#ask sir

1.) I do!  He recruited me after seeing my fitness comics reposted throughout the net (mainly r/misc on the fitness subreddit, iirc).  Since then, I’ve designed both of the shirts available in his store, and there should be at least one more on the way! 

2.)  /fit/ and the internet have warped my standards, so my most honest aspirations were/are probably something akin to a powerlifter who had dieted down:

However, as I’m ageing and trying to find balance in my hobbies/vocations, I realize that I just don’t have the resources or the priorities to try to look like that for its own sake.  Now I’m just hoping that I can diet down and be reasonably healthy for as long as possible.  I don’t have a specific appearance picture for comparison right now.  

3.)  I sure can!  I keep having to look at my old comics for reference...

BATCH RESPONSES INCOMING (because I can’t keep up with all of the messages if I commit to doodling for every single one....)

1.) Most of your overall shape is just going to be down to genetics.  Can’t go wrong with heavy squats if you want that butt/leg thunder.  Just make sure you’re doing other supplementary lifts to prevent imbalances should you find yourself dominating your squats with certain muscle groups.  As for specific programming and diet/hormone manipulation, you’re better off scouring google for that sort of thing.

2.)  Not that much.  When I was bigger into lifting I think I had hit maybe 215 lbs for reps?  It’s tough to recall cause that was so long ago now and I know I can’t hit that number now.  Which brings us nicely to the next two questions:

3. and 4.)  I used to be bigger into /fit/ness, but as life and the career took over I started to drift away from the church of iron and 4chan all at once.  In my hay-day I was working through Starting Strength and got most of my lifts into a somewhat intermediate level for my manlet frame, but now that I’ve taken it upon myself to eschew studio employment I’ve found myself without a car to seek out iron, without money to rent access to it, and without means to jury-rig any of my own.  I’m just stuck occasionally doing bodyweight/resistance band workouts in a small apartment.

1.) I never got into Dinos - I always rooted for the stegosaurus when I watched Fantasia though.  Mother fucker could put up some plates (get it?)

2.) Plastic - I don’t like it in/near my water.  Musical - I still have a soft spot for guitars played with virtuoso skill in almost any genre: Power Metal, Flamenco, Fingerstyle, rock, etc.  I dabble with various subgenres of rap, and will always put on some jazz or lofi hip-hop to zone out, feel a mood, or just get some drawing done.  Basically I’m a filthy casual.  Literary - As of late it’s mostly self-help or reference books.  I’m a fucking dummy who barely reads though.  Cinematic - I like Tarsem, Kubrick, Anderson, basically anything with really strong visuals and good composition.  I tend to draw my cinematography/composition ideals from static media more than cinema though.

3.) The kind that is more reactionary to memes than from a place of genuinely CONCENTRATED fandom.  Just like with everything else : (

4.) I believe I am good enough at the fundamentals of drawing that I can draw anything with adequate reference - but my skills lie more in line art and pencil shading.  I’m fucking GARBAGE at color/painting though.  As for favorite things to draw?  I actually like drawing fan art a lot - I don’t consider myself very imaginative so I like piggybacking and inserting my own spin into an already established world rather than trying to make my own. 

5.) By “big ol’ things,” do you mean things that are just large?  Or large dicks?  Because either are alright I guess.  

6.) I’ve worked very few jobs that didn’t make use of my art degree.  Thanks, privilege.  In my very early youth I helped a family friend with yardwork, and that was nice.  The outside is cool, especially when the landscaping is on point.  Other than that I worked in retail for a few spells, which sucked balls.