any /ic/keks gonna participate in art fight? this year it's gonna be fossils vs crystals

I knew the theme would be some lame hipster shit. Otherwise, yeah.

can senile old men partake in this or is it for retarded teenagers?

>>7618487
Last year theme was much better I agree. Which one are you picking?
>>7619098
userbase is predominantly retarded teenagers but it's open to anyone. I've seen a fair share of people who claimed they were over 18 in their bios. just don't go grooming the kids lil bro

>>7618337 (OP)
I'll try and participate this year. Done two so far might as well make it a third.

>>7618337 (OP)
I'll try
I have a lot of stuff on the way but want to do this again - my favorite thing about this is drawing the truly beg drawings and it's nice to see my own progress, this should be the 3rd time doing this for me?

i'm intrigued but why are there so many furniggers? and i have to draw THEIR toons??

>>7619528
You don’t HAVE to do anything. Only you choose which ones you want to draw. Plenty of non-furfags on there too.

>>7619111
Nice trips, settled on Crystals. There's more media I like that happens to involve crystals as some magical power item, whereas fossils just make me think of dusty deserts. What about you?

Kinda new to art, only done it for a year and a half, whats artfight?

>>7619581
I like Fossils color palette a lot but the underdeveloped part of my brain went crystals because shiny objects. As for what i actually think about the concept fossils make me think more about history/knowledge whereas crystals lean more toward fashion and colors. And since I like experimenting with colors a lot that was a + for crystals too
>>7619662
Basically it's an event that happens during the July of every year where two teams will draw each other's characters to win points, you can also draw ocs from people in your own team (Friendly fire) albeit you'll win fewer points doing that. You're not actually forced to draw other people's characters; there are some who joined just to get their ocs drawn though I've never done this since it felt counterproductive. At the end of the event whichever team got the most points wins. Last year theme was Seafoam vs Stardust (with Stardust as the winner). No need to worry about skill level either since anybody can join

>>7618337 (OP)
Ehhhh I'd feel like a creep. I'll just let the teens have their fun and inevitable drama.

>>7619111
oh nvm then

i was just about to make this thread
is it really only teens? i thought ppl of all ages were welcome?

>>7620140
>teens
>drama
yeah im finna pass
plus i heard it got spread around on tik tok

>>7620316
>is it really only teens?
No. as stated earlier anybody can join, it just so happen that the userbase is mostly fag teenagers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>7620316
>i thought ppl of all ages were welcome?
I mean technically. You can still participate if you want.
But it's like 90% 13-16 year olds. An event can say it's all-ages all it wants, if most people showing up have an active Roblox account I'm going to read the room on that one and let them do their thing.

>>7618337 (OP)
Cringe.

>>7618337 (OP)
>my old account is still intact even though i tried to delete it several times
shit is embarrassing.

>>7620348
they changed account deletion recently. i think you can nuke it just fine now https://artfight.net/info/contact (bottom)

>>7620344
>>7620342
thats the same thing as it being a teen event, anyway are there any art games/events for adults only? only teenager i like is my little brother

>>7620356
Well there's something similar called CreativeClash that's for adults only however it's hard to get attacked if you're not drawing NSFW

>>7620356
Pretty much every dedicated art group does a monthly challenge. Shit like Character Design Challenge on Facebook. Idk.
OC stuff is always going to be kinda kiddy focused.

>>7620366
>it's hard to get attacked if you're not drawing NSFW
not that i mind NSFW, i just dont know why people assume that adult== sex
i just dont wanna talk to these hormonal retards
>>7620389
>dedicated art groups
i didnt know those were a thing, know any solid ones?
>OC stuff is always going to be kiddy focused
why is that?

>>7620354
finally. i might nuke it after joining one last time, for old time's sake

>>7619098
It's almost entirely current-year-tumblr teenagers, which is truly a horror to behold

>>7620366
>Well there's something similar called CreativeClash
The joining process is literal fucking cancer.

There are a lot of adult women who do artfight. You know. The nose-ring kind? Definitely not all kids

>>7620316
There are plenty of adults/normal artists on the site. People shit up the thread every year bitching about teenagers and acting like they're too good for the event. If a large teenage population was an actual deal breaker, then no one would be able to post their art on any social media site or online community.
The point of the event is to have a good time drawing alongside a ton of other artists, like running a race with your local community. Letting yourself age out of having fun is a choice.

>>7618337 (OP)
Ye, I'll make the designs like 2 days before July.
First timer.

>>7620541
Very much true, it's just the closest event to artfight out there that I know of
>>7620463
>not that i mind NSFW, i just dont know why people assume that adult== sex
same, i've never been that much into drawing nsfw so I just spent my time there drawing sfw only to find out midway through that's it's hard to get your ocs drawn if you're not willing to draw other people's fetishes

>>7620356
>>7620463
Little bro , judging by the way you type your posts, you're no better than those teens. How about you start using some capital letters? Absolute imbecile.

I hope we can attack each other in this year. Looking forward to art gifting with you all!

>>7620835
Post your profile then

I WANT TO CHEAT AND DO EARLY ATTACKS BUT ALL THE IMAGES ARE BROKEN
REEEEEEEEEEE

Anyone have any farm-based characters?

>>7621802
IMO this was done on purpose

>>7620316
Nah I’ve seen plenty of 20-somethings while browsing, just not as many as the 14-17 year olds. Personally I’m avoiding them unless they attack me first. No intention of talking to them beyond the bare minimum but I figure it’s alright to give them something in return

>>7621802
they work fine on my end, check again.
>cheating
just don't post your rendered cool 20+ hours art in the first day or you'll be caught

>>7620178
dude cmon just dont groom them please god for once dont do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrY4VUBPW3k
new schitzo babble just dropped by a college educated womyn
tldr:girls like making boy ocs??? sexism?????

