100 Questions for Artists

Thank you to Stupied for creating this list of questions!

The Questions

1. Introduce yourself! What kind of art do you make?

I love for drawing and painting animals. I am inspired by nature, tarot, and stories. I don't know which "genre" I fit into but I resonate with the sort of contemporary art you'd see in places like Beautiful Bizarre.

Most of my work is painted with acrylic gouache but I also use oil sometimes. I like to sketch with ink. Every now and then I will do some color studies in HEAVYPAINT.

2. How long have you been making art?

I think I began considering taking art seriously in the fourth grade, when I had a drawing of a scarlet macaw published in National Geographic Kids and won "Most Humorous" in a cover contest for Music K-8 Magazine.

Also, in middle school, I met Lapin and was SO jealous by her art skills that I was inspired and motivated to practice and get good lol

3. How many hours do you spend for each piece?

Depends on size. For tiny paintings (ACEO to 5x5"), I probably take 2-3 hours from sketch to finish. Anything that's like 8x8" and larger will take me multiple painting sessions to finish.

4. Do you prefer taking your time or do you like to quickly move on to the next thing?

omg, I cannot spend too long on any painting. If it takes longer than two days to finish, the chance of me actually finishing it quickly dimishes toward 0. I get too many ideas too quickly. This is why I tend to work small.

5. When do you decide a piece is finished?

Once I'm using my tiniest detail brush and adding whiskers, it's over. I can't paint around whiskers.

6. What part of the creation process do you enjoy the most?

I love starting. The idea generation, figuring out elements and composition, the construction of form.

7. What part of the creation process do you dislike the most?

Getting through the "ugly phase," which in my case is after I do an underpainting, when I'm laying down my darks and mid-tones.

8. Do you have a designated workstation or do you just work wherever?

I sketch wherever I happen to be. But 99% of my painting time is at my table easel on my art desk.

9. Do you monetize you work or is it purely a hobby?

It's a hobby business. My art sales pay for art supplies, my website, etc. But I don't rely on art sales to live.

10. Where do you share your work? On social media or a personal websites? Do you keep to yourself and close friends?

Main focus is put into my website but I also post on Bluesky, Tumblr, and Cara. I'm just about done wasting my time and energy on Instagram but I post there too in the meantime.

11. What's an aspect of your art you enjoy?

My friend described my art as "velvety" and I love that so I'm gonna say that.

12. What are things you would like to improve on?

Currently trying to level up both composition and color.

13. Are you self-taught or had formal education?

I have a minor in art but I'm mostly self-taught, especially when it comes to painting.

I had a year-long subscription to Schoolism about 10 years ago and blasted through as much as I could. I liked Stephen Silver's character design course (no longer available), Dice Tsutsumi's "Painting with Light and Color," and Nathan Fowkes' "Pictorial Composition." But Alex Woo's "Gesture Drawing" was the most life-changing, I think.

14. Do you research about old techniques or stick to newer ones?

Both? I study "Old" art, mostly from the Golden Age (late 1800s-1930s), but I'm constantly looking for and observing what living contemporary artists are doing.

15. What do you value more, experimentation or mastery?

I firmly believe that experimentation leads to mastery. So, experimentation.

16. Do you practice drawing with your arm? What other art techniques to you practice?

Speaking solely of mechanical techniques: Yes, I practice drawing with my arm, especially for figure drawing sketches or gesture studies. I also practice hand-eye coordination through various drawing exercises. Brokendraw's video, "25 Essential Drawing Exercises: Unlock your Imagination"" is the best I've seen on the topic.

17. How frequently do you do studies?

Nearly every day.

18. Do you understand color theory? How'd you learn or do you want to?

Yes. James Gurney, the aforementioned Schoolism course on color and light, and many YouTube videos.

19. Favorite color(s)?

My favorite is probably Holbein's Lilac. But most-used paint is definitely Liquitex's Cadmium-Free Yellow Deep.

20. Are there colors you avoid? Do you think ugly colors exists?

No and No

21. Can you do perspective?

Yeah but I don't enjoy drawing or painting anything man-made or mechanical, so you won't see any buildings or elaborate cityscapes in my work.

22. Do you like doing lineart? How do you go about it?

When painting, my "lineart" is usually just carved out lines from my underpainting. For my ink drawings, I usually do the lineart last (I use gray ink to build the form and then black ink for details/outline). Example: My sharks from Shark Week Sketch Jam 2025.

