#july summary

[annes-room]

🐌 Aug 1, 2024

July went by so fast 😵‍💫 I can't believe there's only one month of summer left 😭

📚 July reads: -The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern -Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom by Jordan Tannahill -Maus by Art Spiegelman -Forget Me Not by Julie Soto -Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

they're all standouts in their own right, but I kinda can't wait to read The Night Circus again to get lost in the world 😍 Maus and Killers of the Flower Moon are both incredibly important works on the Holocaust and systemic murders of the Osage Indigenous Americans, respectively.

nothing to note in my receiptify, but I mostly listened to podcasts in July, so this might not be super accurate

moving on to school and focused time, I finally got a job so I no longer have to job hunt 🎉 and I finished sorting my photos so I don't have to do that again until next year!

as for school, it's bad right now :( I'm not sure if I just don't gel with my prof or if I actually don't understand the material, but I'm struggling :/ my midterm is tomorrow but I don't have high hopes for it. I just want it to be done.

I do have plans to finish summer on a high note, I just gotta keep going 🥲

[artfoold00k]

Art Fight summary

For my own performance

POSITIVES ☉ Good creating speed ☉ Learned and tried new things ☉ Tested/created different tools for inking ☉ Mostly good feedback from recipients ☉ New connections, more exposure ☉ Proud of my custom assets

NEGATIVES ⨷ Applied unnecessary limitations (style, theme, quality) ⨷ Not enough diversity, no creature OCs ⨷ Not enough male characters ⨷ Half of the expected number of finished works ⨷ Overthinking and outperforming ⨷ Technical issues with Clip Studio software ⨷ Poor mental health days, draining

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My plan was to try new art things with each drawing I make, learn new tricks, and apply/practice them. By doing this I increased creating time by a lot and so it wasn't wise to continue. Not when quantity is more important than quality.

I'm very glad that I didn't push myself too much and didn't burn out from this experience.

➽ Let me know which of my July's artworks is your personal favorite. Leave a comment, tell how you see my art, and what you value in it. I'd appreciate the feedback.

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Regarding Art Fight event management itself. Disappointing and bad.

🅧 Frequent maintenance in the first days indicates that admins were not prepared well. Assets were provided with delay. 🅧 Some small parts of the website are still broken as many years before. 🅧 The whole freaking drama unraveled among the staff in the only month everyone needs them to do their work well! Scam, staff shifts, owner change, negativity. Toxic and unprofessional. 🅧 Changes made to the event DURING the event. For example, team points calculation, changes to the search filter, and more. All the changes should be made BEFORE the time. 🅧 Bad Discord server maintenance. Poor structure, boring, immature. I expect more from Discord partners, for an old event with a huge community. I don't see a reason for me to be a member of their server in this situation. 🅧 Artists delete/archive their characters during the event. It's irritating at least. What if I'm in the process of drawing? I won't be able to submit my attack.

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When time/energy allows, I plan to create TikTok content from all the speedpaint recordings I made during July.

[sketchquill]

My 2023 Art Summary! ♪♪＼(^ω^＼)( /^ω^)/♪♪

The template belongs to Taxkha on Twitter!

[kuwdora]

@perseruna I LISTENED!! I MANIFESTED!!

the lion, the witch, and the audacity of this bitch geralt/jaskier/yennefer ~6k, explicit. d/s, sexual roleplay, banter, erotic massage. more tags on ao3.

Trouble is afoot and it will be a long evening for the White Knight.

The White Knight has been in the Queen’s service for more than half his life. He currently stands beside her royal majesty in the throne room, bearing witness to the thorn in the Queen’s side. A thorn he will be called upon to remove.

Whether he was pushing miscreants from the kingdom with his blade, doling out punishments on behalf of the Queen, or sating her majesty’s sexual desires, the White Knight fulfilled his responsibilities every day of his life. However such consistency was not common in all of the Queen's loyal subjects.

This spy in particular, a faun with broad shoulders and a nervous smile, a tufted little goatee and soft, folded ears. He has a penchant for distracting the castle guards with jovial questions about their favorite snacks. He has often derailed the White Knight's retinue from their duties with gossip from the latest winter festival.

Mr. Tammus had come into the Queen’s service only a few short years ago. The White Knight had been on assignment looking for allies to enlist to the Queen’s service. He’d ventured into the western mountains, seeking the brawn of a clan of minotaurs. It was there that he discovered Mr. Tammus beguiling the clan leader and her grandfather with a musical jig. Mr. Tammus had accidentally broken a curse that had fouled their young with human-features. Mr. Tammus could have asked for anything from the grateful clan but instead requested only shelter and their undivided attention while he performed his latest song.

Upon witnessing Mr. Tammus’ charm on the minotaurs firsthand, the White Knight knew the faun would prove useful for the Queen’s service.

Tammus indeed proved to be a valuable asset with eyes and ears in the community and borderlands, able to strike up friendships all due to his cherub-like face and penchant for outlandish tales that could enchant anyone with ears. He found secrets and gossip in the unlikeliest of places that was useful to the Queen and her royal guard.

Yet there are times where the faun’s flightiness has tested the Queen's patience.