>>7622882
>40 minutes of nothing but yapping
>Entitled feminist cuck tone
>"Can you heakin accept that wehmen are humanz please ???" said in the most passive aggressive tone possible
>All of this bitching and moaning because the difference in how often male vs female OCs getting drawn is....
>*drum roll*
>2.4 vs 2.8(a fucking 0.4 difference, aka 15%)
>All the while she's drawing men so by her logic contributing to the problem
>Worse then all of this she can't even draw well
If i was a lesser man i would refuse to draw cool looking female OCs and remove any female OC from my bookmarks out of pure spite, but i won't become I'm better then this deranged generalising freak. If she never recovers from her severe mental retardation and becomes a better person then i hope she suffers.

Post profiles plz. Follow me for /beg/ tits.
https://artfight.net/~mmmmaerk

>>7622882
Dear God...

>>7623087
Both of the characters she's drawing in that video are women kek. Her art is very grotesque

>>7622882
My educated guess: women tend to be more into art then men. Majority of them are heterosexual, so of course they will put more care and effort into making male OCs then the female ones. Besides, ArtFight is a free-for-all type of event. Why is she bashing on random people for what sex their OCs are?

I have never heard of this before but I'll try it.

Post your accounts!

>>7620123
Just it's just an OC redraw like we do?
Do you like draw them getting attacked or raped or killed?

I want to. I haven't done it before. Might post the account I made later. I'll mentally prepare myself for cringe

>>7618337 (OP)
yeah, participating for the first time and I just spent the last hour finding characters to draw when it starts. Probably gonna make a wheel that'll just pick random characters from that list so I don't have to choose

>>7623913
I was about to join, but then I saw it was through discord, and then I saw the insane amount of furries.
So then I decided to go out to lunch instead.

>>7623957
discord isn't necessary to join, just make an account on the website and use the browse feature to find people

>>7623967
Oh that's actually good to know. Doesn't change the furfag thing, but that's better

>>7623910
You can draw them doing anything as long as its not against the website TOS and the user preferences
so no you can't draw them getting raped sorry bro

>>7618337 (OP)
I always had the curiosity about how to participate, how the art fight even does works

>>7624035
I guess I don't get it then. I mean not the rape part, just the drawing part.
It's called art fight, but I can just draw them having a tea party, or taking a nap?

>>7624038
You draw a bunch of fan art for OCs, called an "attack", and there's some arbitrary score involved but who gives a single shit.

The difficult part is when someone does fan art for you, and you have to look at their OC list and realise the designs are so straight ass that you can't bring yourself to return the favour.

>>7624043
looks can be deceiving

>>7624043
nta but yes.... The whole "fight" part is just for the sake of naming the dynamic of having two teams and making art of each other.
The whole fight thing should be just called art gifting attack. Since it's about making art of their OCs and gifting it to them

>>7624052
Oh...

>>7624068
That is not to say you can't make them fight each other. As that anon have pointed out. If the person you are about to "Attack" allows their OC to be drawn in that way, you can go ahead and make them fighting waves of other genetic mobs. Or even "Friendly Fire" (attacking a member of your own team) by Mass attacking (Making an art piece with more than one OC in it.)
You can go ahead and do it.

>>7623834
This. Any art community where there are mostly women, men characters tend to be more loved and get the most attention. ESPECIALLY, if they are fujos in the community.

>>7622882
So she's pissed that girls generally like making qt 3.14 husbandos to play with instead of ugly butch lesbians... and that they write indulgent yaoi smut instead of thought provoking feminist yuri. Not to mention she disregards any conventionally sexy female characters as coombait, and even decides everyone on there is racist too. Holy fucking tard bait.
>"Just take your male characters and make them female, don't even alter their designs or you're a misogynist!"
What a fucking joke. For someone who claims everyone hates women, she seems to hate the actual majority of women for being straight. This is the OC equivalent of political lesbianism.
>>7623769
Holy shit, thought they were men lmao

>>7623585
>>7623891
https://artfight.net/~The0Water0Knight
I'm in the process of re-uploading my OCs so it's a bit unfinished

>>7623891
https://artfight.net/~Derpsic

>>7623769
>Both of the characters she's drawing in that video are women kek.
grim

>>7622882
>comments are paused, meaning no one can comment anymore
KWAB

>>7623769
she's mentally ill, damn.

>>7623834
>women tend to be more into art then men
Depends on what you mean with "into the arts". In those online communities or art and crafts, sure. Whenever I went to very "serious" art in-presence groups there were like 2 women in 10 people (and 0 trannies). They were just as good, but rarer.

>>7623087
I hate women and almost all I draw is women. Her premise is completely skewed. That's the problem with Human Biology with a Chemistry minor engaging in something that is essentially a sociological survey with a dash of Psychology. Academia 2025.

>>7624648
>I hate women
unfortunate but somwhat understandable.

one more day

Surprisngly found a cute thick elf monster OC I want to draw

Do you have to wait until it actually starts before you can purge all your drawing from the previous year?

>>7627720
At this point I just refresh the “new characters” tab looking for artstyles/characters I find interesting.

>>7623891
>>7623585
https://artfight.net/~clownking

>>7623891
>>7623585
https://artfight.net/~Blakjak

I'm actively doing background checks on potential oc's to make sure the artists are at least of voting age because I don't wanna deal with underaged

>>7628603
i don't bother and just bookmark whichever looks cool

I feel like every year I spend more time stalking than drawing.

2 hours anons

>>7628603
You can usually tell if someone is underaged or not by their drawing skill.

>>7628783
it didn't start already? it's already july 1 where im from

>>7628791
timezones i guess

>>7628791
I also started drawing, it's close enough and I don't need to wait for the site to go down (as is tradition).

