Sijun Forums :: View topic - Draw what you Draw becasue you Draw? Must be 18!

zapman · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 10:34 am

This Question goes to everyone older then 18 that have been drawing for loooooong time.

I am wondering what you all Draw, and why you draw what you draw?

Let me tell you about my why I draw what I draw.

When I was young, I always drew Super hero's and cartoon faces because I always watched TV.

Then in High School I went into Realist painting because I love putting in details in my work. In addition, more of Fantasy art, as in Dragons, and Animals, monsters etc.
Because of all TV, I washed as a kid.

Now I am out of high school doing Digital art and Hand Art... I do web designing because I like the challenges to come up with different type of layout.

So, do you draw what you Draw because you draw?

ZAPmAn

Affected · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 10:58 am

humph, I don't turn 18 until december...

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Tinusch · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 11:07 am

I'm not 18 yet either... Thanks for secluding me, zapman!

StrangeFate · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2000 Posts: 199

interesting...

I started drawing in the first class, was in boarding schools for some years, so no toys, no TV.
As i was out there i started reading comics (F4, Hulk, Conan, etc...) and using them as reference

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The artists of the '80 influenced my style the most, John Byrne, Sal Buscema, George Perez, they have a rather proportioned not-that-exagerated-dynamic style, unlike the actual artists.
I'm a great fan of Capullo, McFarlane, Lee, sadly, my style seems to be mostly fixed to the conservative look of the '80.

I draw for food and it's a cheap hobby too

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Snakebyte · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 11:43 am

I�ve been drawing female anime characters for the last 7 or 8 years (2 years digital) I started after seeing my first anime art in a game magazine. Iv never really been inspired by any one artist but by the general style, until now. After seeing Dhabih�s work and more by Danny Iv started shift more to realism while maintaining some anime features such as the eye�s and general face structure. I can only hope that my work will someday match the quality that both Danny and Dhabih have achieved.

(Of course I will not reveal the primary reason I started drawing only women)

Adamantine · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2000 Posts: 94

grrr.....the artistic me has only existed for 1-2 years, guess i'll have to wait a lil more then...........

DuKEZ · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 5:37 pm

i draw comic like characters wit a jim lee esque style.. and a bit of anime like exagerration in the mix.. like dragon ball and stuff

probably the spiky yellow hair

dennison · member Member # Joined: 29 Jan 2000 Posts: 247

way back in gradeschool i drew doodles of people and cartoon characters. when i got into high school i started to get into comics so i drew comic characters like spider man, the x-men, etc

Muzman · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2000 11:58 pm

I've only been in this drawing caper for about 9 months so I'm out too

CyberArtist · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2000 2:13 am

I started drawing everything I could get my hands on when I was 6. When I was 7 or so, I started trying to draw faces. By the time I was 8 I started drawing portraits of people, side view only. Did that for a couple of years. All through the rest of elementary school I just didn't stop drawing. Everything and anything. I actually got detention for drawing in class while I should of been working on something else.

In junior high I took art classes and got better at my techniques. Got pretty darn good at drawing and painting.

Then came highschool. Took an art class the first year, took some photography classes the following years, took nothing my senior year. Most of my art skills had vanished by then due to lack of use. I was good at the pencil art I did, and pointalism, but I hadn't really progressed much in my artistic ability during those years. I was soul searching, finding out who I was, and who I am, and actively challenging myself to make myself a better, more social person. I now dress well, and can talk to people, but I can't draw as well as I could. That's changing though as I'm taking art classes now and really working on getting better.

I mostly draw people, more sureal type stuff than cartoony or realistic. Most of it is extremely bizarre, or a visual representation of how I felt at the time I drew it. submit, oddman4, and The Crying Man are some of my favorite drawings I've done, and all three were done when I was extremely depressed. I did most of my artwork when I was dressed actually. I don't suffer from extreme depression anymore, so I don't draw as much.

Oh, and I'm currently 18.

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Jyashuwa · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2000 4:27 am

I'm 20.
I just like drawing any characters in general. Man,Women,...beast...whatever

[img]http://www.outofideas.com/josh/art/dafreakz.jpg
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micke · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2000 8:17 am

I'm 23. now i draw whatever comes in my mind.
Maybe that's why my motives have a tendency to have some wierd content in it.
Most of my motives are people , i guess.
When i was younger i did super-heroes, comics, Starwars drawings and such like.

There is only one thing that i don't like to do: Naked ladies (or barbarians)with dragons and skulls. I've done it, but i just
got tired of it. Brrrrrr....

Micke

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zapman · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2000 10:58 am

very intresting answers/comments.
The reson I asked you be 18 is because I wanted to see the STAGES of your drawing. going from Catoons to Realistic/Strage looking drawings..

THanks for replying

4s · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2000 11:08 pm

i was drawing since a kis so here goes:
kidergarten: uhh, too young to remember,
grade school: always drew these battle scenes w/ medieval knights etc etc. influenced from some picture books. -- at school in art class drew/paited trees&,ladscape stuff. whatever the teacher thought was nice.
middle school: got lazy, only drew in art classes, abstract stuff.
high school: lazy again, only drew in art classes, learn perspective, different mediums, ladscapes, animals...
here i think i also started drawing comic book stuff, (was pretty bad tho)
college: ugh, now i have no spare time, study architecture, perspectives, isometrics, balgh..
i still do not have a developed drawing technique.
now: digital art provides the inspiration. thanks to this board. *hugs everyone*
spring break, time to finish my paining...