Posted

Sep 27th 2008

Mood

Depressed

Music

Amsterdam- Coldplay

01.What is your pen name?
IgnisAlatus.

02. What made you choose this name?
It's Latin. Look it up and figure it out.

03. Do you use PC or Mac?
PC. But I wanna Mac. ; ;

04. What programs do you use most often?
Photoshop CS3

05. Do you use mouse, or tablet?
Mouse. Cause I'm too poor/unmotivated for a tablet. :<

06. What color or color combinations do you find yourself using most often?
Blaaaaaaaaaaack. With some other color like red or blue or white or purple usually.

07. What part of a picture do you put most effort into?
Depends on what the picture is of. Usually the face I guess.

08. How long does it take you do draw a picture?
Waaaaaaay too long. I'm paralyzed by obsessive perfectionism. It's awful. :<

09. Do you keep your rough drafts?
Mostly.

10. What font do you use most often?
Uh...? I dunno I've got a crapload.

11. When you scan your image, what DPI do you use?
No clue. But it's pretty huge.

12. Do you do anything else when you're drawing?
Music.

13. Approximately how many pictures do you draw in a month?
Depends on my mood. I've gone for years without drawing really at all. But sometimes I get spurts of creativity or something and turn out tons of stuff.

14. What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Sketchbook paper.

15. What kind of paper do you use for rough sketches and drafts?
Same as above.

16. How long does it take you to ink something?
Depends on my mood and the complexity of the picture.

17. Do you do comics, or fan comics?.
I've done a couple little strips.

18. Do you like comics? Are they fun to make?
Mmhmm. :3

19. Have you ever submitted anything to a magazine?
nope.

20. Did it get published?
nope.

21. Who are your favorite artists?
Lotssssssss. Uh. All my friends and people I watch here on DA. And a few other pros and stuff.

22. Do you like anime/manga? If so, what are your favorite series?
Nah. Just Miyazaki.

23. Do you like cartoons/comics? If so, what are your favorite series?
Mmhmm. Uhhhh. I like Invader Zim and JTHM and the older disney animated movies and Avatar and uhhhhhhhh. Lotsa stuff. :3

24. Any artists that you wish you could draw like?
Yeah, like everyone.

25. Do you read a lot of books?
Yessssss.

26. Did you ever buy a book to inspire or teach you to draw?
I was inspired by lots of books and stuff in my earlier years.

27. Any video games you enjoy?
God yes. Um. Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid, Ratchet and Clank, blah blah blah.

28. Any favorite characters from video games?
Uh. Link and Midna and Dragonair and Kazooie. And the girl from Pokemon Crystal was pretty awesome.

29. Do you have a favorite writer?
Uhh. Writer friends and authors of books I like.

30. Any books you really enjoy?
His Dark Materials. Harry Potter. Dragonriders of Pern. Under The Cat's Eye.

31. Do you draw fanart?
On occasion.

32. Do you listen to music while you draw?
YES. D8

33. Any recommended songs?
A Perfect Circle and Tool and Daft Punk and Evanescence and 10 Years and gah. Hey just like look at my favorite musicians under my ID there on deviantART.

34. Any other art websites that you really enjoy?
deviantART.

35. Are there any websites that you go to everyday?
DA and SA.

36. What is your dream website like?
Uh...?

37. Do you like your own art?
Not really.

38. What do you enjoy watching on television?
I haven't really watched TV in so long. Heh. But I like stuff like CSI and NCIS and House and cartoons and yeah.

39. Favorite celebrity?
Ew.

40. Favorite color?
Black.

41. Favorite food?
Watermelonnnn.

42. Favorite drink?
Fuzzy Navel.

43. Do you like to go shopping? If yes, where? And for what?
Mmhmm. Uhhhh. Hot Topic and DEB and Wet Seal and art stores and stuff.

