F.A.Q

You can call me 'Omocha'/'Omo'/'Zen'/'Zenith'. If you already know my real name, go ahead and call me with the name if you like. (Please don't call me with my real name in public though) C: If you haven't, sorry but I will only tell you under certain circumstances.

24th, October, 1987, Scorpio (+Libra).

I'm bisexual.

I'm a typical Scorpio, with a hint of Libra's (bad)traits. That's about it. You can also google my b-day if you want to know more about my personality hahah. It's surprisingly true.

I have around 8+ years experience working for art/comic/game companies as a 2D/comic artist. But I'm working as a freelancing artist now. C:

A family of mom and a lil-bro.

Since I was... a kid?
I mean, I started drawing digitally 1 year after joining DA, and 3 years later I started using a tablet.

No I didn't go through any official art course/class/school. I majored in Foreign Trade in university.
My skills mostly come from experiences working for art companies and self-studying.

Uhm- pretty much everything. I like drawing/creating details, I guess. Still practicing a lot.

To be honest, I am like always in an artblock. And when it gets worst, I often bother people's characters by making random live giveaways at my livestream. C: Doodling kills my artblock quite well. Music and manga help too, but not always.
Oh and I often draw better while watching someone drawing /being watched hahah.

Yes, of course. My 1st tablet was a Genius. Now I am using a Wacom Intuos 4 Large.

Paintool SAI for drawing, coloring, and most of the effects.
Photoshop CS3-5 for editing picture and adding more effects if needed, also for animating pixels.
I also randomly use Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash for some random purposes, but I'm not into them.
I use Debut to record my drawing process, and Video Pad to edit the recordings.

Binary tool in SAI, or pencil tool in PS. I personally prefer SAI. I move it to PS if I want to animate it though.

I CAN draw traditionally, and I used to use water color and colored pencils a lot. But not now. I don't think I am good at, or patient enough for that.

Hmm, yes, and no.
Yes because, of course, for example, a tablet is always more effective than a mouse. And a Cintique is more effective than a Genius.
No, because, the main factor that makes you a better artist is still your skills, imo.
It's good you know about many programs, or use a better tablet. But the matter is how much you understand about their abilities/features and make the best use out of them.
If you own all the best stuffs without knowing how to use them, it's still useless.
There are pro artists I know now still use PS7 and mouses! And noone can say their arts' quality is bad.
So don't say something like 'That person uses a better tablet than mine, of course he draws better than me.' Because you know yourself it's not the reason, right?
PRACTICE THE HELL OUT OF WHAT YOU HAVE, till you can earn yourself better tools, then KEEP PRACTICING!

I will definitely think about that.
You can take a look at my walkthroughs folder and my favourite folders: Tutorials if you haven't. Maybe you can find something useful there.

Honestly, I don't have any favorite-default-unchanged brush setting. I adjust the brushes a lot while drawing to achieve whatever I want to achieve.
But you can look at my walkthroughs folder, I tried to include some tool settings in the walkthoughs. Hope they help!

Well I was interviewed here: fav.me/d6frggy
You can read that journal, I answered some similar questions there. Hopefully it'll help. ^_^
Also, I came across a very useful post by  Joe Madureira on Art advices: Click!. I think it will be a lot of help for you too. C:

Yes. I can consider that. Please send me a note about the job. And please also include the highest offer you can give, to avoid confusion. Thank you. C:

I will announce in my Journals whenever I reopen for commissions. So if you want you can add watch me to stay tuned. Or you can also ask for a slot in my waiting list.

Because I think it's worth it.

I am sorry about that, but it's mainly because I am terribly busy.
Also, it can be because I want to draw your commission at a better level than my current level. So I want to delay it till I reach it.
If you want to give me a deadline, please feel free to nag me though. But I can assure I won't let you down with the outcome of the commission.

Mostly no. NO. Unless you join my live giveaways sometimes at my livestream. And it's live. I will announce it on my journal when and only when I want to host that event. So please don't ask me on my front page or deviation's comments or anywhere else if I take requests (or I will end up marking your comment as a spam if I'm not in a good mood.)

And not all of my livestreams are for live requests so, please read the journal before you decide to join the livestream to know what I'm going to do there. And please don't join it if you just aim for a live request, while I'm not hosting it. Thank you.

Are you my friend?
If you are, I think you know I am busy. So I'm so sorry for the long wait. OTL
If you're not, sorry, I am too busy for that.
I normally am the 1st one who asks for these though.

Please NOTE me the info of your project/artbook/contest. Don't comment on my front page about these. I will consider. But I will be picky, because I'm terribly busy.

Sure you can, no need to ask. However I hope that you know about them enough not to make them OOC. Also, proper credits are a must.

No please. Most of the pictures in my gallery are commissioned pieces that are paid for. It's not my rights to give you the permission to use them. Other pieces are my personal things, or gifts for the others, so I can't give you the permission either. I hope you understand and don't mind.
However, if it's a commission, you can try asking the characters' owners for the permission if you want to.

You can. As long as:
1. It's for non-commercial purposes (like for practicing purpose).
2. In case you submit your version somewhere, you give me my credits and link back to my original work.
No commercial purpose is allowed. Sorry.

Certainly. I'll list some: Cushart, su-ke, Endling. And many other artists.

I am not sure if I am even better than you but- the key is practice.
Ah- but please be yourself.

Well there are some:
- "This character looks like/reminds me of ..." [insert whoever here: a random anime character, a random OC/acquaintance of commenter's, or even commenter themself]  (I don't think any parent likes hearing their kid looks alike their neighbor's, if you know what I mean.)

- "You're so talented!" (Ugh. This would work as a compliment if I were 3 years old. But I am much older than that. What I am capable of doing now is not a result of my talent alone. Sad story. But it has been tears, sweats, blood, sleepless nights, practicing, and perseverance, not only mine, but my family's and many other people's as well. And no I'm not over exaggerating.)

- "I/One can never be as good as you with the same amount of practicing!" (....What makes you think so? I don't even. This makes me laugh. Not even a funny joke. Just shut up and practice if you want to improve. I do the same.)

- "You're so lucky." (No, I earned it.)

The key is still your art skills. So practice. Next, your social and working skills. So, practice again? And lastly, good luck!

No. But I think I know my strong points. And weakness too. And I'm still practicing.

Definitely no. But *repeats*I know my strong points, and weakness too. And I'm still alive.

I think you know 'friends' can't be formed just by asking for. It's even more difficult to be friends with someone like me, trust me. c:
And please don't ask me questions like 'how are you?', 'what are you doing?'. I find it kinda pointless to start talking that way with DA comments, since the convo can't be continuous you know? orz

LOL. No. Maybe? I am optimistic though, just too careful, blunt, sarcastic, and human.

Simply because my gender is the 'Other' of the 3 choices? C:
Say, I don't want to be fake, in any case, not again. So yeah. That's about it. I hope you don't mind I'm a bisexual though.
_{And to anyone that calls me 'fake' without knowing me in person, while being just the same/worse than me which you-knows-best-yourself: F.Y, GTFO.
Oh sorry I shouldn't have said that again. But yes that's it.}