Artist Ask Meme

[dephigravity]

Haven't done a good ol' meme in a while, so why the hell not. (taken from sillie82 and like half my Flist...

Leave me a number (or more then one) in the comments!:

1. When did you get into art?
2. What art-related sites have you ever signed up for?
3. Show us your oldest piece of art you have on hand.
4. What defines your artistic style?
5. Do you practice other styles/have you tried other styles in the past?
6. What levels of artistic education have you had?
7. Show us at least one picture you drew or sketched recently that you did not put on a public site.
8. What is your favorite piece that you have done?
9. What is your least favorite piece that you have done?
10.What do you like most about your art?
11.What do you like least about your art?
12.Have you ever considered taking commissions?
14.What do you like drawing the most?
15.What do you like drawing the least?
16.Do you draw more fanart or original art? If fanart, what fandom do you draw the most of?
17.What would you absolutely refuse to draw?
18.What is your purpose for drawing?
19.What medium/program do you use the most in your art?
20.How would you rank your art? (poor, mediocre, good, etc.)
22.Do you believe there is such thing as “bad art?”
23.List at least one of your “artspirations.”
24.What do you think you could stand to improve on?
25.Do you have a shameful art past? (recolor sprite comics, tracing art, etc.?

Comments

[dephigravity.livejournal.com]

18.What is your purpose for drawing?

I use it for various reasons, but mostly as stress management and to escape reality for a while. I tend to get lost when I draw, I can zone out for hours and even forget to eat. Kinda bad, but sometimes I just need to just drown out everything else around me.

Kinda the same reason I avoid trying to do it professionally... I would lose that if I did.

25.Do you have a shameful art past? (recolor sprite comics, tracing art, etc.?

So many! I mentioned earlier that I redrew comic art and Disney cans etc. and while that helped me learn to draw, it also cemented this idea in my head that I ALWAYS need a photo or reference to look at. I am terrified to not use one!

I wouldn't call it shameful, especially considering many fan artists (some very high profile ones even, tho they tend to avoid calling it that-- but seriously, you don't get that spot on with every proportion/realism/accuracy from eyeballing or even grid method...) and even world famous artists/masters do it, and I don't understand where the stigma against it comes from, but I use tracing as a tool when I need to.

If I'm struggling with some anatomy or a particular facial feature, I will use it... And I don't feel the need to tell everyone when and where I use it. To me, that is like demanding which thesaurus or source a fanfic writer used for a particular word. The one thing I will say is, if you trace from another artist, credit them and if at all possible ask permission first! That's just proper etiquette.

[dugindeep.livejournal.com]

I hear you on the escape, I definitely use that for writing and reading : D

I forgot to add for the second question a total muwahaha because I thought of it more of being guilty of doing art that you may be embarrassed about now ... are you willing to answer that?

P.S. I STILL ADORE THAT ICON OF YOURS.

[dephigravity.livejournal.com]

Oh TOTALLY! Especially with me occasionally cross posting some art to my personal Facebook. Mostly the porny stuff, but especially the kinkier things: puppy play!Stiles, tentacle sex!Sam, Jared and Jensen in fetish gear... HELL my sister blushed and nearly choked when she saw me working on that shower scene art last week!!!

[dugindeep.livejournal.com]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH looks like I need to track back into your art :DDDDDD


SHE MAY HAVE BLUSHED BY I GASPED AND CRIED AND THANKED THE LORD :DDD

[dephigravity.livejournal.com]

LOL she's one of those all nudity = porn people... took her by surprise. THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH TWINK!JENSEN'S ASS!