Prep/Early edition>What is ArtFight?Artfight is an art gifting event that runs for the month of July where permabegs draw each others OCs for funhttps://artfight.net/>This years theme is Comedy vs Mystery vs TragedyThere are three teams this year. Which one are you on?Last year: >>7618337>>7646650
>>7972202i dont get the point of this discord grooming operation.
>>7972286at this point it's your fault if you're joining a shitcord in 2026. im just here to draw
>>7972294There's no place to post your art directly on the site after registering an account and all of the art discussion seems to happen behind private channels. Im convinced most of the "artists" are just bots.
>>7972295You can only submit character images at all times. Attacks are for when the event is ongoing only, you're not meant to use the website as an art gallery.>>Im convinced most of the "artists" are just bots.Worse, it's mostly kids. But I've seen 40-year-olds when I was surfing for bookmarks, it's pretty much open to anybody.
>>7972305That's a cute joke, everyone knows if you aren't married with kids once you hit your 30s you quit hobbies like dr*wing and develop an addiction to your vice of choice
>>7972202What is this cancerous zoomer humiliation ritual? The whole concept and the name, especially the name sound cringe as fuck.
>>7972305>>7972330>>7972438You fools. If you're not a teen and participating in artfight, the goal isn't to participate. It's to curbstomp and demoralize future artists. Kill their hopes and dreams while they're young
>>7972444That's what advice threads are for.
>>7972445kek
>>7972202I don't have an OC, and I don't really care to create one. I'm happy enough to draw someone else's OC, though. Is it possible to participate w/o my own OC?Not much interested in discord, either.
>>7972460Yeah i believe just join and create an account then "attack" stranger's OCs. If there is a requirement just make like a blob character or something. It's not a bad way to practice if you treat OC drawings like client requests and look past some of the cringe
>>7972460You can attack without having a character, yes. It's not against the rules.
>>7972464>>7972510Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.
I swear I've grown a pair of balls this year. won't even entertain beginner artists that send out hundreds of front-facing headshot slop to artists outside of their league. Looking forward to doing meaningful pieces with atmosphere and stuff though. Artfight is a fun avenue for me to iron out parts of my drawing process and experiment with styles/filters.
>>7972738Based.
6 days left. Have you set up your characters so its easy to draw them? You didn't only draw a headshot and call it a day, right?
>>7973482Yea, I didn't make any detailed turn-arounds like most people do though. Drew fullbodies and called it a day.
>>7972202I can't this year.
>>7972330You fool, cringe OCs are my vice of choice
>>7972202ngl, I started my attacks a week early because I'm house hunting, have a variable illness and just afk anyway for a week, so I get like, 1-2 weeks tops of the actual artfight to drawat the same time, most "artists" are 19 so who gives a fuck. got 4 fullbodys rendered already. I'm really looking forward to posting them
>>7974958dw. I understand why they have rules against this but I find it unfair to slow artists and people who are busy with life. Unless you're the type who draws good shit fast you're stuck drawing slop unless you wanna end the year with 6 attacks total
>>7974970Yeah, exactly, like, if you're 19, you have 31 days, if you have a job or kids or w/e, you have, idk, a lot less.I mean, I can nail out lineart in an hour or two but being able to actually sit at my tablet for that long has been a luxury recently. desu, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a tonne of rule breaking in general, I saw people talking about using materials and attacks from last year (also banned) which, tbf, surprised me. Like hopefully you've levelled up enough in a year, that it's not worth reusing assets.
>>7972202Is there some sort of tag blocklist or any way to filter out all the kids retarded characters.
some nigga was drawing artfights early and DMing people about it like "what do you think of me attacking your character" so they banned himi mean, i get it's against the rules but it still seems kind of fucked up since he was only doing sketches
>>7974981They're going to add it in a future update but it's not implemented yet.>>7975295Kind of dumb to do that if you know you're breaking the rules already. I wouldn't share them unless I really trusted the person.
i can’t join, but have gone to stare at the other artists’ work in my fandom for a few years. the artist i love the most can’t participate this year, either. i almost joined anyway just to attack him last year. though i’ve never had oc’s, back when i was a kid and a better fit for what i’m seeing over there, i probably would’ve just ditched all of my rl responsibilities and gone for it. art trades can generate the best feelings. have lots of fun, dudes who’re joining.
