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Ask the Artist: nursethalia
| Interviews by Fans | |
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| Title: | Ask the Artist: nursethalia |
| Interviewer: | |
| Interviewee: | nursethalia |
| Date(s): | March 26, 2010 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | Fan Art, Supernatural |
| External Links: | interview is here, Archived version |
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nursethalia was interviewed in 2010 for Supernatural Roundtable.
Some Excerpts
My first step into digital artistry began with a mouse and a very limited understanding of Photoshop, which eventually led to the purchase of a small Wacom Intuos3. My little Wacom and I shared many happy years together until I eventually sold it along with my computer to purchase a Modbook (a Macbook that's been modded into a slate tablet). One of the things I absolutely adore about Wacom technology is pressure sensitivity. This is something you simply can't achieve with a mouse, unless you use the pen tool in Photoshop. Drawing in Photoshop is also incredibly addicting… you can easily change aspects you don't like with a few clicks of a button, and no eraser smudges to remind you of your mistakes! This can be a little annoying when you go pack to pen and paper, however… at one point, my cat came in from outside during a nice spring rain and walked across my sketchpad, muddy fetes and all. I didn't realize just what sort of trouble I was in until I realized there was no "Undo" button on my sketchpad!
One thing I absolutely cannot stand about art is how long it takes me. It literally takes me hours to complete even the simplest of pieces.
The very first thing I do before beginning a piece is gathering any pictures I want to be able to use as reference material and merging them all into one image for quick and easy reference. Sometimes you'll be working diligently on a piece only to realize that you've drawn the angles of someone's face wrong... having a reference handy will help to keep that from happening!