Admin post: Community Check in for May 2018

[mific]

It's just slightly after the last day of May, oops (Goss has neen super-busy and I didn’t notice, sorry). But it’s never too late, so 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 May, 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

[mekare]

*rubs hands*

I have signed up for marvel_bang and just yesterday claimed two fics for the wipbigbang (one Due South and one (hopefully) Grimm) though I don't have confirmation for the latter yet. For my ongoing big ds_c6d_bigbang project I started a work log so I'd remember what I still have to do and have some accountability. Two entries so far. I am working on some colour mini sketches to decide which palette to use in the big piece (a trick I learned here from jainas). So far I'm not satisfied with my choices. Will have to experiment more. I'm doing these on a postcard-sized watercolour pad.

Finally finished watching the amazing Canadian show Slings&Arrows and promptly did a tiny picspam, sketches and some graphics.

There was one piece of original art when I was feeling down due to some family drama.

Then I did two last minute entries to the Mermay challenge with my newly arrived Scrawlrbox supplies: Mermay Geoffrey (from teh aforementioned Slings&Arrows) and a Due South Mer-AU Mer Ray and Fraser

[mific]

You're going to be busy! Good idea to have a plan of attack for the dS_C6d Big Bang - I must do something like that. I claimed a couple of WIP BB ones as well.

[mekare]

My plan of attack will hopefully work! Originally I intended to reserve the whole summer just for dsc6d but then the other fic descriptions were too hard to resist, especially since one of them was Due South as well. ;-)

[minoanmiss]

you are a pillar of fandom!

[mekare]

*blushes* thank you. I wouldn‘t go that far but I am happy I have shed my lurker status at last!

[goss]

Your enthusiasm for art is inspiring. Go you! *high-fives*

[mekare]

Thank you! Drawesome has lit the spark in a big way :-)

[jainas]

Wow, so many drawings (and so many bangs ^^)! Your productivity is really inspiring!
and I'm happy that my mini sketches were useful to you! :)

[mekare]

Thank you! I hope you get to finish that railway illustration, it looked really good in your post.

[minoanmiss]

Hi all!

In artistic news, I've been drawing quite a few of the prompts from drawing-prompt-s on Tumblr. I plan to post a bunch across this coming week, since this coming week I start an interim job! ... I guess that's also personal news.

OH, and remember my Poetry Month project? I put the cards leftover from Poem In Your Pocket Day in my Interview Folder to pull. out when the interviewers asked me "so what do you do outside work", and when I brought the cards out I briefly explained the project and how people are souls as well as bodies and in medicine we need to care for both. I think that helped get me this job. *beams*

This hasn't been. an easy month but it's been a worthwhile month, and art has been a large part of that. I'm so glad I'm part of this artistic community here!

[mekare]

Yay for artistic productivity!

And that you could use your art project in an interview is beyond awesome! Congratulations on the job.

[minoanmiss]

*beams* Thank you :)

[jainas]

Congratilations on the new job! I'm happy for you and it's so great that the poems helped out! :)

Would you link to your drawings?

[minoanmiss]

Thank you. :D

All my drawings are in this Memories category, arranged chronologically:

https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/memories?user=minoanmiss&keyword=creativity&filter=all

[mific]

I loved all your poems and drawings, and you're keeping them coming with the prompts! And yay, good news about the job and I'm so glad having a creative life outside work helped with that. :D

[minoanmiss]

*hugs you*. Thank you so much!

[goss]

I put the cards leftover from Poem In Your Pocket Day in my Interview Folder to pull. out when the interviewers asked me "so what do you do outside work"

Oh, great thinking! I'm sure they were impressed. ^___^

[minoanmiss]

Heh, thanks. I hope it works for the next place...

[olivermoss]

I didn't manage to stick with Mermay as well as I'd hoped. I need to post what I did do at some point.

[mekare]

Please do! I only managed two just before it ended. It‘s a cool project but I eas busy with other things this month, mainly my job. *g*

[olivermoss]

I tried to start a few drawings above my skill level, but didn't manage to finished either. I hope to go back to them, but that took a bunch of my drawing time.

