This year’s Artfight has come and gone, and it was a pretty active year all things considered. Sent out a lot of attacks, and even got a lot of defenses, especially for Kilua this year. Since a lot of work went into the pieces I did this month, here’s each of the pieces I did for people.
Keep in mind that I was on Team Vampire, so next to the title of the piece, i’ll have a number that corresponds to the person it was for, attributed to near the bottom of the post, and in parentheses, a indicator on which type of piece it was, friendly fire, attack, revenge, etc. Without further ado... here’s what I did this year!
#Piece 1 - 20th Century Boys (Attack)
Ft. Clarenze and Liam Signhson
#Piece 2 - Sweeping Blade of Grass (Attack)
Ft. Parsley
#Piece 3 - Ballin’ (Attack)
Ft. Slim Ridland (Ft. Daily Pyoro)
#Piece 4 - An Unlikely Trio (Attack)
Ft. Ivy, Josie, and Wynne
#Piece 5 - Reaper in the Rain (Revenge)
Ft. Drizzle
#Piece 6 - Salty Vaporwave (Revenge)
Ft. Jewel
#Piece 7 - Hat Trick (Friendly Fire)
Ft. Ferris and Mochi
#Piece 8 - Flower-Tailed Forest Dweller (Attack)
Ft. Matcha
#Piece 9 - Sunflower Chu (Attack)
Ft. Poppet (PMD ver.)
#Final Piece - Fluffy Aeromancer Dragon (With a Battleax)
Ft. Aero
1 - @clarenzesinghson
2 - @honeycrud
3 - @rachaelpyofren
4 - @madadrawing
5 - @dibblesdoodles
6 - SaltedGlaceons on Artfight
7 - @startistdoodles
8 - sweirde (Kira/Kemoki) on Twitter
9 - @snoofins
Final - @noodlebean
Last Thoughts of the Event:
This year’s artfight I think was one of my favorites i’ve had so far (and i’ve only been around since 2021), but not without some added anxiety.
Some of that anxiety was expected stuff from artfight, like not being able to hit a couple people because I ran out of time and energy, and also dealing with artist burnout a couple time. But some other stuff was personal life stuff, and well... twitter becoming more and more of a trashfire.
That all being said, this year was also really fun. One of my favorite things to do over an artfight is find some way to improve on or just experiment with my art since I don’t really do “big colored pieces” very often, and this year certainly helped push that a little further. I experiment a lot with shading and backgrounds, and I think in hindsight, things like Pieces 2, 5, 6, 8, and Final ended up being my favorites to look at just because the colors and background all just work.
Some of them also allowed me to think up a couple ideas of scenarios to put the characters in that added to how I went about the piece. Pictures 4 and 7 especially clarify that, considering they depict a scenario or even a potential group dynamic that’s pretty fun to think on.
Though what also was crazy was that I got attacked a lot more than I was expecting to going into this year. Like I expected at least a couple if I was actively participating, but I got hit with... well 7 technically, but one was a mass attack Volt was included in, not directed at me, so 6 officially. It was a neat surprise to keep waking up to a few of them, and a lot of them focused on Kilua, she got a lot of love this year. (dw, Volt got a couple too actually). I’m really happy about that, and I love all the drawings people did, they all capture something about the original designs that I love, while translated into their own styles. Dibnibs in specific went and even added backgrounds to them after the event passed, and they (not just mine but a couple of the others I saw) look awesome.
Whatever the case though, the event went really well. I got quite a few pieces sent my way, and I was able to put out a lot of pieces, and a lot of those pieces I really like how they came out. I was on Team Vampire this year, but I think I can say i’ll win either way because I only was on there because a lot of my mutuals were going werewolf, and I wanted to have opposition. That and, I just like Werewolves more.
If anyone has questions for me about anything related to their art, my dms are open. And with that, thanks for a really fun year to everyone who participated.
