Guest Bone Snatcher Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 [COLOR=DarkRed][FONT=Comic Sans MS]I Was Sitting Here Thinking {At First That My Arm Was Killing Me Cause I Just Finished Another Picture} I Wounder What Inspired People To First Start Drawing? And Then I Thought To Myself... Why Not Ask So.... What Inspired You To Start Drawing O.o? O.O For Me... It Was Akira Toriyama >XD {Creator Of DragonBall/Z/GT/AF} B3 Strange Question I Know... O.O[/FONT][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damburaki Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 [FONT=Arial Narrow][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Well, my dad was a big inspiration to me to start drawing. He used to draw when he was younger (be it on the walls, in his notebook, etc) and I thought that it was really great, his work. He does realism (real life people, things...) and I draw anime. He tried to teach me and it was fun but my style is anime. However, he still teaches me things I need to know, so he's a really big inspiration to me.[/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 [COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Wow, good question... awesome. I would have to say that my inspiration would have to be my friends because they all could draw better than I ever could. That made me start trying to draw, but it was so horrible....really. But I continued to draw and I'm much better now than I was before. My friends have cheered me on until today, making me focus and train on drawing. Even though my style is also anime, I draw inatimate objects and other things like that. I want to focus art as becoming my carrer because I love doing it, be it graphic design or drawing.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 [SIZE=1]I'm pretty sure it was Digimon that inspired me to draw. The reason I actually wanted to draw anime is because I had visualised my own Digimon characer and wanted to see her on paper. Of course, I was completely rubbish but I've come on a bit since them. I do realism sometimes and get a certain amount of satisfaction from it, and I adore drawing flowers and nature, but I think anime will always be my preferred style. It's the way anime can have any style hair, clothes or, well...anything, that makes it so interesting. I used to want to be an illustrator, but I don't think I ever could be. Art is for my own expression, and I couldn't end up drawing for a comission if it meant conveying another person's emotions in the picture. That's just me, though. (And Tiana, you just made me realise I need a Christmas banner)[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inactive Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hmmm... That's a good question. Well, I guess it mostly just comes naturally to me. It's in my genes. My mother is an EXCELLENT artist, and my dad's not half bad either. I didn't really realize that I was good at drawing until I was in about grade 5, but once I realized I could do it, I've done nothing but improve. It's absolutely amazing to compare my artwork now with the artwork I did a few years ago. I can't remember anything really [I]inspiring[/I] me to start drawing. Like I said, it just kinda happened naturally. When I was in grades 5 and 6 I was really into fairies and fantasy, though. I started teaching myself to draw anime around the beginning of grade 7, after doing a bunch of online quizzes that had lovely anime images for the results. :animesmil It was around that time that I really got into watching anime, too, so I saw a bunch of different styles and stuff, and I was able to get more creative with my artwork. So I guess you could say that it was the internet that ultimately inspired me to get serious about drawing. :p Although anime is my favourite style to draw (it's the most fun :D ), I also do quite a bit of realism. I'm mostly into drawing people though. Anything else I just find dead boring. :sleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicatrice Du Adieu Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Always drew. Ever since I could hold a pencil(at the age of one). But I was inspired to start drawing manga by the shows .hack//sign and inuyasha. :catgirl: So my inspiration for drawing is that I just won't stop and what keeps me drawing? The need to be better than I all ready am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol' Fighter Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Drawing is one thing that I consider to be a release from one world and a door to the next because when you draw you are expressing yourself and by expressing yourself you usually feel better right, but it's not just expressing myself that made me want to draw and keep on drawing it's the feeling I get from seeing one of my own peices of work and the hope I have that one day my little characters will be in an actual anime show. And I too must say good question dude. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicatrice Du Adieu Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I don't have as high hopes for my art work. Most[I] GOOD[/I] artists seem to die before there art is truly recognized on a cultural world-wide scale. I honestly don't want a show made of my artwork. I'm more of an underground artist so trading my work up like that would be like an underground band becoming mainstream. I'd technically be a sell-out like Green-day(Not fond of them). I don't want to be that. In fact most of my art is signed with a nickname to keep it anonymous in the future. To sum it up, I really am good, I just don't want recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodbye, Face Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 [font=arial][size=1]My mom always painted holiday-related ornaments as a hobby, so I guess that's what initiated my love of art. I decided to take an art class in 7th grade but the teacher sucked. I tried again once I got into high school and was put into the 'bad' class. I did horrible in that class all the way up to the last assignment, where