#HI! something silly. I’m working on experimenting with styles and try to use more media again

[frogmansides]

raccoon city zone act 1 and 2

[goonersaurus]

1, 8, 10, 17!

ty for the ask my froggy friend ^-^

1.When did you start creating art? - since i could use crayons and pencils, maybe around the age of 3-4... i liked filling notebooks with silly little comics for myself or drawing pokemon, then i decided i wanted to take it more seriously around the age of 7-8 because i wanted to draw legit-looking dragons… somehow down the line that’s brought me to drawing footballers. 

8.How would you describe your art style? - As an anime/western cartoony art style typically found on tumblr. Doing digital art as a teenager, I was obsessed with the style of art that’s popular on pixiv and deviantart otakus, but i eventually got fed up with it being too pretty, it was inadequate for drawing… more “realistic” human features. So i tried to adopt a more western style to depict that, but I wasn’t satisfied with this either — maybe because it wasn’t turning out pretty enough… And while studying politics in school, I looked to political cartoons for inspiration, including those from the 19th-20th centuries — i think this is how i picked up using black lines and crosshatching effects, and i try to convey an irreverent tone. So.. it’s an awkward mix between being anime, western-animation, and.. somehow slightly political cartoon inspired?

10.How do you deal with art block? - Try to put pressure off myself, take time to absorb ideas rather than come up with them by looking at other works of art, sketching details that interest me. Going for walks with my sketchbook (or ipad) to do sketches or studies of things i see. Engaging with other media - reading, music, tv, and allowing myself to digest the experience. Tricking myself that occasional periods of frustration are growing pains. If I’m lucky (more like, if i’m more disciplined) then an art block just means i can spend creative time doing writing instead.

17.Your personal favourite works of art (not made by you) are…?

I cannot easily think of my goated artworks and i fear that i’m going to forget the pieces that’s been most important to me in my life. I also fear there’s too many to fill in to this answer. So I’ll just name four to sample.

La Jeune Martyre by Delaroche. I learnt of it when Cameos posted their pixel art rendition of it (probably also counts as among my favourite artworks). I have been obsessed with it since then and got to see it in the Louvre for my birthday last year. It’s so ethereal and eerie, and reminds me somewhat of Twin Peaks.

Angel’s Egg (the movie). Something about pieces that have this ethereal or liminal quality that engage you, they really get to me. 

Ruby, Gold and Malachite by Henry Scott Tuke. I used the title of this painting for the title of my blog once, a stunning set of colours/minerals to imagine together. Anyway, twinks galore, who says no. 

Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya. I like the backstory of Goya’s black paintings. Painting such an image on the wall of your house is a powerful way to go out to say the least.

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