【Artist Baton】

◆Your name?
Most of the time, it's Rika.

◆If possible, your age?
15, but I don't feel it.

◆When did you start drawing?
6th grade, their heads were GINORMOUS!

◆Which hand do you use for drawing?
Right

◆Which is easier to draw - male or female?
Female. Girl clothes are so much fun since I watch a lot of Stacy London and Clinton Kelly. Guys look really femme and clothes are a lot harder to come up with.

◆Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
Depends on the angle. Long is easier in back and side views. Short is much more fun from the front.

◆Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
Honestly, I don't know. Probably left since that's what I draw more.

◆Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
Front, even though you have to draw both eyes. (Is lazy with eyes sometimes.)

◆What do you have problems in drawing?
Side views with short hair, any male except Nate, Josh, and Vonya, and feet and hands.

◆What do you like to draw?
Anime people. It's so much fun to make hairstyles and stuff.

◆Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
Traditional. I'm too poor to get any digital stuff.

◆Where do you start drawing from?
The head, it's easier to get proportions from it than the shoulders or hips.

◆What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
All my guys look like they could be siblings (although, two of them are)

◆What do you keep in mind when you do lineart?
Ask me when I get the chance to do lineart.

◆Any tips for coloring/shading?
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. I was able to catch on to shading after my first three trashed pictures.

◆How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
From 5 minutes to two hours. I don't like to spend too much time on one thing, if anything, it makes it worse.

◆What music do you listen to while you draw?
Whatever someone's playing. Most of my work happens where music doesn't really get played, if ya kno what I mean.

◆How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
Depends. Sometimes I have to find a reference for something I've never drawn before, like piggy back rides, but that was adorable, even without refs.

◆Your favorite drawing utensils?
Mostly mechanical pencils and my set of black and gray scale inking pens, I color with colored pencils sometimes, though.

◆Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
Blue, black and brown are used a lot. Stacy and Clinton have talked about neutrals so much that it's rubbed off on my pictures.

◆Your favorite style(s)?
Anime and manga styled art. I use Tite Kubo's style with a bit of Hiromu Arakawa in it. I don't like the beanpole look of Bleach, but I love the fluidity and faces of it.

◆Are you satisfied with your current art?
Not at the moment. I've been drawing my cats lately and need to put them on canvas and paint them, so my anime/manga stuff has been on the backburner.

◆What kind of artist are you aiming for?
Just a pastime, really. I love to draw, but I don't want to scrape by, not knowing if my pictures will be liked or not.

◆Thank you.
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I would if I could, but I don't know anyone (except Alex), so I won't.