23.) Do you have multiple unfinished projects? Will you ever get to finishing them?

24.) How do you start a new piece? Do you have a plan or just figure it along the way?

25.) How do you handle art block?

26.) Do you listen to music or watch something while working?

27.) When are you most motivated to create? In the morning or evening? Rainy or sunny?

28.) Are your sketchbooks messy or aesthetically pleasing?

29.) Do you like showing sketchbooks to others?

30.) Do you have any art friends? IRL or online?

31.) Do you collaborate frequently with your friends? Is there something you'd like to work on together?

32.) Have you created art to gift to others? How do feel about parting away from your work?

33.) Have you drawn for someone else? Like commissions or requests? Did you enjoy it?

34.) How's your posture?

35.) Have you ever been injured making art?

36.) What's a medium of art you've wanted to try / currently attempting?

37.) Do you prefer stylized or realistic art?

38.) Do you like hyper-realistic art?

39.) Do you like abstract art?

40.) How do you feel about fine art?

41.) How do you feel about outsider art? Do you think you fall in that category?

42.) Do you follow art trends?

43.) Do you think your art is influenced by what's currently popular?

44.) Do you compare yourself with others? Does it affect you negatively?

45.) Your controversial art take?

46.) Art related pet peeves?

47.) Who or what are your inspirations?

48.) What's an art piece / artist you wished got more attention?

49.) Have you touch grass recently? Do you go out frequently or do you spend most of your time indoors?

50.) Do you create art daily?

51.) Do you take breaks from creating? How frequently?

52.) Do you set deadline for your work?

53.) Do you archive your work? Do you keep old pieces?

54.) Are you embarrassed of your old work? Or are you indifferent by it?

55.) Do you seek out for criticism? How do you handle feedback?

56.) Are you harsh on your own work? Or do you love your work despite all it's flaws?

57.) Do you get compliments frequently? How do feel about them?

58.) How do feel about the rise of generative AI? Do you use it for getting ideas or references?

59.) How do feel about tracing? What about tracing 3d models to streamline art process?

60.) Drop you art resources!

61.) Do you prefer making fanart or original content?

62.) Do you think original content are more creative than fanart?

63.) Do you strive for originality?

64.) Do you draw from imagination or heavily rely on references?

65.) Do you think using references is a crutch?

66.) Do you like to make mood boards or scroll through Pinterest?

67.) Does your work have a story behind them or do you just make things that you think look neat?

68.) Do you think art should have a purpose?

69.) Favorite aesthetic?

70.) Do you have a muse or a theme you fall back to?

71.) If you could eat you art, what would it taste like?

72.) If your work suddenly became sentient, would it adore or hate you?

73.) Based on previous question, can you win in a fist fight against it?

74.) Is your art style consistent? Do you prefer making a wide variety of art?

75.) Do you revisit old concepts or sketches? Do you touch em up or leave them as is?

76.) Do you believe in talent or is it all skill?

77.) What's your favorite thing to draw / make? Do you prefer making living things or still life?

78.) Do you create your art with a specific audience in mind? Who?

79.) How do you feel about people taking inspiration from work? Do you think art style theft is real?

80.) Do you participate in art conventions? Do you sell your work or support everyone else?

81.) Are you art materials expensive? Do you hoard any tools?

82.) Do you organize you supplies and tools systematically?

83.) Do you clean up after a project? Or do you just leave everything lying around till you need the space?

84.) Do you have a ritual before you start creating? Do you have a drink or some snacks?

85.) How do feel about censorship in art? Where do you draw the line for inappropriate art?

86.) Do you censor your own art? Do you feel like you leave out details for it be socially accepted?

87.) Do you feel intimated with starting a new projects?

88.) Are you scared of your art regressing? Do you think it's even possible to get worst at art?

89.) Do you frequently make compromises for your work? Does your art come out the way you envision them?

90.) How well do you manage your mistakes? Do you stress about them?

91.) Do you make lists of things you'd like to make? Do you actual commit to them?

92.) What is your ultimate goal of your work? Like, is to tell a story, connect with others, or just to enjoy the process?

93.) What's something you've recently worked on that you're really proud of?

94.) Do you have any dream projects? Have you started on them?

95.) Would you prefer unlimited money or unlimited time to make your projects?

96.) Why do you create art?

97.) Are you happy with what you create?

98.) Do you think everyone should make art?

99.) What's advice you'd give to newer artist?

100.) When did you finish this? How'd you feel?