>>7628813
same already drawn 4 just waiting until the weekend to post them

I'd appreciate any feedback though until then :)

>>7629005
feedback? make the tits bigger

>>7629005
>already drawn 4
how are you this fast, this is BULLSHIT!
>I'd appreciate any feedback though until then :)
they all look fine desu, maybe check the spiked collar on bottom left. amazing work

>>7623585
https://artfight.net/~JADF

>>7628603
last year i didnt draw anyones with pronounshit in bio, but this year i think i'm just going to have to cleave. there's so much of it

There are exactly two ways to play the Art Fight game
One is to try and embed yourself in the social culture of leftoid women in their early 20s
The other is to treat it as a recreational exercise in drawing cringe fanart for gay children
One of these methods will make you happy if you approach it from the right angle
The other will almost unconditionally make you want to kill yourself
Now if you'll excuse me, this hipster catgirl isn't going to draw herself

>>7629169
You can draw it poorly/backhandedly

>>7629427
What's the point of drawing if I'm not making something I want to look good.

Dammit, I'm always late!

https://artfight.net/~CuriousTentacle

(my first artfight)

>>7629427
no i want to [spoiler]get better at art[/spoiler]

>>7629850
>>7629800
Spite is a great motivator

>>7623585

https://artfight.net/~AwesomeTrashCan now going for the 3rd edition that I partake. life's become very busy this year but I still want to have fun.

I fucking love ArtFight - just going through peoples art and finding the most "hyper focused" yet badly made stuff is so fun

how much information on your OC is "too much"?
is it 220 unique outfits and 2000 character synopsis ?

https://artfight.net/character/4009645.hillary-russ

>>7630236
posting your own character huh

>>7630236
genuine autists really have the most fun, i feel

https://artfight.net/~Birdthing

First year doing it, never had time to before, I love this kind of stuff its nostalgic to see these bad ocs and remember how most of us with ocs probably started off

https://artfight.net/~CancidCancid

Revenging just about everyone this year to experiment with art stuff

Yeah.
Forgot how fucking autistic and bad at drawing the general art community is. God every oc ive seen so far is so fucking bad only ones that are good are drawn by literal 5 year olds cus they are funny real kino stuff

forgot the link
https://artfight.net/~50-precent

>>7630321
>several high quality pics a day
>while I'm dragging my ass with sketches
you cuntfucker

>>7620761
>little bro
zoomzoom harder, kiddo

>>7629169
It’s not like they’re going to draw back for you anyway. Don’t bother.

https://artfight.net/~miraggio

Doing finished/colored pieces this year

https://artfight.net/~Kale_Yville

First time joining, made an oc specifically for it

>>7630567
cute feet

>>7630586
thanx, made em myself

>>7618487
Sounds more like Yu-Gi-Oh to me

ArtFight really is a window into the minds of the youth today
>uwu pwease don't dwaw my pwecious angels with a booby out please please boohoo
>fuckin rip their guts out and stab out their eyes though dats cool as FUCK!

>>7622882
these libtards create drama out of thin air, they get mad at misogyny, they get mad at someone calling them out for it, and then proceed to add they/he in their bio and cry about how they hate being a woman. ive seen more guys on this site have actual efforts put into their female characters than any theyfab

>>7622882
Based, people on artfight should ONLY be allowed to draw cute women to make up for this issue in my opinion. I already do it so it's only fair others follow suit.

>people setting their permissions text to use 2 px font size
Free access to custom BBCode was a mistake.

>draw someones 1940s cartoon ripoff
>they say thanks but also add some pop culture 'fun facts' about the cartoon industry of that time that are objectively 'statue of liberty was based on a black woman!!' tier wrong

i know better than to pick an argument with an autist and their 'hyperfixation', but good lord

>>7630236
The eyes look like they're literally peering into my soul kek.
>>7630385
I can relate desu, feelsbadman.jpg but all we can do is try our best

>>7622882
I question her methodology so badly I kind of want to do my own study
I'd go through 1000 active users after art fight and only count people who have drawn three or more characters this year
I would record the sexes of all the characters they drew that year, express them as a ratio, and sum the ratios
The idea is that the ultimate measure of interest is simply "how much are female characters attacked compared to male characters"
You can piss on about characters only being sisters or whatever insufferable garbage but at the end of the day the ultimate measure of popularity in something like art fight is in the production of art

>>7630743
I think you'd unironically get a lot of views if you uploaded this as "[Original Title]: Response". Would you actually consider doing this?

>>7630747
It'd be time consuming but it wouldn't be particularly hard
We'll see how things go after art fight is done
It would be a short video
It's also possible that the data would support her viewpoint that men are massively favored

>>7618337 (OP)
What was your experience in an art fight?

>>7630751
She actually said in the description that she is working on a redo of the study, so she might outpace you.

>>7630758
Entirely possible, but given her methodology was fundamentally retarded and she's an activist, I doubt she's going to suddenly do something clever

>>7630763
There's probably a lot more well spirited people out there than us that have already messaged her and are willing to help out. Gays for gays and whatnot.

Should i post my attacks here or nah ?
>>7630756
Wdym?

>>7630880
Post em. I was going to sign up but I got too many irons in the fire, and I dont want to make an account to have to see any of them

>>7630886
Ok
https://artfight.net/attack/9375816.best-spy-in-the-business

>>7630614
My permissions are just “do whatever you want”. Like, chances are it’s going to be fine.

just got attacked for the first time, how you anons holding up?

