Vanakkam,
Please explain how long you have been drawing, painting or doodling.
Since I can hold a pen...Around 4 or 5 year old I think
Where did you get your talent from? Was it a family member or was it inspired from someone else?
Uh, honestly I don't know. I never had an art course or something, it just came naturally...
However on my father's side, there have been many artists. My father was very good at drawing, my grandfather too, and we had a painter far away in the family, we still have some of his paintings :0 Maybe it run in the blood ? I don't know, but I'm the first woman in the family to be an artist, after so much generation of painters men !
What medium do you work with best and which do you enjoy working with more?
Pencil, watercolor, crayons, acrylic....But also Photoshop, Zbrush...
Could you be an artist for a living or do you just like to keep it as a hobby?
It was always more than a hobby. So I combined my hobby (videogame) with art, and now I'm sure to be an artist for a living when I finish my last year of studies in game art.
As an artist what other mediums or types of art wouldnt you mind exploring? What are your artistic regrets?
I would love to try sculpture. I'm thinking about doing some during the holidays...I would love to try wood and stone sculpture, especially learning the indian way to make sculpture....So beautiful, full of grace...
My regrets as an artist ? Uh....I'm not able to make a straight line. Even with a ruler...I was the embodiment of despair for my teachers when I was studying design and industrial drawing, ahah x'D I still graduated !
How much have computers affected your art? Are they an asset or unnecessary?
When I graduated in design, I was only using traditionnal ways to draw or paint. I had always considered that computer drawing/painting was cheating, because I supposed it was easy.
When I entered game art, I had zero experience with photoshop....But didn't get much interest to it, I still believed it was cheating, and I wanted to show that I would be perfectly fine with traditionnal media.
The fact is that I was wrong...And photoshop painting is NOT cheating. It is very hard....
For me it was like learning completely to draw from the beginning...I was a genius in traditionnal media, and an idiot in photoshop. This affected me because it was the contrary with all my class, who despite not being able to make descent drawings, they were able to make wonderful things on the computer.
Now after months of works I can make drawings in photoshop almost like a professionnal...But it's very important to keep a good level at traditionnal drawing, it's even a priority when you are seeking to work as an artist in videogames ! You have to show traditionnal drawing, especially some anatomy, to show that you know how the human body work and that you have a good hand.
Im thinking there will be a lot of views to this thread and I really didnt want to start a separate thread so I am also adding this selfish desperate plea (non-artists can respond).
Where can I find the best knee high white socks with a durable elasticity that would last for a long time before having to replace them?
Look at american football socks or something ? Or ski socks, but they are very hot !
