I suppose the snail would be the best choice. The ox would probably smell and badgers are known for violence! If I had the choice I would probably opt for the company of one of my own cats; probably Tuna Newn since she enjoys tea more than Crowley.

BOY OH BOY! I do have a few!

-Epson or mint salt baths
-Taking 15 minute breaks throughout a work day helps a lot in the long run
-Cold gel packs or hot water bottles. Never apply directly to your skin, but wrapped in a sweater or a blanket works wonders. I've been told that using both is good for your muscles.
-Stretching often while you're working also wakes you up!
-Man-servant rub-downs with Tiger Balm

Take care of your arm!

I like a lot of different stuff. I often put together themed playlists to help with the mood of what I'm working on. Recently I've been pulling out a lot of old psychedelic rock records and listening to them on repeat until I get sick of them. Music!

I also am of the habit of having a movie playing in the background. Like how I listen to my records, I tend to watch them over and over again until the disk melts... like magma.

YES! YES! YES YES YES! It's going to be sexy and terrible (as in scary).

Jack Nicholson NOOOWWWW???? Or 1974???

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Markers: Whatever I can get my hands on (on sale, hopefully). I particularly enjoy using the Korean brand Touch (you can almost blend them like watercolors). Actually, I tend to use watercolor pencils with markers.

Drawing: I use the pilot refillable mechanical pencils, usually in light green (called Color ENO). The green is easy to take out in photoshop and not quite as hard on the eyes as a non-photo blue lead can be.

I mostly ink with pens (like sakura microns, or Pilot Drawing Pens). Sometimes I use nibs. I'm kinda on a journey to find the right inking tool right now...

Paper: Most of my comics on done on a Smooth / Vellum bristol. For everything else, whatever I can get my hands on.

ALSO: RULERS AND MY FUCKING ERASER PEN.

It probably depends on the person, and to be honest, procrastination is a terrible plague for me from time to time. The best thing is working on a schedule. Once I get productive, it's easier to keep the momentum going. I keep a lot of lists and short-term goals, and I spend a good deal of time thinking about the art I want to create while I'm at my day-job. I think keeping my art as top priority is super important. Of course, rent, food money, debt, crazy neighbors, people who make you feel like it should be effortless; often gets overwhelming. But in the end, it's all noise. Some days it's hard to get into the right frame of mind, but I try my best to remember what I'm striving to achieve in the long run. It helps that improvement comes with every page.

The world really does want you to sit on your ass, look up to people who live ridiculously unreachable lifestyles and watch the commercials; these days it seems like tuning that stuff out to actually create something is a beautiful act of defiance (that alone makes me want to get drawing).

Recently, I became able to have a studio in my own home. It's cut off from the phone, the internet, my cats; I go there to close the door and focus. I really believe in having a space set aside for getting art done, even if it's a corner in the living room. I just want to keep learning, to get better at communicating my ideas, and make small contributions one drawing at a time!

It does. Sometimes it does.

It depends on the story. Many of my ideas come to me like lightning bolt visions, often with the beginning and end already figured out. Even when this happens I spend a lot of time thinking, drawing out scenes, scrapping others, and researching elements that may be a little foggy. I actually have a problem with ideas striking when I'm working on other things; it's quite distracting.

I've done A LOT of research for my bigger stories (these stories have yet to see the light of day). The ideas that I've invested a lot of time in (we're talking years) are pretty complex. Despite my how crazy my stories are, I appreciate qualities of classical literature and try to employ them in my work; it's always about creating my own mythologies and archetypes.

For most of my one-shots there's no real formula to how I go about thinking of ideas. The best ones come while I'm talking to someone about something completely boring and am forced to tune them out, or when I'm riding the bus home after work (I'm known to suddenly start laughing LOUDLY for apparently no reason when I'm writing in my head).

Probably my comic with Lere, as it's the one I wouldn't want to risk not being able to finish.

Oh, I'd also make some other amazing stuff that I couldn't possibly afford in my current state. I'd employ a hundred animators, 50 artists and together we would change the world. You know me, I've always got too much on the go.

I don't subscribe to anything, but I try to keep an open mind and to be a good person.

As for sacrifices, I've given up comfort, hope and daylight hours to the demon of student loans. He's mean, that one.

Eh, this is a hard one. I love the palette of Sleeping Beauty but there are also the childhood favorites of the early 90s that every girl likes. I wish they would do something a little darker, a lot less princess and with fewer talking animals, to be honest.

Mononoke Hime. It's actually one of my all time favorites (beyond the category of Miyazaki and beyond the category of animated films). I could watch that movie any day of the week, every day of the week and then go back in time to re-watch those days over and over again.

Anyway, I think it's a pretty good film.

I guess it depends on the who the werewolf is. I've mentioned this before, but Robin Williams is my spirit animal, so I'm going to have to take his side on this. Robin Williams is the CONSTANT WEREWOLF; there is no wolf his equal.

From life. I spend a lot of time watching and listening (it's not as creepy as it sounds). Despite the fact that I'm drawn towards the ridiculous or to science fiction, most of my ideas come from my own life and the people around me.

Another trick is being an expert Lucid Dreamer. I've written several stories and had many ideas in my sleep; the trick is remembering them enough to write them down when you wake up.

Also, music.

I like to draw my own characters. I've invested a lot in developing them over time. They are also very fun to draw.

I also really enjoy drawing machines and buildings.

Mostly I enjoy pen on paper when it comes to drawing; I like having the physical evidence of a job well done.

From time to time I create work completely digitally (it's cleaner than my scanner and can save time) but it's just not the same! I like ink!

Of course, I enjoy coloring in photoshop A LOT!

Maple Green Tea if it's a cold winter wind, Crime of Passion Japanese Sencha for a windy day in spring, and anything with lemongrass for all the other windy days.

I hope to never find myself in a situation that would determine the answer to this question. Bears live off the land and eat people, I live in the city and eat green-beans.

Doubt? I haven't actually seen that movie yet, but I really like the play (and Meryl Streep).