Community Check-In for April 2019

[goss]

Tomorrow's the last day of the month, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you?

Did you get a chance to take part in any fandom activities in April, 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, etc.

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New Community Challenge

We will be kicking off a series of themed challenges centered around Creature/Character Design, starting on May 1st. Details will be posted tomorrow. :)

Comments

[yhlee]

I got an iPad Pro/Pencil 2 in April, after lots of saving and agonizing over which iPad to get! I am EXCITE. I am also, uh, trying to figure out how to adjust to digital after being mostly a watercolor/ink trad media person.

I am dying to make Star Trek: Discovery fanart of Emperor Georgiou but I literally have zero ideas other than "head and shoulders portrait," which is too boring to even bother with. Maybe Georgiou with a kitten? Georgiou making a face at ice cream? I'm too terrified to even start.

[goss]

I fully support any and all Georgiou art! \o/ (I still have to watch S2 Disco)

I am also, uh, trying to figure out how to adjust to digital after being mostly a watercolor/ink trad media person.

Good luck with your new media! I look forward to what you produce. :D

[mific]

I've had an iPad for a while, but have been too into trad art to do much with it. I should get one of those Pencils too, to really make it work. Empereror Georgiou FTW!

[yhlee]

I loooooove trad art, but what I love most right now is watercolors, and they are an unholy pain to set up and do things with when I'm out gaming or at a restaurant or whatever. What I really like about the iPad is that I can just pull it out and doodle and there's no water to spill, paints to dry, etc. I still love watercolor in situations where I can deal with the logistics, but it's so nice to have another option. The Pencil is amazing. My daughter used to try to draw on our old iPad with one of those styluses, but the pressure sensitivity makes all the different, and it's really responsive.

[mific]

Yeah, it sounds a lot better than, oh, my finger! Might make me learn how to use Procreate properly. :)