>>7630960
I only made one attack and received 2 yesterday so now my ratio is in the dumps, but I can't make another attack because I have family stuff going on

>>7630960
working on my second attack, haven't received any yet

>>7630947
I was watching a YouTube video on artfight earlier and one of the top comments was something
>I saw an attack of someone's OC as a skeleton and covered in blood and they were dead on the floor and the oc's permissions said "no gore"
The comments were agasp and freaking out "how could they?!"
But it sounds funny as fuck

>>7631013
What's your profile? I prioritize people that haven't had an attack on them yet

>>7630960
No defenses yet but im used to it, what's grinding my gears is my second attack, it's going to shit even though the sketch was fine, I'm unironically thinking of dumping it in the trash and starting over

I've attacked 3 times and got 1 attack back so far

>>7631118
maybe they're still drawing your characters, give them time and even if you don't get any revenges just have fun. drawing other people's OCs should be a goal in and of itself

>>7630960
I got a revenge. I figure if I attack every day, I’ll get a few attacks back.

>>7631031
This isn't my first artfight so it's fine, if anything i'm more interested in drawing your characters than the opposite

My first attack!
https://artfight.net/attack/9394466.everette

>>7631213
Your art is ridiculously high quality... Reminds me of those artworks you see on the funfair, except in actually good.

>>7631118
i think is worth remembering timezones are a thing, i'm a bong and most americans are asleep when i'm hungry for validation

>>7631020
>>I saw an attack of someone's OC as a skeleton and covered in blood and they were dead on the floor and the oc's permissions said "no gore"
ngl i'd love this but i undertstand why someone might be pissed.

Alright, I just joined, do I need to make one of those roster things I saw on twitter? Or do I just just make a character and submit it on that form?

>>7631213
thanks anon, i approve, you gave her beautiful colors, will attack you back soon

>>7631257
Just put characters in your character tab and you’re good. I don’t even have a bio.

>>7623891
Crap I didn't see this.

I'm attacking some rando instead. I'll hit you fags up after

Anyone got some cute interesting bookmarks that aren't from anyone here?

>>7631421
Yeah but Im attacking them, not you.

>>7631430
Well anon sharing is caring... Right? Are you scared I can draw faster than you?

>>7631433
I am 100% sure you can draw faster than me.

>>7631358
The real strat is to pay $25 to remove your bio entirely from the profile page.
I should go buy more vodka.

I wanna see some more art

>>7631467
A man after my own heart

>guy attacked me last year
>feel bad cuz i didn't attack him back before the deadline
>want to attack him this year
>all his characters are ugly and unappealing
Not trying to be mean but damn.

>>7631733
happens

>>7631733
Time to make them appealing ;)

I kinda wanna post my loli characters

>>7631733
then just don't desu, attacking back shouldn't be an obligation and i feel like if you force yourself to draw something you dislike you may end up with a bad drawing and hate the whole process

>>7631257
post your profile/account/page here so we can check senpai
>>7631421
>cute
https://artfight.net/character/6217809.tree
https://artfight.net/character/2325751.esther
>interesting
https://artfight.net/character/2633902.haku
https://artfight.net/character/2977252.soledad-sol-galicia
https://artfight.net/character/3898717.steward
make use of the tag system anon.
>>7631630
check the user pages posted ITT

>>7623891
>>7623585
https://artfight.net/~Nathaniel_
Hmm alright, I already lurked and checked a lot of sites here, but it probably wouldn't harm to leave mine here as well.

I've done 2 attacks so far.

I also think I didn't quite understand the point of "artfight" because I thought it was about actually attacking

>>7632140
Is it not about attacking? All these years I thought it was mostly about attacking.

>>7632303
I meant with violence.

>>7631779
Do it. Just keep it PG unless you want the banhammer. Link to thread afterward.
>>7630592
That's a cool angle, but unlikely considering the type of people that run the site.
>>7629005
Very cute anon, keep it up!

>>7631630
Sure anon, here's my second attack.
https://artfight.net/attack/9509499.lips-are-for-biting-here

>>7632339
This is inane. I love it.

>>7632339
I was wrong. I want to see less

>>7632339

>>7618337 (OP)
I tried once and it was 99% digging thru mountains of atrocious transfaggotry.

>>7632390
>tripfag complaining about transfaggtory

>>7632390
It's actually nutty.
Every single,
And I mean EVERY SINGLE profile that was filled out and not left blank, had some strange pronouns I had never heard of before. And they were all guys in their 20s.

>>7632443
>guys
Anon, I...

>>7632456
I'm old. It was all he/they/them
or
he/zir/demiboy or whatever. I assume that's fag larp
Plus their art wasn't terrible, so I automatically assume it's lonely dudes

>>7632443
The second i see "pronouns" i skip, a character sheet doesnt need those unless its a weird being you cant actually tell male from female.
Which is funny because most of those transfaggots make creatures so horrible it kinda fits on the description.
Seeing any kind of flag also is an instant skip.

>>7632475
he + they/neopronouns = women

to any anon out there... keep your distance... they are likely to be good at drawing, but in my experience of 2 years trying to be woke so i could be less of a weird digital loner, i couldn't do it. i did not find fulfillment allowing myself to be friendly in a space dominated by them. just tolerate them.

>>7632654
Did you at least get to fuck one of them art hoes?

>>7632570
We used to just put "sex: m/f" on our character sheets instead of dumbfuck pronouns
Are zoomers really this brainrotted out of reality or do they just not know the difference between sex/gender identity/pronounfagging? Millenials reprofucing was such a mistake.

>>7632666
of course satan would suggest having sex with mentally ill bpdemons to be a positive...

yes!!! im on team fossils, even tho the color is ugly
art fight is nice, im luckily not bigoted and evil so i dont care about the furries and lgbtee, if ur bothered by that u dont need to join anyway, it's for lighthearted fun and you should be able to set aside your political ideals to participate in the community if you're mature enough
most people are very kind regardless

>>7632679
You definitely have male pronouns on your page and you’re a woman.

>>7632475
If GIRL = Guy In Real Life, then he/they/xe/zir/whatever = girl in real life.
Even if they claim to be a gay guy, it's an insecure girl who's LARPing 9/10 times.

