TrigunX89 wrote:Wow! Very nice pictures, GoldenGriff! How long/much do you draw?
Thank you TrigunX89 ^_^
Hmm, let's see.
Well, I've been drawing since I was around 3 years old (if I remember my mom's words correctly). I became interested in anime in my middle school years (Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z being two of the first shows that I recognized as anime).
I remember when I used to do a lot of Mario fanart. Once I drew a picture of Roy Koopa without tracing. And it looked good! Don't know what happened to it though...
For a while I've been wanting to draw in anime-style but was too afraid because I hate when I make ugly drawings. And I especially didn't want to make anything ugly looking and anime-ish at the same time.
However, in the fall of 2001 (my senior year in highschool) I finally gave it a try at my first anime-ish drawing. And it didn't offend me! I was proud for taking that first step
I'll probably post the picture later.
(Actually, this was my very first attempt at anime):
http://www.christiananime.net/showthread.php?t=8825
Ever since, I've been drawing in anime style. I'm glad for finally learning how to draw anime, but at the same time it's almost as if I can draw in no other style, particulary the "style" that I possessed in my drawings prior to that fateful day. I mean, I can still draw something that's not anime-related. But it can be surprisingly hard not to draw a cartoon character without giving it some anime-ish characteristics (i.e. big eyes with highlights).
Another thing about me and my art is that I like to create my own characters, despite the many fan art pictures you see in this thread
Hmm...I think my fan art is a sign that I have become more confident in drawing particular characters. There was a time when fan art was a forbidden subject, because (again) I was afraid of the outcome of my drawings. Then again, I notice that my fan art of non-anime characters (particularly of my Mario characters) is done in anime style
As an artist, one thing I hate is when I create a character/comcept that I think no one in the world but myself is creative enough to think of--
only to find a similiar character/concept elsewhere! When that occurs, I feel like doing this:
(but a tv instead of a computer, lol)
Have you ever came up with an idea (as an artist or anyone else) thinking that you and only you thought of it, only to see the same idea on television the very next day? Well I have, more times than I would like
. I hate when someone "steals" an idea that I have, because
- The character loses some of it's...um...originality and special-ness (for lack of a better word)
- I feel like sub-conciously I've seen the character/concept from somewhere but don't exactly remember seeing it (in other words, my idea wasn't so original but derived from something else)
- It makes me feel like a copycat, even if I have never seen or heard of the idea that's getting all the publicity (is this the same as number 2? )
- Well, I'm selfish with my ideas and I want no one else to think of them! When someone sees my idea, I want them to say "Yeah, Griff was the first to ever think of doing something like that." Mine! MINE! (pauses to take a chill pill)
*ahem* I'm better now. Anyway, that's why I don't really post anything that's "near and dear" to me, because if the idea isn't out there already, I don't want it to get out until I'm ready (-_-)
I haven't figured out what to do with my talent (or my life for that matter). But recently I've been hired (well, it's more like
asked ) to make comics for the school paper. *sigh* Who knows where my life will go?...
I told you not to use big words! 
Ha, just kidding 
This isn't the final sketch but the idea that I'm planning on working with.
...(takes a bite out of the halo) *munch munch* 0_0...Heavenly! 
...*locks eyes with chibi-Legato and falls under a hypnotic trance*
...well, CAA at least 
