.0 on Sep 7, 2021
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Comment: Over two months and nothing has arrived. I sent you a messag but received no response.
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Comment: Sadly nothing has almost two months after the deadline. My message to you went unanswered. I'd be happy to change the rating in the future, if we can figure out a solution!
MissRich rated for ATC Mini Oracle Deck 2.0 on Aug 28, 2021
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Comment: 😇 Thank you for the Oracle card!
LeaTheShark rated for ATC Mini Oracle Deck 2.0 on Aug 11, 2021
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Comment: Thank you!
Dessie0416 rated for Letter in a notecard #3 Int'l on Jul 18, 2021
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Comment: Thank you for the letter! Yes, I have been to switzerland and I loved it.
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Comment: Thank you so much for the fantastic ATC, you're so talented !! I love the flower in a glass case, the foil border is very interesting (and I love copper !!). I also adore the eye of Horus of course, I love ancient Egypt ! Thank you so much also for all the extras you've included, that's so sweet :)
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Comment: Thank you happy swapping 💌❤️
mags142 rated for ATC Mini Oracle Deck Series #3 on Jul 11, 2021
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Comment: Super amazing hand drawn ATC, I loved it and can't wait to add this to my deck :) thank you
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Comment: Thank you ♥
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Comment: Thank you for the notes, I appreciate that they are hand written.
Shannonfitz rated for Alphabet ATC - X on Jul 6, 2021
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Comment: Thanks for the X ATC and the extra goodies...I love the little owls in particular!
Carollee922 rated for International Stamp Swap- June on Jul 4, 2021
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Comment: Thank you so much, these are so cool. I am new to stamp collecting and these are awesome for my collection!
lrm1980 rated for Dot Painting ATC Swap on Jun 29, 2021
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Comment: What a great ATC! Thank you for it and for the extras!
wyrdfae rated for ATC Mini Oracle Deck Series #3 on Jun 29, 2021
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Comment: Thank you :)
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Comment: Thank you for your nice note, quotes and extras. This is a fun swap and I'm anxious to read all of the quotes that were sent. Cute little card too! Thanks for making my day!
porpie5 rated for Short story: Anything on Jun 29, 2021
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Comment: Thank you for the beautiful story! You got a lot of emotion into your pages; very well done! Very sweet! Two hearts!
Intrinzica rated for HEARTS! HEARTS! #14 on Jun 23, 2021
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Comment: Hope you have a wonderful day! <3
porpie5 rated for HEARTS! HEARTS! #14 on Jun 23, 2021
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Comment: Cool!
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Comment: Thank you for the quotes. I haven't peeked yet. I can't decide whether to look to avoid duplication or keep them for a surprise.

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Comments

DPClamavi on Aug 3, 2021:

This person doesn't rate and doesn't answer the messages, despite me rating the month before !

AvianAine on Jul 8, 2021:

You should put a sign on your wall: I won't rate your swap, I don't answer messages and I refuse to communicate. Thank you.

Meisje on Jun 30, 2021:

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Happy summer! Thanks for being in the Letter about your summer plans swap.

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