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akirakirai — Influence Map Meme

Published: 2010-11-11 21:28:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 15402; Favourites: 223; Downloads: 93
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Description I am still not feeling very well, my hand is too shaky to draw atm, but here are some of the people/things that have inspired me to become a better artist ^^

1. =Ninjatic
I've had quite a few people tell us that our art looks similar. I take that as a compliment because he is one of my favorite artists and is always nice to talk to I love the painterly style he uses that is not refined but is very aesthetically pleasing.

2. *syncaidia
Whenever I look at Syn's art, I'm always reminded that I should make sure I did my lighting correctly. Her compositions are amazing and her use of lighting always inspires me. I can tell she puts a lot of effort in all the art she makes.

3. Yuu Watase
This shojo artist was the reason I started drawing manga style in the first place. Though now that I look back and find that her stories are really stale, I wanted to draw gorgeous men like she did.

4. Toonami
I miss this television program. I remember watching this after school everyday on the couch with a book on my lap to use as a surface to draw.

5. Hyung-Tae Kim
He is possibly my biggest inspiration for CGing ultimately. When I first started CGing I wanted to paint like him. I wouldn't stop until my art was at least somewhat comparable to his.

6. K-Pop
I've always like K-Pop but ever since the beginning of 2010 I started getting into K-Pop more and more and found myself loving everything I heard. U-Kiss and SHINee are two bands I absolutely love to listen to while drawing.

7. Hard Rock
I'm steadily falling out of rock, but I can never leave my roots xD Hard rock is such a powerful genre, when I listen to it while drawing, my works turn out emotional. Disturbed and Deluhi are still my favorite rock bands.

8. Pokemon
I grew up on Pokemon, what else can I say?

9. Video-Games
I grew up on videogames as well instead of dolls. I find the games I love to be very artistic in the way they design the characters and I am now majoring in video-game design!

10. Dir en grey
Although I don't quite listen to their music anymore, I remember how insanely gorgeous their music was. Everything they created was like a painting itself. Their music made me feel things that other types of music couldn't do and I was inspired to draw by them 24/7.

11. My art books
I have so many that's not all of them. I love looking through these to get some quick inspiration!

12. Asian Fashion
Tee hee I love drawing my people with Asian inspired fashion!

13. Digimon
I was so in love with this show that I ended up making a fan-character when I was really little and she ended up evolving into an OC that you all probably know!

14. Yu-Gi-Oh!
I love the way the artist of Yugioh drew eyes and his thick lineart. I tried to mimick it. I still love this show and all the characters.


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akirakirai In reply to ??? [2010-11-11 22:37:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it's too bad they're gone now T____T!

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PersonDev In reply to akirakirai [2010-11-11 22:52:56 +0000 UTC]

Seriously. What have cartoons come to? Where are all the good ones? I feel so sorry for the next generation.

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XIIICeli [2010-11-11 22:02:48 +0000 UTC]

Toonami! now all thats left is Syfi channel and adult swim

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akirakirai In reply to XIIICeli [2010-11-11 22:05:29 +0000 UTC]

indeeeed toonami hope those channels don't die either!

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XxKiraNiraxX [2010-11-11 21:54:49 +0000 UTC]

i soo miss toonami i want them to bring it back ;A;
asian fashion rocks as does k-pop ive loved it all since 08 haha
and Digimon and Yugioh were the best shows ever

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akirakirai In reply to XxKiraNiraxX [2010-11-11 21:59:40 +0000 UTC]

I do too ;______;
amg yes >__< I clearly was born in the wrong country haha!
They were, aaaah *goes to watch yugioh abridged nao*

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XxKiraNiraxX In reply to akirakirai [2010-11-12 00:23:34 +0000 UTC]

wait whut theres an abridged series o.0 *runs to youtube*

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chikappi [2010-11-11 21:52:52 +0000 UTC]

SHINee!

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akirakirai In reply to chikappi [2010-11-11 21:54:50 +0000 UTC]

They are loveeee <3

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chikappi In reply to akirakirai [2010-11-11 21:56:05 +0000 UTC]

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ryan346 [2010-11-11 21:36:36 +0000 UTC]

It's really interesting to see what you're inspired by Alex and I do miss Toonami too btw , I'd watch it when I come home from school too and I did watch Yu-Gi-Oh on Saturdays and Fridays too. I did watch Digimon a little. Designing video game is what I want to do in college btw(anything I should know about the courses there?). I should take a look at Yuu's work sometime.

btw how are you feeling Alex?

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akirakirai In reply to ryan346 [2010-11-11 21:41:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah, they had the best shows back then, it's a little saddening to see the TV shows now >____>
hmm well in v-game design, you'll definitely need Photoshop~ also.. you'll be taking photoshop classes... really irrelevant gen-ed classes...drawing classes.. sound production.. everything XD
You probably wouldn't be interested in Yuu Watase's work, she is not a very good story writer but her art's nice!

I'm feeling fine but my hand is still a bit too shaky to draw is all >__>

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Doom-Kitty0 In reply to ??? [2010-11-11 21:36:10 +0000 UTC]

; v; I love Junjou~
And I hella miss Toonami. Q__Q

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akirakirai In reply to Doom-Kitty0 [2010-11-11 21:38:45 +0000 UTC]

teehee junjou <3333 i wish there was as much to the anime as there is the manga >o<
tooonaaaamiiiiiii T_________T

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Doom-Kitty0 In reply to akirakirai [2010-11-11 21:50:20 +0000 UTC]

D: I read the manga, but I never finished. Q AQ Damn I'm gonna go check right now if there are new scans.

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touhatter [2010-11-11 21:33:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh, I miss watching Toonami, too T___T

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akirakirai In reply to touhatter [2010-11-11 21:34:36 +0000 UTC]

bawww yes ; 3; now all the TV shows playing are so stupid >___< toooonaaaamiiiiiiiii

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ashleeyyy [2010-11-11 21:32:41 +0000 UTC]

ooohh

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akirakirai In reply to ashleeyyy [2010-11-11 21:34:06 +0000 UTC]

it alllll ties together nowwww ohoho! ;DDD

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ashleeyyy In reply to akirakirai [2010-11-11 21:35:34 +0000 UTC]

ohoho (8

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