It's wild how many people have done the artist ask meme I posted yesterday! But if I had been paying attention I would have done the intro meme all the cool kids were doing...
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Name: Rex
Age: Adult
Gender: Repulsive
Nationality: American
MBTI: I don't know but I think introverted something?
Birthday: Summertime
Timezone: US Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific
Introduction:
I'm not super good at art but I enjoy it! I mostly do digital drawings but I also paint and screen print (!) sometimes. I'm not a very good conversationalist but I try to make friends anyway~
Likes:
Sweets, animals, Eocene mammals, tea, overusing exclamation points, loud music, bright colors, gay bars, Guinness
Dislikes:
Global warming, the president, house parties, ads
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10 Questions: FAQ
How long had you've been drawing?
Since I was very small! In middle school my friends and I made dA accounts and that changed the trajectory of my art.
Who inspired you to do art?
Largely my childhood friends, but also my grandpa, who was a prolific painter. And like, Don Bluth
What is your favorite color?
Yellow! 💛
Do you own a pet?
I have two budgies and a house full of spiders.
How many fandoms are you in?
Not really my thing but maybe I'll return to it! I just don't find it fulfilling to interact with stories that way
So where did you find out about Sheezy?
Tumblr? I saw a few posts about it then made an account
How did you get your username?
It's kind of a variation of my REALLY old username, but basically comes from the character I made when I was 10 who I name Rex.
What is your favorite type of chocolate?
Dark, on its own or with a bit of chili pepper or orange!
Is there any advice for new artists you have?
Don't get discouraged! One day you'll look back and realize you are more skilled than you thought. And if you have fun making art, then even your messiest works will have fond memories.
And finally, the final question. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Morning person! isn't that weird.
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Original template by @/phantasaii
https://sheezy.art/phantasaii/persona/phantacodes/journal
Well I want to do memes, is the thing, so here's one I ripped from i-like-eyes on Tumblr.
Weirdly Specific Artist Questions
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Art programs you have but don't use
Rebelle 5. There was a post going around about it at the time I was really into digital painting but I never got into it in full force. -
Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)
Left u_u they all face left -
What ideas come from when you were little
I loved drawing unicorns in lightning storms. Sometimes I still do but they never turn out good enough to post. -
Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw
Turkey vultures! they're maybe my favorite animal but they're so so hard, even with a reference they almost never look natural to me. -
Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself
I feel like I mostly do sketches that don't get posted. But if I think something is "finished" one way or another I almost always post it eventually -
Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (e.g. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)
I grew up in the Lion King era of furries, so just by osmosis I feel like I'm always drawing The Lion King haha -
A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate
Ceramics! Every single ceramic thing blows my mind -
What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in
In high school a friend and I had a comic about like... punk cats or something that we got 3-5 pages into :P -
What are your file name conventions
Usually either a description of what's in the drawing OR the phrase that inspired it, but with misspellings and typos allowed in case I accidentally use the same name twice I don't have to technically change it -
Favorite piece of clothing to draw
I'll put sunglasses on anything -
Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what
I don't I'm so bad at remembering to put on music... not that I don't enjoy it I just don't -
Easiest part of body to draw
Eyes because they can be so many shapes! -
A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing
Skip this one because I can't remember a single creator at all -
Any favorite motifs
Lightning. Arrows. Decapitation -
Where do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)
At work when I'm bored or at home when I'm crawling out of my skin, anywhere with sunlight -
Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing
Wait something I'm bad at and don't like? Uhhmmm roller skating ;; Wait for art? Uh,, colored pencils. They can look cool but they're so tedious I need to go fast -
Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what
I always have a mug of tea in my orbit. -
An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken
Q_Q I'm really hard on my paintbrushes dude. I don't paint a lot but in part because I go through them so fast. I've gotten better but I'm still traumatized. -
Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)
I drew a can of Sterno once and it wedged itself in my heart -
Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy
Horses! I love drawing horses idk why people think they're hard. You know what's hard? Freakin deer -
Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways
I really love the soft nostalgia wave that's happening. I have tried to emulate it to very little success -
What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any
I should! But I don't draw enough for it to be a huge deal -
Do you use different layer modes
Oh hell yeah. I love a blend layer. I love they way CSP does half tones. Can't get enough of that. -
Do your references include stock images
Sometimes! Especially for animals. -
Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by
I also can't remember any examples but I feel like this HAS happened -
What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended
I drew a buffalo and someone commented something that made me think they thought it was a baby picture? -
Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with
Not usually but before a big piece I'll sketch out a detail I expect to struggle with or an expression I want to convey. -
Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)
I did one of those 1-drawing-every-day blogs for a year! -
Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically
The movie D.E.B.S. I could not expand on or do anything with because it's already perfect -
What piece of yours do you think is underrated
I haven't posted it here yet but I am about to!!
Anyway feel free to steal this, and i'm looking forward to interacting with the community more :D