Why do I do this to myself?!

[psychick]

So Rob got married yesterday. The ceremony was very cool, and we all got to hang out and talk and get pretty impressively drunk afterwards, which is everything I want in a wedding, really.



1)General stuff

Q1: What's your HN(handle name)?
tsukechick

Q2: Why do you call yourself that?
Tsuke = main character of Krysolis. Chick = slang for a girl. Tsukechick = the girl what draws Krysolis.

Q3: Do you use a Mac or a PC?
PC, but I can do either.

Q4: What program do you use to do your pictures?
Phooooootoooooooshooooooop! I'm on 7 now, and my CS friends laugh at my menonite ways.

Q5: Do you use a tablet or a mouse?
Wacom is proof that there is a kind and benevolent god-spirit.

Q6: What colours do you use a lot?
Black for linework...uh...blue. Because I like blue.

Q7: What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
Faces and hands.

Q8: About how long does it take you do finish each picture?
Depends. I'm pretty lazy so anything that's taking more than one sitting prolly isn't going to get done.

Q9: Do you keep your rough drafts?
Yup.

Q10: What special effects do you often use?(photoshop)
Layer masking! Bless it.

Q11: What size do you colour your pictures in?
I tend to work at 300 dpi and then resize to 100 for web publishing.

Q12: Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
Music is good for art. Movies/TV are not as good for art.

Q13: About how many pictures do you draw in a month?
O_o. I don't know. How many links do you click on a month? Half that and you're probably good.

Q14: What paper do you use to draw on?
I have some random sketchbooks right now. I need to get some bristol, and a brown paper sketchbook.

Q15: What material do you use when working on paper?
Clicky pencil. For inking, I like Micron pens and Engrossing ink in my tube brush. Uhm, for color, I have some prismacolors but I don't actually like them very much, so crayons/colored pencils/watercolors or any combination thereof.

Q16: How long does it take to ink something?
Depends.

Q17: Do you do doujinshis?
Ha! I have!

Q18: What do you like most about doujinshi?
It's interesting to see the variety of artists' takes on the characters. Some of the works are really very beautiful. Some of them are also rediculous, but that goes for everything ever.

Q19: Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
Yup.

Q20: Did any of those submissions go through?
Yup.


2) Things you like

Q21:Favorite artists?
Yoshitaka Amano, Egon Schiele, Ingres, Carla Speed-McNeil, Dave McKean, Richard Avedon

Q22: Favorite anime/manga? Western comic?
I taught myself to draw off of Elfquest, so that gets a mention, but now I'm in a committed relationship to Finder and I miss Transmet like a thing that is fiercely missed. Manga, I'd say it was Blade of the Immortal, though Paradise Kiss gets a mention too.

Q23: Any characters from those anime/manga/comic that you really like?
In order of title mentioned above: Skywise, Lynn Grosvenor, Spider Jerusalem, Anotsu Kagehisa, Arashi Nagase. Also Nightcrawler.

Q24:An artist that you'd like to draw like?
...Myself, thanks.

Q25: Any magazines that you buy a lot?
Nope. National Geographic, maybe.

Q26: Books that have been used as a good reference?
Photography books. I've got a lot of random photography books, and prefer not to use hand-rendered art for reference. ABC views.

Q27: Any video games you enjoy?
Na naaaaa nananananananana, Katamari Damacyyyyy! :D

Q28: A character from those games that you really enjoy?
The KING of ALL COSMOS!

Q29: Favorite writer?
J. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Rowling, Carla Speed-McNeil, Neil Gaiman, Ursula K. Leguin, Madeline L'Engle

Q30: Any books you really enjoy?
See above.

Q31: Do you write your own stories?
Nope.

Q32: Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
iTunes on shuffle or Launchcast. Jazz is good when in mixed company. Everybody could do with a little Ella Fitz.

Q33: Any songs/music that you'd recommends to others?
"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" by the Postal Service, oh and the album The Illusionary Movements of Geraldine and Nazu by J Ralph, for a slice of the beautiful surreal.

Q34: Any websites that you totally admire?
Rob's

Q35: Any sites that you go to every day?
LiveJournal, my email, DevArt, misc. webcomics

Q36: What kind of webpage do you wish you had?
Something with solid, consistant design that is easily updateable. And has rollover thingies. I like rollover thingies.

Q37: Do you like your own art?
I ain't humble, that's for sure.

Q38: What do you enjoy watching on TV?
Drawn Together, Venture Bros, ROME!!!, Project Runway and Am's Next Top Model.

Q39: Favorite celebrity?
Uh. Darling Johnny? Love his movies, he's gorgeous, and so shy in rl!

Q40: Favorite colour?
Blues and greens.


3) Your opinions

Q41: Favorite food?
Salmon sushi, Ollie's chicken with cashew nuts, proper Maryland crabcakes, pbj, mac n' cheese.

