Anonymous asked: just wondering, who would you say are your artistic inspirations?

I have a lot of artists that I’ve known and met that inspired me but the one mangaka who drove me to work on my style is Adachitoka (Noragami). Also, Hiramoto Akira (Prison School) got me stuck on drawing realistically xD 

Anonymous asked: in terms of 'practice and observe' when it comes to art, do you recommend trying to draw off of references and emulate another artist's style, or to just try to draw things your own way?

It’s best if you draw things your own way. You can also check other artists’ style and find out how they see objects by the way they drew them. Look at various references, it depends on you on which ones you like to learn from (realistic, anime, cartoons, etc) everything you find is a reference. That’s what I meant by observing. For practicing, literally means non stop drawing till you get the thing right xD

Anonymous asked: ceej!! i'm thinking about changing my major in college to digital arts (i want to do animation) but i'm scared!! i'm not the best drawer :c what should i do??

I dunno what’s in digital arts but I think you’ll be able to learn lotsa tools there if you plan to do lots of digital drawings. I prefer animation tho, bc that’s where drawing is very strict, but if you say you’re not the best, you’ll get to learn lotsa things there. But  I don’t think, it matters? o .  o cuz if you want to be good at drawing, whether you choose animation, digiarts, multimedia, medicine, or even law, you need to practice on your own. So whichever you choose, you still get to learn how to draw if you work hard ‘ v  ‘

Anonymous asked: If you don't mind me asking, what are you thinking of drawing for the a little light zine?

wink wonk

Anonymous asked: hey hey do you have a nsfw blog?

closetceej TTw TT that account’s been dead, but there’s YOI now so probs

Anonymous asked: If I want to buy your art like prints and merch the way other artists do. Do you have a shop online or something? :/ :) Have some milk and cookies for all your hard work!

Hello!! Hmmmm I don’t have any shop, I have been thinking to open and sell prints one day but dunno when… I have to fix my paypal stuff for now ;;;w;;;;

Anonymous asked: What about the first anime in that art post? Also pretty f***ing awesome art!

Rurouni Kenshin!

Anonymous asked: What's the name of the last anime in your childhood anime post?

Fushigi Yuugi Ow O

Anonymous asked: hi. i have been trying to draw for years now, but, i just dont know how to start, like, most tutorials start at thing that i more or less now like the 8 heads proportions, weres the middle of the body, etc. or are meant for people who know how to draw but have trouble drawing hands, hair, etc. like, i know its mostly practising and observing, but, what should i focus on first? sorry for bothering and thanks for being so awesome n.n

That’s good! Don’t worry. Every tutorial helps. If you notice, they all do it differently, either on head, hands, anatomy, etc. which is actually better because you’ll understand how clearly everyone draws them differently and the answers “why” and “how” they’re like that comes easily to you ‘ v  ‘ b That’s what I do actually. But don’t forget references on real life things, that helps you more. 

It doesn’t matter where you start. Just grab each lesson and learn from them and start drawing!