Can I use your art?Ok, I'm a little bit more open with this than most artists.
If you want to use my art as a base or to trace I will allow this, but only if you
ask permission first~! If you don't ask permission I will be pretty pissed off with you. When you trace an artists art... you are disrespecting that artist... if you do this to me, I will feel that you don't respect me as an artist. It's upsetting and it makes me want to just not talk to anyone that does this. I will lose all respect for you as, not just a person, but as an artist.
I also don't mind if you want to use my art for an msn icon or something like that, just don't claim my characters as your own(this also applies if you want to trace my art, I expect you to change details so that it will still be of your own character).
If you are making a quiz on Quiztron or Facebook or something I also do not mind if you want it in there. Again as long as you're not claiming it, it's fine. Quizes don't need to give me credit either, but if you do that'd be awesome C:
Can I make a catfish like Michifish?Yes, you can c:
but please, if you are going to make one, I ask that you follow the ref sheet properly >:
This is the only thing I would like people to do. If you are going to use my critters, please respect the design I made and follow it. You can find the ref sheet here
Catfish are very special to me, as my fursona is one... so I ask that you guys respect that
How did you come up with the idea of catfish?Some of my older watchers might remember that I studied animation at College for two years. Well in my first year of College I met
shoujo-neko and at the time my fursona was a lil pink cat, because I had pink hair back then xD This was also before I had a dA account, crazy right?
Anyhow, she has three cats, who she likes to give nicknames. One example would be "Missy-fish" And one day, she accidentally called me "Angie-fish". Seeing as my fursona was already a cat, I joked about and said I was a catfish xD
Then a few days passed and we drew me as a catfish, and mucked about and stuff.
When I made a dA my online persona was a catfish girl, there's pics in my gallery somewhere. Inspired by my online friends who all had fursonas, I decided to make Michi the catfish girl an animal form, and basically the idea just grew from that.
Do you take requests?I do requests over on my sketch account
SketchMichi So if you want one, I suggest waiting for my requests to be open over there, not that they stay open very long xD. Sometimes I'll randomly decide to do fanart for people, if they've done fanart for me before, or if I think of them as a really nice person, or if I love the character's design. My art status is always underneath my ID pic.
Will you do an art trade with me?Usually if I am interested in doing a trade with you I'll ask you c:
If you are interested, feel free to ask, but also respect my right to turn you down. Usually my only reason for turning down a trade is because I haven't the time/ or if I feel it'd be an unfair trade. Most art trades I do are by my request when I see somebody else with art trades open.
I usually do trades because I want to draw the other person's character, so if you have an OC I like, I may ask for an art trade or just do a random fanart XD
Can we be friends?Yes, you can be my friend, but don't expect that just asking me once will instantly make us friends, you need to come talk to me, get to know me, and I'll get to know you. I'm a fairly easy person to talk with C:
What do you animate with?I animate mostly with Flash Professional 8
I have also tried animating the traditional way, and I own a lightbox. Yal would see more traditional animation works from me if I had a scanner xD
Also, I draw frame by frame for most of my animations, I use basically the same technique's as Richard Willams, if yal are interested in learning how to animate, I definitely suggest looking at his tutorials 8] He has a book called "The Animators Survival Kit" Everyone should read it.
What programs do you use for drawing/can you give me any tips?I mostly use Photoshop(which I know how to use fairly well) and recently I've been playing around in Open Canvas, which has been fun c:
I'm happy to give yal tips, so feel free to drop by and ask.
However, please be sure on what you want tips on.
It's frustrating to get a comment/note saying "Can you tell me how to draw?"
Nobody can tell you that, it's something you must learn through experimentation.
However, should you already have basic program/drawing knowledge, and want to know how I do a particular technique, I'm happy to share c:
Will you make me an icon?You would not believe the amount of times I get asked this haha XD
I only make icons for my closest friends or for art trades ect. If you are interested in a MelonBoobz icon I no longer handle those, my friend
milenkomancy is in charge of that now. I sometimes do icon commissions. Be sure to check my art status for more info.
Is Michi/Myo a boy or girl?I thought it was obvious, as I draw these two the most, but it seems the tie that Michi wears is confusing XD
Michi is a girl
and Myo is a boy C:
Thankyou
Can I draw your character?Sure
I love getting fanart from people ^___^ <3
Can I add you to msn?Yes, yes you may.
michifish@live.com
If I find you annoying/rude/flamer/stalker/weirdo ect I won't hesitate to block you. I usually unblock people after about a month and give them a second chance.
Unless you send me a picture of your private area(it has happened a few times before) then you shall be deleted for ever Do you sell your plushies?I used to, but I'm cancelling any commissions I have in this area now
Luckily, I don't get people to send money until I am done, because I always foresee myself doing this
So yeah, no I don't sell/do plushie commissions any more.
Why are you vegetarian/what sort of vegetarian are you?ok, this one is kinda cool, but can be tedious to reply, cuz it's a long story xD
So about 4 years ago I lived in Ascot Park, and we had very angry neighbours, but at one point, there was a stray rooster on our street. It was really odd, but he was adorable c: He kept going in the neighbour's yard and making a nest in their rose bushes, which... they weren't happy about.... I was out sitting on our fence, and happened to see them hitting him with a broom, so I ran in the house, got some cereal and used it to coax him into our backyard instead.
I named him Fred, and I looked after him for about 4 weeks <3
He learned his name after a few days, and sat outside my sunroom(My bedroom used to be located in a sunroom attached to the back of the house) and waited for me in the mornings, he was gorgeous, and I loved him.
But the neighbours, the same ones as before, didn't like his crowing every morning >:
I had tried my best to find out where Fred's original owners lived, but to no success.
They ended up ringing the council, and told them I had a rooster with no permit.
So he got taken away.
I'll never see Fred again, and he was just such a beautiful creature.
I hope he's still in good health.
After that I didn't want to eat chicken anymore, it was just wrong.
It'd be like eating a cat.
I can't eat an animal after I've befriended one of them.
Then eventually I started talking to my friend Laura, who was already vegetarian, about meat replacements, and vegetarianism in general. She suggested I talk to my doctor about it. So I did.
He said it's a great life style to follow, and that as long as I watched my iron intake and stuff, I'd be fine.
So I talked to my parents about it, and they supported my decision too c:
I've been vegetarian for nearly 4 years now, and it's all thanks to Fred
Sometimes I feel it's a little bit pointless
and there's some meats I miss like crazy
lol /bacon/pork xD
But it's a fairly easy lifestyle.
As for what type of Vegetarian I am, I'm a laco-ovo vegetarian.
This means I still eat Dairy products and Eggs, also honey and stuff like that xD
