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1] What is your pen name?
It used to be Keona but I don't really go by a pen name anymore.

2] How did you get the name?
The very first character I ever came up with was Keona. She holds a very special place for me.

3] Do you use PC or Mac?
Pc

4] What software you use most often?
Paint Shop Pro 8

5] Do you use mouse, or tablet?
mouse though I don't draw with the mouse if i can help it. heh.

6] The color you use most often is?
red, black and skintones

7] What area of the pictures do you put most effort into?
usually the face and hair, but I try to put equal effort into the body as well.

8] How long does it take you do draw a picture?
usually 30mins to an hour.

9] Do you keep your rough drafts?
yes, but mostly they get lost in all my print outs..

10] What kind of font do you use most often?
arial

11] What's the dpi when you scan?
ya mean the size of the file? a lil over 1,000 pixels

12] Do you do anything else when you're drawing pictures?
listen to music or have the TV on

13] How many pictures do you draw in a month?
depends on how i feel. sometimes about 20 sometimes none.

14] What kind of paper do you draw your pictures on?
sketch paper for the rough draft and then tracing paper for the final version because I like the way tracing paper looks when colored on. ^^

15] What kind of paper do you use for sketches and drafts?
sketch paper

16] How long does it take to ink something?
30mins to an hour depending but usually quicker than I actually drew the pic.

17] Do you do doujinshi or original manga?
no, but I have done really short comics. ya know like one page stuff.

18] Do you like doujinshi? Is it fun making it?
I like it but I don't make them

19] Ever submitted anything to a magazine?
nope

20] Did it get published?
nope

21] Who are your favorite artists?
Maki Murakami,Kohta Hirano, Sanami Matoh..etc.

22] What's your favourite Anime/Manga?
Gravitation at the moment. I'm hunting Gravitation Remix mangas right now anyone wanna help?

23] Favourite Character?
Well I'll just pick my fav from Gravi. Mr. K cause he has a gun fetish and is one sexy psycho. ^^

24] Any artists that you'd like to draw like?
Maki Murakami

25] Do you buy books a lot?
no. Usually we read the ones we have and maybe a month or two later trade them in at McKay's and get new stuff. Occassionally we'll go to Walden books and that is where I find a treasure trove of manga. <3

26] Did you ever buy a book to inspire you to draw?
oh yeah. but mainly i get them cause they look interesting

27] Any video games you enjoy?
ehh some days i play games but mostly i read or am on the computer.

28] Any favourite characters from video games?
haha lots.

29] Do you have a favourite writer?
Anne Rice! <3<3<3 gahh her books are so erotic, but usually not openly sexual. The only series she did that had a bunch of sex in it was the Mayfair series.

30] Any books you really enjoy?
Vampire Chronicles, Harry Potter, various mangas..

31] Do you write fanfics?
Not really. I prefer to write original fics. Sometimes I will have anime or book characters in them, but the overwhelming majority of characters are original.

32] Any music that you often listen to while drawing?
Lately i listen to nothing but Rock.

33] Any recommended songs?
uhhmm...anything that inspires you or fits in with your mood. I really just listen to whatever comes on the radio.

34] Any websites that you totally admire?
photobucket simply because it has got to be one of the largest image sites ever.

35] Do you have any sites you want to go everyday?
yeah I check in on DA, FAC, LJ, and Gaia everyday.

36] What is your dream site like?
Nothing but the best and prettiest yaoi pictures and fictions. and Mp3's from the shows.

37] Do you like your own art?
sometimes. most of the time I am frustrated with it.

38] What do you enjoy watching on TV?
anime mostly. If I can I watch paranormal stuff though.

39] Favourite celebrity?
Tom Cruise

40] Favourite color?
Purple

41] Favourite food?
Hm. Down home country cookin

42] Favourite drink?
Dr. Pepper

43] Any places you like to shop at?
Wal-Mart and the mall

44] Can you cook?
Yup. In my family it is a sin if you can't cook good.

45] Any programs you use often for email? Any electronic pets?
I use yahoo for email and no i killed all my electronic pets. my digi pets and my furby annoyed the hell out of me...and neopets...they're just...weird..

46] Are you a computer expert?
Well I wouldn't say that, but I know how to get around.

47] Want to become a professional artist?
Maybe one day..but I hate deadlines

48] Any other jobs you're interested in, besides an illustrator?
Perhaps a voice actor we shall see, but basically i don't really want to be in the public eye. I'd rather watch others. I'm pretty introverted.

