Admin Post: Community Check-In for July 2021

[goss]

Today's the last day of July, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in July, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on. :)

Redux Challenge Extended
For those of you who might be interested in re-drawing a previous work, but need a little extra time, July's art challenge (Redux) will be extended for another week. Our new deadline will be Saturday 7th August, 2021. :)

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[seleneheart]

I participated in the sunshine_challenge and made two new pieces of art for that, and posted one that was previously not posted.

Eos - goddess of dawn
Amphitrite - goddess of the sea (toned paper!!)
Deepwater - a fan art piece that hadn't been posted before

I haven't been able to do more than get started on the Redux challenge and I don't think I'll get to it even with the extension because I unexpectedly got a commission. Yay! I say unexpectedly, because people usually message me first, but this person just paid and said, "I want this." So yeah. That will keep me pretty busy the next few weeks.

[goss]

Yay, commission! \o/

I'm also only just started on mine. Very busy week ahead, so not sure if I'll get it done either, but we'll see.

[minoanmiss]

Your Goddesses are Glorious! and congrats on the commission!

[mekare]

I started on the Redux challenge as well, background and face are ready but the shirt and a book plus details will take some time still.
Apart from that I have been mostly busy with modding nirvana_in_fire and writing a meta series on food.
I have also been posting a meme (Full list of questions here at trobadora’s journal) and talked about Difficulties in drawing.

I was also reminded of a WIP (Nirvana in Fire) by the new Work in Progress Day posts I started as a mod. There the difficulty is painting armour (ugh) and lack of reference.

This is the first month where I missed my goal of 1-2 art pieces. :-/

[mekare]

Congratulations on your commission. And go you on the sunshine challenge!

[seleneheart]

Thanks!

[seleneheart]

Thanks!

[seleneheart]

You are having a busy month!!

[mific]

Lovely goddesses, and the deepwater one is gorgeous - the extreme height/depth thing really works.

[mific]

I've enjoyed your meme entries - good luck with the redux pic!

[mific]

Another quiet month for me, as still struggling with a flu thing which is lingering.
Managed one SGA tarot card, the Wheel of Fortune - https://archiveofourown.org/works/30677291/chapters/80909197, and here’s a link to a due South artwork done end of June but not revealed until July - https://archiveofourown.org/works/32154637.
Apart from that I’ve been writing bits of a big bang McShep fic which will be a few days overdue, plus doing complementary art for another fic and betaing that. And doing lots of recs. And coughing.
And I posted my Flower Power pic for the Redux challenge - https://archiveofourown.org/works/32765377.

[mekare]

Yeah I am... these check-in posts help me realise how much was actually going on.

[mekare]

Thank you!

[mekare]

You‘ve done a lot! Hope you feel better soon.

[seleneheart]

Thanks!

[seleneheart]

Hope you feel better!

Love the detail on the tarot card, that's really cool.