Thank you to @trash-shrike for making this artist questions game!
1: How many fanarts have you posted in total? You can estimate if you don't want to count.
I want to say around thirty! I have 27 in my masterlist but I excluded older ones I no longer like haha
2: What fandoms have you made art for?
Only ACOTAR! I’ve been getting the urge to draw for Inkheart and Heated Rivalry though
3: What are your favorite subjects / characters / ships to draw?
I love love love drawing Jesminda x Lucien and ofc Elucien. Jesminda x Lucien is extremely self-indulgent since I consider my Jes an OC so I love capturing her image, it’s very satisfying and makes me so happy. I also really like drawing backgrounds, it comes a lot more naturally to me than people, and I also adore lighting. I’ve been obsessed with outfit sheets lately given that I’ve done 4 so far.
4: What medium, programs, tools, etc. do you use?
I’ve been drawing fanart for over 2 years I think and I’ve moved around between lots of different tools and programs ugh. I didn’t have a drawing pad so started off with adobe illustrator with vector art, got really desperate to paint digitally so I moved to Affinity Designer where i did a combo of vector art and painting with my mouse, and I FINALLY got a drawing pad so I was using Affinity Designer and a plug-in wacom, and I finally moved to procreate when I got my ipad last May(?)
5: What's your favorite part of your art process?
Definitely rendering and lighting! I tend to have a messy sketch that I’ll struggle with but once I feel comfortable with rendering I obsess over it, I love it so much. Lighting is one of the final touches that’s so satisfying for me
6: What's your most popular fanart, by engagement? Are you surprised?
My dividers for Elain Week got crazy traction, I think it’s over 2K notes, but I don’t really count those as fanart evne if they’re themed around a character. I think my Elain outfit sheet got the most engagement with 238 notes?
7: Personal favorite fanart you’ve made?
Ugh I think my Jesminda x Lucien in bed fanart or my mockup book cover for the lovely and talented @itsblobross ‘s The Scenic Route Elucien fic!
8: Fanart you wish you did better on / wish you could redo?
I really want to redo a lot of my fanarts haha, I will look back and not really like a certain part of the piece and have an exact plan of what I would change and how. I think I would redo Helion rescuing the LoA mostly because this was a mix of vector art / painting with my mouse and I know that I would fucking kill it with procreate. I would have less limitations than I had when I made it, and I would be able to do different lighting like the sun off in the distance, adding hard highlights to their forms and shit like that. I would also redo LoA, Lucien, and Eris in The Canopy for similar reasons. I wasn’t as confident at painting faces as I am now and I would redo their faces for sure with that one.
9: Do you draw NSFT? If so, what kinds of NSFT scenarios / tropes do you like to draw?
I have drawn sorta NSFW Azriel arts like shibari Azriel, and I have a sketch of Tamsand sounding that will remain in my WIPs lmao only my Tammy peeps can see that one
10: Do you have any fandom OCs that you’ve drawn / would like to draw?
I love drawing OCs agh! I’ve drawn my OC Ensel tons of times, my favorite being Eris x Ensel for Eris Week 2025. I’ve also drawn my second vanbro Raivis, and I got an outfit sheet planned for him. I have also drawn friends’ OCs including @eatsbooks's Genia, @zenkindoflove 's Alexius, and @jon-snows-man-bun Aisling! Other OCs I’d like to draw would be my Forest House servant Sigyn who has a badass brand she got when she bargained with the House (exchanging thousands of years of servitude for eventual forgiveness of her past crimes)
11: Can you share any part of a WIP you’ve abandoned?
I abandoned an Azris art of Eris on his throne holding a leash he put on Az haha. The reason is dumb: @irithiadourden commissioned the incredible @lucychanart this Azris art for Azris Week last year and I swear to god the concept was so accidentally similar to theirs—from the poses to Azriel’s long fucking hair—that I was like AGHHHHH NO I DIDN’T COPY I SWEAR. I sent my sketch to the discord we're in and Iri screamed at the similarities haha. I put mine aside and told myself I was determined to outfreak iri and Lucy (if that was even possible) but ended up abandoning that idea too lmao. Lucy is a goddess and I bow down.
12: What would you say are your artistic strengths and weaknesses?
My weakness is for sure sketching, I tend to be messy since I haven’t quite developed a process that I like, and I depend on a lot of references because I’m not confident in anatomy. My strength is lighting; I am a trained photographer who has a love for studio portraiture and night landscapes. I realized recently that you can see it in my drawings and ooof it makes me really happy, especially since I haven’t done the photography I love in a long time 😭
13: Name up to three artists in the fandom and tell us what you like most about their art! Tagging is optional.
@froggybogwitch is an absolute goddess, I LOVE the way they draw faces and noses specifically I think it’s just amazing and so inspirational, and they are also so natural at showing their worldbuilding through outfits and hairstyles! Their work feels beautiful and fae
@palomita-de-la-sangre is actually insane with their style like jesus christ my jaw never fails to end up on the floor. Insane use of color, has a crazy unique style with anatomy that makes the peice look so dark and broody and gnarly
@laxibbeb is another goddess who captures the faeness of these awesome characters. She also has such a distinctive and instantly recognizable style and I’m just envious of it haha, faces and poses specifically seem to come so easily to her, I love how soft and ethereal work is and aghhh
No pressure tags for artist friends!! @jadedbugart @itsblobross @clarafae @the-darkestminds @pitohiu @works-of-heart @themadmorrigan @queercontrarian @thesourcabbage @fourteentrout @nus4y @theiudices @hornysadfrog @geniemillies @illyrianbuck @highlordofkrypton @thrumbolt @mt-jupiter
