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01 ► What is your pen name?
`dry ice.
02 ► How did you get the name?
Think blueness. Think Mikagami. Throw in a grave accent.
03 ► Do you use PC or Mac?
A
PC and a
MacBook.
04 ► What software you use most often?
I only use
Photoshop.
05 ► Do you use mouse, or tablet?
Both. I select options with the mouse and draw with the digipen.
06 ► What is the brand and model of your tablet?
I use an ice blue
Wacom Intuos 2, with a 12" x 12" sensitive area.
07 ► What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
The proportions and anatomy. I'm pretty OC with hands. And the face
has to be pretty.
08 ► How long does it take you do draw a picture?
Depends.
09 ► Do you keep your rough drafts?
Sometimes.
10 ► What kind of font do you use most often?
Verdana, font size 8-10.
11 ► What's the DPI when you scan?
300 DPI, usually.
12 ► Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
Can't do without music!
13 ► How many pictures do you draw in a month?
I can't stop drawing, really.
14 ► What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
Scratch paper.
16 ► How long does it take to ink something?
At least thirty minutes, for a serious drawing.
17 ► Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
I'm working on
Venom Fang, my original BL story, for
Rush.
18 ► Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
Yes, I suppose I would make one some time soon.
19 ► Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
For fanart, I've submitted to
Questor and
Witch.
20 ► Did it get published?
Yes. I won some goodies, too.
21 ► Who are your favorite artists?
Yamane Ayano and Takashima Kazusa. Also, Kaori Yuki, Shurei Kouyu, and Ayame Kojima.
22 ► What's your favourite Anime/Manga?
Yamane's and Takashima's BL manga.
23 ► Favourite Character?
Liu Feilong, Hallwil, Emba, and Asahi, among others.
24 ► Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
Takashima Kazusa and or Yamano Ayane. Sexy hot men, yes.
25 ► Do you buy books a lot?
No. In fact, I almost never read. I don't like spending money either.
26 ► Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
Yamane's illustration book,
Aya. CLAMP's also.
27 ► Any video games you enjoy?
Dynasty Warriors 4 and 5, and XL. But, I don't have time for games nowadays.
28 ► Any favourite characters from video games?
Zhao Yun.
29 ► Do you have a favourite writer?
No.
30 ► Any books you really enjoy?
BL manga.
31 ► Do you write fanfics?
No.
32 ► Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
Jay Chou, Fort Minor, and TVXQ.
33 ► Any recommended songs?
Too many to mention!
34 ► Any websites that you totally admire?
Too many to mention!
35 ► Do you have any sites you go to everyday?
deviantART,
y!Gallery</i>,
LiveJournal, and Hotmail.
36 ► What is your dream site like?
BL.
37 ► Do you like your own art?
I suppose so.
38 ► What do you enjoy watching on TV?
I hardly watch TV.
39 ► Favourite celebrity?
Jay Chou. Lee Junki, Shirota Yuu. Jet Lee.
40 ► Favourite color?
Black, blue, white, silver.
41 ► Favourite food?
Chicken feet (dimsum), pizza, fries, egg tarts. Ice Monster!™.
42 ► Favourite drink?
Coffee jelly.
43 ► Any places you like to shop at?
I don't like shopping.
44 ► Can you cook?
No.
45 ► Any programs you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
No.
46 ► Are you a computer expert?
No, that's
Feee's job.
47 ► Want to become a professional artist?
Don't we all?
48 ► Any other jobs you're interested in, besides a professional artist?
Game design.
49 ► Any other specialities besides drawing?
Nope.
50 ► Do you like to watch movies?
Sometimes.
51 ► What's your favourite movies?
Initial D.
The New Guy, Black Beauty, The Last Samurai. Oriental Chinese movies.
52 ► Have you ever entered art contests?
Yes.
53 ► When did you start drawing seriously?
Since fourth grade -- when I was around nine years old.
54 ► Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
No.
55 ► Have you met any of your fans online?
renka-fans Thank you.
56 ► You have a lot of pen pals?
Not one.
57 ► You have a lot of friends that draw?
Quite.
58 ► What time do you usually go online?
Whenever I can. Which is almost all day.
59 ► Do you like to go to chat rooms?
No.
60 ► Do you have your own computer?
Yes. I have no siblings to fight over it with.
61 ► What would you say to the person you admire?
I don't know... Hi, please sign an autograph for me?
62 ► Do you think of things when you draw?
A lot of things.
63 ► Have you drawn badly because you think too much?
Yes.
64 ► Do you have any friends who are professionals?
I guess.
65 ► Where do you often hang out?
In my room, in front of my computer.
66 ► Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
Yup, haha! Attention whores suck, seriously.
67 ► Situations in which you really don't like being online?
When I'm too busy with school.
68 ► Situations in which you hate when it comes to having websites?
Having to update regularly even when you're too busy.
69 ► Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
Scanlations and mp3s.
70 ► What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
Malware.
71 ►What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
Pencil sketches that I'd thrown out a long, long time ago.
72 ► Do you still have that?
No!
73 ► Has your drawing style changed a lot?
Yes. See my
art progress.
74 ► How does it usually change?
Wot?
75 ► Have you experienced artists block before?
Yes.
76 ► How did you escape from it?
Listen to [Jay Chou's] music.
77 ► What happens when you have artists block?
I stop drawing. And, get myself really frustrated.
78 ► Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
CLAMP, Kaori Yuki, and Takashima Kazusa.
79 ► What made you start drawing?
Sailor Moon.
80 ► What made you want to get a website?
I don't have one anymore.
81 ► Where did your site name come from?
I coined it.
82 ► What do you think about net manners?
Spammers and flamers suck. D8
83 ► Have you ever been spammed?
Yes.
84 ► Ever thought about quitting your webpage?
I don't have one.
85 ► If so, why?
I'm too busy to maintain a website.
86 ► About how much KB is each picture?
At least 150 KB.
87 ► When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
I used to use
Adobe Go Live.
88 ► Do you have good eyesite?
I'm practically blind! I have to get an insurance...
89 ► If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
Jay Chou, Yamane Ayano, and Takashima Kazusa.
90 ► What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
I would probably have made him / her a personalized gift instead of saying anything at all.
91 ► Do you have fans of your art?
renka-fans Thank you again.
92 ► Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
Yes, I used to draw really often.
93 ► Are you good at art in school?
Yes. But, I don't career every single artsy project.
94 ► Did you take art lessons other than from school?
Oil pastel-coloring and oil painting lessons.
95 ► Have you drawn a manga?
Yes. Aside from
Venom Fang, I work as an illustrator for several local comic anthologies, such as
Mango JAM,
Otaku Mangazine, and
Mangaholix.
96 ► What's your favourite phrase/quote?
"Oh, come on~ *whine whine*" (
Feee brought this to my attention.)
97 ► Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
Not really.
98 ► What's your goal now?
To be a BL manga-ka!
99 ► What do you have to say to yourself?
Keep going!
100 ► How did you start doing art for a magazine?
For
Otaku Mangazine, I was contacted by the art director -- I think he found my devART. For
Mango JAM,
kurohiko, who needed a colorist, introduced me to the boss. Upon seeing my works, he offered me a spot as an artist for a different series (instead of just colorist). The others might have found my deviantART, or have seen my drawings in the previously published comic magazines. My mom was the one who got my my part-time design jobs -- they are either our relatives or her friends.
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