Admin Post: Community Check-In for March 2018

[goss]

Yesterday was 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 challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

Comments

[tarlanx]

I finally have some new art equipment :) I had hoped I would have time this Easter weekend but I've so much else on the backlog it's not a joke anymore :(

I have created some digital art during the month but it's for a fiction challenge that doesn't get posted until later in April. I'll share my main piece then. I've also made a number of icons and a couple of wallpapers (digital manips) but I really want to draw/paint freehand.

[dylan_mx]

Too bad, hope you get to use it soon... What did you get?

[tarlanx]

My younger girl had raided most of my art supplies over the years so when I finally had a little time I ended up using an ordinary pen and paper. For my birthday I asked for some replacement sets:

36 Derwent Academy Watercolor pencils
12 Derwent Academy Watercolor Skintones pencils
36 Derwent Academy Color pencils
12 Derwent Academy Sketching pencils (6B to 5H)
Line Markers (0.05 to 0.8)

A basic set of pencils, black and white chalk, erasers and a pencil sharpener

[mific]

Ooh - that's a great haul - lots of fun in store!

[tarlanx]

I forgot to mention two sketch pads to go with it all :) All I need now is to kick myself out of my current apathy and get drawing/painting :)

[dylan_mx]

Woah! Lovely :D

[tarlanx]

It's been a long time since I last sketched/painted. My skills are incredibly (embarrassingly) rusty! I need to have some stress-free time where I can just relax and go for it :)

[mekare]

Wow have fun with those! That's a good set of stuff.

[tarlanx]

Thanks! All I need now is a nice, stress-free break where I can relax and sketch/draw/paint :)