Fanart Meme: Day One
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alias_sqbrVia my network I came across this fanart meme, adapted by ratcreature from a fanfic meme and it seemed like fun. I can see myself getting bored before the end because I have a ridiculously short attention span, but never mind.
1 – How did you first get into creating fanart, and what was the first fandom you made art for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
Heh. I can't even answer the first question properly, oh well.
I have always drawn a fair amount, and some of that art has always been fanart, though I used to be a bit snobby about it. When I got a website I made no distinction between original and fannish art and assumed that noone but my friends would be interested in either. I did a moderate amount of Pratchett art and craft in my late teens/early twenties, I don't think any of it is online any more. I started posting to DeviantArt when the website went down but it took a while to get into the community aspects there at all.
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skeletor_hordak, I think the first time I deliberately showed fanart to anyone other than my friends was this Firefly comic. But my first priority there was a fandom whose characters would celebrate Chinese New Year, while I like Firefly I'm not super fannish about it.
As I recall the first fandom where I was strongly inspired to draw multiple pieces of fanart and show it to other fans was Avatar the Last Airbender at the end of 2009. I think it's a combination of loving the show and the art style suiting the way I draw, plus the people atavatar_fans were encouragingly friendly and creative (I vaguely tried getting into Pride and Prejudice fandom after writing fic for it and drawing one or two pictures, but it really didn't click)
2 – Name the fandoms you've made fanart for, and how much you've created in that fandom, and if you still create in it.
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to draw/paint/depict/...?
4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that inspires you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the art isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 –If you have ever had a character try to push their way into your art, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 – When you create fanart, do you prefer male or female characters?
7 – Have you ever had a piece of fanart change your opinion of a character?
8 – Do you design OCs? And if so, are they a kind of self-insert/portrait, e.g. a portrait of a non-canon character you play in an fandom-based RPG or a fursona?
9 – Pairings – For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to depict in your art?
10 - Pairings – Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and made art for a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't draw/paint/..., or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 – Genre – do you prefer certain genres when you're making art? What kind of art do you tend to make most?
12 – Have you ever attempted an "imitation" of an artwork (e.g. a famous painting) but adapted to a fandom?
13 – Are you inspired more by canon or by other fanworks when you create art? Has creating art for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going, and is your comfort zone different for showing sex than for violence/gore? Have you ever gone higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the art you're making is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – Do you put warnings on your art, and if yes, what do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for?
16 – Headers – Do you post your art with a header describing it, a preview thumbnail, or both? If you use previews, do you crop to an intriguing part, or minimize the whole image?
17 – Titles – Do you give titles to your art? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your art (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start making art right away, or do you write/sketch down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 – Series/sets – Have you ever created series of connected artworks, and if so, why?
22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? DeviantArt? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – Do you use art betas? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you create fanart? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" for art? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a piece of fanart?
27 – Where is your favorite place to create art, and do you use traditional media, or digital ones, or both?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether a shared art project, or illustrations for story, or having a writer work on a piece based on your art?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite piece of fanart you've created? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
ratcreature from a fanfic meme and it seemed like fun. I can see myself getting bored before the end because I have a ridiculously short attention span, but never mind.1 – How did you first get into creating fanart, and what was the first fandom you made art for? What do you think it was about that fandom that pulled you in?
Heh. I can't even answer the first question properly, oh well.
I have always drawn a fair amount, and some of that art has always been fanart, though I used to be a bit snobby about it. When I got a website I made no distinction between original and fannish art and assumed that noone but my friends would be interested in either. I did a moderate amount of Pratchett art and craft in my late teens/early twenties, I don't think any of it is online any more. I started posting to DeviantArt when the website went down but it took a while to get into the community aspects there at all.
Unless you count
skeletor_hordak, I think the first time I deliberately showed fanart to anyone other than my friends was this Firefly comic. But my first priority there was a fandom whose characters would celebrate Chinese New Year, while I like Firefly I'm not super fannish about it.As I recall the first fandom where I was strongly inspired to draw multiple pieces of fanart and show it to other fans was Avatar the Last Airbender at the end of 2009. I think it's a combination of loving the show and the art style suiting the way I draw, plus the people at
avatar_fans were encouragingly friendly and creative (I vaguely tried getting into Pride and Prejudice fandom after writing fic for it and drawing one or two pictures, but it really didn't click)2 – Name the fandoms you've made fanart for, and how much you've created in that fandom, and if you still create in it.
3 – For each of the fandoms from day two, what were your favorite characters to draw/paint/depict/...?
4 – Do you have a "muse" character, that inspires you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the art isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?
5 –If you have ever had a character try to push their way into your art, whether your "muse" or not, what did you do about it?
6 – When you create fanart, do you prefer male or female characters?
7 – Have you ever had a piece of fanart change your opinion of a character?
8 – Do you design OCs? And if so, are they a kind of self-insert/portrait, e.g. a portrait of a non-canon character you play in an fandom-based RPG or a fursona?
9 – Pairings – For each of the fandoms from day two, what are your three favorite pairings to depict in your art?
10 - Pairings – Have you ever gone outside your comfort zone and made art for a pairing you liked, but found you couldn't draw/paint/..., or a pairing you didn't like, and found you could?
11 – Genre – do you prefer certain genres when you're making art? What kind of art do you tend to make most?
12 – Have you ever attempted an "imitation" of an artwork (e.g. a famous painting) but adapted to a fandom?
13 – Are you inspired more by canon or by other fanworks when you create art? Has creating art for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?
14 – Ratings – how high are you comfortable with going, and is your comfort zone different for showing sex than for violence/gore? Have you ever gone higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the art you're making is G-rated instead?
15 – Warnings – Do you put warnings on your art, and if yes, what do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for?
16 – Headers – Do you post your art with a header describing it, a preview thumbnail, or both? If you use previews, do you crop to an intriguing part, or minimize the whole image?
17 – Titles – Do you give titles to your art? How do you come up with them, if you use them?
18 – Where do you get the most inspiration for your art (aka "bunnies") from?
19 – When you have bunnies, do you sit down and start making art right away, or do you write/sketch down the idea for further use?
20 – Do you ever get bunnied from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?
21 – Series/sets – Have you ever created series of connected artworks, and if so, why?
22 – Have you ever participated in a fest or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favorite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?
23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? DeviantArt? Just an archive? Your own personal site?
24 – Betaing – Do you use art betas? Do you have a Beta horror story or dream story?
25 – Music – Do you listen to music while you create fanart? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" for art? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?
26 – What is the oddest (or funnest) thing you've had to research for a piece of fanart?
27 – Where is your favorite place to create art, and do you use traditional media, or digital ones, or both?
28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether a shared art project, or illustrations for story, or having a writer work on a piece based on your art?
29 – What is your current project or projects?
30 – Do you have a favorite piece of fanart you've created? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link!
