102 Questions for a DeviantARTIST

01.] What is your pen name?
erynotyuki

02.] What made you choose this name?
it's these three words run together: ery not yuki
long time inside joke about the similarities to me and a man from Gravitation who's name is strikingly similar to mine ><

03.] Do you use PC or Mac?
MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC pc's just can't compare...

04.] What programs do you use most often?
safar, iChat, iTunes, Just Looking, DivX, tomato torrent, photoshop

05.] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
depends on what's available. i love tablets though :3

06.] What color or color combinations do you find yourself using most often?
anything with orange, yellows and reds. coral is my favorite color

07.] What part of a picture do you put most effort into?
the face usually...which is why my anatomy and bg's suck...

08.] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
draw - anywhere from 45 seconds to weeks >>;;

09.] How long does it take you to write something?
depends on what im writing!! such hard questions...

10.] Do you keep your rough drafts for sketches?
yes, all of them.

11.] Do you keep your rough drafts for writing?
only if i've written stuff on them, if not i recycle them

12.] What font do you use most often?
arial narrow size 10 or american typewriter size 14, depending on if i want to sit 2 cm or 2 feet from the screen

13.] When you scan your image, what DPI do you use?
between 400 and 600...

14.] Do you do anything else when you're drawing/writing?
i draw/write better without music and distractions...

15.] Approximately how many pictures do you draw in a month?
actual drawings that are finished? or just sketches? Last week over the course of 3 linguistic classes i drew 138 "sketches" on my note pages...

16.] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
whatever i can grab quickest?

17.] What kind of paper do you use for rough sketches and drafts?
same as above...

18.] How long does it take you to ink something?
by hand: about 20 minutes
on the computer: 20 minutes to a month and a half -0-

19.] Do you do comics, or fan comics?
yes i do ^_^ i have a harry potter comic in the works currently

20.] Do you like comics? Are they fun to make?
they're so much fun to make! but i don't make them for others to read really...which is odd. im such an extrovert except when it comes to actually SHOWING MY WRITING/DRAWING/IDEAS to others...weird.

21.] Have you ever submitted anything to a magazine?
yes; poetry once

22.] Did it get published?
yes it did

23.] Who are your favorite artists?
let's see now... and ha ha!
also HR Giger

24.] Do you like anime/manga? If so, what are your favorite series?
yes, i do ^_^ i like manga and manwha much better than anime though...i have GIGS worth of manga now ^_^
oh geez...evangelion, deathnote, naruto, gokudo, kodocha, fruits basket, VoH, escaflowne, azumanga daioh... i could go on and on

25.] Do you like cartoons/comics? If so, what are your favorite series?
yes, i do ^_^
pucca, avatar...that's about it though 0-0 i don't have tv at college

26.] Any artists that you wish you could draw like?
i don't really have my own style after all these years. i draw in "shifts"...but if i had to pic one...probably miki aihara XD HOT GIMMICK!

27.] Are their any authors you wish you could write like?
JK Rowling, jrr tolkein, cs lewis (im noticing a pattern with names....MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'LL READ MY WORK and it'll be by EL Robertson ^.^ ha ha!

28.] Do you read a lot of books?
yes i do ^_^ but i don't own many at all...

29.] Did you ever buy a book to inspire or teach you to draw?
i have lots of anatomy and anime books, a few watercolor and calligraphy books too ^^

30.] Any video games you enjoy?
i really don't play any...

31.] Any favorite characters from video games?
if i had to pick one...paine from FFX2 always looked so awesome! i want her hair!

32.] Do you have a favorite writer?
not just one. im not picky...i like good books...

33.] Any books you really enjoy?
i have to pick ones!? geez...i dunno... all the LOTR, narnia and harry potter books, ian mcewan, mercedes lackey, diana wynne jones - ive read most of their books...

34.] Do you draw fanart?
yes

35.] Do you listen to music while you draw/write?
sometimes, but not usually. it's distracting

36.] Any recommended songs?
ORANGE RANGE ORANGE RANGE ORANGE RANGE ORANGE RANGE ASTERICK IS NOT THEIR BEST SONG ORANGE RANGE ORANGE RANGE!!!
songs: city boy, shanghai honey, matsuri danshaku, etc. etc. etc.

37.] Any other art websites that you really enjoy?
deviantart ^^ that's about it really...

38.] Are there any websites that you go to everyday?
facebook, deviantart, bucknell email, ebay ^_^

39.] What is your dream website like?
um...cute?

40.] Do you like your own art?
Sometimes, most of the time no.

41.] What do you enjoy watching on television?
i don't have TV ;-;

42.] Favorite celebrity?
i don't have one...

43.] Favorite color?
coral

44.] Favorite food?
poptarts, popcorn, chocolate XD

45.] Favorite drink?
water

46.] Do you like to go shopping? If yes, where? And for what?
i like to go shopping. I love delias alot like laura but im way too poor to shop there. i got a panda shirt from their for xmas and it was $45 -____- really depressing. i also love bonton. i have quite a bit of clothing from there that was $5 or less!!!!

