Admin Post: Community Check-In for January 2026

[goss]

It's the last day of January, 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 January, 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.

Comments

[goss]

Y'all, I feel I need to credit myself just for making it through til the end of January - Man, what a year 2026 is turning out to be so far!

I haven't done any art this past month, but I am feeling hopeful for February!

[mific]

Oof, yes! And we thought 2025 was difgicult! *hugs*

[minoanmiss]

You have enough on your plate for any three or four people. I am hoping you get time for art but omg you are a paragon already.

[amberdreams]

Fingers crossed for Feb!

[mekare]

*fingers and toes crossed for you*

[mific]

I did a catch up on my joyrnal with a few artworks listed. https://mific.dreamwidth.org/299913.html
All Heated Rivalry all the time, and will likely do a few more this month. :D

[mekare]

It's so nice to see you so inspired!

[minoanmiss]

I spent much of 2025 having eye issues, but now they have both recovered as much as is likely, hooray! Now to get back into the habit of drawing... (And to adjust to my current vision but at least I can still see)

[mific]

*cheering you on* and HUGS!

[amberdreams]

damn, glad to hear you are in recovery phase, eye problems are scary (been there, done that!).

[mekare]

That is so good to hear (again), best of luck with the adjustment!

[mekare]

January saw me doing stuff for fandomtrees and finally posting my NiF art from December:

The (self appointed) royal physicians prescription

Two bestest doggo arts for Mysterious Lotus Casebook for snowflake_challenge's pet prompt.

a forgotten art from 2023 which I (re)discovered when I tinkered with my art archive neocities

a Loki and a Guardian crossover art for fandomtrees

Andy/Quynh art after I saw a Norwegian sculpture and a prompt on Tumblr

And yesterday I did my 2025 art review. (can you tell we've had a lot of free days due to snow...)