1) Well it's still popular now *eyes my DS with Pokemon Heart Gold in it* but yeah, hard to believe it's been that long.
2) Thank you!
My chibis just kind of pop into my head. I'm not great with humour, so I just have to wait for it to come to me. If I have a lot of spare time, like if it's a slow day at work, my thoughts usually wander to SGA.
Bigger pieces (digital paintings and blends/collages) are a little more complicated. I'll start with concept in mind for what I want to do, but it usually evolves with my mood and my playlist. Music is a huge influence on how my art turns out. And the mood thing is why it gets harder to pick up a piece the longer I leave it sitting. But uh, I could keep going on and on about music choices, so I'll just leave it there :)
If I'm drawing for a fandom I'm not familiar with, then yes, I make good use of references. With SGA though, I'm confident enough that I only need to use references if I'm doing some really funky expressions like sex!faces.
Music is a huge influence on how my art turns out.
Ditto this for me. It's why I either have to tailor my playlist to what I'm writing, or more likely, write without it. I've been known to have crazy left turns based on listening to the wrong song at the wrong time (or having something stuck in my head when I'm writing).
Thank you so much for mentioning reversebang! I didn't know it existed, and I've been having a great time looking at the artwork and reading the stories!
1) I wanted a challenge that would put the focus on the artists and artwork instead of having them as an afterthought. Not to slam any other challenges or fests, but most of them (across all fandoms) seem to be tailored towards producing fanfic. I thought the change would be fun and refreshing.
1) If it helps, I for one never thought of the art that went with the SGA Big Bang stories I co-wrote as anything like an afterthought. For me the whole point of the fic was to be able to earn a gorgeous piece of artwork to go with the story, and seeing the illustration for the first time was the best part of the BB. I'm sorry that it seems the art wasn't considered important in other fests.
2) Cool. Thank you. :) If I track the dreamwidth Reverse Bang community (if I can, that is), will I be able to know when the sign ups open? I don't know if I'll have time, but I'd hate to miss it just because I didn't know when to start looking for it.
1) Maybe my wording was a bit off, but I didn't want to say that I didn't think the art was an important part of other challenges. More like, the art and fic don't always fit all that well together? Like, you could look at the art or the fic as stand-alone works in most cases. I wanted to try to get people doing something more cohesive and collaborative.
2) You can watch sgareversebang to stay updated, but I think I'll be mirroring the challenge on DW and LJ for the next round.
Ack! I've been so busy trying to finish my story I missed this! D:
Yay, awesome interview! And thank you for answering my question. Personally I think you did a bang-up job being a mod, and the fest went over beautifully! I'm really looking forward to participating next time.
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lovely interview! can't wait for everyone to see what you did. it's great *high fives you*
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2) SGAreversebang was awesome! :) You did a wonderful job, especially since you did all the mod work yourself
Random question for you: What serves as inspiration for your drawings? (Chibis or otherwise.) Do you usually use reference pictures?
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2) Thank you!
My chibis just kind of pop into my head. I'm not great with humour, so I just have to wait for it to come to me. If I have a lot of spare time, like if it's a slow day at work, my thoughts usually wander to SGA.
Bigger pieces (digital paintings and blends/collages) are a little more complicated. I'll start with concept in mind for what I want to do, but it usually evolves with my mood and my playlist. Music is a huge influence on how my art turns out. And the mood thing is why it gets harder to pick up a piece the longer I leave it sitting. But uh, I could keep going on and on about music choices, so I'll just leave it there :)
If I'm drawing for a fandom I'm not familiar with, then yes, I make good use of references. With SGA though, I'm confident enough that I only need to use references if I'm doing some really funky expressions like sex!faces.
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Ditto this for me. It's why I either have to tailor my playlist to what I'm writing, or more likely, write without it. I've been known to have crazy left turns based on listening to the wrong song at the wrong time (or having something stuck in my head when I'm writing).
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Thank you so much for mentioning reversebang! I didn't know it existed, and I've been having a great time looking at the artwork and reading the stories!
I've got two questions:
1) Why did you decide to do the reversebb?
2) When should I look for sign ups for 2011? :D
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1) I wanted a challenge that would put the focus on the artists and artwork instead of having them as an afterthought. Not to slam any other challenges or fests, but most of them (across all fandoms) seem to be tailored towards producing fanfic. I thought the change would be fun and refreshing.
2) Either end of 2010 or early 2011 :)
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1) If it helps, I for one never thought of the art that went with the SGA Big Bang stories I co-wrote as anything like an afterthought. For me the whole point of the fic was to be able to earn a gorgeous piece of artwork to go with the story, and seeing the illustration for the first time was the best part of the BB. I'm sorry that it seems the art wasn't considered important in other fests.
2) Cool. Thank you. :) If I track the dreamwidth Reverse Bang community (if I can, that is), will I be able to know when the sign ups open? I don't know if I'll have time, but I'd hate to miss it just because I didn't know when to start looking for it.
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2) You can watch sgareversebang to stay updated, but I think I'll be mirroring the challenge on DW and LJ for the next round.
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Yay, awesome interview! And thank you for answering my question. Personally I think you did a bang-up job being a mod, and the fest went over beautifully! I'm really looking forward to participating next time.
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