【Artist Baton】

◆ Your name?
Ashley Megan Smith

◆ If possible, your age?
I turn 20 in 10 days.

◆ When did you start drawing?
Since before I can remember.

◆ Which hand do you use for drawing?
Left!

◆ Which is easier to draw - male or female?
Female, only because I've gotten so used to them.

◆ Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
Long hair, probably. Gives me more room to make mistakes.

◆ Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
Turned right, so I can start with the face and move backward without smearing.

◆ Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
Front view, probably. It's easy to ruin a nose in a profile.

◆ What do you have problems in drawing?
Many, many things. Symmetrical eyes, proportional body parts, and hands and feet give me the most trouble.

◆ What do you like to draw?
People, patterns, details, and shapes.

◆ Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
Traditional. But I'm actually an cyborg, so would that make it digital?

◆ Where do you start drawing from?
I usually jump right into it. If it's a person I start with the face (the nose, not sure why), and if it's like a basket or something I start with one corner. I should probably learn to work from sketches, but I have no patience for that sort of thing.

◆ What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
I tend to focus on certain things more than others, like parts of a face or areas of something.

◆ Any tips for coloring/shading?
Do it.

◆ How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
Not too much time, I mow through it with the energy of a crackhead. Half an hour to an hour?

◆ What music do you listen to while you draw?
All sorts of things.

◆ How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
I don't usually have ideas. Once I do I have such high expectations of it that I feel like I've butchered it. Usually I just start right away and let it become what it is on it's own.

◆ Your favorite drawing utensils?
Pencils, colored pencils, gel pens, and sharpies.

◆ Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
Green is in a lot of my stuff.

◆ Your favorite style(s)?
I'm not sure if I have one. If I HAD to choose, I'd have to say surrealism.

◆ What kind of artist are you aiming for?
My own kind. Not that I'm particularly original, but I'm not sure exactly where I'd fit in, definition-wise.

◆ Thank you.
Now please fill in the next columns by writing the names of the artists that match the criterea.
{I don't have the time or energy to actually go through all of the people that I feel belong in here, but believe me, I love you all lots! Anybody can do this if they want to.}

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Tasty： Your mom!
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Sexy： You!
Admirable： Your dog!