Anonymous asked: Sorry if you answered this before, or just didn't want to answer it before, but what gender are you?
No apologies necessary, hehe! I’m female, and identify as such! :)
(There are times some may refer to me with male pronouns, though, given I refer to myself as the name of my character ‘Orlando’ online, which I don’t get offended by either! It happens! <3)
theosartisticthematics asked: So.. let me get this straight. You: the epitome of awesome, talented, nice, and funny are only 16 years old. You have talent of someone years older than you, but you don't have a job at like Disney or DreamWorks? Have you ever thought of becoming an animator in your immediate future? Because I would love to buy tickets to your premiere animated feature OAO
Aah.. too flattered at those compliments, first off, thank you. <://)
Though, hehe, I agree with half of all that! Indeed, I’m only 16 and I have no job for any animation industry (… yet, I would hope). :)
I do want to become a storyboard artist, at least!… At least, I’m pretty sure I do! There are probably tons of other art jobs that go within the animation process that I am unaware of, but from what I’ve seen storyboard artists are responsible for, that seems like something I could get behind! But I’d love to learn animation itself, for sure! Heck, I enjoy animatics! <3 (But goosh, I don’t think I have that much skill to make any interesting short or film for others to see! :’D)
Anonymous asked: I SAW THAT. Nicely saved :P
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Anonymous asked: your* not "you are dick off"
Haha, I literally JUST changed it. :’D That typo always happens to me before I realize it! Thank you! <3
Why am I immediately attracted to this mangy beast
I’m sorry if these asks are getting annoying you guys!! I try to keep some replies to asks private if able on occasion, but when there are ideas/questions that show up in my inbox that I think multiple people may like to see my answer to, I post in publicly.
I’ll try to get into the swing of tagging these things so folks can filter them out or something (if that’s how Tumblr even works). :’D
pancakeproductionz-deactivated2 asked: What would animatronic mike look like?
Mike the Mongrel
I’m in love.
Anonymous asked: *pokes you with a stick* Are you friendly?
I’ve been told by numerous folks I am. Heck, I’d like to think I am!
But I find myself to be a pretty bland person, so. :)
potatoes-tomatoes asked: When did you start drawing and why are you so good?! Like, I'm barely a freshmen and comparing my art to yours, I REALLY need to step it up. Got some tips? (Sorry if I'm annoying you btw)
Not an annoyance at all! Real flattered at the curiosity with the extent of my art history. <:)
But, I started drawing on a regular basis when I was at least… 10, I believe it was.
Around the age of 12 was when I started having more freedom to access the Internet at home and began to find art websites and such. My mother also got me my first drawing tablet (being one of those fairly cheap ones you could find at an electronics store for maybe twently-ish dollars or so; no pen pressure or special features/shortcuts to them, though). From then on, I took up digital art on a more regular basis, and pretty much drew EVERY day.
When I was 13, I eventually earned enough money to buy Paint Tool SAI (my current drawing program) and, well… here I am. :)
I like to think I was like all other aspiring artists when starting at a young age; I would draw my favorite cartoon characters I’d see on TV before eventually doodling my own ‘characters’ straight out of my head, and just keep at it. And I can’t stress enough along with any other artist when I say that drawing every single day is crucial to improving your art at a steady and (I use this term very loosely) 'faster’ rate.
I don’t consider myself a pro at art, as I’ve still got TONS to learn myself. (And I constantly have days where I feel my quality drops significantly compared to what may have been a previously amazing art day. Not 'art block’, but just… something happens to my drawing hand, I suppose.) But I hope my lil input/telling of how I got started helps give some insight! It’s never too late to start learning; just keep it at it now, and you’ll go a loong way before you know it! <3
roxandasher asked: What art classes have you taken to get how good you are now? Any in-school ones?
Some people have told me this was hard to believe, but I actually didn’t necessarily go to any special art school/take any special art classes. Or, maybe not so much, since I’m only a junior in high school. I’m pretty much self taught, though. :)
When it came to teaching myself about anatomy, expressions, exaggeration; all other things, I simply referenced off art of other artists, realistic, cartoon, or otherwise.
This probably isn’t the best of ways for EVERYONE when you first start drawing (as knowing proper anatomy from more reliable sources like actual photos is VERY necessary to drawing professionally), but it seems like it worked out okay for me?
However, I’d say that if you have an actual art class in your school that centers around the kind of art/craft you’d want to study; take it! While my style is cartooney, the teacher I had in my previous art classes wanted our class to make our assignments center around realism, and it forced me to study anatomy with actual models (our classmates) at some points throughout the year! It’s really beneficial for you!
Heck, I still apply a lot of other things that I learned from those classes to my art today. :)
