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 I also owe a lot to my teachers who informed the way I think about art and storytelling, not just how I draw. I also owe a lot to my teachers who informed the way I think about art and storytelling, not just how I draw.
  
-As for more straightforward visual art influences, they're usually artists I found through their work for film, games, animation, and other media:  Ayami Kojima's delicate brutality, Danny Antonucci's energetic cartooning, H.R Giger's erotic form.  +As for more straightforward visual art influences, they're usually artists I found through their work for film, games, animation, and other media:  Ayami Kojima's delicate brutality, Danny Antonucci's energetic cartooning, H.R Giger's erotic form.
  
 Artists who I found as a babby on the internet, through their fanart, are also huge continuous influences for me: hallokatzchen, khorosho, pu-sama. Artists who I found as a babby on the internet, through their fanart, are also huge continuous influences for me: hallokatzchen, khorosho, pu-sama.
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   * You can get books printed rather nicely and inexpensively in Japan, I've heard, but you should know Japanese for that.   * You can get books printed rather nicely and inexpensively in Japan, I've heard, but you should know Japanese for that.
  
 +===== Will you draw something for me? =====
 +
 +Sure!  I [[https://ko-fi.com/scumsuck|draw doodles for any tip amount]].  And you can [[https://scumsuck.com/commissions/|commission me]] for something bigger.
  
 ===== Did you go to school for art? ===== ===== Did you go to school for art? =====
  
-Yeah, and I mostly learned how much I don't like school or the art industry.  I had a few cool teachers, and I snuck into a couple of illustration classes.  I didn't learn that much about drawing from the animation classes.  I found the general humanities classes (media criticism, feminism, gender studies, intersection of race) more enlightening for my creative process lmao.+Yeah, and I mostly learned how much I don't like school or the Art Industry (tm). 
 + 
 +I went to [[https://www.csssa.ca.gov/|CSSSA]] after high school, and had a good time. Especially cuz the cost of room/food was less than it would be for me to live at home LOL. 
 + 
 +I went to animation school after that. I had a few cool teachers, and I snuck into a couple of illustration classes.  I didn't learn that much about drawing from the animation classes.  I found the general humanities classes (media criticism, feminism, gender studies, intersection of race) more enlightening for my creative process lmao.. Also there's a lot of racism and sexism and sexual assault and overall abuse in The Art World that people don't want to talk about because they need to e-beg for jobs. 
 + 
 +I learned more about art by sneaking into classes outside of my major, by experiencing shit in my life, and by doing jobs. Doesn't matter if it's just a couple of craigslist gig or proper contract work. Doesn't matter if it's a free art anthology with strangers. Doing applicable things helps my brain, rather than reading and theorizing. 
 + 
 +I do not wish to go back to school. Maybe I'd take cooking classes or pottery or something NOT drawing/work related though. 
  
 I'm sure other people have a better time at art school if they are into "networking with industry contacts" or "learning how to perform for a professional standard".  I'm kind of a no good learning disabled hooligan with oppositional defiance disorder. I'm sure other people have a better time at art school if they are into "networking with industry contacts" or "learning how to perform for a professional standard".  I'm kind of a no good learning disabled hooligan with oppositional defiance disorder.
 +
 ===== What brush do you use? ===== ===== What brush do you use? =====
  
