stolen off a few people
1] What is your pen name?
Ashii
2] How did you get the name?
Back in Grade 11, my friends gave me the name "Ashiori". It's a nickname that is numerogically correct (with my number) or something, and I based it off of my character Shiori. I shortened it to Ashi, and added the extra i because it looked cute ;O
3] Do you use PC or Mac?
PC~
4] What software you use most often?
Adobe Photoshop 7.
5] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
Mouse, but then again, I almost never CG anything.
6] The color you use most often is?
*checks* Definately blue, red, and shades of grey.
7] What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
The colouring! I put absolutely NO effort into the sketch or lineart. I think it shows XD As for the actual drawing aspect, I don't know. Probably the face and torso.
8] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
For a finished, coloured drawing, anywhere from 2 to 6 hours depending on how many people are in the picture. For a black and white, around an hour or so if I pay attention.
9] Do you keep your rough drafts?
I don't usually have rough drafts. When I sketch something, I usually ink and colour right on top of it.
10] What kind of font do you use most often?
Arial.
11] What's the dpi when you scan?
150? 300? something like that.
12] Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
If I'm at home I'll check my email ever so often, usually I either listen to music or have Family Guy on in the background. Sometimes I'll be RPing, I tend to sketch stuff while I'm doing that. But most of my drawings are done during classes or lectures XD;;; Or while I'm waiting for my roomate to finish her classes so we can walk home.
13] How many pictures do you draw in a month?
Finished? 5-10, depends on the month. Sometimes none. Sometimes a lot. As for sketches...too many to count XD I sketch almost every day.
14] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Computer paper and sketchbook paper. Nothing fancy.
15] What kind of paper do you use for sketches and drafts?
Same thing as above.
16] How long does it take to ink something?
Like...10-20 minutes. As I said, I put NO effort into my inking. Which is why it's always shit.
17] Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
Har, no, I think I've tried a few times but it's not really my thing, unfortunately D:
18] Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
Yes, but I've never tried it. I don't do fanart.
19] Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
I probably have.
20] Did it get published?
Probably not XD
21] Who are your favorite artists?
Kaori Yuki, Kodaka Kazuma, Edvard Munch, Max Ernst, Roy Lichtenstein, Rene Margritte. Uhhh huh.
22] What's your favorite Anime/Manga?
Anime = probably Fullmetal Alchemist. But I really don't watch anime much.
Manga = Kusatta Kyoushi no Houteishiki, Earl Cain, ANYTHING ELSE Kodaka Kazuma or Kaori Yuki touch, Viewfinder, Gerard et Jaques, Three Wolves Mountain, Deathnote, GANTZ (I need to get my hands on more of this)
23] Favorite Characters?
Edward (FMA), Ishida (Bleach), Asami (VF), Light (DN), Kei Kurano (GANTZ), Fuji (PoT), hur...I'm sure I have more somewhere. Half the cast of Kusatta is up there too D;
24] Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
FAR too many.
25] Do you buy books a lot?
Yes, for school.
26] Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
Yeah, Goya's Los Caprichos actually gave me a lot of inspiration.
27] Any video games you enjoy?
argh damnit Resident Evil 4. And the Legend of Zelda game series. DDR and Mario Party XD
28] Any favorite characters from video games?
Luis Sera from RE 4.
29] Do you have a favorite writer?
Hmmm, not really.
30] Any books you really enjoy?
Animal Farm will always remain one of my favorites. And Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
31] Do you write fanfics?
...No.
32] Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
I find myself listening to Orgy a lot O_o but I'll listen to whatever.
33] Any recommended songs?
Orgy - Opticon, Fall Out Boy - Dance Dance (SHUT UP), Our Lady Peace - Automatic Flowers, Mai Kuraki - Secret Of My Heart
34] Any web sites that you totally admire?
Dunno.
35] Do you have any sites you want to go everyday?
Livejournal, gmail...uh, that's it.
36] What is your dream site like?
I dunno.
37] Do you like your own art?
The only thing I like about my art is how I use colour, and SOMETIMES the way the subjects are interacting. But otherwise, I'm often unsatisfied with what I do.
38] What do you enjoy watching on TV?
I don't have a TV, but I watch Family Guy and Drawn Together on the internets. And The Daily Show ♥
39] Favorite celebrity?
Jake Gyllenhaal xD; er, and Johnny Depp.
40] Favorite color?
Grey.
41] Favorite food?
Beef.
42] Favorite drink?
Ginger Ale, Grape Green Tea, other stuff...
43] Any places you like to shop at?
Not in particular, other than Aboveground & Currys for art supplies. I don't really like shopping D:
44] Can you cook?
Badly XD
45] Any programs you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
No.
46] Are you a computer expert?
No.
47] Want to become a professional artist?
Not really.