[mekare]

start a few drawings above my skill level,

Don‘t get discouraged, I do this all the time too. It‘s the only way to push yourself and learn new things, even if they are unfinished. You can get back to them later.

[goss]

Hey, at least you were inspired by the challenge to produce a series of art pieces, which is awesome. :)

[jainas]

Wow... The month is already done? Where dit it go? I spent a week and half in Iceland, but even then, the last check-in post feels it was 2 weeks ago... ^^
This month I wrote a lot, but I have done almost zero drawing appart for some doodles in one of my sketchbooks... However June should be much more busy, and not only because I have started house-hunting, which is very time consuming! :)
- I started my entry for a french small-fandom exchange, I think I'll do at least an art piece,
- I'll work on my Ravage piece (and finish the fic that goes with it)
- I signed-up as an artist for the Murder-Husbands Big-Bang
- I hope to finish my Jaws of the Railsea illustration

And yesterday I started a 32h long course in screen printing, it will take up all my week-end afternoons for the month. The lessons are with an experienced silk-printing artist and it has already been very enriching! For now we have done low-detail techniques and this week I plan to buy masking fluid and a silk-screen to start training on my masking brushwork... and I'll try to design something simple but cool looking to train on, rather that pick some design online.

[mific]

I know, where does the time go? *glares at the clock* The Murder-Husbands BB sounds like fun! Railsea FTW, and ooh, screen prints from your drawings would be awesome!

[minoanmiss]

I am in awe of your accomplishments and projects! Screen printing sounds like such an awesome skill to acquire!

[goss]

yesterday I started a 32h long course in screen printing

How exciting! I've always wanted to learn how to do screen printing.

[miss_s_b]

I am with you on the "where'd it go?!" thing.

[mekare]

I know! The weeks have flown by. Your silk class sounds awesome, tell us when you can share some pics? And good luck with your other projects! (I‘m especially interested in the Murderhusbands)

[jainas]

We are not going to do personal works in the silk-printing class, because adapting works to this medium can be tricky, and so the teacher prefers to focus on the technical aspect, on pre-existing visuals that are a good fit with each technique we are studying... But of cours I'll try to share pictures!

I got a silk-screen and some sealer gum to start training and yesterday I tried adapting one of my inktober drawing into something doable with this specific silk-printing technique... It's not that easy! :D I'll try to finish the design today. :)

[mific]

Oof, so that was May! I've been struggling to keep up with having taken on too much in the Captain America Reverse Big Bang (AGAIN), what with 4 art entries picked up by writers. Trouble is, I then want to make each of them a second artwork for their fics, and - the most challenging - I also signed on to write my own story. I always think only 5000 words, no worries but of course it's never only 5000! Currently 12,000 and only 3/4 done. And it's too easy to procrastinate by doing art projects. So other than art already posted here, in May I finished:
- art for the CAP RBB story You're the Moon that Breaks the Night (werewolf AU)
- art for the CAP RBB story Nomad (rock band AU)
- Mermay SGA art Entwined
- also posted some quirky SGA art postcards to my DW journal here - working my way through some prompts in my 642 Things to Draw book of postcards.
- I posted a couple of shorter SGA stories to AO3 as well. My main frustration is the need to finish the longer CAP RBB story asap before the deadline, so I can get back to other projects.

[goss]

Thank you so much for making out monthly check in post!

And good luck with your writing! :)

[miss_s_b]

Seconding this.

[jainas]

Wow, you have been buzy! Congrats on getting art picked by writers for the big bang! And writing your own as well!
Also, looking at the art for the werewolves story, I just realised that the way you draw eyes makes me think of Byzantine icons... :)

[miss_s_b]

I have once more done F all fandom wise because politics has been kicking my arse. HOWEVER, pod_together is coming up soon, and I love doing that, and monthlysupergo has posted a fanmix challenge, so I should be able to do an art/cover for both of those.

[mific]

I remember podtogether - it’s a lot of fun!

[miss_s_b]

I've done it like five or six times now! I do the podding, not the writing.