44. Can you cook?
Only if I'm given directions.

45. Any devices you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
I don't really use email.

46. Are you tech-savvy?
Yeah. I've kinda been using computers since I was in kindergarten.

47. Do you want to become a professional artist?
If it was at all possible, yes.

48. Are there any other jobs you're interested in?
I don't really know. Something to do with animals maybe.

49. Any other hobbies or skills besides drawing?
Sleeping. Uh. Being a pest.

50. Do you like to watch movies?
Sometimes.

51. What's your favorite movie?
I dunnoooooo.

52. Have you ever entered an art contest?
Mmhmm.

53. When did you start drawing seriously?
I dunno. I've been drawing my whole life basically.

54. Do you use references? If so, for what?
No. Which is why I never improve. I need to get over myself.

55. Are you a subscriber? If so, are you a beta-tester?
Not anymore. :<

56. Do you have a lot of net friends?
Not as many anymore. I've had tons over the years though.

57. Do you have a lot of friends that also draw?
Yeah, seeing as I go to an art school.

58. What time of the day do you usually go online?
Whenever.

59. Do you like to go to chat rooms?
Not anymore.

60. Do you have your own computer?
Mmhmm. She's so preedy. :3

61. What would you say to the person that you admire?
?

62. Does your mind wander when you draw?
Oh yeah. I have a horrible attention span.

63. Have you drawn poorly because you think too much?
Always.

64. Do you have any friends who are professional artists?
Uh. Do art teachers/tattoo artists count?

65. Where do you often hang out?
Uh. In my room most of the time. But other than that just anywhere with friends.

66. Are there any popular artists that you don't like much?
Uh. No.

67. Are there any situations in which you really don't like being an artist?
Yes. It's a complicated feeling.

68. How about situations that make you love it?
Mmhmm. It's a wonderful way to get stuff out. when I can actually achieve that.

69. What's the one thing that makes you grateful that the internet exists?
I've met some of the most important people in my life there.

70. Is there anything out there that makes you wish the internet didn't exist?
Sorta.

71. What's your first drawing?
No clue.

72. Any art you did prior to that?
...?

73. Has your style changed a lot since then?
Definately.

74. If it has changed, in what ways?
Dunno.

75. Have you experienced artist's block before?
It's kinda a chronic thing for me.

76. If so, how do you usually get out of it?
I don't even know anymore.

77. What do you do when you can't get out of it?
Get really depressed.

78. Any people that have influenced you a lot?
Mmhmm. All my artist friends and other artists I admire. And musicians of course.

79. What made you want to start drawing?
I don't really know. I just kinda. Did. Heh.

81. Has anything ever made you want to quit art all together?
Yes. And I kinda have before.

82. What do you think about netiquette?
?

83. Have you ever been spammed or trolled?
Not really.

86. Do you upload high quality versions of your Art, or do you prefer to upload a lower quality?
In between.

87. Do you have custom CSS? If so, did you make it yourself?
Used to before my sub ran out. :<

88. Do you have good vision?
Literally? No. I'm like, half-blind. But artistically as well, no. Well. Sorta? Like. I think I see almost exactly what I want. But I can't ever quite figure out how to get there. :<

89. If you can get anyone's autograph, whose would you get?
A Perfect Circle's.

90. What would you say to that person when he or she gives you an autograph?
I'd probably be pretty speechless.

91. Do you like to draw on Oekaki BBS?
I don't really know what that is. aha.

92. Do you have a job?
nope.

93. Did you take art in school? If so, did you do well? Are you still taking it?
I did until eighth grade. Then I quit cause I was arrogant and insecure. Bad move.

94. Have you taken art lessons outside of a school setting?
Nope.

95. Have you ever drawn something just because it was the cool thing to do -- the hip new fad?
I don't think so?

96. What's your favorite phrase/quote?
Dunno.

97. Do you present yourself differently online than you do in your real life?
I'm a whole lot less shy and easier to talk to online.

98. What's your goal now?
Get back into art. Somehow. I feel so numb and underdeveloped.

99. What do you have to say to yourself?
I've already said it all.

100. Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone who read this?
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