Birds are hard to draw. I read recently that Katsuhiro Otomo also says he has trouble drawing animals, and while it made me feel better, it didn't make it easier for me.
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It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals.
I love very much to draw animals.
Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
After a long period of not drawing, you have to, like, relearn how to draw. It's not very fun.
When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.
I've had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I've always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings, they come from my mind's eye more than: 'I'm gonna draw a dog now.' It isn't thought out: 'Now I'm gonna draw a bird.' They just appear.
The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind.
If you're drawing humans, it can be detrimental to be too naturalistic, which is like animating little corpses.
To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.
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