we had to draw from a live model. As we got around to working on our pictures, the 'good' Art I class was finishing up their pictures and the teacher was hanging them up on the wall. She stopped all of us to show us a picture from her best student in that class, Alison. It was beautiful, no joke. I looked at hers, I looked at mine, and started over and tried to mimic her the best that I could (you know, with my own style) and finally came out with something I truly liked. It got hung up and the teacher showed it to Alison's class and said that it was the best in her other class. The next day, Alison stopped me in the hall and said "I really like your artwork and I wish I could draw as good as you." So now we've been in competition for three years. :3[/font][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imablondeduh Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 [FONT=Palatino Linotype]I started drawing because sometimes when I was little I couldn't express my thoughts or feelings well enough in words. Or at least I thought that, so I drew pictures and I colored, a lot.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadow_predator Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 :cool: I started drawing for my band for covers and logos for us and from there my passion for art grew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plaitbakinslomo Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 G'Day, my passion for art has been with me ever since I can remember. I am inspired by beautiful things every day...or sometimes just random thoughts or acts... Anything can be a source of inspiration for me I think... Well now I think about it, I am also inspired by some things that aren't so beautiful... It depends on my mood at the time I suppose... :animesmil But what do I draw?? Mostly realism be it landscapes, figures, still life, photography etc... However I have recently discovered a whole new world called anime!! ^_^ I still love to use my charcoals/pastels/graphite/oil paints etc though....So hopefully there will be a wider repetoir (however you spell that) in my portfolio... :catgirl: AND OMG I'M *UBER EXCITED* The other day I got a letter back from Uni (I believe the Yanks call it College) and I have been accepted in to do a Bachelor of Fine Art!! WOOOHOOOO!!! I'm going to have a career in art!! (not that i'll make PILES of cash, but I'll have an awesome life doing what I want to do!!) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiyasha Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 :catgirl: I guess what inspires me to start drawing is from my sister, who loved to watch Sailormoon during her childhood years (I was 8, I think). I saw her drawing Usagi Tsukino on her sketchbook and it was beautiful. I couldn't draw properly. Then I got addicted to draw anime. I keep on drawing, practice to make my anime drawing as perfect as possible. Now, I am proud that I can draw anime very well, and I should thank my sister for this spontaneous occurence in the past. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanuckgrrl Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 [COLOR=Red]My dad, Ive been drawing and loved doing art before I went to school, and my dad is a really talented drawer. so yup! My dad :catgirl: haah[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Maul Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 [size=1][color=DimGray]Monsters, pretty much. They scared the beejebus out of me, and yet I just had to draw them. [/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 [color=darkred][size=1] I've been drawing since I could pick up a pencil. I loved animals and monsters as a kid, and alot of the things I drew came from either my love of animals (alá sharks, snakes, lizards, and such) or just a strange child's imagination (lots of worm and dragon-like monsters). Eventually I also got into drawing dinosaurs and what not. Then around 3rd or 4th Grade, I saw my first episode of Dragon Ball Z and immediatetly switched hustles and began tracing and drawing (badly I might add) Dragon Ball Z characters, along with a few Street Fighter characters (who I would later favor in art style). Then Gundam, Digimon, and all the other anime began flooding into America and eventually I found myself drawing in my own distinct, original style which I still use and develop today. So I guess it would be animals, nightmares, anime, and Jurassic Park which inspired me to draw.[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiyanPrincessX Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 [SIZE=1]Well I got my love for drawing from my mom. She liked to draw when she was younger. I always loved to color and draw when I was little but I didn't [i]really[/i] try to improve untill fifth grade, when I started watching DragonBall Z. So my inspiration came fom anime early on. I agree, its so strange/fun to compare my art to my art then. I've improved so much since then.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vamp_girl6669 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 what inspierd me the most was probaly reading alot of manga and i decided ever since that i what to be able draw like that :catgirl: :p :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GANTZ Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 [FONT=][COLOR=RoyalBlue][FONT=Century Gothic]One day I saw shaman king on t.v. then bought the first manga volume (back when I thought they were backwards books) I guess I really liked the art so I bought a how to draw manga book.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retribution Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 [size=1]vamp_girl, takoyuki, please try to explain what you mean. Go into depth as to what exactly inspired you, and perhaps how your first attempts went? What kept you going after that? Those sorts of questions can be helpful in expanding your points. Thanks. ;D[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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