Admin Post: Community Check-In for March 2024

[goss]

Today's the last day of March, 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 March, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on. :)

Our Round-up of entries for Drawing Challenge #63: Let's Move will be posted tonight, and a new monthly art challenge will be issued this week. :)

Comments

[yhlee]

I had to be told up and down and sideways by THREE separate art instructors plus an artist friend before I finally caved for pencil/charcoal. On an iPad/Pencil it's pretty useless. XD I think it also doesn't help that I typically work quite small. But I figure it's good to develop the skill even if I don't always use it. XD

I used to sketch people in cafés or at fencing! Trying to do gestures of fencers even in drill (vs. bouts) is murder because you get like four seconds IF THAT to get the pose down, but it's fun because SWORDS. :)

And thank you!

[mekare]

>> I think it also doesn't help that I typically work quite small.

Oh I can see how that grip wouldn‘t work so well in small formats, and since I mostly work small too I now know why I never use it.

>> I used to sketch people in cafés
I haven‘t done that for ages, mostly because I rarely go to cafes anymore (and if I do I‘m never alone…) it was fun though! People on trains are good, too.