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About Me Member Pencil Artist Sveet17/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
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100 Questions for an Artist

Sun Oct 3, 2004, 9:32 AM
1] What is your pen name?
Sveet, Eiji

2] How did you get the name?
Sveet was a name i used for a game and now i use for about everything, and Eiji is just another name that i came up recently (too much PoT (Prince of Tennis, what did u think i ment?)) that i use sometimes instead of Sveet.

3] Do you use PC or Mac?
PC

4] What software you use most often?
Photoshop7 (and imageready7)

5] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
tablet

6] The color you use most often is?
Black

7] What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
hair

8] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
average around 45 min.

9] Do you keep your rough drafts?
90% of the time i do.

10] What kind of font do you use most often?
I dont use fonts very often

11] What's the dpi when you scan?
150

12] Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
listen to music

13] How many pictures do you draw in a month?
i usually do at least 3 pics a week, usually just rough sketches and unfinished ones. so in a month, that would probably be like 20...

14] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
usually my sketches are in a school notebook, and if im in a mood to draw at home, i get out my sketchpad (and i only scan ones off of my sketchpad usually)

15] What kind of paper do you use for sketches and drafts?
usually my sketches are in a school notebook, and if im in a mood to draw at home, i get out my sketchpad (and i only scan ones off of my sketchpad usually)

16] How long does it take to ink something?
about 30 min

17] Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
original

18] Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
whats that ^^;

19] Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
No

20] Did it get published?
no

21] Who are your favorite artists?
ill do a shout out to my main man Fred Galligher (www.megatokyo.com / www.fredart.com) and my friends Meagan and Morr (both from MT forums ^^)

22] What's your favourite Anime/Manga?
Anime: Prince of Tennis, Hunter X Hunter
Manga: i dont read much, but naruto...

23] Favourite Character?
Royma, Kiadoh, Tezuka, Eiji, Fuji, Ann-chan ^^, Oishi.

24] Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
Not really, id like to develope my own style.

25] Do you buy books a lot?
not really. i own a few how to draw manga, that i reference every now and then, and other than drawing, i just check out from library...

26] Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
no, but i did get how to draw manga to help me draw it ^^

27] Any video games you enjoy?
Metal Gear Solid (TTS), Super Smash Bro Melee, any multiplayer shooter (as long as the controls are descent), Kingdom Hearts.

28] Any favourite characters from video games?
riku

29] Do you have a favourite writer?
R.A. Salvatore

30] Any books you really enjoy?
Fantasy ALL THE WAY!

31] Do you write fanfics?
yes, but they suck :'(

32] Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
of course. J-rock, metal, and some random stuff too..

33] Any recommended songs?
Haruka Kanata by Aisan Kung-fu Generation, Go! by Flow, prolly more later...

34] Any websites that you totally admire?
[link]. if u like art, check out the forums. there are a TON of awesome artists, and every1 is awesome. Also the comic is pretty funny (i suggest spending a day reading them all)

35] Do you have any sites you want to go everyday?
[link], [link], [link]

36] What is your dream site like?
umm... just about any site that has good drawings on it. i dont care what it looks like, as long as it has TONS of drawings.

37] Do you like your own art?
rarely. there are a few of mine that i do, and i can just feel i hit something good, which ive done twice, one is on my wall, the other is in my school notebook, im probably going to make another based on the character (which ive adopted to b the anime representation of myself)

38] What do you enjoy watching on TV?
pretty much anything on tech TV, although i dont have much time to watch TV

39] Favourite celebrity?
none really...

40] Favourite color?
dark colors, anything that can give u a depressing feeling...

41] Favourite food?
RAMEN!

42] Favourite drink?
pepsi.

43] Any places you like to shop at?
i dont shop much

44] Can you cook?
yea, im just out of practice. I have this special chicken thing i do. its to DIE for.

45] Any programs you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
nope. i dont use e-mail much.

46] Are you a computer expert?
some people call me that.

47] Want to become a professional artist?
of course.

48] Any other jobs you're interested in, besides an illustrator?
I was also looking into Architechture.

49] Any other specialities besides drawing?
not really... i am good at video games ^^;

50] Do you like to watch movies?
im not a movie guy. if i do watch movies, its got to be funny...

51] What's your favourite movie?
Blue Collar Comedy Tour ^^

52] Have you ever entered art contests?
no

53] When did you start drawing seriously?
mid january 2004

54] Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
i dont use references much, when i do, i look on google...

55] Have you met any of your fans online?
i dont like to post my work, so i dont have any fans :'(

56] You have a lot of pen pals?
not really pen pals, but i have lots of friends all over thru AIM (ive got friends all over USA, Canada, and many places in Europe)

57] You have a lot of friends that draws?
not really... i have some friends from the MT forums, but they are all better than me, and other than that, my friends all like anime, but cant draw.

58] What time do you usually go online?
i got cable so im on whenever.

59] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
not really... i hate talking to lots of ppl at once in the same spot... it gets too confusing...

60] Do you have your own computer?
yep. christmas 3 years ago (its gonna b 3 years old this christmas) i got it and its still the only comp in my house. its in my room, so i guess its really mine ^^;


61] What would you say to the person you admire?
OMGZOR!! IM YOUR BIGGEST FANZOR!!

62] Do you think of things when you draw?
when i draw, i dont really focus on drawing, it just comes out while im thinking...

63] Have you drawn bad because you think too much?
i draw bad because i suck :'(

64] Do you have any friends who are professionals?
not really, although they are good enough. My friend Meagan from MT did characachures (sp?) last summer for a job and made some money.

65] Where do you often hang out?
home.

66] Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
oh yea. the ones that every1 thinks are good, but suck. also the ones who think they are awesome but suck. if your humble, your cool.

67] Situations in which you really don't like being online?
im on basically 24/7 so not really... when offline, i feel really alone :'(

68] Situations in which you hate when it comes to having websites?
not really.. i keep an average sized screen, so nothing bad happens...

69] Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
the fact that i can meet ppl all over, and that i can watch anime from japan ^^

70] What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
none....

71]What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
not sure... i think i just deleted it ^^ it was crappy...

72] Do you still have that?
i think i burned it...

73] Has your drawing style changed a lot?
yea

74] How does it usually change?
i learn more every day

75] Have you experienced artists block before?
yes. i usually draw when im at home, or when im at lunch, and so theres not much there to inspire me, and my CD player broke recently :'(

76] How did you escape from it?
Listen to music, and then just let the ideas flow, until u find a good one.

77] What happens when you have artists block?
It sucks and so does ur drawing :'(

78] Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
Fred Galligher for giving me hope that its possible to do good art (and then i found MT forums with tons of ppl that are really good) ^^

79] What made you start drawing?
I remember drawing back in 4th-5th grade. i would draw the DBZ characters, and i really sucked...

80] What made you want to get a website?
umm... i used to be a gamer, and i would make clans, and i would end up making the site. i learned how to from there, and then every now and then i just make a site for myself.

81] Where did your site name come from?
i kinda copied fred (www.fredart.com) and made mine (www.sveetart.tk looking for donations! i need sveetart.com!)

82] What do you think about net manners?
hmmm... are they different from real manners?

83] Have you ever been spammed?
yea ^^ i just hacked their butts tho ^^

84] Ever thought about quitting your webpage?
yes, and i have before. Sveetart.tk is down atm because of a reformatt a while ago, and ive been too lazy to put it back up...

85] If so, why?
lack of time.

86] About how much KB is each picture?
between 50 and 200

87] When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
Program (dreamweaver) although i used to do pure HTML (and it sucked) and i still now do some editing in pure HTML...

88] Do you have good eyesite?
meh... i have had glasses for a couple years now (about 2 1/2) so i guess not...

89] If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
im not into autographs...

90] What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
Id still be thankful, but i would b too exited that i would b meeting them ^^

91] Do you have fans of your art?
not really... sometimes peoiple say im awesome :-P

92] Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
nope.. i tried once, but i got lost, and i didnt like it...

93] Are you good at art in school?
i dont take it.

94] Did you take art lessons other than from school?
i didnt take any art in school. i learned from net sites and books.

95] Have you drawn a manga?
ive thought about it, and on the MT forums, we did some partys over the summer which were like an ongoing story built by like 20 diff ppl...

96] What's your favourite phrase/quote?
"All's well that ends well."

97] Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
Yes. I am very passive externally, and very aggressive internally... i guess it balences itself out ^^;

98] What's your goal now?
To find the girl of my dreams, and get married.

99] What do you have to say to yourself?
Dude... get a better life goal...

100] Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone?
Did u really read this? meh... if u like any of my art, IM me (AIM : SveetX) and maybe we can talk?

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  • Interests: Music, SSBM, Art
  • Favourite movie: Austin Powers, Matrix, Family Guy, anything with humor
  • Favourite band or musician: Metallica, Megadeth
  • Favourite genre of music: Metal
  • Favourite artist: <a href=http://www.gotmorr.com>MORR!!</a>
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  • Favourite game: Super Smash Brothers Melee (SSBM)
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wii
  • Personal Quote: "It is better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for you who aren't."
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil, Paper, Eraser, Photoshop, Wacom Tablet

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im watchin u

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:iconchiharu-san:
Thankie for the watch! ^_____^

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np! its a great pic... i was about to hang it on my "wall" (which is just about 5-6 drawings that ive either done myself or found on devart that were really good) but it was really small when it printed.... i just have to enjoy its beauty online :'(
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there is a delete button.
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welcome to DA

and thx for the fav!

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heh, no prob, its good work, much better then mine. my newest thing is a very bad pic that i did a while back. i was practicing CG on it, so when i do some of my newer stuff (which im about to post) it wont be as bad cause im still learning.

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