Post your accounts now
>>7975777you first, fren
>>7976858https://artfight.net/~CometTheMountainLion
>>7975764y’know, if any of my active friends with accounts switch from spectator to participant, (they’re lurking,) i’ll draw them things anyway, i’ll just sleep less, it just looks too fun and i love them. no clue what i’d put for a character and icon, though.>>7976859not them, but awesome, you’ve worked hard
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~TurnToGold
>broke my finger one day before the eventfuck this gay earth
Art Fight is a fantastic event, I don't even upload my own characters, I just find random gay children and draw their cringe OCs with as much earnestness as I can muster>>7975777https://artfight.net/~CDranzerI've been inactive the last few years on account of varying levels of life bullshit but I'm hoping to actually do more this year
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~BlakjakI plan to prioritize anons that attacked me last year
>>7978374attacking you right now mwahahaha
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~proximete
whoosh! (found this on ArtFight btw)
did another
>>7978886 at least credit the artisthttps://artfight.net/character/10042303.green-cat-girl-from-blood-windgood material though..
why the fuck do children still have Sonic OCs in 2026
>>7978925The autism cycle is perpetual
>>7978931
>site is down due to high traffic
>>7979067>in the middle of uploading an attack>website refresh>Your estimated wait time is 12 minutes
>>7979088>get a notification that i got an attacked>excited>click notifcations tab>Your estimated wait time is 13 minutes.
>>7978875oh boy!
>>7979067You can blame Homestuck for that. Andrew Hussie joined this year and has already received over 400 attacks in less than a day:https://artfight.net/~andrewhussie/
>>7979113>does nothing>gets 100 pieces of fanartIs that even fair?
>>7979113Had no idea, wow>>7979115Check featured members
>>7979113>you could be forceing Andrew Hussie to look at morbidly obese Vriska fanart RIGHT NOW
my favorite subset of oc is the historical one where the creator has a strange fixation with some random time period
new to artfight. how does it work and what do i do?
>>7979300upload your OCslook up random OCs belonging to other peopledraw the other person's OCspost them as "attacks"hope that they draw your OCs in return
>>7979411https://artfight.net/~OyasumiRabbitI'm sorry, I'm literal /beg/ slop, although tbf, I've struggled to be consistent with drawing practise due to health, which is unbelievably frustrating>>7979300>>7979411tbf the actual meta is to join the discord a month prior, and spam people's "hit lists" to farm attacks, most artists are 19 and have zero conscientiousness, so they will burn out after 1 week and you won't get attacked back.Problem two is the fact good artists are rare, so everyone crowds them. I'd recommend going in with the mentality that it's practise and serendipity if you get anything back
>>7979243I love all the random bootleg Beatles OCs there’s gotta be like 15 or more accounts that really love 60’s girl and boy bands
>>7979424I don't bother trying to game the systemI don't even upload any of my own charactersArt fight is just practice with the reward of making random kids happy
>find some random Vtuber>remember halfway through I can't draw her getting piped
>>7979725Why not?
>>7979820Site rules I think, she put up a whole consent matrix but I'm not reading this shit
>>7975777honk honkartfight.net/~Oliviet
>>7978913I found more of this cat girl & woo boy you found a goldmine!also some tornado girl I found by the same artist, maybe add the 2 together anons?
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~ChoosingWheel
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I finally gained courage to delete my account. I feel a tinge of regret, but mostly I feel free. There's nothing for me there, I'm pushing 30. I don't even enjoy art or care about donut steels anymore.
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~Akyz
>>7980595The best way to "play" art fight is finding super /beg/ level stuff and just making something using their designs - the people are 99% of the time super gratefulespecially if it's a self insert, or /beg/ stuff drawn on paperbringing joy to others is the real prize
4>>7980595that's ridiculous. i'm also pushing 30. gonna cry?
>>7979725Yeah I can't help but thing a ton of those women would get more fanart if they weren't covered in belts, ribbons and other random shit.Or at least fanart of them wearing clothes
Is it me or when artfight is live, the quality of art everywhere just decrease drastically?Seems like everyone is just half-assing their work.
>>7972464>It's not a bad way to practice if you treat OC drawings like client requests and look past some of the cringeThat's such a good point
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~VicoTheRakunFirst time trying this thing.
>>7981879Well yeah because it's free art retard
>>7981934>entire month of every art sites being riddled with low quality garbage because people who join an event about doing art for others can't be half-assed to do something if they aren't getting paid for itAmazing mindset.
