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WELCOME TO ASKtheARTIST

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NEWS

Hey folks! So it looks like a few of the artists we have interviewed have thus far been unable to upload the transcripts from their interviews. So we went ahead and saved them the trouble! Check out the transcripts from the interviews with yuumei, sakimichan, shilin, arvalis, GENZOMAN, and lily-fox!



Thank you for your patience, folks!

In other news, our team is back from haitus and will begin moar artist interviews shortly. Stay tuned for updates!

Love,
Fluffy

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About

We are an arts-based journalism project developed by thefluffyshrimp

We aim to offer fans live interviews with some of their favorite artists here on deviantART.

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SCHEDULE OF ARTIST INTERVIEWS

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IN QUEUE:

ASKtheARTIST has booked the following artists for LIVE interviews during the month of December. Please watch us to be informed of times!

jisuk
moni158
andrahilde
Artgerm

And more to come...

[TIP: The chatrooms on deviantART work best in the Firefox browser! ]

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PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS:

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yuumei

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ASKtheARTIST interview! [FINISHED]Interview transcript from the :iconasktheartist: interview in February! I forgot to post it but here it is ^^ this makes a pretty good FAQ because lots of the questions I answered here are questions I get asked a lot.
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<thefluffyshrimp> *KuroiiChan asks "I know your mostly self-taught, so how did you teach yourself? Do you have any tips on what to study?"
<shilin> I learned most of what I know from simply drawing, I never sat down to practice particular things so I don't have any useful tips for it. ):
<shilin> My way of self teaching is pretty slow and inefficient, but it allows me to still enjoy drawing and not get bored by feeling obliged to practice.
<shilin> So if that works for you, the only things you really need to keep in mind is to have an open mind, and pay critical attention to everything you see. (:
<thefluffyshrimp> ~ shilin

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ASKtheARTIST Interview
ASKtheARTIST Interview with algenpfleger
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview *algenpfleger, a very talented illustrator and creator of many well-known works on deviantART.
Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, algenpfleger.  
*quietly sits down and sips on a mysterious beverage
WAIT ARE WE DOING THIS OR WHAT
*Vellez asks "What is your creative process? Do you just research and then begin drawing when you get an assignment, or do you mull it over a bit?"
Hmm it usually starts with me getting the assignment since I spend my freetime drawing other things mostly (these days at least). As soon as I know what the client wants, I leave it alone for a couple of days and wait for ideas to sprout in my head. The rest is just craftsmanship, you know, drawing the stuff and everything. The real work is done as soon as I put down the thumbnail sketch.
~smarff asks "How saturated do you think the illustra algenpfleger

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mikiko-art

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ktshy

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ASKtheARTIST Interview Transcript
ASKtheARTIST Interview with JohnSu
12/16/12: 7:00pm PST
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview `JohnSu, a very talented illustrator and creator of many well-known works on deviantART.
Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, JohnSu.
HELLO.
FREAKING OUT.
~Chrono-King asks "JohnSu how did you come up with your name?"
While I was still in the womb, I would suggest names into my mother's mind. At the time, I didn't know any better, so I just coughed "CHON! CHON!" So when I was born, I was given the name "John Su."
~terricon4 asks "What recent things have you been working on at R5, if you can tell us that is."
I Live Interview is OverGO GO GO
https://chat.deviantart.com/chat/ATAInterview
Please be gentle
I'll upload a transcription of it later, or link you guys to it.
EDIT: Here it is: JohnSu

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sakimichan

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lily-fox

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:thumb345407513: :thumb341470721: tohdraws

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GENZOMAN

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ASKtheARTIST InterviewStuff I Say
 
I'm getting interviewed today by AskTheArtist.  You guys should come out and participate, it will be fun.  You guys can ask all the pokemon questions you keep asking and I will answer them .  Go here for the Interview Chatroom
and the Interview itself
Find Me Elsewhere
Livestream
Sketch Blog
The Features
: arvalis

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:thumb344145533: :thumb337717639: :thumb338269919: chirart

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:thumb336762906: JonasDeRo

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ATA Interview with theCHAMBA
Interview with =theCHAMBA
11/3/12
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is ~thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview =theCHAMBA, a very talented artist and creator of many well-known works on deviantART.
Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, theCHAMBA.
~BaneNacent asks Chamba  “Are you going to do new Darkstalkers art for the XBLA release next year?"
Darkstalkers on the XBLA release : I WISH
No news on that if UDON is doing anything on it
If they are, I've not been told
But that would be neat!
~jel asks "Hi Chamba! Can you talk about what professional projects you're working on right now? What can we hold in our hands in the near future?"
UDON work:
Digitally : there's the Shiftylook stuff which has been fun
In Print: there's that Street Fighter next generation Trade
and that's it as far as I know
there could be more
but again, I'm usually told just before I need to do it
and since I tend to get things done very promptly, it' theCHAMBA

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loish

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:thumb341379719: :thumb334114685: HamletMachine

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doujins n sketches?O GOD I'm gonna try wake up and do this thing which is like a bunch of REAL artists talking together... and then ME PAHAHAHA I don't know why I was invited!! http://www.facebook.com/pages/AskTheArtist/254281478019891
But if you wanna watch me talking sheeeeeeeeeit come along HAHAHA!

