I make art to enter into the world of creation and to prove to myself that I am capable of great things.
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I love doing animals, usually realism and incorporating different elements to make it my own! My main mediums are pencils and ink markers, sometimes mixed. I used to do realism portraits, before I discovered my ultimate desire of drawing animals. My absolute favourite part is doing eyes. Eyes are the windows to our souls, and it gives me great pleasure to spend a lot of time in making the eyes as realistic as possible.
Where do you find inspiration?My inspiration comes to me randomly. I’ll wake up one day and have this sudden urge to create. It will also come to me when I’m feeling low or unaccomplished in life, giving me a reason and way to fight those thoughts and prove to myself that I am capable of great things. Recently, I’ve started using AI-generated photos as references and creating REAL art out of them. It is known by now that AI cannot create without using human-created art to replicate.
What would you do with $25,000?I’m not-so-much doing it for the money as I am doing it to share my creations with the world. This money would go towards helping afford my dream home. My ultimate goal is to have a house with a shop that I can turn into a hobby shack where I can go to and indulge in all of my creative outlets; art, music and crafts.
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