Do you have a DeviantArt, personal website, or art blog?
What’s your favorite thing to draw?
What’s your least favorite thing to draw?
How often do you use references?
Do you draw professionally, or just for fun?
How much time do you spend drawing on an average day?
Are you confident about your art?
How many art-related blogs do you follow?
Is it okay for people to ask you about your process?
Do you prefer to keep your art personal, or do you like drawing things for other people?
Do you ever collaborate with others?
How long does an average piece take you to complete?
Do you draw more today than you did in the past, or do you draw less?
Do you think you’re justified in giving other people art advice?
What are you currently trying to improve on?
What is the most difficult thing for you to draw?
What is the easiest thing for you to draw?
Do you like to challenge yourself?
Are you confident that you’re improving steadily?
Do you draw more fanart, or more original art?
Do you feel jealous when you see other people’s art, or inspired? (Be honest!)
Do you like to draw in silence, or with music?
For digital artists: what program(s) do you use?
For digital artists: how many layers does a typical piece require?
For traditional artists: what medium do you like most? (Pencil, charcoals, etc)
For traditional artists: How do you usually start on a big piece? (Light sketch, colored lead, sketchpaper, etc)
What inspires you to not just make art, but to be a better artist?
1. I tend to lean more digital…but I’m not sure that I prefer one over the other.
2. I have been drawing since before my earliest memory, so maybe 26ish yrs? Being creative is something I feel is an inherent part of me.
3. I took basic drawing, painting, and digital art in highschool…then pursued a bachelor’s in graphic design in college…so I’ve taken more classes than I can count off the top of my head.
4. I mostly just post here and Instagram when it comes to art (I’m on Twitch/Youtube/Twitter for gaming content)…I’m bad very bad at social media.
5. My favorite things to draw are characters…usually with hoods and masks. I have always loved drawing Kirby characters… they bring a sort of comfort to me and robots are also pretty high up there in the list…
6. My least favorite thing to draw are hands and backgrounds because I am most unfamiliar with them and they stress me out.
7. I use references a lot…I learned in school that drawing from real life references allows you to truly visualize something in 3d space and it helps a good bit.
8. I have done quite a few commissions and work semi-frequently with Empire Comic Con in Savannah Ga to provide them with fun visual material for their events…but I mostly develop my own characters to be used in future projects 👀
9. On a daily basis overall I do not draw a lot…I personally am recovering from a very toxic mindset surrounding my art and been in a bit of a burnout/block for a while. I’m working to get back to the core of what makes creativity sincere and fun!
10. I’m fairly confident in my art looking back at it after the fact, specifically whenever a piece is done. Somehow they ALWAYS seem to finally come together at the end.
11. I follow very few artist blogs…I follow many artists on Instagram…but I think no more than 5 blogs (I’m new here)
12. I welcome any questions about my creative process or art advice…if you have any questions about art ever and think I could help I’m more than willing to try!
13. I always prefer to share the art I’m most proud of, whether it was personal or not…I think connecting and sharing it is what it’s all about.
14. I don’t collab usually…I’m very much a “too many cooks in the kitchen” kinda guy…
15. My works depending on the level of detail range anywhere from 2-10 hrs total maybe?
16. I draw less than I have in the past…I used to draw every day for fun, but as I get older I have to deal with the struggle of the weight of perfectionism and “it needing to be about something”
17. I think everyone is justified in some context to give art advice when asked…we all learn at different rates and everyone has something valuable to share.
18. Right now I’m just trying to improve my motivation to just create freely!
19. The most difficult thing for me to draw is probably feminine faces…It’s very frustrating to me that this is a struggle.
20. I feel most comfortable drawing Kirby Characters…I doodled them constantly as a kid growing up and they just feel like home to me.
21. I feel like saying I LOVE to be challenged is disingenuous…initially I hate the overwhelming feeling, It’s always stressful and almost makes me feel sick…but when I power through I love the end results and am happy I went through it after the fact. I feel every new piece I do challenges me to learn something new.
22. I try not to be over-confident about much…but looking at newer art of mine compared to my older stuff…I think I can safely say that I am improving…even if very slowly.
23. I feel like I draw more fanart than I used to just by the nature of me drawing for social media…I do a lot of speed drawing on Twitch…but traditionally overall I think I draw more original characters.
24. I don’t think I ever feel jealous about someone elses art. I feel like that implies a certain level of resentment toward their work which I don’t feel. I’m not a very competitive person when it comes to creativity and I don’t feel like someone being good means you can’t ALSO be good; therefore, there’s never a reason to angrily covet someone elses capabilities. Sometimes I do struggle with feeling much less desirable/adequate as an artist than them or at a disadvantage…but I dont see how that’s thwir fault…I believe one should channel that INTO inspiration to try to improve.
25. When I draw I like to put on music or a show that connects me to what I’m drawing. Maybe it’s music that I feel like the character would like, or maybe a show that inspires me to create this world in the first place…the more it puts me in the world I’m drawing the better.
26. I mostly use Procreate with the Apple Pencil because I’m working to cut Adobe out of my life…but I also am well versed in Clip Studio and Photoshop.
27. For my more cartoonish style stuff…it’s usually only about 5 layers in the end…but that requires a lot of creating new layers and merging throughout the process as well.
28. Oddly enough…when I draw traditionally I prefer a mechanical pencil for sketching followed up by inking with Prismacolor pens/Markers…or scanning in the pen illustration and coloring digitallyl
29. To start a drawing I like to get the line of action and rough layout of characters down then build off of that. It helps with proportions and anatomy which is not usually my strong suit.
30. What inspires me most is the stories that make an impact on me as a person. Movies, Games, Books, Shows, Comics…they have the ability to teach us in almost a parable fashion. There is usually a lesson we can learn from them…I want to do that too…I want to create and inspire. People say art is what we learn from the most left behind by past civilizations…Your creativity pushes others in ways you might not understand now.
The Last Guardian is one of my all time faves…love how the captured the spirit of the game and sweet baby Trico here…
Just went through an old box of papers and sketchpads from when I was in college (2013-2016) and it’s so crazy to see how far I’ve come…
I’m 29 and I can’t lie…the question has posed itself…is it too late? Should I just give it up and “live life like most people do?”.
But I’ve just put too much time, effort and love into my art and identity as an artist…I can not, and simply will not abandon who I am and who I have grown myself to be…
Being a creative individual is my life blood and I plan to do it until I physically can’t anymore…
Here are some of my favorite drawings I came across tonight in old sketch books…hope you enjoy and if you like them, maybe stick around!
