The 30 Day Fanart History Meme - Days 15, 16, 17, and 18
Watch me as I scramble to try and catch up. :P
Day 15 - Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a pic?
This is another one that doesn't communicate the same way in artwork as it does writing. Anything involving rape or abuse should absolutely be warned for since it can trigger people. That being said, I don't draw any of that. It disgusts me how lightly kids treat rape online as though it's something funny or cute. You make a rape joke and it will be the fastest way in the world to make me drop you like a hot potato. I've known people who were victims and that shit ain't cool.
For my own stuff I usually just warn if something is NSFW even if it could be the slightest bit questionable just because I know how sensitive some workplaces can be and I've always been paranoid about internet presence and present or future employment.
The strangest thing I ever warned for? An airborn cock ring. It was for inuerotica.
....don't ask.
Day 16 - Descriptions - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
I think descriptions are a hell of a lot more versatile in artwork than they are for fiction because they serve a different purpose. You can see a summary of the subject of the image just by looking at it so the description becomes my area to either talk about what inspired the image, what's going on in the image, link to or explain whatever references are within the image, or talk about how I went about creating the image in the first place. You know, basic stuff that most of my commentors can ignore and ask stupid questions about later because they never bothered to read it. :D
If there's one thing I can do it's bullshit about my work; it's a certifiable skill they teach you in art school (and I'm serious about that -- they do), so I never have a problem writing up stuff about my work. Titles, though, are a different matter.
Day 17 - Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the pic? Also, if you do a series of pictures, do you give each piece a title, or not?
Sometimes titles are easy and sometimes they're a pain in the ass. Some pieces like Inner Demons, Stargazing, Coming Home, I Promised I'd Come Back... those were all easy. Can't Take It In is named after the song that inspired the piece (listen to it here... it's a great song for Kagome permanently returning to the past.) Others are a really big pain in the ass so I just have to put a placeholder there to hope that I can think of something better. Sometimes I do think of something better. Other times, like in the case of SessRin -- FluffFluff, I obviously... didn't.
All of my pieces usually have titles whether they're in a series or not, even if the title is just a character name. The circle series I did of Inu characters eons ago all had titles, as did all of the pieces in my thesis (Asking to Dance, By The Fire, The Godmother, Who Is That Girl?, I've Found You, and Happily Ever After). Most of the time any work I do as part of a series is identified as part of a series just by it's visual appearance, like most of my Bleach character portraits (which I tried to use their special attacks and bankais for the titles) and the two Deathnote pieces I did of Alcohol & Smokes and Teen Model.
Day 18 - Where do you get the most inspiration for your pics (aka "bunnies") from?
Music. Hands down, music. My earbuds and ipod(s) are my lifeblood when it comes to working. 99% of my work comes from listening to music. I have playlists for different moods and a mental catalogue of individual tracks for certain subjects. Examples (I've linked to YouTube where possible):
...I was going to go into more detail about listing some specific pieces and what music I primarily listened to while creating it, but I see that a future day is specifically about music so I'll save it until then.
Day 14 - Ratings - How high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever drawn higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the picture you're drawing is G-rated instead? (NSFW artwork in the answer)
Day 13 - Do you prefer canon or fanon when you draw? Has drawing fanart for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
Day 12 - Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" pic of a favorite book or movie (or image) but set in a different fandom?
Day 11 - Genre - Do you prefer certain types of art when you're drawing? What kind do you tend to draw most?
Day 10 - Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and drawn a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't draw, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
Day 9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to draw?
Day 8 - Do you draw OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
Day 7 - Have you ever had a pic change your opinion of a character?
Day 6 - When you draw, do you prefer drawing male or female characters?
Day 5 - If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a pic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
Day 4 - Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the pic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
Day 3 - For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to draw?
Day 2 - Name the fandoms you've drawn in, and how much you've drawn in that fandom, and if you still draw in it.
Day 1 - How did you first get into drawing fanart, and what was the first fandom you ever drew for? What do you think it was about the fandom that pulled you in?
Day 15 - Warnings - What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a pic?
This is another one that doesn't communicate the same way in artwork as it does writing. Anything involving rape or abuse should absolutely be warned for since it can trigger people. That being said, I don't draw any of that. It disgusts me how lightly kids treat rape online as though it's something funny or cute. You make a rape joke and it will be the fastest way in the world to make me drop you like a hot potato. I've known people who were victims and that shit ain't cool.
