On this fine day I am bringing the dA community an interview with a very fine artist, :iconKLASADAKO:. His art is photographic and so close to photographs sometimes it's hard to beleive it is a drawing. I wanted everyone to find out some things about the man behind the pictures.



Thank you for this opportunity!
Okay, being an artist as popular as you are, you had to begin drawing somewhere. Do you fall into the “I’ve been drawing as long as I can remember” category or are you starting somewhere recently?

I would fall into the “I’ve been drawing as long as I can remember” category.
I remember always drawing on my school books, even as early as 4 years old ^^



Your work is photographic in quality and more stunning the closer one looks. How long does your drawing process take? Do you do a lot of editing and starting over?

The process can take around 30 - 40 hours in 1 - 2 weeks, I use a ruler to measure so I don't need to edit and erase as much as I would have to, if I didn't ^^
I cannot remember the last time I had to start over from scratch, I think it was around 2002, that was during a period when I felt I just couldn't get anything right ^^



Your pictures are always black and white. Have you ever considered experimenting with colour mediums?

I have done a few drawings with colored pencils (Found in my earlier scraps), but I never felt comfortable using them, I also found it very hard getting the desired colored I was after (skin tone).



Your gallery is divided up by people in some cases. Are there any particular subjects you love to draw more than others?

At the moment my perferred subjects are Asian Beauty, but I definitely see myself drawing a few more Western Beauty before the end of the year ^^



A questionable work of yours is SPIDERMAN 3. What do you have to say over the controversy that took place with this picture?

I felt that I was unfairly treated, I spent so long on that piece, and just after one week, I received a message saying it was deleted due to copyright.
My first thought was if mine was deleted why were not the other 1000 + copies that are still in DA deleted?
I just didn't understand, and naturally it took a while to get over this, but I did in the end, and edit my WIP with the finished piece ^^



Is there anything in particular that inspires you to draw, or is it an inner drive that pushes you to create more art?

I think it would be the inner drive, and the will to want to improve and do better than my previous work ^^



There are many people who say drawing from photographs isn’t actually drawing, while others say it is. What is your opinion on this matter?

I would say anything drawn with a pencil on paper is a true drawing, it shouldn't matter if the image is original or not ^^



I know I’m not the only person wanting to see more of what you can do! What should we expect to see from you in the future?

I definitely plan to get creative, maybe stuff involving a little fantasy, but I will do this when I feel the time is right.
At the moment I'm very happy doing what I am doing, and hope ppl are still happy to see it ^^



For more works by :iconKLASADAKO:,look at his gallery here-[link]