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[ ADMIN | ANIMATOR | ARTIST ] Welcome to my wizard tower...
I know that the trend of this has already sorta passed and died but I never got around to doing it so I'm gonna do it now :P
RULES:
Answer each question in as much detail as you like. Skip anything you don't know or would prefer not to answer.
How many usernames have you had? (You don't have to share them!)
I've had I think 4 in total, I'm not gonna share them all but the 1st one I had "LunaLov3" was my 1st Minecraft account name and the name kinda stuck so I used it online for several years. It didn't have super deep meaning or anything, I just had a dog named Luna and I loved her LOL
What does your current username mean?
Again I don't go super deep with my usernames, It's just Dax which is my real name (tho not my legal name #justgenderqueerthings) + Doodles because illitiration and it sounded good. And I do the doodle.
What is the first program you used to make digital art?
It was a pirated version of Paint Tool SAI, because I was 17 and broke as hell, on top of not knowing anything about art and picking the 1st thing that people where recomending for beginers at the time. And I stayed with SAI for a long time before getting Photoshop in college for a while, then moving to Clip Studio, which is now my main art software.
Where did you first start posting your art?
On Instagram, again, I knew nothing about the art world when I started out. And I started out this whole digital/online art thing quite later in my life than most people did or do nowadays. I didn't learn about DA until my second year of college.
What is the first piece of media you drew fanart for?
I'm not really a big fanart person, but a friend of mine is super into the fandom space stuff, so my first fanarts where of "Steven Universe" and "Star vs the forces of Evil". Mostly cause she liked them and would request that art.
Who was your first self-insert/persona/fursona? What did they mean to you?
My sona character that I draw today was adapted from my 1st sona over many many years now but some parts about it remain from the OG design.
It started off as a sorta just a rough simple cartoony drawing of myself and originally had black cat ears and tail (because I was a massive weeb) and was sorta my take on the avatars popular online artists who where into animation were doing.
They have changed and fit more to my identity now and is just a representation of what I want people to visualise when they think about me, mostly online.
What phases/styles has your art gone through? (e.g. an anime era, a watercolour phase?)
Baybe I've done em all - Anime, watercolour, gouache, clay modeling, scrappbooking, crafts, water makers, alcohol markers, childrens book style, lineless illustration, digital painting, oil painting, pastels, acrylic painting and pours, spray painting and street style illustration, tattoo designs, stickers, logos and graphic design...
You fucken name it I've probably gone through that phase or touched that medium at least once.
What/who do you think has influenced your art style the most?
Being cringe online probably. Idk I always hate this question because everything and nothing influences me it feels.
Like, "idk man, I just draw the way I do because I wanna"
What/who inspired you to be an artist?
Myself.
jk, its only half true, mostly golden age animation movies and anime, and just the way doing art feels. Its enjoyable, that's really the only inspo I need.
What tools are integral to your current workflow? (e.g. Programs, brushes, references.)
Currently its very much CSP and my fave brushes in that program but isn't 100% necesarry, I also draw on IPad with procreate on occasion cause sitting at my tablet to draw can take a lot more spoons than lying in bed on my IPad.
What improvements have you made recently?
HONESTLY. I feel like I have regressed a little in art skill wise because I haven't been doing it as often as I would like due to work. But maybe that is just because I've fallen into that curve of "My ability to critique my art has surpased my current skill so needs to catch up" thing.
What steps would you like to take in the future?
DRAW MORE! KEEP ARTING!
And I tag everyone who wants or wanted to do this meme but hasn't had the chance to yet!