>>7632390
>99%
Overstatement of the century, this is like the 3rd time we're having this argument in this thread you unironic homosexuals, either join or leave I'm sick of this thread being used as /pol/lite.

>>7632808
>"Y-you cant talk about the art fight in the art fight thread th-thats against the rules!"
Ok.

>>7632808
Maybe don’t derail by sperging then?

>>7632390
I found a lot of profiles of 18+ people that look normal and have cool characters, just needed to spend like 20 minutes refreshing the new characters and saving what looks cool :) And drawing other anon's work is fun. You should search for the maid tag and find something that suits you. Your art is very endearing and cute, I think youd make some people very happy with it.

>>7632833
>talk about the art fight
that's fine but I'd appreciate it if we didn't repeat this conversation every few days

>>7632876
Thank you for those extremely kind words but maaaaybe its a bit early for me to participate on a big thing such as art fight, will see what you said first.
>>7632885
I just got here, if the topic is the same it means its a continuous and common problem that affects many.

>>7632876
>the maid tag
Speaking of, any good tags you anons found? So far i like muscular & tomboy tags, military and fighter too but to a much lesser extent.

>>7632339
based

>>7632932
I like the cartoon and toon tag but that's just because I'm a cartoon autist

>>7632896
It's not thaat big, feels like a lot of the action is very localized if that makes sense. I did 4 attacks so far and recieved 2 ones myself, and those were not related to the attacks I did. So just putting an account out there isn't too much effort, and it's just waiting and seeing what happens if you don't take the initiative yourself. Also your characters are cute, I'm sure someone out there would at least bookmark them..

dropping mine ill attack or do anything
https://artfight.net/~DR34m_C4ST

This is fun, wish I had joined artfight years earlier! I'm starting to get some attacks back now that a couple of days have gone by.

Do you any of you guys have a goal for how many attacks you're going to make? I'm going to try for 30 at the minimum

>>7633065
I'm aiming for over 100 attacks :3

>>7633065
Maybe 8 this year? My begshit takes too long to draw and I always burn out after the first week.

>>7633065
>This is fun, wish I had joined artfight years earlier!
i join years earlier but it was a horrible experience for reasons unrelated to the event.
>Do you any of you guys have a goal for how many attacks you're going to make?
I'm too busy but at worst I'd like to make something between 5~10 attacks and at best something between 15~20.
funnily enough an artist i admire is aiming for 60 this year.

Can you even use AI for this?
I have seen quite a few OCs with the "No AI please on their permissions.

first couple attacks. does anyone else get really shy about attacking? i feel like if i attack someone and it's not good enough they're going to call me out on it, which is obviously stupid. also i'm aiming for 10 attacks this year, i draw really slow and procrastinate a lot.

>>7633065
Trying to do one a day. I’m behind by one.

>>7633186
ai and tracing is prohibited site wide.

>>7633309
bait

>>7632709
im a cisgender woman, i dont want to be a man and never will try to be
this website is full of bitter people

>>7632709
The yes with three ! shouldve given it away, get a better woman radar

>>7633092
Goddamn dude, good luck!
>>7633190
I felt a bit shy at first, but remember that a lot of the people on the site are probably younger than you and will find your work really impressive. Also it feels like people are grateful for anything they get, at least thats the vibe I get!

i'd join art fight, but for some reason, i don't really like it when people draw my characters. i feel extremely exposed when i get fanart, even if it's a small doodle. i told myself i'd do it this year since some people asked me to join, but i ended up not doing it. does anyone else feel the same or am i insane?

>>7633393
I said it was a woman though?

>>7633519
i only get this with characters that I’m attached to personally. You might be overthinking it a bit but I understand not wanting something personal of yours being drawn badly by someone.

>>7633519
You don't have to upload any characters though. You're not the only one either, I used to be the same way.

>>7633351
You go, girl.

>>7633190
>they're going to call me out on it
The worst I've gotten are remarks that could be uncharitably interpreted. Most people just spew out excessive praise.
If it really bothers you, direct your attacks to the artistically challenged; we're pretty easy to find.
>>7633726
Did that change recently? IIRC you have to have at least one publicly visible character to submit attacks.
>>7633519
Just upload a photo of your pet (if you've got one), or make a "design me a character" character. I'm not sure the latter is explicitly allowed by the rules, but given how common it is I doubt anyone actually cares.

>>7633351
lol someone’s on her period

>>7630355
Whyd you get banned?

>>7634031
She called a guy an autistic retard and they reported her

>>7634179
Proof?

first batch of characters done

>see a character that’s kinda neat
>draw them on a whim
>submit the attack
>check their profile
>they haven’t done a single attack since 2023
For now on I’m checking that stuff first thing. Not rewarding people that don’t attack people

Good reminder this site's mods can permanently ban you on grounds of being an imageboard poster and saying transphobic/racist/whatever shit offsite.

>>7634322
What?

>>7634322
Oh thanks for the reminder! I was going to link it to my twitter account @RapeAllNiggers1488! Would have been a real doozey to get banned for that!

>>7634322
Get fucked

>>7634322
Bullshit. Post proof.

>>7634541
He's a pedophile

>>7634322
For what's it's worth i was gonna draw one of your characters and came here after i found it crossed out from the bookmarks. RIP.

>>7633835
>IIRC you have to have at least one publicly visible character to submit attacks.
I'm 85% sure that that's not the case, just make an account and start attacks breh, also, join fossils we need the extra manpower.

>>7633835
>>7634645
no anon don't listen to him!

>>7633835
I don't have any OC's and I've been attacking

>>7633835
>>7634685
Think about it logically
>Fossils
Dinosaurs, cool, manly, wise, rugged, comes with complementary tomboys.
>Crystals
Feminine, gay, stupid, pretentious, comes with complementary tomboys.

