Profile for silverqe - I'm presenting at the meetup!

silverqe aka Alice X. Zhang aka alicexz is a 23.55 year old girl, has been a member since August 19, 2007, has scored 4,313 submissions, giving an average score of 3.09, helping 299 designs get printed.

URL: http://alicexz.deviantart.com

Aug 31 '11 by silverqe
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I'm presenting at the meetup!

Hi all! I've been asked by Threadless to give a presentation at the upcoming Threadless Meetup! It's a huge honor and frankly I am nearly paralyzed with nerves but I'll do my best.

Posting this blog because I was given permission to ask ya'll if there's anything you want me to address in the presentation? I know that this is the Threadless blogs and I'm probably going to get a lot of troll answers (I'm looking at you JEFF) but yeah if you seriously have a question about my techniques, art, marketing, collabing, whatever ~serious business~, PLEASE leave me a well-worded question and I'll try and address it!

Thank you all! And oh, as promised, I HAVE already ordered my Harry Potter Costume of Embarrassment and will be delivering my speech in it (lol). So help me be taken at least slightly seriously by asking me some good questions here!

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spacesick on Aug 31 '11 at 1:01pm

yay!

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 1:01pm

For your watercolor pieces, is it mostly digital (brushes in Photoshop) or do you actually scan them in?

Chipmnk on Aug 31 '11 at 1:07pm

Wow, stop being a troll, Jeff.

silverqe on Aug 31 '11 at 1:08pm

Awww jeff not trolling me ♥

spacesick on Aug 31 '11 at 1:10pm

I've always wondered: for your watercolor pieces, is it mostly digital (brushes in photoshop) or do you actually scan them in?

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 1:19pm

mitch i will choke you until you like it

Resistance on Aug 31 '11 at 1:20pm

How do you choose your colors for each design? Do you know your color palette ahead of time or do you try to gauge the colors to fit the environment and feel of the design?

What inspires your ideas? Do you sketch out or conceptualize a design first or decide you want to design something and just start designing?

Is there a concrete or solidified moment when you know a design is done? If so, how do you decide it is finished?

Will you be wearing the Harry Potter outfit for this presentation?

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 1:21pm

Did you read the blog, Resistance?

alexmdc on Aug 31 '11 at 1:22pm

can you color my drawing?

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 1:29pm

what the hell is a silverqe?

spacesick on Aug 31 '11 at 1:30pm

@jeffreyg ahaha please RT

L-M-N-O-P on Aug 31 '11 at 1:31pm

I'm most interested in your coloring technique. A live presentation would be awesome (or prerecorded video if live doesn't work out).

Jake Friedman on Aug 31 '11 at 1:34pm

Can I have your autograph?

silverqe on Aug 31 '11 at 2:13pm

I'm thinking of doing a pre-recorded video, not sure though, I only have recordings of like my portrait paintings, nothing really specifically Threadless related - would people still want to see it? ._.

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 2:15pm

will you draw me like one of your french girls?

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 2:15pm

For tonight's performance, the part of Jeff will be played by Brian.

randyotter3000 on Aug 31 '11 at 2:24pm

alexmdc on Aug 31 '11 at 1:22pm
can you color my drawing?

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 2:25pm

oh! can you drag jen to the meetup with you? pretty please? hide her in your suitcase?

Twiggyhall on Aug 31 '11 at 2:28pm

yes, please!!

oh, wait, wrong Jen probably....

L-M-N-O-P on Aug 31 '11 at 2:34pm

An old vid is fine, as long as it gives everyone a good idea of how you do what you do, even if it's not too Threadless related.

SuperRyan on Aug 31 '11 at 2:36pm

y u do art?

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 2:37pm

all the jens!

Resistance on Aug 31 '11 at 2:37pm

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 1:21pm
Did you read the blog, Resistance?

Yeah, must've skimmed the part about the costume... or she edit'd

Twiggyhall on Aug 31 '11 at 2:39pm

silverqe on Aug 31 '11 at 3:55pm

@brian - I asked Jen just yesterday if she would go to the meetup, but she's far too busy with work :(

@everyone else - thank you!

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 4:15pm

have u ever had a sex

ISABOA on Aug 31 '11 at 4:18pm

I cannot think of a question, but I wanna say hello and damn I wish I was going so I could totally take notes at your presentation

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 4:31pm

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 4:33pm

Do you think having a strong following at sites like DA cheapens/cheats the Threadless voting system??

mike bautista on Aug 31 '11 at 4:39pm

How is deviantart working for you?
I've always associated that site with DBZ/Disney fusion fan art so I never really took it seriously, but I've seen some people really use it to their advantage as opposed to starting a blog on something like wordpress or tumblr.

Chipmnk on Aug 31 '11 at 4:54pm

Dude, what. DBZ and Disney fusion? Super Saiyan Timon?

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 5:13pm

HA KUNAAAAAA MATATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(to the tone of kamehameha, obvi)

biotwist on Aug 31 '11 at 5:28pm

can we do shots?

mike bautista on Aug 31 '11 at 5:28pm

THERE'S OVER NINE THOUUUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND STARS IN THE SKY, SIMBA

jess4002 on Aug 31 '11 at 5:46pm

tracerbullet on Aug 31 '11 at 1:29pm
what the hell is a silverqe?

LOL

FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 31 '11 at 5:48pm

Coolness!

jeffreyg on Aug 31 '11 at 5:55pm

On a scale from 1 to Hello Kitty, how asian are you?

jess4002 on Aug 31 '11 at 6:13pm

who is your favorite sailor moon character?

alexmdc on Aug 31 '11 at 6:17pm

I have a coloring book I bought at the store, will you color it for me?

no?

Did I mention it was the disney princesses book?

jeffreyg on Sep 01 '11 at 7:30am

want to make mushu pork fly lice with me?

spacesick on Sep 01 '11 at 7:41am

I love to racism, bro!

SuperRyan on Sep 01 '11 at 8:01am

Why don't you return my calls?

gumbolimbo on Sep 01 '11 at 8:24am

I do approve of this all

reags on Sep 01 '11 at 8:27am

Do you have a sister who's single?

Ragnampiza on Sep 01 '11 at 8:29am

Since i won't be there (but i hope it'll happen one day...), i just wanted to know if the presentation will be recorded because i'm pretty sure that everything you're going to say there will be something useful for me, and some of the questions above are really interesting.
Thanks!