Art Meme

Ganked from Bri-chan on livejournal.

Because I 'm bored.

01] What is your pen name?
Xlade

02] How did you get the name?
I was playing with letters of the alphabet. The "x" is pronounced like a "z" because I say so.

03] Do you use PC or Mac?
PC

04] What software do you use most often?
Photoshop CS2!

05] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
Ahhh! Tablet! My friend!

06] The color you use most often is?
Lots of blue shows up in my art. And Black. Mmmm. Black.

07] What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
Faces and hands are moost difficult

08] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
Depends. Anywhere from a few minutes for a rough to a few hours for something finished

09] Do you keep your rough drafts?
Sometimes. It depends on how old they are. Then they get tossed.

10} What kind of font do you use?
Arial.

11] What's the dpi when you scan?
Always 300 dpi.

12] Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
Movies generally. I watch ones that are mindless, or I've seen 100 times. Nice background noise.

13] How many pictures do you draw in a month?
Lately, 10-15...maaaaaaybe.

14] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Anything I can get my hands on.

15] What kind of paper do you use for sketches and drafts?
Hey!

16] How long does it take to ink something?
I don't ink. When I do, it takes hours and scans horribly

17] Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
Not really.

18] Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
Don't know. Never read much.

19] Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
NO

20] Did it get published?
-

21] Who are your favorite artists?
Lots of internet people

22] What's your favorite Anime/Manga?
Now...Naruto. And ATLA isn't really anime, but it's still great.

23] Favorite Characters?
Zuko

24] Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
Gah. Too many to name.

25] Do you buy books a lot?
I love books. They take over my house :P

26] Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
The Art of Star Wars book...shiny and wonderful.

27] Any video games you enjoy?
World of Warcraft...

28] Any favorite characters from video games?
Mine?

29] Do you have a favorite writer?
God wrote the Bible....
But people? Orson Scott Card.

30] Any books you really enjoy?
Art books, fantasy, scifi, the Bible

31] Do you write fanfics?
I always loose focus... :(

32] Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
Everything

33] Any recommended songs?
"Use Me" by Hinder makes me laugh....I don't know why.

34] Any web sites that you totally admire?
Not alot

35] Do you have any sites you want to go to every day?
Livejournal/my guild page/DevArt/my Google blog subcriptions...

36] What is your dream site like?
Arty

37] Do you like your own art?
I get bored looking at it, don't know why anyone else would like it.

46] Are you a computer expert?
NO

47] Want to become a professional artist?
Animation please!

48] Any other jobs you're interested in?
Just told you

49] Any other specialties besides drawing?
Painting (Some) I can write a bit

50] Do you like to watch movies?
Yes

51] What's your favorite movie?
Right now...Pride and Prejudice (new version)

52] Have you ever entered art contests?
No

53] When did you start drawing seriously?
About 7th grade

54] Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
People. My old thumbnails

55] Have you met any of your fans online?
What fans.

56] You have a lot of pen pals?
No

57] You have a lot of friends that draw?
I don't have friends. Seriously. Complete introvert here.

58] What time do you usually go online?
Anytime I can

59] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
Nope

60] Do you have your own computer?
I will soon. Share my husband with a comp for now

61] What would you say to the person you admire?
(Husband) Love you.

62] Do you think of things when you draw?
Whatever I'm trying to draw. I make the faces I'm trying to draw

63] Have you drawn badly because you think too much?
Yeah. Don't do the drawing/thinking thing

64] Do you have any friends who are professionals?
No

65] Where do you often hang out?
Work. Home.

66] Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
Not really. Don't know anyone

67] Situations in which you really don't like being online?
When I'm dead and tired.

68] Situations you hate when it comes to having web sites?
I don't have one.

69] Something that makes you really glad that the Internet exists?
Seeing stuff I couldn't see in real life.

70] What about things that make you NOT glad that the Internet exists?
The fact that no one wants to talk face-to-face anymore, or even on the phone. It's all emails, messages, and AIM. We've lost the intimacy here people. (What she said)

71] What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
Something Mighty Ducks I think.

72] Do you still have that?
???

73] Has your drawing style changed a lot?
I'm so much better now.

74] How does it usually change?
As I learn new things, it changes

75] Have you experienced artists block before?
Oh yes.

76] How did you escape from it?
Work at stuff.

77] What happens when you have artists block?
I go dead.

78] Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
A lot of online artists.

79] What made you start drawing?
Family trait. When I started homeschool, draw more!

80] What made you want to get a web site?
Don't have on *cry*

81] Where did your site name come from?
If I had a site (not just a blog), it was from a joke with a friend during highschool.

82] What do you think about net manners?
No one's really good at them.

83] Have you ever been spammed?
Ouy

84] Ever thought about quitting your web page?
...

85] If so, why?
....

86] About how many KB is each picture?
???

87] When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
Don't

88] Do you have good eyesight?
I need glasses, but only for driving.

89] If you can get any person's autograph, whose would you get?
No idea.

90] What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
*squeak*

91] Do you have fans of your art?
No

92] Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
Don't use them really.

93] Were you good at art in school?
Ok I guess. It was boring because it was the same stuff over and over

94] Did you take art lessons other than from school?
Not really.

95] Have you drawn a manga?
No.

96] What's your favorite phrase/quote?
"Oooooh so perfectly PINK!"

97] Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
Not really. People see who I am.

98] What's your goal now?
Get an animation degree.

99] What do you have to say to yourself?
Work dammit!

100] Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone?
Bwahahahahahahahah.