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AYEAP. Is it pretentious to do this unless you're a famous artist? >_>; ..Because nobody really cares who your influences are unless you're stellar? :/ Is that true? Oh well. I dunno! I like to look at everybody's maps~ I did it partly because the question made me wonder. Had to think a long while about what's influenced me. And then I thought I'd like to give a little bit of credit where credit is due. And then I just thought it would be fun, so I did it.

... I owe almost my whole artistic beginnings to Sailor Moon. In K-6th I drew nothing but cats. In 7th grade I drew my first Sailor Moon and wellll, I definitely owe my human-drawing beginnings to that. Jem pretty much ties in with SM.
... Of course, fairy tales. Who hasn't been inspired by those? And spending alot of time in the woods has definitely influenced me. (Though made me no better at drawing backgrounds.)
... Johnathon Earl Bowser was my first encounter with paintings of beautiful women (of that caliber) and I idolized him for years, going to his website over and over and over again, staring at these gorgeous women in fantastic settings. Well, I still kinda idolize him..
... Adam Hughes MUST be the most influential person on these things, right? lol Who doesn't list him? He's my new idol.
... The HERO System gets a mention here because almost all of my original characters were rolled up for HERO games. I'd rather roll thirty 6-siders than one 20-sider! HERO for life! 8D (Queue the pen&paper wars...)
... Gil Elvgren is like my.. vice idol. I mean.. second to Hughes. lol I've been obsessed with that guy's art for a few years now.
...Disney, dur. Every girl between the ages of 5 and 45 has been influenced by Disney, right? I mean, if not in art, then in life.
...~mofuwa , I discovered maybe... a year ago. I dunno, but she's incredibly amazing. Her colors and the personality in her characters are definitely inspirational to me.
...J Scott Campbell came in a few years ago for me and I've been studying his art a bunch in the past two years (though I'm sure it doesn't show).
...J.W. Waterhouse. The master of romance and myths!
... Kenneth Rocafort has become a big influence on me in the past year. I adore his drawing style.
...Knights and random fantasy stuff, obviously. Haha.

So that was fun and maybe kinda cathartic and slightly pretentious? Oh well..

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AYEAP. Is it pretentious to do this unless you're a famous artist? >_>; ..Because nobody really cares who your influences are unless you're stellar? :/ Is that true? Oh well. I dunno! I like to look at everybody's maps~ I did it partly because the question made me wonder. Had to think a long while about what's influenced me. And then I thought I'd like to give a little bit of credit where credit is due. And then I just thought it would be fun, so I did it.

... I owe almost my whole artistic beginnings to Sailor Moon. In K-6th I drew nothing but cats. In 7th grade I drew my first Sailor Moon and wellll, I definitely owe my human-drawing beginnings to that. Jem pretty much ties in with SM.
... Of course, fairy tales. Who hasn't been inspired by those? And spending alot of time in the woods has definitely influenced me. (Though made me no better at drawing backgrounds.)
... Johnathon Earl Bowser was my first encounter with paintings of beautiful women (of that caliber) and I idolized him for years, going to his website over and over and over again, staring at these gorgeous women in fantastic settings. Well, I still kinda idolize him..
... Adam Hughes MUST be the most influential person on these things, right? lol Who doesn't list him? He's my new idol.
... The HERO System gets a mention here because almost all of my original characters were rolled up for HERO games. I'd rather roll thirty 6-siders than one 20-sider! HERO for life! 8D (Queue the pen&paper wars...)
... Gil Elvgren is like my.. vice idol. I mean.. second to Hughes. lol I've been obsessed with that guy's art for a few years now.
...Disney, dur. Every girl between the ages of 5 and 45 has been influenced by Disney, right? I mean, if not in art, then in life.
...~mofuwa , I discovered maybe... a year ago. I dunno, but she's incredibly amazing. Her colors and the personality in her characters are definitely inspirational to me.
...J Scott Campbell came in a few years ago for me and I've been studying his art a bunch in the past two years (though I'm sure it doesn't show).
...J.W. Waterhouse. The master of romance and myths!
... Kenneth Rocafort has become a big influence on me in the past year. I adore his drawing style.
...Knights and random fantasy stuff, obviously. Haha.

So that was fun and maybe kinda cathartic and slightly pretentious? Oh well..