Here are the answeres to your questions for this month's Q&A :) I've got nice questions this month, so let's see them! :D
ZeroZi
„Whats your favorite comic done by another artist smut and non smut?”
While I read a lot of comics, I can’t really point out my favorites. Maybe the one I loved the most was Sabrina Online, because I found it like 10 years ago, and I was reading that since then from the very end :)
I might even say Oglaf, because it’s just funny, sexy, and disgusting the same time XD He’s that kind of artist, that you don’t know if he was sober or not when he made the comic.
I always read furry comics of course, and there are good and bad too, I just can’t say which ones were my favorites. They’re so mixed.
And in the past months I started to read DC comics, because we are buying this currently ongoing (at least in my country), nice, hard covered DC collection.
Krystune Works
„Would you ever team up with other artists in the future to work with? Like with stories, or art pieces.”
I was always interested in collabs, I always wanted to try them out. But sadly, back the my own skill were preventing me, now my lack of time... But one thing is for sure, I don’t want to die before I’ve done any kind of collab!!! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
Blakkhat814
„When will we get to see Estella as Wonder Woman, and how do you maintain the insane amount of focus to create your magic?”
Oh, I haven’t forgot about her, I just couldn’t get to that yet. :V Shame on me!
And about maintaining focus, well, it’s pretty damn hard. I need a lot of help to do it, and I think I get that from you guys here on Patreon, from my watchers and fans, and from my (soon to be) husband, who basically works as my manager, to get the not-creative part of the job off my shoulder. I try to listen a lot to music, watch movies and series, and play games to get inspiration from them. I always try to get my hands on a lot of subject, so the everydays won’t get monotonous. When I get a bit bored with something, I look for some other things to do, so right now I feel I won’t run out of ideas for a long-long time :)
Huskydog
„What inspired you to draw furry art? What do you like drawing the most?”
I grew up on Disney movies, and in those a lot of character were some kind of anthropomorph creature. I loved watching them, so I think that was one thing that started me on this path. On the other hand, I always loved animals (all kinds of them), and I always found non-human characters more interesting and appealing. I tought they had more ways to show emotions. Somehow this stuck with me, and still does today. And somehow I always found them easier to draw than humans, that’s why I could draw animals and anthros before I could draw humans :D I was drawing furries long before I actually know the word, and the community. When we got internet, and found other people drawing similar things, I started sharing my own works too.
The second one is a tough question, but I guess I like subjects that let my fantasy fly freely, like fantasy and sci-fi.
Daemont92
„Do you have any characters you like drawing the most?”
This is a hard question to answer, and I might not even be able to. I don’t have any actual character I draw more than the others, maximum I have periods when I frequently draw the same species or characters. (Of course Estella will be one of my favorite one, because she’s the closest I have to a fursona.) Usually I like to draw that comes the most natural to me, like cats, goats (other animals with horns and antlers), dragons, snakes, nagas, and last, but not least, bugs.
Blackteadragon
„I have several for you this time! How do you make comics, and do you have any tips for those that might want to do it in the future? Can someone buy one of your exclusive sketches, for a commission?”
Making comics is a lot harder then it actually looks (at least it is for me). You should write down the whole story and dialoges, as a script. You need this to see the comic as a whole, and it’s easier to follow this script later. Then you should make VERY sketchy pages (a lot, if not the whole story). This is the first time you actually see the forming comic. This is the part when you make the paneling, which can be really challenging if you want it to look interesting, or just less boring. Oh, and you have to pay attention to the free space, where you will put the dialoges an dialog bubbles. After that, you work on it like on any regular picture. I guess if you want to make good comics, you should read other comics, read books, and watch cool moovies for poses an camera works.
I guess you can :D Sorry if it sound weird, but I’ve never imagined that anyone would like my sketches/characters I make for Patreon so much, to even buy them. A few months ago one of you liked my sneak lady so much, that he not just bought the character, but commissioned me to finish the picture with her. So I guess you can buy the sketch characters. As I sad, I didn’t know some of you would like to do that. But if you do, please do it AFTER the monthly commission is over, because I’d only sell characters that did not win the voting.
Succdelamioff
„Hey Zum, how are you and how's life going?”
Well, to be honest, this year was exciting and crazy so far, and not in the bad way :) This year I really started my carreer as a freelance artist, my Patreon got pretty popular, and I guess I could finally find the style that suits me the most. And on top of that, me and my fiancé will get married in two weeks :)
This year was busy art-wise too. Year by year my axieties get weaker and weaker, as my job and you guys help me fighting them.
And I know I should sport much more then I do now… Because of drawing, I’m sitting all day, and I just don’t want health issues in the future. So I still have to work on that… (ーー゛)
That's all for this month :)