>>7979629goated way to do art fight
>>7981948>>7981879Yeah, I'm mostly concerned with throughputAlso fatigue just setting in in general really eats into skill, I can break 4 hours over a week to line art and colour as I please and enjoy my time, or I can compress that into a single night but after the trials of a normal day, I'm half-cocked the entire time.with 19yos, I imagine it's literally just not giving a shii though
>>7981879prob cuz most people are trying to churn out as much art as possible
>>798187998% of everything anyone has ever drawn is garbage, you just normally don't notice because there are all those algorithms and platforms curating it and only showing you the other 2.It's like saying everyone turns obese in the summer, they were fat six months ago they just took their sweaters off.
>>7979629Good idea. I think I'll do the same.
>draw an attack>it's badwhat do? still post it?
>>7983237Sometimes I draw attacks I'm not really proud of that I can't really afford to restart because I have a backlog of shit to revenge. Eventually I think most people probably don't really care and are simply happy about getting art of their ocs
>>7983237Hey, my kids and I sift through the characters together, looking for something suitable to draw. We chat about what works and what doesn't, and what they'd do differently. If I were to receive an "ugly" attempt, we'd all enjoy unraveling it. Plus, I'd be happy that you'd made an effort on my behalf.The variety in skill (success?) level is part of what makes artfight interesting. It also means people are more comfortable posting their own attempts.
>>7980160No way there’s a tutorial toohttps://youtu.be/4z7-c_T5hNc?si=vsLpTOhMBzI-UUDh
>>7983237Think less, post moar. You have 1 month to get as much out of your system as possible and be as experimental as you want, then come back in a year when you've no doubt improved. Being good is future you's problem.
>>7972738Update: FUUUUCK I caved and drew revenges for a retarded kid and now they're drawing my characters completely OOC interacting with random people and talking about drawing more im gonna get an aneurysm
Is it socially safe to show my art style to family if I mostly draw cute girls?
>>7984065p-pls respond.. should i delete my account before they log back inalso didn't realize artfight was mostly underage people
>>7984084>>7984065No, don't delete your account. About your family. If you have to ask strangers on the internet if you should show your family- people who care for you, your art, then you must think that there is something so wrong about it that it has the chance to change how they love, or feel for you. If that's the case, be honest with yourself what are you drawing that has you so worried and why are you drawing it?>didn't realize artfight was mostly underage peopleso is the internet, don't interact with them
>>7984065Yeah, just show them the four or five most socially acceptable pieces you drew recently and pretend you don't know what Twitter is.
>Nobody in mystery fucking draws and we're already getting our asses kicked after a week
I've never participated in this, would it be at all acceptable to put non-OC characters from existing franchises on your profile for revenges or is it strictly OC only? I don't feel like sharing my OCs but more doodles of my video game waifus who don't otherwise get much fanart would be swell.
>>7984492You can upload existing characters only if you make changes to their design, according to the rules
>>7984492I hadn't participated because I don't make Ocs, I think it's cringe to have them BUT I found out you can join and just draw and don't even have to have your own on your profileP.S. Idk if you get to choose but I wanted to join mystery and I did
>>7984492It is in the FAQ. You can't just post straight-up copies of commercial characters, but you can have your own variant. (And the variation must be significant.)>>7984701I don't have any OCs. I make attacks, but it feels a bit like tossing artwork into the void. I sometimes get a very brief ALL CAPS excited message from the target. Then my artwork swirls into the millions, never to be seen again.
can i join with my fuck all pixel arts? like we are talking about 56 x 56 i might draw 128 x 128 if pixel art is allowed
>>7984821ye
So far I've done 4 attacks. It's not much, and I feel like some of them aren't as polished as I'd like, but I'm having a lot of fun.If anyone wants to attack me, here's my profilehttps://artfight.net/~VicoTheRakun
>get attacked by someone with a nice artstyle>want to respond with an attack>check their characters>most of them are ass with annoying complex details and have only 1 reference sheet>bonus points if they are picky with a shit ton of rules for their charactersI know I don't have to respond to their attack, but goddamn I don't want to look like a dick.
>>7985353well, if the design is too complicated or otherwise unappealing, you could just draw a headshot/bust
>>7985031Your stuff is great. You're skilled enough that the television screen filters are convincing.
>>7985353What sort of rules, I just see stuff like "please don't draw porn or gore and if she's black, gay or comically obese keep her that way", and while I sometimes call the guy names because their OCs were built for horse cock before drawing them eating ice cream it's generally fairly understandable.
>>7975777https://artfight.net/~Merkensteiner
>3D stuff gets twice the points for only ten times the effortbrilliant
>>7987856Not sure points are worth bothering about. I often see single simple attacks which are worth ten of my own. Not sure what points would do for me, anyway.
>>7986734I don't know what counts as NSFW I'll put this version here
