Stefania Russo

Hello Readers! Tonight we are talking with a new artist Stefania Russo. She creates great fantasy artwork. You can visit her website and her deviantart. You can also purchase her PSP tubes at UYA.
Thank you so much for talking with us Stefania.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?
I received time a request from Artistic Dreams Imaging (now I'm no longer available), then from Psp Tube Stop, and now my art is currently licensed under Dreamscape Imaging from few months.
Was a novelty for me, and sounds very nice!

2) What does your artwork mean to you?
I called my style "Illusory Art", due to my constant search for a fantasy world through the visual arts...
And, I admit, cause I really like the meaning of the word "illusory" for various reasons!

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?
Nature, night, moon, blood and solitude. There are principal fonts of ispiration.
And when i drawing, i love take a look on my bedroom, and put also a little detail i saw, from a flower, to a little statue.... To simply loooking the white paper!

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?
In truth, i entered in this world from few time. About one/two years.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?
I love Traditional Art... I love dirty my hands with colors and graphite.
I use Mixed Media, from watercolors to colored pencils, from ecoline to glitters.
For me, a white paper and a simply pencil give most ispiration than a screen and mouse. Indeed, i use only digital tools for scan.

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?
I'm on Zazzle, when i sell prints and gadget like iphone covers and more.
In truth, i'm new with this genre of things, i speak about digital world like Tube and more. But i hope to enter better, one day... As i said, i'ts funny!
With my artwork i made also some exposures at markets on my zone.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you?
My biggest favourite artists are Gerald Brom and Luis Royo.
I love monster and madness world of Brom, and i continue searching to free my mind and represent my "inner" monster and "weird" world... Altrought, i love pure Beauty of Royo... His sensual woman, his colors...
I like contrast of these artists, and always inspired me!

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible?
Copyright and a credit of own artwork. This help me a lot, in my opinion.
I'm an hobbyst artists, altrought i try to enter in professional world, and psp community help me a lot for give me a name, and the things i said.
And it's a good advertisement from other people that make tag art with my works.

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?
I love looking different interpretations of my art from tag art made from people. Maybe i've a my opinion on a work, and then, another person mixed his ideas with different details and give another concept to my artwork.
Art must no be a limitation, and tag art give possibility to free your fantasy!

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?
Ahhhh... So hard, because my favourite works are really personal! For example, Fanhir::What I've Done, where represented my Original Character.
My favourite pieces is Medousa and Like Du Riechst So Gut (put deviantART link due to Mature Content: http://fav.me/d4rko4e ).
I have fear dark piece cannot become Tube Files, but, maybe people will appreciate if i make them available.
For Medousa, is my intepretation of Medusa myth. I like her story full of passion and desperation, and i always love represent she.
Du Riechst So Gut is a mature artwork. Maybe i don't know if can be possibile made it as Tube File.
One day i wake up and say to myself "Ehi, why i have too much fear of represented what i feel? Too much gore? Too much blood?! I cannot be imprisoned in my fantasy". And born Du Riechst So Gut. I think is my best heavy and mature artwork i made. I've my personal intepretation, and altrought picture, you cannot be recognized she kills dove. But she can also try to save dove. So many intepretation!
Another my artwork (available as Tube File), my favourite is Magical Autumn. Was a little ACEO for an art-trade, but i love mood and happyness on this work.

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?
As i said, i love free interpretation of tag art.... But i wish to see a my piece in animated tag, because i never look it!

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?
I truth, i never try it and i was thinking is not possible, ahahah! I drawing for myself, and i never imaged a tagger can request art from me.

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.
As every artists may think: if you respect my art and copyright, you can do everything!
I would be honoured is people is inspired by my art, and someone already use my artwork for an Youtube video. That's very lovely, but, of course, with credits and respect myself as artist.

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.
Oh, yeah!! Of course!!! I collect all tags with my art who people noticed me on my FB page and personal profile!
So, i will be honoured of this, thanks!

Elizabeth Austin

Today we are visited by the fabulous Elizabeth Austin. Elizabeth is known for her beautiful Pin-up artwork.She has become a fixture in the PSP Community. You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes from CDO.
Thank you so much for talking with us Elizabeth.

 1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?
   I guess by accident, I recall being approached in approx 2006

when "tubes & PSPgroups" were fairly new~

2) What does your artwork mean to you?  Everything! It's truly what defines me~

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork? Songs! I hear a song I like, then search for an image~

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?
   Since 2006 I beleve~

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?
  Never digtally, all airbrush, paintbrush, padtel pencils and alot of imagination!

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?
  Anything I can put paint on! Bodies, motorcycles, surf boards, I have a request currently to paint bombs!

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists have influenced you?
 Most definitely Vargas and Olivia! The 2 masters of the art of the pin up!

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known with getting their names and artwork more visible?
 Oh yes! I do believe so! I as an artist love seeing the beautiful images created from my works~

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?
   The WONDERFUL people! The tags they show mw, all of the PSP folks make me really proud!

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?
    I think my "Americana" works, works that represent America and our troops~"Miss Behavin',For The Boy's and Yankee Rose".
 

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?
    Oh! I love both!

