Miss you too and hope you are as well as can be. I saw a bug today and it was sunny and I got to take my cat on a walk in her little baby sling. She chirped at birds and tadpoles and we watched the sun set together. I hope you experience the little joys in these times
A bug! I also saw a cool bug recently! Your cat sounds adorable! I hope she had a great time chirping at the birds and tadpoles and watching the sunset! That sounds wonderful!!
Loreena made it to the second round, so time for *Propaganda.*
So, she's based off a very specific song by Loreena McKennitt called The Mummer's Dance.
This song was introduced to me by @shaniae , and has been living in my mind rent free for years now. If you haven't heard it yet, I definitely urge you to put some headphones on, sit back, and enjoy. ♡
She herself is an elder of the Wildwood Dryads, and is my beloved triple Moss. I positively love Moss, and wanted to create a dragon who could encompass basically everything I feel about it! And then, I thought...why not make a fan dragon of her?
I wanted something just a bit less obvious, and well. Here we are. :D
Side note: Shang Qinghua absolutely makes me smile, I'm so pleased to see him in this lineup!! I'll really have to read that series now, since we keep in in stock at work. ♡
Final note: I'll leave the lyrics to the song under a read more for you all--so you can follow along or read if you like!
Since Shang Qinghua made it to round 2, here's my propaganda: vote for whoever you like! Both dragons are gorgeous.
My only comment is Read The Scum Villain's Self Saving System! It is a queer story focused on an incredibly unreliable Gen Z narrator who transmigrates into his favorite most hated novel as the main villain! It's funny, charming, and tackles very complex themes and ideas.
Okay, here's my humble yearly Artfight advice, because with every AF, there's always a bit of an ongoing cycle:
While you can't ever guarantee revenges, your chances of getting art back are always higher if you target people with positive ratios. There's a lot of people on site who have +75% attack ratios (meaning they've drawn way more art than they have received). Go target them! They deserve love AND are way more likely to return art!
DO NOT fall for random celeb tiktokker with 50k followers who is, for the seventh year in a row, promising they will be revenging all the art they get all while their ratio sits at a whooping 5%! There's always some people like this and a lot of younger folk fall for it again and again. And then these people don't even bother with commenting on the art they receive
In my experience, it's younger folk or people who are newer to art that will go more apeshit (affectionate) about the art they receive. If you really wanna make someone's entire week, find yourself someone who is new to AF or someone who has just started drawing and give them a lil something, they will adore it!
Artfight can be a great opportunity to make friends. I've met some wonderful people through exchanging art there. Use the search function to find characters tagged as things you have an interest in and go ham. Chances are, you may meet someone with similar interests who may end up becoming a long term friend.
While receiving revenges is great, don't try to guilt trip people for them. Don't go around posting comments on people's profiles like "If I draw for you will you revenge me??" Just draw for the person if you'd like to draw for them, don't do it expecting the whole situation to be a transaction
A lot of people will mention in their profiles whether they are revenging or not. It's a good idea to check that out if you are interested in revenges- But never take these as a 100% guarantee
Comment on art you have received! It doesn't need to be a deep comment. Sometimes gushing over it and dropping 30 emojis and a big thank you gets the point across. It can be rather daunting to not receive any confirmation that the person you drew for even saw the art you made for them.
And honestly, just be honest with yourself and how much art you can make without burning out or hurting yourself. Make your stretches, rest your hand, and try to have fun without sacrificing your health on the way!