I kno this is late notice but I've been working NON STOP... IN SUMMER!?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo! XD
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WOOP! Thanks everyone who came and interviewed me, that was pretty fun HAHA!
I'm doing this --> :iconasktheartist: where apparently you can ask me questions? It's confusing cos it's gonna be on at 4pm Sunday 30th NZ time, which is like 8pm saturday 29th LA time / 11pm New York / 4am London etc HAHA check here to find out when it's on for you http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time/
Also I'm selling some doujin cos I'm not reading em and I don't wanna carry em round every time I Go-Devil-Dante

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AsktheArtist Interview w K-Bo and Sarah Transcript
Interview with *kevinbolk
10/6/12
<thefluffyshrimp> Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview *kevinbolk, a hilarious and talented comic artist and creator of many popular works on deviantART.
<thefluffyshrimp> Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, Kevin. 
<kevinbolk> Howdy! Glad to be here.
<kevinbolk> This is my first interview over chat, so I'm a bit nervous.
<thefluffyshrimp> First question! 
<thefluffyshrimp> ~HathorLiderc asks "Were there any inspirations to your art style?" and ~ AskTheArtist Interview THIS SATURDAY 2PM PST!!
:iconAsktheArtist:
That's right! Sarah and I will be doing a live interview with the fine folks at AskTheArtist!
WHEN? (TODAY!) Saturday October 6th at 2pm Pacific Time (approx. 5pm EST)
WHERE? chat.deviantart.com/chat/atachat (public room)
and
chat.deviantart.com/chat/atainterview (interview room)
The public room is where you can contribute questions to your favorite artists, connect with other fans of the artist, and chat freely while watching the live interview in ATAInterview.
ATAInterview is the room where the interview shall be held in live time. Users can watch the interview in live time, but will not be able to comment in that room to reduce text clutter.
During an interview, you must be in both chatrooms. One is where you watch the interview, and one is where you ask the questions.
WHY? Your guess is as good as mine. These people seem to kevinbolk

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:thumb332716608: :thumb329506492: WendiBones

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Ata Interview Transcript.
Interview with Endling
8/25/2012
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview `Endling, an incredibly talented comic artist and creator of many of your favorite series on deviantART.
Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, Endling.
Hey all you folks there in AtAChat! Go ahead and start posting questions now.
Thanks for having me Fluff!
I warn everyone I'm on my second triple espresso coffee of the day. If my answers are incoherent and/or jittery you'll know why. I'M WIRED TO GO.
Excellent! Hahaha.
*RedVenture asks "How did you get started doing art, Endling?"
When I was little, my dad would bring home paper from his job. He worked with computers and stuff and often had tons of it lying around, so I'd make use of it and draw. (With his permission. Occasionally.) After a while he noticed I had a habit of doing this. Usually robot caterpillars. I'm not kidding Live interview with #AsktheArtist!Hey folks! I'll be the interviewee over at AskTheArtist on August 25th, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST. (Here's a time converter for you if you're in another time zone: http://www.timeanddate.com/ )
It's a chat based interview where you can plop down in the interview chat, talk freely with others, and lob questions at the host ( thefluffyshrimp ) who will then chuck them with impeccable accuracy at yours truly.
For more information just hit up the good folks at :iconasktheartist:, they've got everything covered.
Looking forward to seeing you there if you decide to stop by! :] Endling

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AtAInterview transcript
8/27/12

Hey folks! It is now 6pm. You know what that means. It is interview time! Let us begin.
Here is how the interview works: You can all ask questions and chat freely in the chatroom called AtAChat. I will be copy-pasting your questions to Alexiuss and he will answer them in live time in ATAInterview.
We conduct the interview this way to avoid having the artist spammed with too many questions all at once, and to reduce text clutter so that you can all read the artist's responses to the questions.
A special thank you goes out to our lovely mods, ~Melancholy-Minds and ~Twilight-Zero!
Please be aware that we do our best to get as many questions answered as possible, however, if we do not choose your question to send to the artist, please do not be offended. It does not mean it was not a good question. It is just not possible for the artist to answer all questions. Thank you for your understanding.
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have LATENESS OF 105 AND INTERVIEW OF DELICIOUSNESS1.
105 is finally finished, even if horribly late due to Montreal Comicon:
http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/
Next on Captain's stop is New York comicon. Expect to catch us there if you be going!
2.
Please to enjoy this interview of interest:
http://techgnotic.deviantart.com/art/Have-You-Met-Zee-Captain-328189754 alexiuss