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?
    I do commissions, yes definitely! And I do like a taggers ideas and input~

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork? For example mirroring, animation, etc.
  No not really, I don't want to be combined with another artist, but that's pretty much my only rule~

14) Would you like to receive tags which our readers may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.
  Oh! YES! I often request.."Please show me"!
                        Thank you all!
                       Peace & Paint!
                          "Liz A"
                  ( Elizabeth Austin)

Lisa Victoria

Tonight we are visited by the fantasy artist Lisa Victoria. Lisa does such wonderful and adorable fantasy images with her artwork.You can visit her website and purchase her PSP tubes at UYA. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us Lisa.

 1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?

I signed on with AMI (Artistic Minds Inc.) in 2008 and stayed with them until the owner passed away. Then I got picked up by Up Your Art and have been very happy with  them ever since.

2) What does your artwork mean to you?

It is my outlet to express my love of whimsy, nature and childlike sense of fun. Looking at my artwork is like looking in my head. It's all worthwhile if I can bring a smile to someone's face or perhaps make them laugh.

3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?

I know it sounds "canned" but nature inspires my artwork. I'm also inspired by music, and talking with people.

4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?
4yrs.

5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand
or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?

By hand, either using acrylic paints, water color, or oil paints.

6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?
prints, notecards, magnets, stickers. And I license my work for cross stitch patterns, rubber stamps, fabric blocks, wall murals, etc.

7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you?
Quite a few but Maurice Sendak, Maxfield Parrish and Cicely Mary Barker easily
come to mind.

8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible?
Yes of course!!

9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?

Seeing everyone's very creative tags :) I love the different ways in which people use art, how people apply their own unique perspective to an artist's work.

10) What are some of your favorite art pieces which you have done and why?

"Story Time" because the background is Muir Woods (my favorite place) and it features reading, another favorite activity of mine.
"Tree Fae" It's Muir Woods again and if fairies do exist I think they'd live there.
"Dragon Moon" I love peaceful images of creatures sleeping... and I enjoy taking a nap too...

11) Do you prefer tags with your art tubes animated or non animated? Or are both great to you?
Both are great! I'm a sucker for animated though.

12) Do you do commissions for taggers? How about ideas for tubes which taggers may have?

I'd more than welcome any ideas for tubes. Haven't done any commissions for taggers but again would welcome the opportunity. I have done commissions for people who have bought my licensed cross stich patterns.

13) Is there anything which you don't allow to be done with your artwork?
For example mirroring, animation, etc. I'm in agreement with the policies of Up Your Art for artwork usage.

14) Would you like to receive tags which our members may do featuring your artwork? We often love to send the artists tags by our members.
Yes please!and thank you very much :)

GartArt

We are being visited by the artist Nicholas of GartArt. He is new to psp community and I thought
a perfect artist to feature on the blog. After all we are always looking for talented new artists to use in our
tags.  You can find his website here. His psp tubes are for sale at UYA
Nicholas does cute & sexy pinup style artwork.
Thank you for stopping by today Nicholas.

1) How did you become a part of the psp tube community?

To be honest, I never heard of the PSP tube community until I was approached by Raps from UpYourArt. We had a long chat via phone
and she explained everything to me, I was impressed by the whole thing.



2) What does your artwork mean to you?

Ever since I was a very small child I was drawing and painting, my mother says I was born with a paint brush in my hand lol! It has been a
huge part of who I am and really the only thing I am good at besides sports! I couldn't imagine myself without it as creativity is a bit of an obsession
to me and have more ideas than time too!



3) What inspires you in creating your artwork?

Often just everyday things! I might see a nice Harley Davidson Motorcycle at the lights when driving for example, and from there I would think of a Pinup theme , then the
pose and the model that would suit the idea best, then everything evolves from there. Also Movies are a huge inspiration for me too as they get my imagination going.



4) How long have you been selling psp tubes?

Only a couple of months now as i am new to the whole thing.



5) How do you create your artwork? Is it by hand or digitally? What tools do you use in doing the artwork?

Both by hand and digital! I always start of with a hand drawing, I scan it then render it in Photoshop. I am traditionally trained in various mediums including Airbrush as well. I have
only been doing digital work for the last five years, I was originally reluctant to change from traditional methods to digital painting but now I never look back
as I enjoy the process so much more using Photoshop etc. I have a batch of old hand paintings I have never shown that I am currently refining in Photoshop, It won't be long before
I post them.


6)Aside from psp tubes, what else do you create
with your artwork?

A number of things! I earn a bit of money creating logos etc but My passion is Fantasy and comics, so I want to steer more in that direction more than Pinup Art, I also love Children's book Illustration as well. I do alot of caricature and Cartoon drawings too. I am currently also developing my own comic style of drawing, hopefully it won't take too long for me to get it right.



7) As you have developed your style and artwork, which artists
have influenced you?

There is a number of Artists that Influenced the way I developed. "Al williamson" who is the comic artist that created the art for the Star Wars Movie comic Adaptations back in the late 70's and early 80's was my first influence, I was a big Star wars fan as a child and spent hours drawing the different Characters, I loved his realistic style of drawing.  "Mort Drucker" is another huge inspiration to me, he is a Caricature Artist that is best known for his work in Mad Magazine, he very much influenced my style of caricatues and cartoons. And also "Boris vallejo", His work is amazing, definately my favourite Fantasy Artist. That is just to name a few as I have admiration for alot of Artists out there.



8) Does the psp community help artists become more well known
with getting their names and artwork more visible?

Considering the short time I have been involved with the community and the amount of exposure I have had, I would definately say it is a great help.



9) What do you enjoy the most about being part of the psp community?

I have to say the community, I have got aquainted with some nice people and have been able to showcase my work to a group of enthusiastic creative people.