100 QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS

01. What is your pen name?
Alohilani.

YES. NOW.

02. What made you choose this name?
I wanted a new pen name so I looked up random Hawaiian words online and I liked 'Alohilani'. It means 'bright'.

03. Do you use PC or Mac?
I'm a PC and I think their commercials are stupid.

04. What programs do you use most often?
Firefox, Paint, Photoshop and AIM.

05. Do you use mouse, or tablet?
More mouse.

06. What color or color combination's do you find yourself using most often?
Muted greens and blues.

07. What part of a picture do you put most effort into?
The faces and facial expressions.

08. How long does it take you do draw a picture?
Um... I don't know. XD Only a few minutes for the sketch... under an hour to do rough lineart on MS Paint...

09. Do you keep your rough drafts?
No.

10. What font do you use most often?
For pictures, the font of my handwriting made me.

11. When you scan your image, what DPI do you use?
300 if I'm going to color it digitally, 100 if I'm just going to upload it as-is

12. Do you do anything else when you're drawing?
Listen to music.

13. Approximately how many pictures do you draw in a month?
A LOT.

14. What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Anything my mom gives me.

15. What kind of paper do you use for rough sketches and drafts?
Any kind.

16. How long does it take you to ink something?
Maybe 20 minutes...

17. Do you do comics, or fan comics?
ahem

18. Do you like comics? Are they fun to make?
Yeah!

19. Have you ever submitted anything to a magazine?
noooooooonono.

21. Who are your favorite artists?


22. Do you like anime/manga? If so, what are your favorite series?
I prefer Western animation.

23. Do you like cartoons/comics? If so, what are your favorite series?
PFFT. LILO & STITCH. BUZZ LIGHTYEAR OF STAR COMMAND. INVADER FREAKIN' ZIM. Calvin & Hobbes. Peanuts.

24. Any artists that you wish you could draw like?
Many... many many. , for example. Her human anatomy, I covet it.

25. Do you read a lot of books?
Not as many as I used to. A lot of times I'll pick up a book and it's full of cursing and I'll just put it down.

26. Did you ever buy a book to inspire or teach you to draw?
I have this neat book on facial expression I got for my birthday.

27. Any video games you enjoy?
Not really, I'm not real into gaming.

28. Any favorite characters from video games?
STITCH?

Okay, yeah, it's a licensed game but...

29. Do you have a favorite writer?
Stephen King, Richard Adams

30. Any books you really enjoy?
WATERSHIP DOOOOOWN~

31. Do you draw fanart?
...

pblt.

32. Do you listen to music while you draw?
Yes, it helps me creaaaate lawl

33. Any recommended songs?
TEARS FOR FEEEEEEAAAARS

and 99 Luftballons. [link] I made a whole FANFICTION SERIES based on that song's lyrics.

34. Any other art websites that you really enjoy?
nah.

35. Are there any websites that you go to everyday?
dA, ff.net, the XR boards, checka my email, checka some webcomics I'm following...

36. What is your dream website like?
CROSSOVERS

37. Do you like your own art?
Sometimes. Occasionally.

38. What do you enjoy watching on television?
LOST.

39. Favorite celebrity?
Ooh, Idunno. Jim Carrey, Robin Williams... Larry Miller... Richard Horvitz...

40. Favorite color?
Indigo.

41. Favorite food?
PIZZA. And seafood.

seafood pizza?

42. Favorite drink?
Root beer. A&W, not that Mug crap.

43. Do you like to go shopping? If yes, where? And for what?
MALL OF AMERICA BABY

44. Can you cook?
yes I can. I can make stuffed pork chops! %D

45. Any devices you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
Just mah Compy.

46. Are you tech-savvy?
mediocre

47. Do you want to become a professional artist?
idk.

48. Are there any other jobs you're interested in?
Brain surgeon.

No, I'm serious.

49. Any other hobbies or skills besides drawing?
Writing, sitting around being anti-social, making obscure references

50. Do you like to watch movies?
Absolutely yes.

51. What's your favorite movie?
LILO AND STIIIIITCH

52. Have you ever entered an art contest?
Twice locally. Didn't win.

53. When did you start drawing seriously?
Hmmm... I don't remember. Roughly three years ago.

54. Do you use references? If so, for what?
When I'm drawing a new character I'll use a reference to get the design right- when I'm MAKING a new character I usually make my own reference sheet to keep everything consistent.

