Question 1

Tech Specs and Art Supplies

Accepted Answer

Hardware: Ryzen 5 PC with GTX 1060 graphics and 8GB DDR4 RAM iPad Pro 12.9" (3rd gen), Apple Pencil 2   Software: Clip Studio Paint EX OBS Studio Streamlabs (alerts) Phantombot (chat bot) AirServer (iDevice screen mirroring and capturing)   Peripherals: Logitech G512 Keyboard (brown switches) Logitech MX Master 3 Mouse Arctis 7 Wireless Headset / Airpods AT2020 XLR Microphone Behringer Q802USB Mixer Logitech C920 Webcam Elgato HD60S   Extras and Accessories: Ebb and Flow Market iPad art stand Rode PSA1 Microphone Stand Neewer halo light and stand   Traditional Art Supplies: 0.5mm Mechanical Pencil Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen Kuretake ZIG Cartoonist Sumi Ink
Arteza Gouache Paints   Internet: NBN Satellite Ping: 500ms+
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Question 2

What are your digital brush settings?

Accepted Answer

I use a mix of default tools and my own custom made brushes. The default brushes I use are the Design Pencil, G-Pen, Gouache Blender, and Soft Airbrush (Clip Studio Paint). All my custom brushes and fonts can be downloaded from my Ko-fi page with a $1 donation.

Question 3

How can I support you for free?

Accepted Answer

Engaging with my content and recommending it to others is one of the best ways to support. Things like telling your friends and retweeting my advertisements make a huge difference!   Follow my stream and turn on notifications Host or raid with your own viewers.  Donate for free by watching ads to earn bits.   You can read any of my comics online for free! Like, leave a comment, or link it to a friend. Leave a rating on Webtoon. Donate for free by watching ads to earn Tapas Ink. Disable your adblocker or whitelist my comics when browsing Tapas. I also love seeing fanart and hearing your thoughts about the stories, which you can share in my open Discord server!   When you see someone on Twitter looking for emote artists or VTuber riggers, tag me in their replies!

Question 4

What are your pronouns etc?

Accepted Answer

I'm fine with either he/him or they/them pronouns. I often use masculine terms to jokingly describe myself (boy, lad, man etc) but am just nonbinary.   I'm asexual / biromantic. I'm not sex-repulsed, but I don't really care for conversing about it.

Question 5

How long have you been drawing?

Accepted Answer

For as long as I can remember, I've always been into drawing! My family always encouraged it, and I looked up to my grandmother, aunts and great aunts who were all painters in some way. My dream job as a child was to illustrate books. I started taking art more seriously throughout school, and began drawing digitally in 2008.    In 2013 I started a university course for Game Design at RMIT in Melbourne. This allowed me to practise art and creativity with a more specific direction. I left in 2015 and turned to webcomics and graphic novels instead of pursuing game design.

Question 6

Can I send you something in the mail?

Accepted Answer

I no longer have a PO Box address! I hope to get a new PO Box once I have bought my own home.

Question 7

Do you take requests? Will you draw ___ for me?

Accepted Answer

I don't draw free requests. You're welcome to commission me when my commissions are open.

Question 8

How do I get better at art?

Accepted Answer

Draw every day, to get better at the practise of drawing, and for it to come more naturally. Draw from life and use references to get better at understanding how form and figure works. Create your own character (OC) to always have something to draw when you feel you're out of ideas. Use websites like Pinterest and Lookbook for ideas and inspiration. Make sure you're drawing things you like, and to have fun with art so it doesn't feel like a chore. Make artist friends, and surround yourself with people who are proud of you, who inspire and challenge you. If you're comfortable drawing but want to push yourself and get better all around, start a comic. It combines discipline to update regularly, repetition to draw frequently, and challenge to draw new things and improve with every page.

Question 9

How long have you been gaming?

Accepted Answer

Growing up I had two older brothers (6 and 7 years older) who were both avid gamers, so I've been gaming since I was a baby. Though we played various consoles and handhelds as kids, I started playing Runescape when I was 7, which I think started the majority of my online experiences.

Question 10

Why bees?

Accepted Answer

Bees are cute. They're brightly coloured, work incredibly hard all the time, and only put good things out into the world.

BILVY JAY LEE

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