Admin Post: Community Check-In for September

[goss]

Today's the last day of September, 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 September, 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.

Who's psyched for Inktober? \o/

Comments

[eller]

I'm soooooo excited to finally start Inktober! :D Especially because otherwise, not much artsy is going on in my life... Of course I'm constantly sketching things, and also actively making and swapping ATCs, but my only "real" ongoing art project is a calendar with fantasy illustration stuff I'm planning to bring out for 2020. (No real deadline but it should go to print upcoming February at the latest, before convention season starts, otherwise promoting it isn't going to work.) The thing is, "real" illustrations take so much planning and time that I'm really looking forward to all the spontaneity and simple creative fun of fast ink sketches.

[goss]

I'm really looking forward to all the spontaneity and simple creative fun of fast ink sketches.

Me too! I like that Inktober is a structured art challenge, but allows for varying levels of complexity and skill - from experimenting with quick, random sketches to more elaborate ink work. :)

[eller]

Elaborate ink work is, unfortunately, not me - I'm a beginner when it comes to pen drawing. But I'm sure it's going to be fun.

[goss]

I haven't done much this last month in terms of producing fanart, but August's 10 Day Challenge did propel me to sign up to do art for a couple Big Bangs (marvel_bang and dcu_bang), both of which are due in a couple weeks.

So far, I've planned out the direction I want them to take, with some quick pencil sketches in my planner, but I haven't really buckled down to working on the actual pieces as yet.

I'm hoping to integrate both Big Bang challenges as part of my Inktober works, as well the previous Drawesome challenge (the Time Travel one). I can definitely see words like Potions and Bottles, Space, Antique, Clockwork, etc. lending itself to a Time Travel AU. :)

[amberdreams]

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your Marvel & DCU bangs! I didn't get a Marvel fic in the end, all the ones I fancied got claimed, but I got a really great DCU fic that I've done one main picture for so far. I might get another something done but timings are an issue...

[goss]

Congrats on getting your main piece done for the DCU fic! Nicely done! :D

I am so terrible with procrastinating, but am determined this year not to leave completing my BB art down to the last minute. /o\

[jainas]

I look forward to seeing the result of your efforts with ink!

And by the way aI had a look at jour journal, ang your art ins really nice. Your use of colors is gorgeous. So I suscribed. Hi! :)

[dhampyresa]

What are ATCs? Also wow your stuff is amazing! Do you mind if I friend/follow you?

[eller]

Sure, let's be friends! :)

And thank you! ATCs are Artist Trading Cards; basically they're miniature paintings in a certain format (2.5x3.5'' or 6.4x8.9cm), that you swap with other artists.

[dhampyresa]

Yay!

ATCs sound really cool! I'd never heard of such a thing before and now kind of what to try.

[eller]

Yes, ATCs are a fun hobby, I make and swap them a lot! (The only way for me to have an "art collection", I can't buy everything I like, so I trade art against art... LOL) If you ever decide to try it out, there are several online communities around that specialise on ATC swapping. (Most online groups like that have some kind of rating system, for safety, because of the whole "sending by mail" thing.)

[dhampyresa]

Thank you for the info! It wouldn't have occurred to me to look online. (I say, as I am online)