Which is why Mr. Tammus is currently on his knees and bowing, snowmelt slipping from his hair onto the floor. read on ao3

[krasytoonz]

At some point in Royal AU’s lore these four will get lost in the Forbidden Forest and Howdy’s the only reason why they’re alive

[vellichorom]

ok this is the year we retire the old template & start using new ones hello

( & SO, this template credit to @ necromosss on twt! (( date edited slightly by me, in case you're confused )) )

WHAT a year, am I right?

2023 opened the door to a lot more experiences, events, fandoms, people, & all KINDS of hectic craziness for me, but it was REALLY fun, & while I don't think I really made HEFTY leaps & bounds in terms of doing something different with my art, every day - with every small change & improvement, I come to love my art all the more.

& that, I will contribute some to YOU! yes, YOU - reading this right now! to casual viewers, to those who have been with me since the premiere of this blog, to those who've come around in 2023 for one thing or another; to those of you of whom I've never spoken with, to those who have made me something or complemented my work, to those who've become my friends, my gratitude is IMMEASURABLE.

this last year, while its had its bumpier moments - I will confess, it's been truly incredible, & I thank you, every single one of you, who's had even the slightest hand to make it so. you are all TOO KIND, & I appreciate you sticking by & enjoying what I do.

hopefully, I can continue to make things that grab your attention, AWE & AMAZE YOU, & beyond anything, make you smile, if only to repay you some for all the joy you provide me.

HERE'S TO 2024! with hopes & prayers & wishes aplenty that we'll be better people in better situations before it's over!

2023: JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC + BONUS PIECE.

[mitamicah]

Oh well, if nothing you can at least see when the brainrot hit x'D

[four-rabbits-in-a-trenchcoat]

[screwpinecaprice]

My 2023 drawing summary! ✨

Links to the featured drawings:

jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec

Barely remember the year to be honest. Just a lot of work and chores. Lol

Just some ramblings under the cut.

Let's see...

Achieved start of the year goals

Didn't fulfill my last year's goal of making commissions a full time job. I mean, I did for a little bit while but it's still not the right time yet.

Though what I did unexpectedly accomplish is that my fear of cockroaches had decreased. We had a family of house shrews this year (usually we had mice) and I learned they mainly eat insects. I still like to avoid killing the few huntsman spiders we have hanging around so the next big insect available would normally be a roach. So I'd bonk one if I find one (instead of immediately bolting out the room) so I can feed the shrews. I mean cockroaches, specially the American cockroach, still freaks me the heck out. But, like, it's shrew food.

Oh, also bought a display tab. I'll always be grateful to the Ko-fi supporters for reaching this goal! I'm still in the middle finding my rhythm with the tablet. Considering getting a paperlike screen protector to minimize the glass texture.

2024 goal

A new laptop of course. My ideapad is in the cusps of dying. 😭

I don't feel that productive in the drawing department this year. :/ My current day job does pay a little higher than my commissions and ko-fi requests combined... But I really don't fill fulfilled when I make less drawings. Let's see if I can make commissions a full time job this year. Or at least try to see if I can make my top source of income drawing related.

There are other goals I hope to accomplish this year, but these are the main drawing related ones.

Regarding commissions

There will be some adjustments to the background prices in regular commissions. Because, like, I shouldn't price it lower than the base price if I spent as much time drawing it. Lol

I think I'll rate Ko-fi doodle requests based on what the piece literally contain instead of basing on the amount of time spent drawing the request. It'll make things simpler specially with comics. I'll make a post about the changes when I decide on the settled rates

[xenocorner]

Also art summary :]

[ferahntics]

Throwing a summary together \o/

Not to get sappy but honestly, I'm very grateful for the Kirby franchise and the community, I was really struggling with art block for a long while before joining 🙏💕

Even though I've had my ups and downs when I drew like nuts and then go radio-silent, I still think 2023 was a really productive year for me ;v; 💖 Here's to more in 2024~

Template is here!

[cebulik]

summary of 2023! i got pretty burned out by the end of the year, but i still managed to make some cool pieces i'm still proud of!! this year has been sponsored by me not knowing what the hell i'm doing with my art and experimenting with my style a lot.

link to template, previous summaries and all the pieces in this one under the cut!

template

january ✨ february ✨ march

april ✨ may ✨ june

july ✨ august ✨ september

october ✨ november ✨ december

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

[sadmages]

weird year for me but i drew some things after all I guess!

[berribeat]

My artfight summary except i didnt get to do anything?!?!?!? My bad team college kept me busier than i thought it would 💀

tadaa :D

Credits in order of image:

1- Spacetime, belongs to @grief-chapter, their toyhouse is here, and this is their artfight!!

2- Himalia and Pandora, belongs to Quivv, they have a YouTube channel!!

3- Clara Dorothee, belongs to @solobodor, here's her artfight!!

4- Eight, belongs to eightpng, here's their Tiktok

5- Calypso, belongs to Expiredtoast, here's their site

6- Finn, belongs to @ki1ldeer, and here's their artfight!

[daily-property-police]

Day 364- Art Summary! It was a lot of fun looking back through the whole year and finding my favorites.

[agent-lapin]

another year of mostly drawing my hot oc!!!