55. Are you a subscriber? If so, are you a beta-tester?
YES, THANK YOU

56. Do you have a lot of net friends?
Yep

57. Do you have a lot of friends that also draw?
IRL... one.

58. What time of the day do you usually go online?
anytime

59. Do you like to go to chat rooms?
Not really.

60. Do you have your own computer?
Mmhmm.

61. What would you say to the person that you admire?
JUST KEEP SWIMMING

62. Does your mind wander when you draw?
A bit...

63. Have you drawn poorly because you think too much?
No, I'm usually thinking about the picture.

64. Do you have any friends who are professional artists?
No.

65. Where do you often hang out?
anywhere really xD

66. Are there any popular artists that you don't like much?
Uhh... don't think so.

Well, maybe that Dinosaurs guy. Something about his stuff bugs me.

Maybe the lack of actual dinosaurs.

67. Are there any situations in which you really don't like being an Artist?
idk

68. How about situations that make you love it?
...when I actually draw something I like.

69. What's the one thing that makes you grateful that the internet exists?
...comments. XD;

70. Is there anything out there that makes you wish the internet didn't exist?
ZADR.

ZADR ZADR ZADR.

71. What's your first drawing?
oh i don't know it was fugly

72. Any art you did prior to that?
o-o

73. Has your style changed a lot since then?
I should hope so!

75. Have you experienced artist's block before?
YEEEES

76. If so, how do you usually get out of it?
I don't really, I just start drawing characters looking all depressed...

77. What do you do when you can't get out of it?
Do something else. Like housework. Then i snap at everyone and go to bed.

78. Any people that have influenced you a lot?
Nattttyyyyy

79. What made you want to start drawing?
LILO & STITCH. The animation was SO pretty. Soso pretty. I wanted to draw juet like it.

81. Has anything ever made you want to quit art all together?
When I start thinking I suck.

82. What do you think about netiquette?
-snrk- wut?

83. Have you ever been spammed or trolled?
Not personally but I've watched it happen. Not fun.

86. Do you upload high quality versions of your art submissions, or do you prefer to upload a lower quality?
Whatever I... have...

87. Do you have custom CSS? If so, did you make it yourself?
no too lazy

88. Do you have good vision?
Contact lenses.

89. If you can get anyone's autograph, whose would you get?
Larry Miller. LAAAAARRY MILLER. 8DDD

Or Zim.

I bet Zim writes his name really big.

91. Do you like to draw on Oekaki BBS?
Wut?

92. Do you have a job?
Sometimes I volunteer at the animal shelter

93. Did you take art in school? If so, did you do well? Are you still taking it?
I take classes in the skool my mom runs.

94. Have you taken art lessons outside of a school setting?
Learned out of a book... probably doesn't count

95. Have you ever drawn something just because it was the cool thing to do -- the hip new fad?
Not unless I was mocking the fad.

ESPECIALLY AAAANGEL

96. What's your favorite phrase/quote?
"I'll get you and it'll look like a bloody accident."

mmhmm

97. Do you present yourself differently online than you do in your real life?
I don't think so. I'm really this annoying.

98. What's your goal now?
WORK ON CHAOS THEORY.

99. What do you have to say to yourself?
SHUT UP.

100. Do you have anything else to say to everyone out there?
DON'T SHUT UP. YOU'RE AWESOME.

THEY RICKROLL'D THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

RICKROLL'D.

MACY'S.

HOLY CRAP.

A bit self-absorbed but

What's your personal favorite thing I've ever made? Vid, pic, fic, whatever. If you answer I'll tell you my favorite of yours. Spread as a meme if so desired (go ahead and pretend there aren't thirty memes like this already).

Who'd be willing to beta the fic after Nowhere Man- a short, Zim and MALIK-centric thingamabob with the Galactic Federation and (very briefly) NOS-4-A2 in it? (There, NOW you look. You people are so weird.) With ZAMR hints? (Yah, I probably wouldn't want to read it either.)

No, I don't need it for a while, I just like to get things done in advance... and know whether or not I can expect to make this little thingy public or it should just go on LiveJournal as an 'extra'...

Anyone who volunteers before I post all of NM gets the Nowhere Man file to read first, in case you're thinking 'I ONLY READ THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE PREQUEL WTF KILA o-o'

yeah, IDK.

1. Pick one of my characters, any one (even if you don't know their name).
2. I will tell you the origin of his/her name.
3. I will tell you random facts surrounding his/her creation.
4. I will give you a random fact of his/her back story.
5. I will give you a random fact of his/her forestory.
6. You may ask me up to ten questions about the character. Anything. Really. I'm up for some stupid/obscure/eyebrow-raising questions here.


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