Lissy on Lissy:

I started drawing when I was 5; I saw my brother’s drawings in his room. He was an artist, too, so I wanted to learn to draw like him. I wanted him to teach me, but he didn’t want to, you know how brothers are, so I just took one of his drawings and taught myself instead.

I started to trace first, and then I started to learn how to copy. When I’d watch movies I’d pause them and draw whatever was on the screen. I never took a class, I totally taught myself. I even taught my Best Buddy and some of my classmates how to draw.

When I’m at school I draw with pencils, but I like to work on the computer when I’m at home. I like the computer better because it’s easier, you don’t have to erase and it’s easier to add color.

Now I get my inspiration from things I see in movies, magazines and sometimes comic books. I haven’t drawn any original pieces, but I’d like to try sometime. I just don’t know how hard it would be.
My favorite thing to draw is Sonic the Hedgehog. I like to make comics with him and make my own Sonic characters. My first character I created was Kitty the Cat. I draw the advertisements for Best Buddies coffee cart at HHS. One of the ads I did was a Thanksgiving themed one. It was Sonic and the other hedgehogs dressed as pilgrims.

Pictured: Untitled, pencil

--As told to Liz Tsourakis, Hillsborough High