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Join my LIVE interview this Sunday!Hey everyone!
I'm here to inform you that on Sunday, August 19th, I will do a live interview with anyone who wants to participate, here on deviantART!
The interview will be hosted by thefluffyshrimp and AskTheArtist.
You are all free to join this interview, and ask me any question you would like to ask!
How and when?
The interview will start on August 19th at...
12pm (Pacific Time, Los Angeles, USA)
8pm (GMT)
To participate, you are welcome to join the following chatrooms...
AtAChat
ATAInterview

:iconthefluffyshrimp::iconasktheartist::iconthefluffyshrimp:
Extra info
In case you want to convert the time to your time zone, you can click on the following link:
Time Zone Map
For more information, plea Cataclysm-X

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:thumb322576023: :thumb320076820: AskTheArtist - Slinky Interview August 13thHERRO
First of all, you should know that I ate a rotten banana this morning for breakfast...and it has made me feel EXCELLENT. I'm telling you, a banana's bruised bits should always be consumed. They are full of sugary goodness.
Now that that gem of ultimate knowledge has been passed, I would like to make you aware that I am taking part in the :iconasktheartist: interviews this Monday coming (August 13th) at 6pm PST, 2am UK time!

2 interviews have taken place so far, one with :iconsilentreaper: and another with :iconapofiss:....and they went MAGNIFICENTLY mwahahahaha.
You can see :iconsilentreaper:'s interview here:
You can see :iconapofiss:'s interview here:
HITHER ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS, READ THEM WELL OR YOU SHALL SUFFER A SLOW BANANARY DEATH GRRRRR meow
The interview will be held in the following dAmn Chatrooms: chat.deviantart.com/cha Slinkers

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interview with apofiss
Interview with *apofiss
8/04/12
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is thefluffyshrimp: and today I have the great privilege to interview , artist behind the ever popular Boggart series and other great works.
Hey all you folks there in AtAChat! Go ahead and start posting questions now.
asks "Apofiss, where does the inspiration for your art usually come from?"
it tends to come from daily inspirations where dA actually has a huge role in it. the artists I follow, animes and movies... it's like an outcome from it all. also, the music... it does help a lot to imagine certain atmosphere more intensively.
asks "What program do you use?"
I use photoshop and paint tool sai.; photoshop mainly for colour correction an such.
asks "How did your unique style of art evolve?"
I think it began back in 2008 when I painted the very first bubble no really, the painting called ''mutual thing'' ...it was like a certain start I think. I remember few years ago I got really inspired by cypherx (she's on dA) wo live interview finished



FACEBOOK FAN-PAGE | TWITTER |  TERMS OF ART USE | TUMBLR
*COMMISSION WORKS https://apofiss.deviantart.com/journal/22448655/ ( closed. waiting list is full )
*Skins & Covers for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Laptopz - http://society6.com/artist/apofiss
EDIT: thank you all for coming and asking all the question, hope you had a fun C: the interview resume will be posted later for those who didn't manage to come on Apofiss

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Interview with SilentReaper
Interview with *SilentReaper
7/29/12
Welcome to ASKtheARTIST. My name is *thefluffyshrimp and today I have the great privilege to interview *SilentReaper, artist behind the ever popular StupidFox and other great comic series.   Thank you for presenting us with this opportunity to interview you, SilentReaper.
  
Hey all you folks there in AtAChat! Go ahead and start posting questions now.
~random-artist101 asks, "What brought you to deviantART?"
Awesome for a first question, I was brought to deviantART by a group of artists that I knew in an Oekaki/PaintChat site called "BakaNeko." I used to draw a bunch of landscapes there and everyone on that site was so nice and helpful. So one day they just told me about deviantART and how I should post some of my stuff there. I think I still have one painting from BakaNeko up in my deviantART gallery.
~EveryoneDeservesLove asks, "How long have you been drawing?"
I've been drawing ever since I could pick up a pencil. My parents a Journal.exe Stupid title not letting me use backslash aldkfjh--
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[Bullet; Red] I will be doing a live interview in DeviantArt's dAmn Chatrooms on Sunday, July 29, at 7:00PM (Pacific Standard Time).
[Bullet; Orange] During the interview, you will be able to contribute questions and chat freely with other artists in a public room while questions are answered in live-time in a separate, private room.
[Star!] Interviews are held in our dAmn Chatrooms --> https://chat.deviantart.com/chat/AtAChat and https://chat.deviantart.com/chat/ATAInterview ... During an interview, you must be in both chatrooms. One is where you watch the interview, and one is where you ask the questions. Rooms will be open and interview with eychanchan will be held on Sunday, July 29 eychanchan

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Thank you to all who participate in our interviews. To those who missed an interview, we shall be uploading it as a deviation shortly. Please watch us to be notified of when this happens. Thank you again!



