u/DaSaltInDaPepperMill

I know artfight is for everyone and it’s not expected to pour 10 hours into every drawing you make, but I have a long hit list and am experimenting with brushes and styles, so I have mostly been doing portrait/bust. I know they probably don’t look super low effort but a lot of the drawings I’ve made are below my usual standard I hold myself to outside of artfight, and most only took me 2h or so. I’m worried that I’m losing the spirit of artfight because I want to attack as many people from my hitlist as I can and that people who receive my art will be disappointed that it’s not a full complex scene. Some of these haven’t even gotten a thank you from artists who are otherwise active and it’s making me worried I’ve done something wrong

Characters: Red by Inkracken; Murphy by hikoishi; Faulkner/the trawler man by cathartiform; Erres and Halvard by Neptuunite; Kerlu by Catwyk; rook by n0phis; François by HicksHicka; Félix Ovidar by rottingraisins; Juniper by rosenkranz; Carpenter by thesadghostwhodrew; Thealai of the new beginning by Pevo_form; Song by SpooksieDoodle; Jane by Lazarett; Abel by SillyLilMiyu; Gwendolyn by Vestakore; Maddox by d6smond; C!Pinky by Pinkelotje; The Liar, the Pupetteer and Dhanza by Archduke; MURRAIN by Praeterien

It triggers my chronic migraines. It’s not horrible but especially the ones where the effect shows up in the image are hard for me, so it’s kinda an accessibility issue

I’ll definitely make some with flags of Palestine, Ukraine and such. I’ll also make some of women who’s contributions to society tend to be overlooked (though I can’t do infinite and I’m having a hard time narrowing down the many amazing ladies I could paint). I’d love to illustrate some concise quotes/protest sayings though for stickers and I am having a hard time finding ones that would work, so I’m calling on you all!

I’d also greatly appreciate being directed to places where I can look for phrases/what to search for!

A lot of things I see when searching and/or on here are US centric but I’m in Central Europe so I’d rather have generally applicable ones, on topics like feminism, dismantling imperial/western colonial exploitation, antifascism, etc., at best focused on ways to keep hope and activism alive

I get burned out very quick when I try full ref sheets with expressions and back view and stuff. I’m worried lacking references is why I don’t get attacks very much, so would you consider these ones ‘sufficient’?

I just finished finalizing designs for a comic! They’re all from the same universe. I’ll respond in character for whatever oc(s) you address. Loyal can’t talk so you probably won’t get a response from him.

For the mods: I’ll respond to everyone but it’s night so I may fall asleep and thus need a sec longer for responses!

Not sure how to flair this. Above is the only ref sheet I’ve made so far. I know people like to have proper references when they do attacks but I feel like making ref sheets is a whole different skill set from art. Like suddenly I have to know graphic design/formatting? I looked at a bunch of other people’s sheets for inspiration and tried my best but I still feel like im so out of my depth, I’m so frustrated TwT pls help. I wanna make sheets for my main characters because I know it helps artists but at the same time I feel like I’m going insane