People ask me for lots of things. In the future I won't answer them because I receive lots of messages! So I've decided to write this FAQ
1.Basics> How/when/where did I learn to draw / Inspiration / Artistic Influences:
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>Developing my own style:
I'm young and my style evolves every day... I hope to reach a very personnal style, It's under construction!
>How often do I draw:
Every day! (min) 2 hours (max) 8 hours
>How many time I take for a "classic" drawing:
It depends of the complexity. I don't really know how many time... Too many time I think!
>Why your use these following usernames: sylphiel, sylphielm, sylphielmetallium...
I SUCK FOR CHOOSING NICE NICKNAMES O..........RZ
In fact I don't like Sylphielmetallium anymore, why? because people thinks that I love metal music and also think that I'm a KAWAIIJAPANLOVER. In fact, this username is a mix between two characters I love from the novel Slayers. I still love this novel, but this don't really fits with my gallery now. When I started on DA, I drew fan-arts from this novel mainly.
The only
I still use SylphielM because I just love this name, it sounds well to my ears^^ and also... because I haven't a definitive idea of a future name for a gallery (My name maybe? but it's not original...). And also, because everybody knows me as "SylphielM"... It's hard to change..
>Why you've called your site and your blog: Kingyobachi?
This means "goldfishbowl" in japanese. I love goldfish and this object but "Fishbowl" is too common et "bocal à poisson rouge" (the same meaning in french) is veeery long and don't sounds nice (believe me). I've chosen the japanese version because, it's obvious... you don't see how this country has inspired me?
This name isn't definitive, that's why the url are sylphielm and hosted by a free host site FC2.
>Why you had chosen FC2 as a host site?
2009 - First at all, because some of my close relative live in China and can't see my blogspot because of the restrictions so, I've opened a FC2 blog account and I've left behind for a moment my blogspot account. I've discovered the tons of services that offer FC2: nice counters, guestbooks, claps, no adds... And FC2 exists since 1999!
2011 - When I've decided to open a site, I had chosen FC2 obviously.
>Why you had chosen blogspot for your blog?
I've the choice between some host blogs: canalblog, cowblog and blogspot. I've seen that blogspot users were more professional... So I've chosen BS.^^"
>Difference between your 2 blogs?
The question is answered in
2.Official blogs and galleries session below
About digital art> How/when/where did I learn to draw on a computer
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>Using reference
Most of my works has made without references. I only use references for help on details. Every reference is written in the description.
Sometimes I use posemaniacs.com and a my sister's medicine book for helping me about anatomy. I don't and I won't sell art with too many references, I keep them as "trial".
>Original size of the images
More on less 3000, 4000 px 180 dpi (more for comissioned artworks)
>Tools
2009 mouse (Logitech)
2010 tablet Bamboo Fun A5 (Wacom) I advice always Wacom tablets to my friends.
>Programs
2009 Gimp
2010 (may<)Photoshop cs4 (pc)
2010 ( Sometimes I use Gimp, Painter, Artrage (and PixelGales for pixel art)
>Ressources
I use Brushes from: Obsidiandawn.com and LostandTaken.com
Patterns and textures come from lostandtaken.com and cgtextures.com and from my personal collection (my fabrics...)
Fonts from DAfont.com
About Traditionnal art>What are the traditionnal media I use the most/why?
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-Watercolor
I often use watercolor, when I share them on DA, I edited them with photoshop CS3/4.
-Sewing
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-other
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2.Official blogs and galleries-My blogspot: (en + fr): For my works on DA, sometimes with details steps...)
sylphiel-m.blogspot.com
-My FC2 Blog: (jp + en + fr): All slayers events & fanarts related
sylphiel.blog128.fc2.com
-My twitter: (en + jp + fr): My life + my works in progress - live
twitter.com/SylphielM
-My Pixiv account: (jp only) Post my works
pixiv.net/member.php?id=1234073
-My E-kaki account: (fr only): Oekaki board
e-kaki.net/artiste/Sylphiel
-My Tegaki account: (jp only): Oekaki board (Slayers fanarts mostly)
pipa.jp/tegaki/VBlogList.jsp?ID=306104
I'm also member on some french forums...
3.PermissionsMy original work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
>Licensing artwork:
I'd prefer if my artwork was not used as icons, stock images or a reference for bases.
>Layouts:
Please e-mail me before using my artwork in a website layout so that I can indicate if I approve of its use or not.
>Reference:
Using my artwork as a reference is not a problem, but please, credit me: sylphielmetallium.deviantart.com.
>Personal use: Using my image as your desktop wallpaper, printing out a version for personnal use without money profits is fine. Please just don't claim it as your own.
>Can/Where I share your work?
No problem at all, feel free to feature my art! But I'd prefer that my artwork wasn't featured on Facebook.com . (All art posted on FB is automatically owned by this site. Please, don't give them my art!)
>Why a watermark on all my works?
-This watermark is a sort of seal. It shows that it's my art. I remove my watermark for selling my prints. If you see my art with a watermark in a shop: this art is printed without my authorization!
-Remove my url and my watermark from my works without my permission is totally prohibited. If you do this, you steal my work. I hope you understand me.
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4.Various requests>Commissions:
I ocassionally take commissions. Check out my commission status here:
>Requests & art trades:
::CLOSED:: I don't do requests or trades, sorry!
>Free artwork:
::CLOSED:: Please, stop asking me for free art please. Sometimes I do artwork for free,but only in some contexts: charity, projects events (ex: conventions...) and contests.
>Buying my artworks:
Some piece of my personnal art will be sold on conventions or in my e-shop on this site only, speed sales (limited prints) will be organized.
-Why I don't sell my prints on DA: because the site keeps too many money on each artwork, and I prefer to give this part for a charity cause.
>Interviews:
Feel free to send me an e-mail. Payed interviews are accepted only.
If you have any questions about me or my artwork which are not answered in this F.A.Q, please do not hesitate to ask me here, you can comment below. If you're not a member of deviantart.com (and only in this case) you can e-mail me.
sylphielm.web.fc2.com - My site
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I'd really appreciate your time and advice!
hopefully even friendship with time <3
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☆ THE LITTLE BUNNY QUEEN ☆
I do have a question though - are you or have you taken classes for art?
My question is (and you probably get that a lot lol but still) how did you become THIS amazing in just a year? Did you decide to practice a lot more than you used to or did drawing digitally help you somehow? The reason I am asking is because although your older works (I looked at the improvement meme) are absolutely genius, the stuff that you created this year is just.... amazing and you seemed to have improved SO much!
Oh and Merry Christmas X3.
it's easy to travel with this
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