100 Questionsto ask an artist
1] What is your pen name?
Sakura_02 or Sakura02
2] How did you get the name?
Love Sakura from CardCaptors and stll do. the 02 is when I registered someplace think it at OekakiCentral
3] Do you use PC or Mac?
PC
4] What software you use most often?
Oekaki and Paint Shop Pro9 Photoshop CS
5] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
mouse! (watches her 2 tablets she begged parents for, catch dust)
6] The color you use most often is?
blues
7] What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
the hair, and clothes
8] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
depends.. on average 2-8hrs+ for a good pic and as little as 10 mins for a sketch
9] Do you keep your rough drafts?
of CGs? nope
10] What kind of font do you use most often?
Lucida, Comic Sans, Brush Script
11] What's the dpi when you scan?
600
12] Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
listen to music and daydream, maybe munch on something
13] How many pictures do you draw in a month?
Depends on how busy I am I would say on average 29+ ( including quick sketches)
14] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
uh.. there's a type? okay It's white and flat.
15] What kind of paper do you use for sketches and drafts?
English notebook >D I prefer drawing on the computer anyways.
16] How long does it take to ink something?
have yet to learn to ink
17] Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
0__0; tried, not professional though
18] Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
not sure never tried doujinshi just learnt what it meant 3 days ago?
19] Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
Ya ^.^ NewType and Animerica
20] Did it get published?
yup. in both.
21] Who are your favorite artists?
LOTSA! My biggest are Kurot, GemiAnge,Jun,Marbles, Runee, and well way too many! EVERYONE I'M WATCHING ON Deviantart!! simple!
22] What's your favourite Anime/Manga?
Kodocha, LoveHina, Yu-gi-oh, Kaleido Star,Beyblade,Cardcaptors and Saint Tail.
23] Favourite Character?
Still Sakura from Card Captors and I currently am in love with Bakura from Yugioh the sweet one
24] Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
Kurot
25] Do you buy books a lot?
do I even read...?o
26] Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
I bought a book, but it didn't inspire me to draw but it helped
27] Any video games you enjoy?
I miss my Kirby game ;___; and Zelda (blew up the adapter for her Gamecube)
28] Any favourite characters from video games?
I like Zelda. Xd
29] Do you have a favourite writer?
as I said before.. do I even read?
30] Any books you really enjoy?
Manga!
31] Do you write fanfics?
lots, too many I think check out my Id at Fanfiction.net
32] Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
Anime theme songs and anything popular mostly rock
33] Any recommended songs?
no one will like them but I like the theme songs from Samurai X, Sakura Card Captors and Weiss Kruez got the whole collection of those Xdm, Panic at the Disco
34] Any websites that you totally admire?
The ones with the super cool coding like Gaia and OC
35] Do you have any sites you want to go everyday?
Deviant, Endless-Online, Here.
36] What is your dream site like?
better than this site
37] Do you like your own art?
..uh trick question? no..
38] What do you enjoy watching on TV?
Do I even watch t.v? oh wait Yu-gi-oh :)
39] Favourite celebrity?
oh shoot.. I don't know any? someone give me some names.
40] Favourite color?
baby powder blue
41] Favourite food?
Itlalian food Pasta :d
42] Favourite drink?
Sprite, Ginger Ale, and anything that is carbonated Xd and sweet
43] Any places you like to shop at?
Borders, oh gawd I hate shopping for clothes. Claires.
44] Can you cook?
( remembers time I burnt the dog's food, and the beans for lunch, and the potatoes) oh! of course I can!
45] Any programs you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
Hotmail and Neopets ^.^
46] Are you a computer expert?
... no I wish
47] Want to become a professional artist?
YES!!! o__o;
48] Any other jobs you're interested in, besides an illustrator?
... biologist.. Xp' dunno
49] Any other specialities besides drawing?
writing fanfics and.. drawing?
50] Do you like to watch movies?
nope (I'm shameful my parents own a DVD rental too)
51] What's your favourite movie?
Castle in the Sky,Digimon the movie and as for non-anime.. uh Dude where's my car?
52] Have you ever entered art contests?
online yea.
53] When did you start drawing seriously?
it was the year 1999..
54] Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
nope only for a specific character which I have never seen before or drawn or if I’m doing still life
55] Have you met any of your fans online?
.. 0__0
56] You have a lot of pen pals?
yup lots I wub u guys
57] You have a lot of friends that draws?
all my friends draw, if you dont’ draw.. your not my friend. (lol kidding)
58] What time do you usually go online?
anytime I get a break.. afternoons, night.. middle of the night
59] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
only controlled ones that are supervised
60] Do you have your own computer?
yea ^^0
61] What would you say to the person you admire?
OMG!! can I like have your autograph
62] Do you think of things when you draw?
my life.. which I am slowly wasting
63] Have you drawn bad because you think too much?
wait a sec.... can I think...?
64] Do you have any friends who are professionals?
I WISH *w* but they will be
65] Where do you often hang out?
Home. on the comp with my online penpals
66] Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
nope, only if they aren't too stuck up
67] Situations in which you really don't like being online?
when computer freezes!!
68] Situations in which you hate when it comes to having websites?
how to make people actually come and see it..?
69] Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
All the lovely people I get to meet all over the world
70] What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
viruses!! and spam!and hackers and Zemeckis.
71]What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
hm... can't remember
72] Do you still have that?
I wish
73] Has your drawing style changed a lot?
WAYY too much!!
74] How does it usually change?
by observing very very good non-professional artists who are kids just like me.
75] Have you experienced artists block before?
strangely no..
76] How did you escape from it?
just draw a line.. then another line.. then a curve here and there and then it becomes something
77] What happens when you have artists block?
...I roll over and sleep
78] Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
Too many
Kurot
Jun
79] What made you start drawing?
A firend of mine. (I miss her, she went back to Africa )
80] What made you want to get a website?
some peeps.. and my dad
81] Where did your site name come from?
me
82] What do you think about net manners?
..muu there is such a thing?
83] Have you ever been spammed?
yup. lots shall Icount?
84] Ever thought about quitting your webpage?
already have
85] If so, why?
lazy
86] About how much KB is each picture?
KB any?
87] When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
html to much 4 me Netobjects i use.
88] Do you have good eyesite?
surprisingly yes, considering both my parents wear glasses and I'm online all the time and drawing CG pictures almost everyweek for 4 years.. (thank god)
89] If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
everyone here!!
90] What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
thank you! (duh?)
91] Do you have fans of your art?
........
92] Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
yup!
93] Are you good at art in school?
I don't think so but according to my art teacher I'm his best student 0_0;
94] Did you take art lessons other than from school?
from everyone's art I watch.. does that count..
95] Have you drawn a manga?
tried not professional just sketches
96] What's your favourite phrase/quote?
“ I’m stuffed like a turkey at Thanksgiving”
“I’m happy like a pig in shit”
97] Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
o gawd i'm getting tired of these questions.. uh.. dunno YES
98] What's your goal now?
Be a manga artist ^.^ and get recognised. and more favs and sell my artwork
99] What do you have to say to yourself?
Sakura you need a life...
100] Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone?
Buy my artwork and I’ll love you forever