Q42: Favorite drink?
Dragonfruit vitamin water, cider, wine, pina coladas

Q43: Any stores you visit often?
Not...really.

Q44: Do you like to cook?
Not particularly.

Q45: What mailing service do you use?
If not regular, DHL. For email I use Hotmail and Gmail.

Q46: What kind of computer do you use?
Dell Inspiron 8600

Q47: Would you like to be a professional artist?
Sure.

Q48: Any other jobs you're interested in, besides an illustrator?
Wouldn't mind being an editor of some kind. Or just about anything if I'm working with friends.

Q49: Any other hobbies besides drawing?
Reading. Cheering people up.

Q50: Do you like movies?
Yup.

Q51: What's your favorite movie?
Of yore: Snow White. Recently: the LotR trilogy. Extended editions, thankyew. HUORNS!!!

Q52: What do you use to colour your pictures when it's on paper?
I answered this already.

Q53: When did you start drawing seriously?
When I started drawing.

Q54: Have you ever entered art contests?
Yup. Won classes once, but we moved before I could take them.

Q55: Anything that you often use as a reference?
Feeling out my own limbs and facial expressions. The world around me.

Q56: Do you have many online friends?
NO! I KNOW NO ONE! Dude I've got over 100 people on my flist. CRAZY!

Q57: Do you have many online friends who like to draw?
Yup!

Q58: What time of the day are you usually online?
ALL TIMES. What, addicted, what?

Q59: Do you go to chatrooms a lot?
Basementooc, represent!

Q60: Do you have your own computer?
I answered this one too!

4) Thoughts

Q61: What would you say to the person you admire?
You are awesome [insert descriptions why and general stumbly fangirling]

Q62: At what kind of situations are you glad you were able to draw?
...All situations?

Q63: Situations where you aren't glad that you liked to draw?
No situations.

Q64: Do you have many offline friends who like to draw?
Yup.

Q65: Where do you like to hang out when you're with friends?
Piper's Kilt, Big Nicks, J&C's apartment, the Game Lab.

Q66: Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
Kinkade can be hoisted on his own petard.

Q67: Situations in which you really don't like being online?
When there are only 1 or 2 people that I actually want to talk to.

Q68: Situations in which you like being online?
When I like talking to EVERYBODY!

Q69: Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
It is an incredible tool of communication, and gets dialogue going between groups that would otherwise know little about one another.

Q70: What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
The Rosies of the world. Trolls and asshats.

Q71: What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
Elfquest pics. Back when I was like 14.

Q72: Do you still have that picture?
Yup.

Q73: Has your drawing style changed a lot?
Well it's been 10 years, so yah!

Q74: How does it usually change?
My proportions get better over time.

Q75: Have you experienced artists block before?
Yup. Then I go talk to Thursday and suddenly have a whole PANTHEON of characters to draw!

Q76: How did you escape from it?
See above.

Q77: What happens when you have artists block?
See above. And ask better questions!

Q78: Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
Hello.

Q79: What made you like drawing?
The praise, and the fact that you can do anything in a drawing.

Q80: What made you want to get a website?
It's pretty much a prereq these days.

5) Finally...

Q81: Why did you name your site what it's called?
Nautilus Central. It's a Krysolis thing.

Q82: What do you think about net manners?
I think they are like any other manners: they're based on common sense and most people exercize them well. Other people, however...

Q83: Have you ever been spammed?
Nope.

Q84: Ever thought about quitting your webpage?
I...sorta have.

Q85: If so, why?
Haven't updated it in a year or so.

Q86: About how much KB is each picture?
...what does that have to do with anything?

Q87: When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
I was using Frontpage, which I don't have anymore. That's most of the problem. Also I don't like the server.

Q88: Do you have good eyesight?
Naw. I'm pretty nearsighted.

Q89: If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
nasubionna who did this before me had the correct answer: "Uh.... Jesus's. Then I could sell it on eBay and never have to work again."

Q90: Have you ever been asked for your autograph?
Yes, actually.

Q91: Do you have any fans of yourself?
Heh. A few, who I love!

Q92: Do you like to oekaki?(paint-bbs)
It's weird.

Q93: Are you good at art(as in the school subject)?
Yup.

Q94: Have you ever taken any art lessons, aside from school?
Nope.

Q95: Have you ever drawn comics/manga?
Yup.

Q96: Any quotes that you like?
"I am to Salvador Dali as an old ukelele is to a piano in a tree. And I mean a piano with breasts." - James Thurber.

Q97: Do you think your personality is different when you're online, from when you're offline?
Nope.

Q98: Your goal?
To find a happy medium between what I want to do and what I have to do.

Q99: A message to yourself.
Mickey Mouse is not a surf nazi.

Q100: A message to the people who have read this.
WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? Why am I still here? Where am I?!

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