48] Any other jobs you're interested in, besides an illustrator?
Yeah, a few, and I don't want to be an illustrator.
49] Any other specialties besides drawing?
Apparently I give good back massages. I'm also good at being socially inept, and lying around on my bed twitching.
50] Do you like to watch movies?
No, I get bored of them very easily.
51] What's your favorite movie?
Donnie Darko, Rush Hour 2, Sin City, Office Space, other ones I can't remember.
52] Have you ever entered art contests?
I think so.
53] When did you start drawing seriously?
My last year of High School, probably. When I had to apply to OCAD. Before that I don't ever remember taking it seriously...I just doodled for fun.
54] Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
No, I almost never use references XD
55] Have you met any of your fans online?
...fans?
56] You have a lot of pen pals?
No.
57] You have a lot of friends that draw?
Yeah.
58] What time do you usually go online?
I don't really go online.
59] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
No.
60] Do you have your own computer?
Yeah. But not until I moved out. Before that I shared one with my mother, brother, and father.
61] What would you say to the person you admire?
I'd probably only be able to be like "I LOVE YOUR ARTS" and then have a huge happy!panic attack in a corner a few minutes later.
62] Do you think of things when you draw?
Yes.
63] Have you drawn bad because you think too much?
Yes.
64] Do you have any friends who are professionals?
I'm not sure, actually. Probably.
65] Where do you often hang out?
My room.
66] Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
I guess, I don't really know.
67] Situations in which you really don't like being online?
When too many people talk to me. When people talk to me in general. Probably afraid of having someone be really rude to me, or say bad things about me too...
68] Situations in which you hate when it comes to having web sites?
I don't really know...I guess I'm terrified of someone emailing me and saying "Why do you have an art site? You have no talent" or something.
69] Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
Lots of things.
70] What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
Idiots.
71]What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
Drawing of my original characters way back when...I was like, 11.
72] Do you still have that?
Yeah, in my sketchbook.
73] Has your drawing style changed a lot?
Considering it's been 7 years, yeah.
74] How does it usually change?
The only things that have really changed is my concept of anatomy. I guess as I practiced I just began to draw things a bit more realistically over the years.
75] Have you experienced artists block before?
Tons of times!
76] How did you escape from it?
I try to read something that will inspire me. Or I'll draw a familiar character AU-style.
77] What happens when you have artists block?
Nothing I draw turns out, or I just can't think of anything good to draw, or I get really depressed and start massively hating on my art like never before XD;
78] Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
Kodaka Kazuma. Edvard Munch.
79] What made you start drawing?
I was really young, maybe 4, my mom showed me how to do stick figures, and from then on I started making up stories and drawing pictures to correspond.
80] What made you want to get a web site?
I just felt like it.
81] Where did your site name come from?
Current one? Colourtheory because colouring is what everyone seems to notice about my drawings more than anything, and I <3 colour. Vermillion Fugitive is the title of one of my stories.
82] What do you think about net manners?
Use them?
83] Have you ever been spammed?
Yep.
84] Ever thought about quitting your web page?
Yes.
85] If so, why?
Over the years there have been lots of different reasons here and there.
86] About how much KB is each picture?
No clue.
87] When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
HTML.
88] Do you have good eyesight?
I'm farsighted and my focusing muscles are really weak. I should wear glasses, but I lost them before I moved.
89] If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
Kodaka Kazuma or Kaori Yuki.
90] What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
Probably be like..."your work is amazing, it influences me a lot, etcetc."
91] Do you have fans of your art?
Har har. I don't know, maybe?
92] Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
I used to on occasion.
93] Are you good at art in school?
I was in Grade 12. Now? Not so much.
94] Did you take art lessons other than from school?
When I was in Elementary School I did for a year or two.
95] Have you drawn a manga?
Tried, but failed :O
96] What's your favorite phrase/quote?
"When the brain is hurt by an accident, or the mind disordered by dreams or sickness, the fancy is overrun with wild dismal ideas, and terrified with a thousand hideous monsters of its own framing."
97] Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
Sort of, but to a point, what you see is what you get. It's moreso a matter of how well you can see through all the bullshit XD;
98] What's your goal now?
GET A JOB >>;
99] What do you have to say to yourself?
GET A JOB!
100] Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone?
Uh o_o
That was...strangely fufilling. I'm going back to my paintings now.
edit It's official now. Kusatta has officially made me cry. Not bawl cry, but like, choke back tears and sniffle cry. I can only imagine the waterworks when I read the actual ending T_____T
Reading about Atsushi, Yuriko, and Inagaki's Highschool graduation was all argh, brings back memories of all kinds. Sometimes I feel like I grew up so quickly without even noticing. Everything is so different after Highschool. It's weird not feeling like a kid anymore.
Well, at least for me.