I was mercilessly tagged by and

Your name?
Deedee

If possible, your age?
35

When did you start drawing?
I drew lots and lots as a kid, mainly super-heroines and the occasional vampire, but I absolutely sucked at drawing blokes until I started going out with them. XD

The strongest influence on my early drawing attempts came via Tales of the Teen Titans back in the late eighties, with the work of Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and George Perez firing my imagination on a daily basis.

I stopped drawing while I was at university, as I had other distractions (namely studying languages, drinking and blokes), and didn't really pick it up again until 2002-03 when I was playing the Legacy of Kain games. They inspired me so much I started writing and drawing all sorts all over again, and found to my susprise I could suddenly draw blokes (see above comment).

These days I mostly render, but I do enjoy a quick sketch from time to time.

Which hand do you use for drawing?
Right

Which is easier to draw - male or female?
I used to find it much easier to draw females (because I am one and therefore have ample reference material), but these days it's just as easy to draw males.

Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
Long. I can never make short hair styles look realistic.

Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
Facing towards the left

Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
Side. It's what I learned to draw first and I often get the proportions wrong when I draw from the front.

What do you have problems in drawing?
Hands and animals.

What do you like to draw?
Blokes with long hair and muscles. And swords. And not many clothes. Perferably undead and dangerous-looking. What? I'm being honest here! XD

Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
Digital.

Where do you start drawing from?
Upper left of page, starting with the face.

What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
-Drawing legs too long, but I blame my early influences for making super-heroines really leggy...

What do you keep in mind when you do lineart?
...that I'm probably going to paint all over it in Photoshop so I try not to make too much mess on the paper that I'll have to painstakingly erase later.

Any tips for coloring/shading?
I'm not sure I'm the best person to ask! Start off shading the dark stuff and gradually get lighter?? Or is it the other way around?
In photoshop, avoid masks and using too many layers for colouring. There, how's that?

How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
-How long is a piece of string? How silly is this question?! As long as it takes. Anything from 1 hr to several days / a week.

What music do you listen to while you draw?
-Nightwish / whatever's on my playlist / Youtube. If I have to concentrate, even slightly, the music goes off.

How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
They just leap into my brain uninvited!

For my 3D art, a fully worked-out concept only develops as I go along and I render / re-render until the scene is right, which can take anywhere from 10 to 100 test renders (more in some cases).

Your favorite drawing utensils?
Mechanical pencil / battery powered eraser.
Wacom

Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
Red / black.

Your favorite style(s)?
Modern realistic-fantasy and Pre-Raphaelite

Are you satisfied with your current art?
We're always improving. To say we're satisfied with our art at any point is to say it's time to stop!

What kind of artist are you aiming for?
I didn't realise this was target practice! XD Oh yeah – there's the bullseye...
Er... fantasy artist? I'd like to do this as more than a hobby.


Thank you.
Now please fill in the next columns by writing the names of the artists that match the criteria.
Artists tagged may fill in this baton if they wish.



"Cool": for and more and more and more... Her work is just the essence of cool, and she does it all with a mouse?!

"Cute": for I love everything in her gallery!

"Stylish": for I love the way he uses light and scribbles and bold textures to make incredible fantasy images.

"Unique" for and He does such wonderful, innovative things with 3D and paint.

"Moe" : (bloody hell, I had to look this one up!) Means 'budding'; 'is a Japanese slang word originally referring to a strong interest in particular types of character in video games or anime and manga.'

You wot?

Um... Love her art – no idea about the original fandom it's based on, apart from that it's anime...?

"Tasty": for and Her pics are always edible / lickable.

"Smart": for , and for always giving 'smart' comments.

"Sexy": for just about everything he ever does, but especially this:

"Admirable": for and everything else in his gallery. An inspiring and imaginative 3D creator.

Join in or not – up to you!

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Commissions / Trades / Requests
Commissions Status: Closed.
Commission Information can be found here.
Requests Status: Closed.
Art Trades/ Collaborations Status:Closed

1 outstanding trade with ~thaphantom - Blood, shells and Roses - painting



Deedee is regularly working on...



Deedee has recently been working on...


Warriors of Vengeance





Deedee is still working on...





Another Facebook Game
A couple of Legacy of Kain Fangames *big big grins*
Animation for NOTLD:R
Book Covers for LoTLD

Links
My Neverwinter Nights Character Portraits
My tutorials
Free 3D model of Raziel's shoulder armour.
My Legacy of Kain fan art








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