47.] Can you cook?
not if i can help it. if i REALLY have to cook, i probably don't eat -__- bad ery

48.] Any devices you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
my laptop and cellphone

49.] Are you tech-savvy?
no!

50.] Do you want to become a professional artist/writer?
after i retire ^_^

51.] Are there any other jobs you're interested in?
translator ^_^

52.] Any other hobbies or skills besides drawing?
i really don't HAVE drawing skills...
i can sew fairly well, and i love love LOVE to craft! although many things end up in disaster ^^

53.] Do you like to watch movies?
yes, as long as there's no sex >>

54.] What's your favorite movie?
tremors! great family memories center around those movies...

55.] Have you ever entered an art contest, here at DeviantART or otherwise?
yes i even one once!

56.] When did you start drawing seriously?
i've kept "portfolios" of all my drawings since i was like 4 1/2 or something...they're all in the attic

57.] Do you use references? If so, for what?
i usually don't, even though i should which is why my anatomy is awkward

58.] Are you a subscriber? If so, are you a beta-tester?
yes no

59.] Do you have a lot of net friends?
a few...but they're mostly people i know in real life

60.] Do you have a lot of friends that also draw?
yup

61.] What time of the day do you usually go online?
whenever i can, i get 45 email messages a day from bucknell -_- and they're usually important

62.] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
No.

63.] Do you have your own computer?
yes!

64.] What would you say to the person that you admire?
i lurv you

65.] Does your mind wander when you draw/write?
unfortunately, which is why it's so hard to finish stuff

66.] Have you drawn poorly because you think too much?
yes

67.] Do you have any friends who are professional artists?
one ^_^

68.] Where do you often hang out?
7th street cafe, craft center, gallery theatre LC, my dorm

69.] Are there any popular artists that you don't like much?


70.] Are there any situations in which you really don't like being a DeviantARTIST?
im not picky... i'd be happy with one watcher ^^

71.] How about situations that make you love it?
getting positive criticism

72.] What's the one thing that makes you grateful that the internet exists?
keeping in touch with family and friends back home

73.] Is there anything out there that makes you wish the internet didn't exist?
pornography pop ups >> and pedophiliac art....D I S G U S T I N G

74.] What's your first Deviation?
a deviant id i think...

75.] Any art you did prior to that?
YES

76.] Has your style changed a lot since joining DeviantART?
i guess so...whether it's better or worse im not really sure, but it's different...

77.] If it has changed, it what ways?
better anatomy, and my characters don't all look the same now...

78.] Have you experienced artist's block before?
im in deep right now...

79.] If so, how do you usually get out of it?
wait it out, or doodle till my brain liquifies >>

80.] What do you do when you can't get out it?


81.] Any Deviants that have influenced you a lot?
and of course

82.] What made you want to start drawing/writing.
i dunno...my mom can draw and paint REALLY well... no ones really ever made me want to write though...weirdness it's hard to think about...

83.] What made you want to join DeviantART?
!! she drew my commission at otakon so i joined!

84.] Has anything ever made you want to quit DevianART?
lack of time and submissions on my end...

85.] What do you think about netiquette?
just be polite, if you're gonna say something nasty, just be mature about it. and the other person should be mature enough not to make a big deal about it >< i hate net drama...

86.] Have you ever been spammed or trolled?
i don't think so...

87.] Ever thought about quitting art all together?
not really

88.] If so, why?
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89.] Do you upload high quality versions of your Deviations, or do you post low quality versions?
higher quality i guess

90.] Do you have custom CSS? If so, did you make it yourself?
no...i know HTML not CSS

91.] Do you have good vision?
NO! my rx is 20/650 now...

92.] If you can get anyone's autograph, whose would you get?
orange range

93.] What would you say to that person when he or she gives you an autograph?
i lurv you!

94.] Do you like to draw on Oekaki BBS?
i tried once, it was weird

95.] Do you have a job?
yes - professional crew member and bookseller

96.] Did you take art in school? If so, did you do well? Are you still taking it?
i took jewelry. once i took an advanced art course at baum in elementary school. but i was so much younger than everybody else and my drawings were so bad i begged to leave. i remember how humiliated i felt when the teacher spent 45 minutes telling the class everything that was wrong with my drawing, when he only spent 30 seconds on everyone else ;-; luckily ive never felt that way since...

97.] Have you taken art lessons outside of a school setting?
no

98.] Have you ever drawn something just because it was the cool thing to do -- the hip new fad?
huh? i dunno....

99.] What's your favorite phrase/quote?
"those who fear the darkness have never seen what the LIGHT can do!" - anonymous

100.] Do you present yourself differently online than you do in your real life?
i did once, not anymore

101.] What's your goal now?
to keep my 3.5 GPA

102.] What do you have to say to yourself?
i slept in till 12 today! i have slept past 8am since i came to bucknell!