-Traditional art: Pentel pocket brush, and sometimes just a regular dip brush in ink.+====Traditional art:==== 
 +{{ https://scumsuck.com/images/cspbrushes2.jpg?200}} 
 +{{ https://scumsuck.com/images/traditional-tools.png?200}} 
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 +A **Pentel Brush Pen** is the easiest fat pen for me to use. I refill the cartridges with with Noodler's, Hydrus, and PH Martins Black Star ink depending on what I can find around me.  
 + 
 +**Pentel Color Water Brushes** are for a slightly different, more controlled feel. 
 + 
 +For thin brush lines, I use a **Pentel Artist Brush Sign Pen**. It's like an eyeliner pen for drawing. It's pretty sick. 
 + 
 +For controlled, non-variable thin lines, I like **Ohto pens**. They tips are much stronger than Microns, and can withstand my mighty hulk grip.  
 +Otherwise, for sketching I like whatever I can find on my desk. Chewed up pencils, free pens from hotels... 
 + 
 +====Digital art:==== 
 + 
 +{{ https://scumsuck.com/images/cspbrushes.jpg?200}} 
 + 
 +Primarily the default G-Pen and some brush pens for CSP lineart: [[https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1726964|Kaze Fude.]] [[https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1564809|Ink Pen.]] [[https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1657629|Tint Texture Brush.]] 
 + 
 +I use a variety of brushes for textures: 
 + 
 +  * [[https://mixergraph.com/mixergraph-free-grunge-brushes/|Mixergraph Free Grunge Brushes]] 
 +  * [[https://www.retrosupply.co/products/colorlab-for-photoshop|Retrosupply Colorlab]] 
 +  * [[https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com/products/debaser-low-fi-comic-coloring-kit|True Grit Texture Supply Debaser]] 
 + 
 +===== Who is Shane? ===== 
 + 
 +[[deflectric|Shane]] is my wife and a pretty cool guy and a real Chinese chief. Sometimes he turns into a chubby orange cat when I wake up in the morning.  
 + 
 +===== What are your pronouns? Are you a BOY or a GIRL? ===== 
 + 
 +Please opt me out of all of the above, and then write me a poem about Willem Dafoe's ribcage. 
 + 
 +Referring to me by my name is preferable.  Whether you know me as scumsuck, maggie, or whatever. If you must use 3rd-person pronouns, whatever you choose will reflect on you.  Take notes, I will be testing you on the pronouns you've used for me in the future.  
 + 
 + 
 +===== Is that character you drew a BOY or a GIRL? ===== 
 + 
 +All characters I draw are fluid in gender and sexuality. 
 + 
 +===== Can I draw fanart or write fanfic of your characters? ===== 
 + 
 +Heck yeah! Tag me online, or email me what you make! And let me know if I can upload it to my [[https://scumsuck.com/fanart/|HALL OF FAME gallery!]] 
 + 
 +===== Do you do tattoos? ===== 
 + 
 +I can design art for tattooing purposes, and you can [[https://store.scumsuck.com/products/Tattoo-Ticket-ADMIT-ONE-p399618420|buy a tattoo ticket]] if you want one of my pre-existing pieces as a design. 
 + 
 +I cannot ink directly on people's skin!!! I do not trust my attention deficit brain with a canvas of live human flesh. 
 + 
 +===== Will you draw for my zine/art event? ===== 
 + 
 +Maybe! Read my [[https://scumsuck.com/artiststatement/|artist statement]] and see if our values align.  You can also just [[https://scumsuck.com/commissions|commission me]] if you want something specific. 
 + 
 +I'm less likely to join strangers' fandom zines with unspecific themes.  
 + 
 +I'm more likely to contribute time to projects with people I know, and themes I enjoy (horror, gay stuff, niche pairings). 
 + 
 +===== Can I use your art as my icon? ===== 
 + 
 +Maybe! 
 + 
 +If you commissioned a piece from me, feel free to use that piece as your icon, header, or so forth. Please credit me as SCUMSUCK, and link to this website or any of my social media if possible. 
 + 
 +If you want to use my personal work for your personal icon, please credit me as above. 
 + 
 +Do not use use commissioned work that was made for someone else. It's weird to take a photo of your neighbor's car and print it out like it was your own car. 
 + 
 +Do not use my work as your icon on Twitch, Youtube, or any other commercialized site without asking me first. You can [[https://scumsuck.com/commissions|commission me]] for a personalized icon instead. 
 + 
 +===== Why didn't you reply to my message? ===== 
 + 
 +Sorry! I don't check most of my social media messages. I just post stuff and leave, cuz my brain can not handle the skinner box loop of mainstream social media. 
 + 
 +If you e-mail me though, I check that every day.  Though I may also forget to respond if it's not urgent.  I have some sort of disorder that makes me attention deficit I think. 
 + 
 +===== Can you test or review one of our products? ===== 
 + 
 +Sure. I'll write an honest review, unless you pay me a moral offset fee. I've done reviews for drawing tablets before.  Shoot me an email so we can work it out. 
 + 
 +===== Can I interview you? ===== 
 + 
 +Sure. Shoot me an email, and let me know where you'll be publishing this.  And if you're doing this for homework or something. 
 + 
 +===== Can I show you my art? ===== 
 + 
 +Maybe! I'll probably say something like "cool" to you, and I always love seeing art of my characters and fav ships! I don't have good social brain though, so I probably won't be able to maintain a long conversation about your art and stories, and will likely forget to respond.
  
-Digital art: Clip Studio Paint 1.4 with a downloaded Kaze Fude brush, or the default g-pen brush. 
  
 ===== Aren't Scout and Spy related? ===== ===== Aren't Scout and Spy related? =====
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 ===== Did you know a person is talking shit about you? ===== ===== Did you know a person is talking shit about you? =====
  
-Nope.  I don't really want to know.  You should talk to that person yourself, and tell them to be nicer to people!+Nope.  I don't really want to know.  You should talk to that person yourself on my behalf, and tell them to be nicer to people! 
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