What made you draw as a kid?

[Conman]

I'm jsut curious. Was there anything that you really liked as a kid that made you draw? And is responsible for starting off your drawing skill? I always used to draw ninja turtles and ghostbusters while watching the shows. If it whern't for those I would suck now

[XTRVGNZ]

For me, it was actually the LACK of cool stuff around that made me draw.

I always drew spacestations and pirates and monsters.
I used to think pirates where cool. Not anymore though. I've grown up.

Now I think Ninjas are cool.

[Propsdue]

Sure its a crappy cartoon by today's standards but does anyone remember The Godzilla cartoon by Hanna Barbera..After each episode i would spend hours trying to draw him..This was my earliest inspiration..It spread to other things later..Thank goodness

[Bruce]

do you remember those old "how to draw dogs,boats,people..." There was a book for everything and they would show you the steps on breaking things down into shapes? Well I would get those from school when I was real young and just flip to the final produce and draw it just the way it was. For a second greader I wasn't bad. I dont remember drawing anything before that.

[Beastie]

I've always drawn.

Every project we did when I was at school - from the age of 5 - was always accompanied by the chance to draw.

If we studied red indians or vikings we drew them - and their boats - and houses - and animals etc

If we wrote stories of ANY kind - we always drew pictures to accompany them (when I was 8 or 9 our exercise books had lined paper on one side and plain on the other - for this purpose).

My teachers always said I was good and encouraged me a lot.
I was always given the task of drawing backgrounds for school plays etc.

Then when I was old enough that art became a 'proper lesson' and not just part a general class activity - I just took off and started drawing non-stop.

My dad always encouraged me and took me as far as he could in terms of technique -- but when he'd exhausted his artistic knowledge (by that I mean after he'd drawn a bi-plane, a dragster and my mum's face) I started developing on my own.

[Phil Clark]

My first memory of something that made me want to draw was the old Sal Buscema and Ernie Chan run on the Incredible Hulk. Later, once I learned about the process of doing comics, I leaned that it was actually Ernie Chan (Chua) that inspired me since he took Sal's pencils and super detailed the musculature. And I have wanted to draw comics ever since.

[dfbovey]

I was an intraverted kid and my family moved around a lot... probably once every year or two on the average. When you move around a lot it's hard to make and maintain friends, so I would draw a lot.

The first time I can remember wanting to draw is when I saw my dad draw this car with teeth... I thought that was cool, so I drew one too.

[MrDowntown]

first it was Spidey, then Ninja Turtles, I've got so much Ninja Turtle art from grade 5-6

[saTHOMASo]

Originally posted by dfbovey
I was an intraverted kid and my family moved around a lot... probably once every year or two on the average. When you move around a lot it's hard to make and maintain friends, so I would draw a lot.

exactly the same situation for me!
there were times when my pencil was my best friend!


fortunately the problem with lacking good friends has changed by now, but i do still enjoy to draw --- it's like liberating your mind.

Originally posted by dfbovey
The first time I can remember wanting to draw is when I saw my dad draw this car with teeth...

how's that possible!?

[StrayTanGenT]

Started off with Ninja Turtles back in Elementary school... then Street Fighter & anime like Ranma 1/2 and Dragon Ball Z in Middle school... High School... it was comics that really hit me then.