Holly Shinguji is an amazing artist on dA (only 17 years old!), she mainly uses her 1337 photoshop skillz, but she also rocks with oC 4.0 and Copics too. She loves yaoi (mainly sasunaru), her fave manga-ka is Mari Murakami and her fave artists are Zeiva, Prodigy-Bombay, Tamiya Como and Yukiriko. Her fave game is Okami (I think XD).She's written a SasuNaru doujinshi, which you can buy from the above link, and a free Gijinka Okami doujinshi which can be downloaded from her Okami fansite. She was oe of the founders of the religion Kouism (KOUISM FOLLOWER FOR LIFEZ!).
Her artbook is planned to come out in May this year.
Quoted from http://kaze-hime.deviantart.com/jour... = )
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MUCH TOO FREQUENTLY Asked Questions
It's called a search engine, please, please use it.
I am not ASK JEEVES. But I can pull off a pretty good voice imitation
Sometimes I get ridiculous questions too, that I really can't answer because they're just...too well...ridiculous.
Oops. starting.
Question:
What Programs do you use to colour?
Answer:
Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for 99% of my gallery and Open Canvas 4.0 for messing around in (the two recent submissions)
Question:
What tools do you use to draw with?
Answer:
In Photoshop, I use a regular 5px brush to lineart on a 3000x3000 pixel canvas (or higher). I use an 8x6 Wacom Graphire 3 (aka. a Tablet) to draw with. At the time it cost me $300 but nowadays you can get an 8x6 Wacom Intuos for $150.
I can also quite finely draw and CG with a mouse.
As well as I use both mouse and pen for CGing.
Question:
Do you have any tutorials?
Answer:
Yes, they're in my scraps; outdated but still decent. In addition, you can easily browse DA for Photoshop Tutorials.
Question:
Do you plan on making tutorials in the future.
Answer:
No, they're too time consuming.
Question:
Will you teach me how to draw and or give me pointers?
Answer:
No, I cannot teach you, I was not taught myself, nor did I take private lessons. Drawing is more fun learning on your own and exploring the medias. And I used to comment or critique when asked but now I'm just too busy and too many people are asking.
( =B though, I find it so ironic that most of those who like to critique(even when asked not to XD) can't draw and those who can draw don't like to critique).
Question:
How long does each drawing take?
Answer:
I'm very quick with my hands. It generally ranges from 3-8 hours, depends on the piece. Previously I was slow as a turtle so it took me hours on ends.
Question:
Do you use references for your illustrations?
Answer:
No, I like to blindly guess how things are loosely based on memory or experience. The only exceptions are fan arts and commissions. It's very rare for me to use reference (thus, look at how unprofessional I draw XD).
References are good!---But make sure to credit. Plagiarism is a big, big issue!
Question:
How old are you?
Answer:
Heh, good thing I was born in the 90's, makes age calculation a cakewalk.
I was born on May 2nd, 1990. It's 2007 now so that makes me 17. If you browse through my gallery, based on the years, you can tell how old I was when I drew what. For example, "Blossom In The Springs" was completed in 2005, so I was 15 when I finished that piece.
Question:
Who are your favorite artists?
Answer:
I have them ranked, lol. Some places are tied.
1. *zeiva
2. =ProdigyBombay
3. Tamiya Como (Jumpping-Konjo) | Yukiriko (Pyokkoko)
I used to have a big Koge-Donbo (Pitaten) and Amaduyu Tatsuki / Mitsumi Misato (Utawarerumono) fetish in 2003-2005, but now I'm over it.
I currently have a huge collection fetish for Konjo. I've got at least 14 books by her.
Question:
Who's your favorite Mangaka?
Answer:
Oh man, definately Maki Murakami. She makes me laugh to no ends. The Queen of Yaoi and gods of all gods. I try to collect every manga she prints (Gravitation v.1-12, EX v.1, Kanpai! v.1-2, GamerZ Heaven v.1-4, and some doujinshis)
Question:
What's your orientation?
Answer:
None of your business. =3 Asian.
Question:
HEY~!!! Will you be my friend?
Answer:
Sure, I don't mind ^^ Note me anytime you want to start a convo (I'm on DA practically 24/7). However, that doesn't mean I'll watch you. I have over 300 Deviants on my watch list, I think that's beyond enough already.
Question:
Do you have an instant messenger?
Answer:
No. Well, that's utterly a lie, but I don't go on anyways, I rather spend my computer time
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Darnell Johnson
Does anyone have an idea for the fanclub? Like.... Here's an idea. Colors! I like the current colors, really I do. But let's pay homage to Holly's color style to reflect her aura here.... Although DA has a similar lay out so I guess the current theme is to make her feel at home ^^.
Any thoughts on this or any other things? It can be on ANYTHING related here.
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Emz
I love this club! <3 Although... do you have Holly's permission to post her drawings up on bebo??
And thanks for the welcome =)
12 week ago
Darnell Johnson
FINALLY!! It's about time somebody made a shrine...er, I mean fan site ^^. She's a fane of so many things. And it' about time she's had her so many fans awaiting her.... I really don't know where I'm going with this, but this is a rockin site ! I hope she comes by soon ^^!
! I hope she comes by soon ^^!