For my own stuff I usually just warn if something is NSFW even if it could be the slightest bit questionable just because I know how sensitive some workplaces can be and I've always been paranoid about internet presence and present or future employment.
The strangest thing I ever warned for? An airborn cock ring. It was for inuerotica.
....don't ask.
Day 16 - Descriptions - Do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
I think descriptions are a hell of a lot more versatile in artwork than they are for fiction because they serve a different purpose. You can see a summary of the subject of the image just by looking at it so the description becomes my area to either talk about what inspired the image, what's going on in the image, link to or explain whatever references are within the image, or talk about how I went about creating the image in the first place. You know, basic stuff that most of my commentors can ignore and ask stupid questions about later because they never bothered to read it. :D
If there's one thing I can do it's bullshit about my work; it's a certifiable skill they teach you in art school (and I'm serious about that -- they do), so I never have a problem writing up stuff about my work. Titles, though, are a different matter.
Day 17 - Titles - Are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the pic? Also, if you do a series of pictures, do you give each piece a title, or not?
Sometimes titles are easy and sometimes they're a pain in the ass. Some pieces like Inner Demons, Stargazing, Coming Home, I Promised I'd Come Back... those were all easy. Can't Take It In is named after the song that inspired the piece (listen to it here... it's a great song for Kagome permanently returning to the past.) Others are a really big pain in the ass so I just have to put a placeholder there to hope that I can think of something better. Sometimes I do think of something better. Other times, like in the case of SessRin -- FluffFluff, I obviously... didn't.
All of my pieces usually have titles whether they're in a series or not, even if the title is just a character name. The circle series I did of Inu characters eons ago all had titles, as did all of the pieces in my thesis (Asking to Dance, By The Fire, The Godmother, Who Is That Girl?, I've Found You, and Happily Ever After). Most of the time any work I do as part of a series is identified as part of a series just by it's visual appearance, like most of my Bleach character portraits (which I tried to use their special attacks and bankais for the titles) and the two Deathnote pieces I did of Alcohol & Smokes and Teen Model.
Day 18 - Where do you get the most inspiration for your pics (aka "bunnies") from?
Music. Hands down, music. My earbuds and ipod(s) are my lifeblood when it comes to working. 99% of my work comes from listening to music. I have playlists for different moods and a mental catalogue of individual tracks for certain subjects. Examples (I've linked to YouTube where possible):
- "The Children's Crusade (Can Jack Come Out To Play?)" from Jack when I draw children... unfortunately can't find this one on YouTube and the soundtrack has been out of print for at least 10 years now.
- The soundtrack to Katamari Damacy when I draw children or pugs (listen to the main theme here)
- "Sense of Touch" from Crash for deeply emotional and/or sexual situations
- "Prologue" from Hook for adventuresome images
- "End Credits" from Batman Begins for dangerous or scary things
- "The Hand of Fate pt. 1" from Signs for suspenseful stuff
...I was going to go into more detail about listing some specific pieces and what music I primarily listened to while creating it, but I see that a future day is specifically about music so I'll save it until then.
Day 14 - Ratings - How high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever drawn higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the picture you're drawing is G-rated instead? (NSFW artwork in the answer)
Day 13 - Do you prefer canon or fanon when you draw? Has drawing fanart for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
Day 12 - Have you ever attempted an "adaptation" pic of a favorite book or movie (or image) but set in a different fandom?
Day 11 - Genre - Do you prefer certain types of art when you're drawing? What kind do you tend to draw most?
Day 10 - Pairings - Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and drawn a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't draw, or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
Day 9 - Pairings - For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to draw?
Day 8 - Do you draw OCs? And if so, what do you do to make certain they're not Mary Sues, and if not, explain your thoughts on OCs.
Day 7 - Have you ever had a pic change your opinion of a character?
Day 6 - When you draw, do you prefer drawing male or female characters?
Day 5 - If you have ever had a character try to push their way into a pic, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
Day 4 - Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the pic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
Day 3 - For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to draw?
Day 2 - Name the fandoms you've drawn in, and how much you've drawn in that fandom, and if you still draw in it.
Day 1 - How did you first get into drawing fanart, and what was the first fandom you ever drew for? What do you think it was about the fandom that pulled you in?