Fine Arts Illustration. From the U.S. Male.
Responses are not spell-checked to keep integrity of the original chatlog.My questions are bolded. His answers are normal.
Do you come from a family that values education?Yes. I'm a 1st gen college student.
So why arts?Only thing i will ever hold passion in is art-- being given the degree for fine arts allows me to pass under scrupulous eyes that only want quality for their product/company. gives me credit, but in the end i ultimately just want to create things for fun. though i wouldn't mind doing a bit of trade for something like welding
Do you feel like your Filipinoness is a massive integral part to who you are?
Not essentially-- i am super disassosciated with my culture and race. though i do use it from time to time in jokes or demographics, in the end i am american as i can be, with little filipino in me. the communities i put myself in, my self-identity is disconnected from my race.
That happens. Would you relearn Tagalog? Maybe try to get more in touch?I would, though my lack of willingness to do so comes from the feeling that it isn't really necessary, and it's not like i'm too impacted by it
Have you actually been to the Phillippines?on two occasions! Or perhaps, three, if memory is THAT iffy. Once as a elementary schooler, second as a middle schooler, and third at 17.
What other mediums of art do you do?Before digital, I was mainly a graphite photorealistic artist. Charcoal was second nature seeing as it was similar but a lot more flexible, but I was moreso used to wielding a pencil. Painting with graphite eventually led into painting with acrylics, and so I produced some rather large paintings
Does your Americanized Asianness bother you genuinely? Do you feel out of place at family gatherings where they're all speaking Tagalog maybe?I tend to ignore it at most times. I'm capable of understanding half of what they say, but I do not assosciate with my family very much. My mother's side of the family actually grew up for half of their youth in America, so it's not very hard to interact with them. But in the end, I really just sit in the corner and mind my own business.