I think the choice is clear anon, join the winning team, join the Fossils.

>>7618337 (OP)
im suicidal
i tried to join it but then immediately got mogged by some random 14 year old who made this
i dont want to play anymore

>>7634852
shut up bitch.
Stop being and whining like a little bitch
Keep working on your stuff and stop comparing yourself to others

>>7634853
>being and whining
:')

>>7634852
>im suicidal
>>7634853
>Stop being
what the fuck anon ? do you WANT him to kill himself ?
>>7634852
>immediately got mogged by some random 14 year old
i know that feel anon, but it's not that serious, either commit to joining and post your profile here so we can attack you or quit and do something more valuable with your time
>who made this
irrelevant, faggotry and artistic skill aren't mutually exclusive

>>7634685
>>7634837
Personally, I picked fossils because I am a fossil. (30+)

>>7634852
>they/them
...
>he was found
much to think about

Regardless, don't worry about it too much. Age is just a number when it comes to art, you will stop caring when you ACTUALLY DRAW.

>>7634852
Time to get serious about drawing anon.

>>7634888
>I picked fossils
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>7634852
you can pick and choose good artists, but you also have to face that the overall majority of 14 year olds on the site have less than perfect art, whats one good 14 year old when theres hundreds of meh kids ocs by people the same age. Just draw anyways, it doesn't matter that they exist

>>7633190
I'm pretty much exclusively doing revenges
(also your art is really good! especially the jester boy!)

I didn't know we could pick teams. It gave me one automatically. Fossils

>>7634920
You got to pick if you joined during June. Afterwards it's random but gives you the option to swap if you don't like it anyway so idk what the point of the random assignment is.

>>7634919
>I'm pretty much exclusively doing revenges
if i did that i wouldn't be able to draw anything, i almost never get attacked and the only two times i got a attacked were from 2 very cool artists who took pity on me and avenged my attacks, i still cherish those 2 attacks because i was a /beg/tard back then, still am technically.
>>7634920
sounds like FATE anon, dw you're on the right side of history.

Alright, anons post or quote your profile if you still got no or very little attacks this year (or ever), I'm looking to give your profile a few extra squares.

Do you guys upload your art outside of artfight? If you do, do you upload them in batches at the end of the event (like you can do on Newgrounds or Pixiv) or do you upload them individually as you finish them? I did the former last year (except on websites where you can only upload one pic at a time) but I'm wondering what's the best approach
>>7634909
>>7634925
evil little niggas

>>7634965
>Do you guys upload your art outside of artfight?
no. i only post here and have no social media.
>but I'm wondering what's the best approach
i think spacing out your uploads and uploading images as you make them will garner more attention since the event is ongoing, if you post them all in bulk after the fact no one will be interested because by then the event will have finished already.
>evil little niggas
you WILL lose to us you shiny overglorfied pebble

>>7634980
don't boast so soon. I might be an overglorified pebble but at least i'm not dead bwahahahha

>>7634998
that's because you were never alive to begin with you cold son of a gun.

>>7618337 (OP)
Well guys it seems like I picked a pretty shitty time to find out that Artfight is a place that exists (I found out about it through a friend) because I've literally just started trying to draw and definitely won't be able to make anything worthwhile. I have a drawing or two of my OC but since I literally cannot draw, well, I wouldn't feel "guilty" about not being able to revenge but I would feel like I'd make myself look bad. Hope you guys have fun. See you faggots next year, assuming I'm confident enough in my artistic skill to participate.

>>7635043
No reason to feel guilty about not drawing well. Everyone who can draw has once been bad at drawing. Nobody’s going to be judgemental because everyone’s been there.

>>7635043
I attacked a new user last year who was a /beg/let, they didn't even revenge. Honestly you have a shot. By next year you might still not feel satisified with your skills so no need to waste time

>>7635043
Nigga most of the people on ArtFight draw like kindergartners. There is literally no way you'll be the worst person posting there.
Use it as an excuse to practice

>>7632654
I think pronouns nonsense is retarded but when hanging out in fag spaces I make my OC a he/they just to blend in. It's perfectly believable since he's a flamboyant bishonen who would probably be fine with it canonically because he gets mistaken for a woman sometimes.

The key is to pay the most minor of lipservice to the LGBT mafia so that you just barely look like you care without actually saying anything in support of them directly.
>>7635046
I'm aware that everyone starts somewhere but there's a certain level of presentability that would be advised to have before you start posting your stuff non-anonymously especially if you're specifically doing on a platform based around gifting artwork. I don't want to feel like I'm mistreating someone's character because I ended up making something that's only somewhat better than Chris Chan (I basically just only started learning fundamentals)
>>7635056
>I attacked a new user last year who was a /beg/let, they didn't even revenge. Honestly you have a shot.
You tempt me to just upload a rather nice drawing a friend did for me during the pandemic and just see if I happen to get "attacked" (why the fuck do people call it that anyway? isn't it a fucking gift?), but again, I feel like I would be making myself look bad if I thanked someone but never bothered to actually revenge attack them.
>By next year you might still not feel satisified with your skills so no need to waste time
So be it, really. I'll do it when I feel like I'm capable of making something worthwhile. I'd rather miss out on potential free artwork than deal with the embarrassment of either posting my giga/beg/ness or not having the courtesy to revenge someone especially since people >>7634236 complain about those who don't "attack"
>>7635126
>Nigga most of the people on ArtFight draw like kindergartners.
I'd never be able to live down openly posting that kind of stuff publicly. I don't know how people can shamelessly post that kind of stuff.

Does anyone have any food themed ocs? I have an ambitious idea for a drawing, I just need food themed characters

>>7635303
Stick them all in a blender.

