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Meme: What is your art style?
14 years ago
1. Name your art style!
I don't know what to call it, but I've been told I seem to have a lot of manga influences, bits and pieces from Western comic book art styles, and something approaching a kind of realism. Fantasy realism? I don't know, but I guess it's a fusion. :)
2. What influenced your current style?
Um, I think I kind of answered this before. XD
I do love the pretty, delicate lines in manga like Vampire Princess Miyu. And it's from comics in general (shounen and shoujo manga, action comics, web comics, etc) that I learned about how lovely little details can be, things like emphasis on a certain line stroke, colour, shading or object. Every line in a drawing should add character, I think.
That touch of realism in my style is probably from my on-going attempts at drawing from life; mostly people, sometimes animals. I can't explain it well, but watching how muscle moves, paying attention to shape and dimension - it does seem to translate to drawing less wonky figures.
3. Do you wish to draw like someone else? Or, do you have a style you admire?
I can't think of anyone specific right this second. There's lots of artists I admire, though! There are many artists that make me curl up in a ball of envy because they do such amazing things with line and colour and shadow, but what I want most is to be best at my own style.
4. Do you have a favourite picture of yours?
I have something I like best about most of the artworks I put up for viewing. Others never see the light of day. XD;;
5. Hated picture?
Can't think of any right now?
6. What do you like best about making art?
Drawing it. I'm learning to appreciate inking and colour, but it's hard!
7. Favourite thing to draw/colour?
People. I mean this in a broadly applicable sense. XD
8. What's your process (take us through how your art goes from idea to finished piece)?
I sketch things on paper (usually standard A4 printing paper from the post office) with as good a pencil as I can find at the time (usually HB), starting with roughing out scribbly shapes and slowly darkening the lines I like best. Afterwards, I erase the bits that don't look good and do last-minute touch ups, then I go over the lines again with more weight.
I like working with a model of some kind, but I can do without. I usually use photographs or Google images.
I'm not very good with inking using pens or markers, so I generally scan the sketch and ink with Macromedia Flash. I use the shape tool pretty much exclusively and as few layers as possible. I then save a gigantic copy of the resulting line art and import it into Photoshop for colouring.
My colouring process is never quite the same each time, but I usually lay down flat colours on a layer and start adding more layers on top to manipulate shadows, highlights and colour blending tricks. I use a lot of soft brushes, but just the default ones. Right at the end, I may add a layer on top of everything for painting fixes to things that don't look quite right. I don't use a tablet because I don't have one; it's just the mouse and many cramped finger and arm muscles. XD;;
9. What are your tools?
HB pencils, a good eraser, decent paper, slightly broken computer, Macromedia Flash, and Adobe Photoshop CS.
10. If you could tell a bit of advice about art, what would it be?
Take your time to find out what works best for you. Everyone has their own way of doing things. :)
I don't know what to call it, but I've been told I seem to have a lot of manga influences, bits and pieces from Western comic book art styles, and something approaching a kind of realism. Fantasy realism? I don't know, but I guess it's a fusion. :)
2. What influenced your current style?
Um, I think I kind of answered this before. XD
I do love the pretty, delicate lines in manga like Vampire Princess Miyu. And it's from comics in general (shounen and shoujo manga, action comics, web comics, etc) that I learned about how lovely little details can be, things like emphasis on a certain line stroke, colour, shading or object. Every line in a drawing should add character, I think.
That touch of realism in my style is probably from my on-going attempts at drawing from life; mostly people, sometimes animals. I can't explain it well, but watching how muscle moves, paying attention to shape and dimension - it does seem to translate to drawing less wonky figures.
3. Do you wish to draw like someone else? Or, do you have a style you admire?
I can't think of anyone specific right this second. There's lots of artists I admire, though! There are many artists that make me curl up in a ball of envy because they do such amazing things with line and colour and shadow, but what I want most is to be best at my own style.
4. Do you have a favourite picture of yours?
I have something I like best about most of the artworks I put up for viewing. Others never see the light of day. XD;;
5. Hated picture?
Can't think of any right now?
6. What do you like best about making art?
Drawing it. I'm learning to appreciate inking and colour, but it's hard!
7. Favourite thing to draw/colour?
People. I mean this in a broadly applicable sense. XD
8. What's your process (take us through how your art goes from idea to finished piece)?
I sketch things on paper (usually standard A4 printing paper from the post office) with as good a pencil as I can find at the time (usually HB), starting with roughing out scribbly shapes and slowly darkening the lines I like best. Afterwards, I erase the bits that don't look good and do last-minute touch ups, then I go over the lines again with more weight.
I like working with a model of some kind, but I can do without. I usually use photographs or Google images.
I'm not very good with inking using pens or markers, so I generally scan the sketch and ink with Macromedia Flash. I use the shape tool pretty much exclusively and as few layers as possible. I then save a gigantic copy of the resulting line art and import it into Photoshop for colouring.
My colouring process is never quite the same each time, but I usually lay down flat colours on a layer and start adding more layers on top to manipulate shadows, highlights and colour blending tricks. I use a lot of soft brushes, but just the default ones. Right at the end, I may add a layer on top of everything for painting fixes to things that don't look quite right. I don't use a tablet because I don't have one; it's just the mouse and many cramped finger and arm muscles. XD;;
9. What are your tools?
HB pencils, a good eraser, decent paper, slightly broken computer, Macromedia Flash, and Adobe Photoshop CS.
10. If you could tell a bit of advice about art, what would it be?
Take your time to find out what works best for you. Everyone has their own way of doing things. :)
