@Hexelbit - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you become interested in learning to draw anime, and how did you go about learning to draw it?

• Well, I actually just like anime, so there wasn't much of a “why” question. As for how I learned, well, I watch tutorials on youtube, try to repeat, also, before, I often drew by eye to understand how it all works. Recently I've got some sort of schedule, and I've been spending about 1.5 hours a day on it.

Q: What is it like to learn Japanese, and what sparked your interest in learning the language?

• Well, my father is a polyglot (knows 5 languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English, French and naturally Russian), so I grew up in an atmosphere of love for languages. Also, I have a great love for Japan itself. A lot of people don't like kanji, but I just love doing it. And in general, I think it's a myth that hieroglyphics are difficult. I don't think Japanese is much harder than English, for example, it's just a matter of motivation. 

Q: What are the anime you enjoy, and why do you like them?

• Ohhhhhh, in general, as a true lover of lists and charts I have lists for almost every aspect of my life, including anime))))) 
• In fact, of the recent ones, I really liked - Dandadan. It's cheeky, great music, characters, humor, direction. In short, just the perfect anime to watch and not to stress.
• Of the classics, perhaps my preferences are more specific. Tehnolyze, Welcome to the NHK, Monogatari, The City I'm Not In. These tittles are really interesting and make you think and even change your opinion. My favorite anime - Melancholia of Haruhi Suzumiya, everything from Kyoto animation.  I've even read the books on it). 

Q: How would you describe your experiences with playing bass?

• It's not mine. I'm really bad at it.

Q: You quit smoking a year ago, what was your strategy? Why did you start smoking at the age of 16?

• Well, smoking is more of a company thing. If all your friends smoke, either you smoke, or you don't have those friends anymore. It's very hard to be a non-smoker amongst smokers. For example, half of my class at school and almost everyone I know used to smoke. It's a real epidemic ha-ha. 
• How I quit - slowly. First I quit cigarettes, then I switched to less strong vape liquid. Then I started reducing how much I smoke per day. But as practice has shown, it's more of a psychological dependence, that's the hardest part.

Q: How did you become interested in creating music?

• A long time ago, when I was small and useless, all I was interested in was games. Terraria, GD, Don't starve, isaac, etc. And I, as a true degenerate with no imagination but a computer, wanted to do something too. I had many projects of varying degrees of completion. But the main question was about music. I came across a program called Bosca Ceoil, which weighed almost nothing and was created for creating 8-bit tracks. And then the games just faded into the background, but the music remained. :)

Q: Advice on creating music

• There's a lot I want to say and I'm afraid I'll remember half of it later, but to summarize:
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• 1) Music is not complicated at all, 90% of my knowledge can fit on about 2 A4 sheets.
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• 2) Study every day.
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• 3) You need both theory and practice, make music every day, study music every day.
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• 4) When you make a track, at least define the genre, it will be much easier to understand where you went wrong. If you just want to make cool, it's likely to be the opposite.
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• 5) Be creative, music isn't hard, but you have to have something to say. I know a lot of people who are really professional, but they don't do creativity, they make cliched good music that everyone is sick of. 

Q: Your experiences with the Internet.

• The experience is too varied to say so easily. 

Q: How did you discover the NG website? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

• Well for me as someone who has been playing GD for quite a while there was no question as to why NG. As for the site itself, it's just a tool, who cares how it looks, the main thing is that it works. 

Q: The story of your username: Hexelbit

• Well, when I first started I really liked Dimrain47, Ocularnebula, Blackhole12, etc. So in coming up with a nickname I was coming from some such vibe. But in general, looking back, I don't really like it, I would change it. 

Q: What do you think about pranks like that?

• Well I'm just not at the age to find that funny (I'm 20 lol). To tell you the truth, when everyone realized it, no one was laughing. Anyway, stupid joke, but in their defense, they didn't expect the toilet to break. 

Q: What do you think about the NG community?

• I can't say anything, I hardly interact with anyone here. Besides, I'm not on Spotify or Soundcloud, so I have nothing to compare it to. 

Q: Your favorite food and drinks?

• When I quit smoking, I really liked tea. Now I drink it about five times a day. Coffee's always been my favorite. As for food, I like to experiment, if there is an option to try something new or eat something familiar, I usually choose the new.