> [Jean]: Which of your drawings do you like best?
[Julia]: Oh, that's a hard question! I guess I'd have to say my favorite is of Nynaeve and Egwene in Falme after Egwene has been rescued. That's actually the first Wheel of Time drawing I did. I'm also pretty happy with how the one of Jorin turned out.
[Jean]: Why is it your favorite?
[Julia]: I'd say that it (the one of Nyn and Egwene) is my favorite because I think I was able to capture some of the emotion of that scene in that drawing. I hope to be able to do that in more of my drawings in the future.
[Jean]: Who's your favorite character in the series?
[Julia]: Mat, definitely. He's just so much fun! He's never too serious for too long and seems to have a pretty realistic outlook. And I just loved when he took out both of Elayne's brothers. That was a beautiful scene. One of these days I'm going to draw that.
[Jean]: How long have you been reading WoT and when did you do your first WoT drawing?
[Julia]: I started reading the series in 1994. I did my first WoT drawings in April 1998.
[Jean]: Do you draw any other fantasy art?
[Julia]: Not really fantasy art. I draw ALOT - mostly images of people. I'm often inspired by the music I listen to. One of my favorite things to do is to draw bands at concerts - it's such a challenge to draw people while they are moving around on stage. I have alot of my other artwork on my website: http://www.umich.edu/~plummerj/art_gallery.html
[Jean]: Do you have any advice for new artists?
[Julia]: Well, this might be obvious, but figure out what it is that you like to draw. For me, I like to draw people. So that's what I almost exclusively draw. When I first started out I couldn't really draw people very realistically without drawing from a picture. So what I would do is sketch out the scene I wanted to draw, then I'd look through magazines and photos until I found some pictures of people in positions that would help me draw what I saw in my head. I have a bunch of files of pictures i cut out of magazines that I look through if I need a "model".
I think the next thing to do is just to keep practicing. If you draw something and it doesn't look right, do another drawing! Maybe bring a sketch book around with you when you have nothing else to do. Draw what ever comes to mind. Maybe some of those sketches will turn out to be something good!