Ask Artie Anything - Answers! April 2021

Don't think I forgot to answer these questions! I usually do an answer post on the 2nd or 3rd weeks of the month, depending on when the due date is for the questions, haha. Big thanks to Regdeh, Danuki, Gorgilisk, and Kulbit for your questions this month! :3

At the start of each month I put out a post and if you're on the $5 or $50 tiers, you can ask me basically anything! So without further ado, time to answer some questions!

While the Pokemon Anniversary already passed in February, September 28th 2006 was when the original Gen 4 games came out- Definitely looking forward to playing the remakes!  I doubt the remakes will be release on that same date, but they are slated for a later 2021 release.

Gosh, admittedly not too much April Fools stuff I was super entertained by- but there was that one time DeviantArt pulled a 'I herd u liek mudkipz' meme on the whole site. W-wait this looks like a pokemon theme cropping up here....but there was also 'Google Map Quest' where it had the world map on google maps but in an 8 bit styled overworld rpg map, that was fun.

YOU BET. There's a local cafe place that makes special italian sodas, flavored with lotus and lavender. It's. So. Good. Aaaaah! I try to get it every time I'd order from there.

This is a tough one, because I'm still trying to figure it out for myself. Usually, I can just sit down and go at it, but it's whenever I hit a sort of 'roadblock' that causes me to procrastinate. For instance, finishing one drawing and moving onto another, or having to figure out how I'll tackle a background. I've broken it down into 3 parts.

1) It will really help your focus to know what you're going for. At least, it does for me. Do you want to just draw your fursona? What will they be doing? Maybe eating something? Sitting down? Standing up? Getting specific on what you wanna draw helps keep me from stalling.

2)Now that you know what you want to draw- DON'T worry about how the end result might look! After drawing for 2 years every day I accepted whatever magical perfect anime imagery you have in your brain will NEVER be what I see on the canvas. At this point, I find I actually like what I put on the canvas better because my art style has developed so much by now.  If you freeze up because things don't look quite right, but have no clue how to fix it, don't worry about it. That's something for future-you to look back on and figure out. Right now what's most important is getting that drawing done!

3) Take Breaks! Recently I've been using a timer, every 35 minutes(the length of time I start feeling my attention slip) I will have the timer go off, and I'll stretch and get up, for 5-15 minutes. Then I'll come back, restart the timer and continue the work! It's seemed to be helpful so far, been doing this for a solid week now. In a way it's like embracing my attention deficiency and letting it do its thing. You may find you can go longer, or even shorter. Just give yourself space to get up and take your mind off of the art for just a few short minutes.