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Introduction: 

Hi, I am Cathy.

About me:

- I’m passionate about character design and concept art. My goal is creating high-quality character design.
- I only draw people. I like to practice anatomy and draw details.
- I like to draw from thumbnails and rough drawings to clean-up artworks.
- I love playing games, most of the drawing I did are fan art. I mainly take inspiration from Korean or Japanese digital art.
- I like drawing since a was little, I have always secretly drawn and think about my comic when I was in primary school. At that time, I told my everyone that I am going to draw manga when I grow up.
- After I got to middle school I started to obsess with anime. Although my school and my parent gave me a lot of pressure, I am always so happy when I am drawing and I knew this is the thing I want to do in the future.
- I worked hard and have family support me so I luckily get to an art school. I finally felt like I am not alone, there are many people who love and appreciate art, enjoying making art.
- I am very grateful that I can keep doing the thing I like the most.

First year:

- I was very lost. I don't know what I am doing, why am I making it. Everything was new to me. I didn't do the foundation course, what I did before was very fine art stuff. I didn't even know what illustration acutely means.
- I was affected by other peoples work. I felt like I didn't belong here because I feel like we all so different.

Second year:

- My situation got worse.
- I had a lot of self-doubt.
- In a very unhealthy condition but still decided to had a few commission but unfortunately, my client didn't like it. I lost my confidence in drawing.
- I started to hate drawing things, I don't even have the courage to even use my pen. I was so afraid.
- I was like a machine, I didn't have feelings about my uni work, I just want them to finish, I didn't put much effort into it.
After Easter and decided to apply for a concept design course. I told myself, this is the last chance to prove myself.
Luckily the works I submitted are good enough to make me get into this course.
Huge change:
So I went to study there in summer. The course was very beneficial to me.
- Although It was very stressful for me, especially when people around me were very strong and skilled, I couldn't help to compare their works and my poor week drawings.
- I think it also helped me in a lot of ways. In the future, I will probably work in an environment like this, when I felt I am the bottom one and can get kick out of the job any time. But then I realised I only need to compare to myself, seeing me doing better each day makes me happy.
- The other people are all nice and friendly we all just some artists looking for a way to improve and do better. I am grateful that I can have this opportunity to talk to the professionals, to the people who work in the creative industry, to people who will be in this industry.
- but to fully understand and master all the things they taught in these 3 months is unrealistic. The teachers are very nice and taught us a lot of things, too much to remember and use them all in our practice.
- Personally, I have learned is an awareness, like aware of what artist think when they draw stuff, what kind of thoughts they put in and why they use this and do that in their work. It is impossible for me to draw like them, but a least I can understand a bit more. I think I will need a few years to absorb, but now I can say it's a good start.
- This experience really changes me a lot in many different ways.

This year:

- I used what I have learnt from summer.
- I am making what I enjoying making. which is very good.
- I am still trying to like my art, but what I am thinking, more importantly, is I need to be better each day.
- Trying to love my work and be confidence a bit more.
- Still, hate my work but at least I can see myself improving. Which makes me happy.
- I like when in Hanbury they said the important things are to enjoy what you're doing, some people enjoy drawing from photo some enjoy draw OCs they are all part of their practice. I often forget why I choose to be an artist. I am not making them please to anyone, it is only because I enjoy it. Over these years, I felt like making art had become a painful thing to do, I was so afraid of others opinion about my work. Creating art only brings me disappointment and frustration. I was afraid the work I did is pointless and meaningless, I know what I want to make and I know what practices can help improve. I was so uncertain because of all this fear, but after this interview from Hanbury, it really gave me a sort of courage to do what I think it's right.
- Be positive a bit more now (or I just don't care now at this point)

Self- promote:

- I set up my website, designed my business card.
- Working on my social media. mainly focus on my twitter, then Instagram, weibo, artsation, Pixiv.
- I have made a patreon, it is for the future. I haven't decided what to do with it
Networking:

- Finally set up my Linkedln.
- But I prefer to talk to artist through twitter or weibo
- Because I am going back to China next year, so I mainly focus on the Chinese artist.
- Try to ask some question through Weibo (the biggest social media platform in China).

Jump to search

Peing (also Questionbox) is a Japanese Q&A social network that allows people to anonymously post questions to specific people for those to answer. Because I will be back to China for a year so I am looking for Chinese artist to make a contact with. Since Linkedln is not that popular in China, I decided to ask people through Peing.
I found some artist that I like on Weibo and went to their Peing page to asked them question that I want to know:

Future Plan:

- Find a job pls (In China, in- house, Concept art /Character design /Illustration)
- Study 3D modelling course add additional skills (I always think that learning 3D can help me understanding and draw better) (Same place I study concept art or study online)
- Settle down. Find my role in the creative industry, what style I like, what I am good at.
- Try a different area (Animation, Comic, 3D, Illustration)
- Be a proper adult. Do exercise, get sleep, eat healthy, clean.
- Promote me (Twi, weibo, Artstation, Patreon)
- Practice Practice Practice!!!

The Future:

I want to do freelance in the future, but I think I need to understand this industry a bit more and have enough people who enjoy my work and willing to support me. Most importantly, I need to improve my professional quality. Time management, know my limit and schedule work reasonably. Get organised, be clean and clear. Have a healthy life, do not overwork. I don't have all these quality above, so I need to be patient work hard and make sure I am practising and learning.

Question?