>>7635303
There's a guy on the site called Dantheman64 who only seems to create food themed OCs

>>7634944
Here is my profile
https://artfight.net/~Joellikespigs

I'm doing a lot of uncoloured attacks this year because im slow with rendering and I'm not good at it either

I tend to go out of my way to draw a lot of low effort/skill toons

https://artfight.net/~Rx78pongo2 if anyone attacks me ill def defend it

>>7630653
What was the character im curious
Is the "fact" the thing about gloves being a racist thing? Even though they were white gloves on dark backgrounds to make it easier to show what the characters are holding? Because I've been told this was secretly racist multiple times

>>7635449
i think you meant avenge it
>defence
when someone attacks your OC, so 5 defences means you get 5 drawings of your OC from others
>attack
when you draw someone else's OC
>revenge
when you draw someone's OC after they drew yours.

>>7634541
From last year
https://www.tumblr.com/rainbowbile/756190348863291392/terfs-on-artfight

>>7635526

>>7635938
Grim if true. If they really were banned just for posting on a website with questionable reputation, then you can't be sure that having a Twitter account won't get you banned because "space man bad".

https://artfight.net/~Handache
im participating this year too. sorry for posting a week late

>>7635938
Jeez.

>>7636436
It was because they all used the same tags, proving they’re of the same alignment. No one here has done that and they very well could have been linked by someone else who hates them.

>>7636918
You think kids these days are smart enough to reach any conclusion rather than the most obvious one? If someone posted here they're in the blacklist simple as.

>>7636791
dwai bro I'm still working on my characters and probably won't post some of them until the half way point

https://artfight.net/~TurnToGold
Finally doing art fight again someone reply with cute ocs cus I’m sick of only seeing furrys

>>7637131
How? It’s a fucking anonymous site. Anyone can post anyone’s link.

Alright it's been the first week of Artfight, how are your battle stats looking?

>>7637541
i can't draw that fast

>>7637541
My initial goal was 15 attacks so I'm doing alright

>>7637501
>cute ocs
idk if this counts
https://artfight.net/character/6736371.alexander

>>7637541

>>7623891
Feels like I'm way behind. Finished the first attack atleast.
https://artfight.net/~Oliviet
More attacks to come.

>maintenance
this is BULLSHIT

>>7638078
Super nice anon. Great work.

>>7637541
pretty good 24 drawings so far - but I'm mostly doing black and white sketches and the occasional simple coloured drawings

>>7618337 (OP)
I made this.

>>7640065
Retard

Sometimes, I wish I had the balls to bluntly tell someone their artstyle fucking sucks and they ruined my character.

>>7640180
You need to have more balls to suck it up and just stop giving a shit.

>>7637541

>>7637541
Feeling a bit disheartened that most of my attacks aren't getting comments but oh well

>>7640180
Just tell me straight in my face, I won't cry.

>>7640180
If it's an anon from here, do it. If its a random kid, don't do it.

I wish I had more time so I could participate this year but too burnt out from wageslaving.

I've gone so off model lel

>>7623891
https://artfight.net/~ChoosingWheel
/beg/ artist here. Working with pencil and paper. I'm trying to do at least one attack a day. I'm up to 8 so far, of wildly varying quality.

>>7640180
Im at a point where I'd accept chickenscratch if it meant getting my character drawn, idk why no one is drawing my characters and i suspect they're all designed like shit.
>>7640754
>too burnt out
same, i have like 3 WIPs that are too ambitious for what time i have and my low skill level

>don't draw my characters sexualized or suggestive
>creator is obviously horny about said character
??????

>>7640956
Kino schizo characters

>>7623891
>>7623585
https://artfight.net/~2Pfrog

>>7640784
Your artstyle is so peak - great stuff as always

Why do most praises people give on attacks feel so empty? Even for others, even if the attack is actually well drawn it always feels like people just scramble to come up with something they like and then put it in all caps. I don't feel anything about the compliments I recieve. Meanwhile some time back I made someone sperg out on this board and I lived rent free on his mind for days, and that absolutely made my week. How fucked am I?

>>7641507
My guess is that most people can't explain why they like something in detail, too much thinking for them. Or that they think your drawing sucks but don't want to be mean about it.

>>7641513
Yeah basically i think thats it. Digital art is consumed like slop generally so the most someone will spend looking at a drawing is a few seconds. Social media art heads just can’t appreciate art because its not taught to them in any particular way, and the distribution channels dont encourage slow and analytical consumption

2nd batch done

>>7638484
Thanks anon <3

>>7641581
Cute. These would work great as stickers.

>>7641411
Thx!

>>7641590
thanks, i should maybe start selling stickers lmao

>>7641581
you made my character really cute. definitely doing a revenge

>>7641673
i love designing stickers. i give away the ones featuring my website/OC on them for free, but i've made sales on some designs that have broader appeal.

>>7641721
NTA one day I hope I can sell art at an anime convention. Might be tiring, but when I go there as a visitor it seems kind of enticing to just get to chill in a chair all day and talk to random people that think your stuff looks cool. The worst thing I saw a lot was you have niche fanart, and then you get some giga autists that block the line because they want to talk to you for 20 minutes, but seems like a small sacrifice.

>>7641682
i don't know which character, but thanks! i'll find out soon enough

>>7641740
forgot to ask, do you have any specific character you want me to attack? preferably a girl since i like drawing those the most

>>7641733
that does sound nice. i bring my stack of giveaway stickers to cons and leave them around for people to find. usually on arcade machines.

>>7641749
Go for any girl you want, I love all my girl characters and will be happy if you draw any of them. Suprise me.

>>7641438
Thanks man! Huge props to anybody managing more than 1 of these every few days—I'm struggling to pump out just 1 a week and juggling work.