49] Any other specialities besides drawing?
I looove coloring. I write pretty well and I used to be in choir and band. I hated band, and the school screwed up my last year I would have been in choir..

50] Do you like to watch movies?
yup

51] What's your favourite movie?
Hard to say really. There are a lot of movies that I like, but I'll have to say Interview With A Vampire. I still yell at Louis at the end of the movie to just kiss Armand. LOL


52] Have you ever entered art contests?
yup

53] When did you start drawing seriously?
about 5 years ago I picked up a pencil and started drawing and improving quickly. I used to draw when I was young but I stopped.

54] Anything that you often use as a reference when you draw?
I usually do find references of the characters I am going to be drawing and if they are original I try to find a picture that has the same pose as I am imagining.

55] Have you met any of your fans online?
uhh well I don't think I have a fanbase...i mean I'm not exactly famous am I? So I think it would be pretty arrogant to say I have fans. But ya my friends like me.

56] You have a lot of pen pals?
no I don't write to people often. If I have to send them something I send it..sometimes with a short note.

57] You have a lot of friends that draw?
a few. most of them either write or don't do anything.

58] What time do you usually go online?
I get on at around 7 am and off at 7:30 then after classes I get back on around noon.

59] Do you like to go to chat rooms?
no, but I used to.

60] Do you have your own computer?
yes

61] What would you say to the person you admire?
omg i love you...hehe thing is most of the people i admire are my friends or family.

62] Do you think of things when you draw?
yes..its hard to keep my mind on the task at hand.

63] Have you drawn bad because you think too much?
probably.

64] Do you have any friends who are professionals?
no

65] Where do you often hang out?
home...

66] Do you have any artists that you don't like too much?
Yes and no further comment.

67] Situations in which you really don't like being online?
When someone won't shut the heck up and leave me alone, or if there is nothing to do.

68] Situations in which you hate when it comes to having websites?
to owning a website? umm well basically people who come there just to say something mean or stupid.

69] Something that makes you really glad that the internet exists?
art, my friends, and some really cool sites out there.

70] What about things that make you NOT glad that the internet exists?
complete idiots or asses

71]What's the first picture you've ever shown to the public online?
>< ooh...umm...I think It was a yaoi cuddling piccy.

72] Do you still have that?
nope the original is long gone, but its still online

73] Has your drawing style changed a lot?
yesh very much. always room for change and improvement

74] How does it usually change?
experimenting with different styles and trying to mix them to create my own.

75] Have you experienced artists block before?
yes alot unfortunately

76] How did you escape from it?
pick up a pencil and force myself to draw something until it is acceptable.

77] What happens when you have artists block?
i get kinda depressed and don't feel like doing anything.

78] Any artists that have influenced you a lot?
huh..alot of them. throughout the years i've tried different styles and used the parts of them that i like.

79] What made you start drawing?
my best friend Rachel. We decided to have an rp and for some reason..i just decided i would draw the characters.

80] What made you want to get a website?
I wanted an rp group.

81] Where did your site name come from?
the most recent one is Faery Dreams. I just wanted something pretty and that is what came to mind.

82] What do you think about net manners?
oh god...nobody really has any anymore. people love to use chat speak and to flame or insult other people. It's horrible.

83] Have you ever been spammed?
duh. I get spam everyday

84] Ever thought about quitting your webpage?
quitting? yeah recently actually.

85] If so, why?
Just losing interest.

86] About how much KB is each picture?
dunno

87] When creating your site, do you use a program or pure html?
hah i just use yahoo groups thingie. I tried html before, but i couldn't do what i wanted with it.

88] Do you have good eyesite?
meh. i wear glasses

89] If you can get any person's autograph, who's would you get?
Either Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, or Orlando Bloom

90] What would you say to that artist when he/she autographs for you?
*stutter* Thank you...*stare*

91] Do you have fans of your art?
sure, my friends and some random people that say "Hey i like ur art!"

92] Do you like to draw on oekaki bbs?
nah. I can't draw with a mouse

93] Are you good at art in school?
Well in art class i was but when it came to pottery..no

94] Did you take art lessons other than from school?
yeah but they were s**t. the guy was just trying to sell his stuff to our parents.

95] Have you drawn a manga?
no

96] What's your favourite phrase/quote?
meow

97] Do you think your personality is different externally and internally?
Oh yeah. Everyone has a side that they show to the world and then a side that no one knows about.

98] What's your goal now?
get the heck outta college and get a job

99] What do you have to say to yourself?
uhh....

100] Lastly, what do you have to say to everyone?
Hi everybody. you know me. dontcha? hehe