i'm bored

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!)
not that much, tbh. most of them have originated from my ocs and evolved with time, some are just random.. about 15 at max

What does your current username mean?
it originated form a joke spelled in ruzzian, and is really only confusing, and hence is he joke in that language.
basically: "kot"(name) is not a cat. in russian it reads like "cat is not a cat". but he is because kot means cat. also he is partially a cat anyway. lore shenanigans

What is the first program you used to make digital art?
ms paint ofc

Where did you first start posting your art?
ugh.... vk

What is the first piece of media you drew fanart for?
bro you think i remember? powerpuff girls or something idk

Who was your first self-insert/persona/fursona? What did they mean to you?
a proper self-insert?.... honestly dont think i had a fandom oc that was me up untill like homestuck with trollsonas in 2017. my first proper sona was an orange and white striped cat named Soffi, made her when i was 9. could not be further away from what i am now lol

What phases/styles has your art gone through? (e.g. an anime era, a watercolour phase?)
it certainly had it's own phases but not like even proper trending ones like emo or toony or.... well yeah anime cats happened.. most of the time it was just a combination of lots of artstyle snippets or ways other artists i liked drew like, and i stiched them together to make my own thing.
but yeah chibi anime cats, traditional marker art and mizukichi were deffinetely phases.

What/who do you think has influenced your art style the most?
sigh... mizukichi. a ruzzian artist unfortunately and only like the pre-2015 art is good. but it has rewritten my brain chemistry in ways like nothing before or after did. still has an iron grip on me.

What/who inspired you to be an artist?
boredommmmm. and acessibilty. cannot sculpt in class BUT i have a pen and paper.

What tools are integral to your current workflow? (e.g. Programs, brushes, references.)
i just open a canvas in sai and draw... most of the times i refrain from references as a whole, a trait i havent grown out of since very little, and just draw from imagination. probably is a reason my progress is so slow, but whatever. whenever i need to draw something i'm completely unfamilliar with i do pull out 50 reference pictures tho

What improvements have you made recently?
not that many? think i started using more textured brushes and do not do the bright highlights close to the lineart, the way hard highlight would fall on a flat metalic pin, but do them closer to the shadows.. to make em shiny ig....

What steps would you like to take in the future?
get crazyyy experimental psychidelic and weird with colors and composition go fucking bazinga with brushes DRAW MORE GORE more animals

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