Uhm...a couple months ago I got an email from someone uhhh...I don't know if I should say the name here. So I will just not say the name. But anyway, the person asked some things about my drawings and colorings and such so I decided to post the answer here instead of only replying to the email :]

Question 1: Where did I learn to draw this way?

I learned...in my room! > well, sort of. Mostly I drew in my room lol. I didn't go to a special place to learn how to draw. Drawing is something that's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have only two most memorable memories from preschool: 1) I grew up surrounded by asians and my preschool teacher was white -_- I thought she was a devil in disguise and 2) for some reason, my classmates envied the way I drew stick people o_O;; they always thought I drew good but I didn't care about it. After I saw my first anime, Fushigi Yuugi, I started to self teach myself to draw by copying the art style. A bit later, I found Sailor Moon and Pokemon and then I started to copy those as well. My first art class was just a cartooning class I took in the 6th grade for like a couple of weeks but...it was...>_> well, it's not something worth mentioning. They taught me retarded things >.<;; and most of the class didn't know how to draw anyway so yeahhhh.

Question 2: And color?

I used to color with color pencils :0 now I have a lot more resources such as copic markers, chalk, paint, photoshop etc. I'm actually best using color pencils because back then I'd just use it to color without knowing how to do any techniques. I was seriously weird ok? By self teaching myself to draw, all I did was stare at anime pictures lol. And then I'd gradually pick up things like the folds of the clothes, the flow of the hair, facial expressions, hand gestures, postures, and shadows. Then I began to do shadings and mix colors and stuff.

Question 3: Where to go to learn more?

I'm quite clueless about where to go school-wise because I've only had 1 cartooning class, 1 art class, and 1 animations class in my life. Take art classes if your school has it :] the only things I taught myself how to use were copic markers (although I'm not good at it), photoshop, and color pencils. From that single art class I took like 3 years ago, I learned how to paint, use charcoal, draw backgrounds, mix colors (the correct way), make jewelry, and sculpt. If you really enjoy art and/or if art is something you are considering as a possible career, I really recommend taking art classes because I think it's so fascinating to learn from these more experienced artists. They really have a lot to offer and you can so many techniques and tips from them. If you're learning by yourself, I recommend going through the How to Draw Manga books. I used to go to the library a lot to borrow manga and these fascinating How to Draw Manga books. They have one about poses and the book is just filled with people sitting, walking, talking, eating etc. I used to copy the poses and learn my anatomy that way. My favorite artists were Yuu Watase and Clamp so I stared at their pictures mostly. I draw a lot of Naruto but...well, in all honesty, Kishimoto's art style isn't cute enough for me -_- oh, while learning to use photoshop many many years ago, I used to read people's tutorials and try practicing what they did. I especially loved Kaze-Hime's coloring tutorial. Aside from Kaze-Hime, another deviant artist that I really admire is I used to stare at her pictures too because she makes the most beautiful DeiSaku art :]

It's quite hard for me to really pin point how I got to where I am today. When I was little, I didn't think about becoming good at all. I just wanted to make beautiful anime pictures and I had such an imagination back then. I just had so many images flowing into my head and I wanted to draw them all out so I drew every day. Im weird ok? Lol. It was fun to me just being able to draw and then gradually I learned to draw eyes, hair, fingers, bodies, etc.

Questions anyone?