>>7641733
last i checked /cgl/ had an artist alley thread if you wanted to seriously get into that

i will warn you though, the feeling of people looking at your table then walking away is fucking depressing and might wear on you.

>>7642376
Yes, but I will need to make something better first. I'd want to have at least 20 finished printable artworks and then a collection of niche stickers.
And I don't think people being disinterested would wear me down that much since I went to a con recently myself, and I know the feel of just walking up to somewhere and deciding not to buy something. It's usually not because the art is bad, for me it's more often just walking there because the flow of people guided me that way, or making a mental note to come back later. More rarely the prices are just too high, but I would probably not be very demanding on that part.

>>7641733
It’s not too hard. Just have money set aside for it and make some art of the flavor of the month and you’ll do fine.

Ive been doing revenges, i wasn't expecting to get attacked but its been great seeing people draw my OCs! Ill post a couple of the revenges ive done
artfight.net/~bgldnks
>>7640784
This is awesome! Love your style

>>7641345
Sometimes only the creator knows how to sexualize the character correctly.

>they didn't comment on a pic I spent days and at least 7 hours on
>says they revenge everyone
>doesn't revenge me
>at 90% attack rate now 13 attacks 2 defenses
Yeah think I'm gonna go now great website

>>7643377
Post your fucking profile NOW! (Otherwise I WILL find you by myself)

>>7643379
Don't bother I'm deleting my account as soon as I figure out how to

>>7643383
Looks like you didn't even post your profile here since no one has numbers that match the ones you named

>>7643377
>>7643416
Does anyone actually care about winning and scoring points? I just like drawing characters I find cool and cute, while getting art for my characters back.

>>7632668
>do they just not know the difference between sex/gender identity/pronounfagging
they do very well, its why they choose to put pronouns on, you intuit the sex based on the characteristics on display but then refer to them as pronouns because gen z places a high value on self determination so acknowledging those chosen pronouns is a form of respect

Has anyone not had a drawing made for them yet? Link me your page I need more characters to draw

>>7640956
I love this smug motherfuker

>>7644071
This honestly, in my mind the ones crashing out about not receiving were mainly entitled tiktok children with zero parental controls, I'm surprised to see people here that are that upset about it. If that guys wanted something at all cost he should've just asked here.

>>7643377
>>7644071
I have to admit the lack of attacks gets me a lil down. I liked the idea of it being like an art trade but it's lopsided (still 0 attacks and we're halfway in) that I'm thinking I'm better off just staying in the /ic/ OC draw thread.

I am a lil perplexed tho, like, are my OCs boring? is it because the site is under such heavy use that all new users appear as noise or like, is it because I skipped giving my OCs some sappy zoomer bait lore dump? i can't really tell

>>7644411
post account

How everyone enjoying art fight so far?
I'm really digging it.
I'm not drawing anything too difficult - I tend to pic the really low skill / low effort characters that appear on the new characters page - and I keep getting comments like pic related

>>7644471
been training various styles and just got my first defense, very jolly

>>7644411
>is it because the site is under such heavy use that all new users appear as noise
I only bother attacking people who post accounts here (this is the only art community I participate in).
I imagine there are other people who attack randoms but they're probably looking for characters they resonate with or people who they want to revenge them back. The searching interface is dogshit so I imagine the "attacks randoms" group is significantly smaller than "attacks acquaintances" group.

5 attacks so far, here's the last one:
https://artfight.net/attack/11113997.arcade

Also only one defense for now, would be nice to see more! Overall I enjoy this event. And team Crystals sucks! :P

>>7645121
These characters are cool. You're making me want to join up so I can draw them.

>>7645121
I'm hitting anons for sure this batch. Don't worry.

bump

>>7645121
I've actually been working on one since yesterday hehe... Don't think you're safe

>>7645121
I'm working on something for you as well, expect it soon!

Already have a few in mind for ppl in this thread, this is fun!
Realising I never posed mine in prev posts lel https://artfight.net/~Coathanger

threads gonna die, someone should make a new thread

HELLO CRYSTALBROS? WTF IS GOING ON?

>>7635043
>>7635154
Yeah, after taking a look at what gets posted on Artfight I'm probably just going to wait until I progress beyond FWAP tier skills because good god, a lot of this stuff is just pure slop. Do these people just straight up not know or care about fundies? >>7635126 was right, most people there draw like kindergardeners and I wouldn't want to disgrace both of us by making DeviantARTs of someone's OC.
I've made a list of a few OCs that I'm interested in drawing. I'll take a crack at it next year, for now I'm just going to study fundamentals so that I can give those artists something actually worthwhile.
Have a fun time I guess.

>>7646002
I wouldn't mind recieving prebeg artwork if it's by other anons... Only in that case though.

>>7646002
As much as id like to agree i think that so long as an artist grows over time to become competent, the fact that they posted /beg/ shit in the past becomes a charming part of their history. In the present it may be cringe but a few years from now itll be something endearing when someone looks across your artistic footprint. As i said though this only works if you follow through and become competent in the months / years that follow.
So uhh post your /beg/ stuff if even to put you into a position where you look really bad if you don’t improve from then onwards

>>7646016
On principle I like the fact that someone liked my OC enough to take time out of their day to draw for me even if their artwork is objectively awful. In practice, however, it just looks cringy. Having an unflattering representation of my OC out for everyone to see feels embarrassing, and I'd also feel embarrass to hand an unflattering representation of someone's OC to them. Do these people just not have shame or self-awareness?
>>7646044
Yeah, I think we just have fundementally irreconcilable viewpoints on this. All I see on its face is cringe and not any form of endearment or charm. I'd become disgusted with my earlier works, and that's why I wouldn't upload things publicly until I'm confident in my skills.
>So uhh post your /beg/ stuff if even to put you into a position where you look really bad if you don’t improve from then onwards
This is gimping yourself.

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>>7646650
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