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1. How long have you been on DeviantArt?

12 years……woah. It was 10 last time I looked.

2. What does your username mean?

“JollyJack” is the handle I used when I played my first multiplayer FPS game, Quake 3 Arena. I chose it partly because my name is “Jackson” and partly because I was really in to Victoriana at the time, and nothing said “Late 19th Century” like Jack the Ripper, who was oft referred to as “Jolly Jack”.

3. Describe yourself in three words.

Really quite busy.

4. Are you left or right handed?

Which is which, again?

5. What was your first deviation?

Mature Content

Flying Carpet by jollyjack


6. What is your favourite type of art to create?

I like to tell stories with my art, so, anything that can effectively relay a narrative.

7. If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?

Digital painting. I’m quite happy with my linework, but I really wish I could apply colour in the way far better artists do.

8. What was your first favourite?

P . A . R . A . D . I . Z . E by KmyeChan ……huh. I was expecting something a little more salacious.

9. What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?

I love slick, dynamic linework and colouring.….. which is a classier thing to say than “BOOBIES!!”

10. Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?

There are 36 million artists on DA, and you want me to pick ONE?

11. If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?

It’d have to be :iconfredgdperry:. I must shake that chap’s hand.

12. How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?

I first encountered :iconfredgdperry:’s work in 1999, and both his art and style of writing/world building have been the benchmark I aim for ever since.

13. What are your preferred tools to create art?

Just give me a pen and paper and I’m a happy bunny, but for polished projects I love my Cintiq. Best bit of kit I ever bought.

14. What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?

The bathroom. Don’t ask me why, but when I seal myself up in there, I write really good stuff.
I’m not on the throne taking a dump or anything. I sit on the floor, listen to the whir of the extractor fan or I have the shower running and just seem able to focus more on what I’m doing. I can spend an age in there.

15. What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?

Reading that people have found advice which I gave them useful.
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