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AtAChat is our public room where you can contribute questions to your favorite artists, connect with other fans of the artist, and chat freely while watching the live interview in ATAInterview.

ATAInterview is the room where the interview shall be held in live time. Users can watch the interview in live time, but will not be able to comment in that room to reduce text clutter.

During an interview, you must be in both chatrooms. One is where you watch the interview, and one is where you ask the questions.

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"When is the next interview being held? And which artist is being interviewed next?"

Answer: To be notified of our interview schedule, please join our group to become a member. It is also highly recommended that you join our FaceBook or Twitter pages (  www.facebook.com/pages/AskTheA… and twitter.com/#!/AskArtists ) as well, so that you can be notified of upcoming interviews without having to regularly login to DA to check. Watching our Facebook or Twitter pages is the best way to be notified of any last minute interviews and other breaking news.

"How can I ask one of my favorite artists a question during the interview?"

Answer: When a live interview with that artist is in progress, join the dAmn chatroom "AtAChat" here --> chat.deviantart.com/chat/AtACh… . While you are there, you can ask questions that you would like the artist to answer. The interviewer will pick from the questions that are asked in the chatroom to give to the artist in live time in the interview room. The artist will answer your question from there. You will get credit for your interview question. Note that you must be a group member (or watching us on Facebook / Twitter) to be notified when interviews with your favorite artists are taking place.

"I'm in AtAChat right now, but I don't see the interview! What's going on?"

Answer: To participate in the interview, you must be in both chatrooms: AtAChat and ATAInterview, which is located here --> chat.deviantart.com/chat/ATAIn… . You will watch the interview with the artist in live time in ATAInterview, while asking questions and chatting with fellow fans in AtAChat.

"I'm in ATAInterview right now and am watching the interview, but I can't send messages in the chatroom! I want to ask the artist a question! What's going on?"

Answer: To participate in the interview, you must be in both chatrooms: ATAInterview and AtAChat, which is located here -->  chat.deviantart.com/chat/AtACh… . You will watch the interview with the artist in live time in ATAInterview, while asking questions and chatting with fellow fans in AtAChat.

"Why do I have to be in both chatrooms, ATAInterview and AtAChat, to participate in the chat?"

Answer: We do this to prevent both spam and text clutter. Over a hundred people can be in the chatroom at one time, so it can get cluttered with text. Having the interview going live in a separate room as "the question and chatting room" makes it easier for all members to watch the interview and keep track of what the artist is saying without becoming overwhelmed by text. It also prevents the artist from becoming overwhelmed with dozens of questions at once.

"I keep asking my question over and over again, but the interviewer isn't picking my question to give to the artist! "

Answer: Please understand that as much as we would love to pick ALL our members' questions, we can get hundreds of questions posted during one interview, and it just isn't possible for the artist to answer them all. If we don't pick your question, it does not mean that it was not a good question. We just have to filter the number of questions that we receive down to smaller amount in order to avoid overwhelming the artist. If your question is not picked right away, please do not rapidly repost it over and over again. We allow you to repost your question a few times if the chatroom is moving quickly (sometimes the interviewer may just not have the chance to see all the questions for this reason), but out of consideration for others, please avoid spamming the room with the same question. It could result in you being kicked out or even banned from the room by the chatroom moderators. Thank you for your understanding.

"Can I recommend one of my favorite artists (or even myself) to be interviewed with ASKtheARTIST?"

Answer: Of course! We openly accept recommendations of deviantART artists to host interviews with. However, please understand that we typically only interview artists with already medium to large followings (as explained below). Although we do our best to host interviews with as many artists as possible, we can not guarantee that your artist recommendation will be chosen or that recommended artists will agree to be interviewed. If your artist recommendation is not chosen, it does not mean that we "didn't like" the artist or their work. There is an endless amount of incredibly talented and deserving artists on deviantART who we would love to interview, but due to scheduling and the personal life of the interviewers, it is just not possible for us to have the opportunity or the time to interview them all. Thank you again for your understanding.

"Why does ASKtheARTIST only hold interviews with artists that already have medium to large followings of fans?"

Answer: The reason for this is based on the fan-contribution method that we use to conduct interviews. We have the artists' followers ask the artists most of the questions during the interviews. Therefore, if an artist only has 4 followers, for instance, then there wouldn't be many questions for the artist to answer or many people to watch the interview. If an artist does not have a large number of followers, this of course does not mean that they are not incredibly talented or deserving as artists. As said before, there is an endless amount incredibly skilled and deserving artists on deviantART. The system of fan-contributed interview questions that we happen to use simply restricts us to interviewing those with medium to large sized followings. Thank you once again for your understanding.

A special thanks to all our supporters!
thefluffyshrimp