INTERVIEW CHALLENGE - meet ExboTehQuilava!

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VLLady

Published: May 15, 2014

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Hi!

Today we have a special guest:

Country: Philippines
Sex: Female
Deviant for: 1 year

VampiraLady: How have you known dA community and site? Why did you join it?
ExboTehQuilava: I came to know about dA because a lot of my friends on Facebook has it. I joined dA because I want to share my talent to others~

What was your first work submitted here?
First work? Hmm,let me see. I don't have the link for it anymore since I deleted it here but from what I can remember it was a really simple drawing of Pikachu made in MS Paint (since I wasn't exposed to other drawing software like SAI back then).

Why do you create works?
I can express myself through creating art,and it also relieves my stress.

Do you create manually? Digitally?
I draw digitally,most of the time.

Do you care about amount of your watchers, faved works, comments?
I actually don't. As long as I see people appreciating my work,I'm happy.

Your favourite dA artists? (why?)
Haychel purplekecleon and salanchu . They draw so well,that's one thing for sure. But what also catches my eye are their colorful and wonderful styles in drawing,they apply it so well. And they're really good with colour combinations.

What's the thing which is really troublesome for you in creating it? (what's the most difficult for you)?
Aside from drawing humans,I also have a hard time drawing backgrounds. So far so good, I can only draw trees and skies,haha. I still have to find references on the Internet just to get an almost perfect image of what I want to draw.

Give the descripition of the place where do you make your works.
I don't have a permanent place to draw since I move all around the house,haha. But all I can say is there's always a bottle of water beside me and of course,food and my trusty tablet and pen.

What does inspire you?
A lot of things inspire me. Drawings from my favorite artists,nature,and even music ^^
10: I like how my style gives that 3D-ish effect in a way that makes my drawings "pop". The only advantage I can think of is drawing animals,since I'm really good at drawing them,unlike humans. And maybe even my art style which I apply to my art,so far so good, I haven't seen any artist here that has an art style similar to mine,so yeah~ :3

What do you like in your style/subjects of works? How do you think – what great adventages/skills do you have?
I do not earn real money here. But I plan to. I have been planning for a really long time because I also want to help my mom in raising money,even if it's just a small amount.

The worst thing which happened to you here?
To be honest, I cannot think of anything worse that happened to me here in dA. I only experience such things outside the Internet. Thank goodness I have friends here to keep me company.

Tell me what would you life be without dA.
Just imagining it makes me nuts! I cannot live without dA,oh my. My life would be boring,lifeless and dull. I can see myself lying down the couch thinking nothing,hahaha

What's your attitude to showing someone's personality/personal life on dA? Do you do the same?
I try to be in the shoes of that person,then think of something that can help them,and I take their personal matters real serious. Because life ain't no simple joke,right? And yes,I do the same. Well,most of the time. Haha~

Have you ever considered leaving dA? If so, why?
Yes,I have. But that was the old me drowning in depression. That was a long time ago~Thanks to my friends here that I consider almost my family,they never gave up on me just when I was about to give up on them. So here I am,still living within this large,growing community. :) (Smile)

What do you want to tell our readers, on the end?
First of all,I wanna thank the readers for reading till the very end,you're pretty awesome yourself~ And,if you ever try to compare yourself to other artists better than you,don't feel depressed! Just keep on practicing,keep on drawing,because art is your life. Come on,everyone was once a newbie when it comes to drawing right? That's why you should never give up on yourself,and on art (though comparing yourself to other artists kind of a bad thing to do,in my opinion).