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Shane's Tattoo - challenge #76

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:21:32 GMT

Posted by: mific

Title: Shane's Tattoo on AO3
Artist: mific
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Ilya Rozanov
Notes: Made in Procreate for the tattoo-style challenge. The second in this pair.

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Ilya's Tattoo - for challenge #76

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:01:28 GMT

Posted by: mific

Title: Ilya's Tattoo on AO3
Artist: mific
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander
Notes: No warnings apply. Made in Procreate for the tattoo-style art challenge. The first of a pair.

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Admin Post: Drawing Challenge #76 - Tattoo Style

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 05:03:53 GMT

Posted by: mific

Challenge #76: Tattoo Style

Something a bit different, this month. Draw or paint something in the style of tattoo art, or transform one of your existing artworks into tattoo style. It can be monochrome or coloured, and any topic - fannish or original work, or calligraphy.

Here are a few references to give you some ideas:

A YouTube tattooist talking about tattoo drawing style (mild profanity at times)
A video about botanical tattoo drawing
A Pinterest page of examples (some of these are CHOICES!)

A round-up post for submissions to this challenge will be done at the end of February.

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Admin Post: Drawing Challenge #75 Romance - Round-Up Post

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 04:23:07 GMT

Posted by: mific

Congrats to those who took part in this challenge!

Entries submitted for Drawing Challenge #75 - Romance:

Ya Tebya Lyublyu by mific - Heated Rivalry, Teen
Sophie at the Ball by mekare - Bridgestone, Gen
Lovecore MJV by queervanilla - Arcane, Gen
Hold Me by mific - Heated Rivalry, Gen
A Better Future by tally - Overwatch, Gen

As usual, this challenge as well as all of our previous challenges will remain open, so you can continue to submit entries to the community any time after the Round Up date. Be sure to tag your art post with the challenge name, so that it can be added to the list.

Thanks to all who participated in this challenge! :)

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Romance Challenge - Overwatch

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:40:43 GMT

Posted by: tally

Title: A Better Future
Artist: tally
Rating: Everyone
Fandom: Overwatch
Characters/Pairings: Sigma/Widowmaker
Content Notes: Made in Krita.

( Image under cut! )

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Hold Me (Romance challenge)

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:06:01 GMT

Posted by: mific

Title: Hold Me on AO3
Artist: mific
Rating: Gen
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Notes: Made in Procreate for the ICE OUT donation challenge, and for challenge #75 - Romance

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Romance Challenge

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:31:41 GMT

Posted by: queervanilla

Title: Lovecore MJV

Artist: queervanilla

Rating: G

Fandom: Arcane

Character(s): Mel Medarda, Jayce Talis, Viktor

Content Notes: CSP

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Romance challenge

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:55:43 GMT

Posted by: mekare

Title: Sophie at the Ball
Artist: mekare
Rating: G
Fandom: Bridgerton (TV)
Character: Sophie Baek
Content Notes: blue paper, white gel pen, Sakura Pigma 0.2

Clicky preview:

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Community Check-In for January 2026

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:07:50 GMT

Posted by: goss

It's the last day of January, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in January, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

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Ya Tebya Lyublyu (I love you)

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:19:45 GMT

Posted by: mific

Title: Ya Tebya Lyublyu on AO3
Artist: mific
Rating: Teen
Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Notes: made in Procreate for prompt #75: "romance"

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Video: 4 Artists paint 1 tree

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:19:32 GMT

Posted by: goss

I just came across this 15-minute documentary about 4 Disney background artists' unique approach to painting the same subject matter. I found their process fascinating, and inspiring to watch! :)

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Webrings! (+ETA: History of online art communities)

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:45:24 GMT

Posted by: mekare

I'm currently updating my Neocities art site again and found two artist webrings that I thought would be of interest:

Neocreatives Webring - this one has grown so big (500+ artists) that it now functions as a directory.

Adult Artist Webring - this is MUCH smaller but I'm glad those artists have found a way to connect on a new platform after being kicked out almost everywhere.

Editing because I found a new interesting link via this post by katzenfabrik:

The rise and fall of internet art communities.

Reading that article made me thankful we have this space here.

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Drawing Challenge #75 - Romance

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 01:42:51 GMT

Posted by: mific

 Challenge #75: Romance

 It's been a heady, romantic holiday season for some of us in fandom, so the first theme of 2026 is ROMANCE! You can draw characters from a romance, or put characters from any fandom, or no fandom, into a romantic situation. Or you can draw and paint anything connected with romance, whatever that means to you - like an anniversary, gifts, or a romantic memory. Make it as schmaltzy as you like, or as tragic and angsty, and don't forget "enemies to lovers", and other romance tropes! ❤️

The challenge will run through February as well, to cover Valentine's Day.

A round-up post for submissions to this challenge will be done at the end of February.

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Admin Post: Community check-in for December 2025

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 01:40:21 GMT

Posted by: mific

December and 2025 are over, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month? This past year?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in December, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

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Admin Post: Challenges in December

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:37:43 GMT

Posted by: mific

It's a busy month with seasonal projects and challenges. The seasonal card exchange is underway, and we're extending the fanartist rec challenge across this month as well.

Art Rec Challenge: Rec a Fanartist

Pick a fanartist you like and tell us why you enjoy their works - and link us to a few examples, and to their main site or sites.

Any fandom, but only fanartists please, not professional artists (it's okay if they're fanartists who do commissions or have a buy-me-a-coffee, though, as that's fairly common these days.) They can be from any era - from early Star Trek vintage to artists posting currently.

Tell us about just one artist per post, please - you can make more than one post if you want to rec two or three artists!

A round-up post for this recs challenge will be done at the end of December. Happy reccing!

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Community Check-In for November 2025

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:45:13 GMT

Posted by: goss

It's the last day of November, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in November, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on.

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As promised

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:37:03 GMT

Posted by: leecetheartist

Title: Card selections

Artist:leecetheartist

Rating: G

Content Notes: I drew these in pencil first and then watercolour pencil, and fountain pen over them.

So these are some very small works I've done to help raise fun for our local community Shed open day on Saturday (it's like a Men's Shed, but for everybody. We have carpentry, pottery, art group, welding, turning etc etc) They're going to be pasted on some greeting cards and put in a cellophane envelope. I've been given 6 envelopes, and as you see there are eight designs so two won't make the cut. They're going to go for $5AUD each, and we were told not to spend too much time on them, so they're a bit less detailed than my usual.

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Fanartist rec: Kaitlin Wadley

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:52:52 GMT

Posted by: mekare

Fanartist's name: dorkbait, Kaitlin Wadley
Content Notes: some works are explicit, or feature injuries (think of the Winter Soldier here)
Medium: traditional, mixed media
Artist's main websites: Official website, dorkbait
About this artist: Kaitlin is a professionally trained artist from the US. I first came across her work on Tumblr while I was deeply in Marvel fandom after the Captain America films. I love her style of painting portraits and the focus on portraying vulnerability and identity issues from a female gazey perspective.
The stuff from the 2010s was mostly ink, gouache and acrylics, but it seem she recently started embroidery art too (see example below).

I think partly my work with Bucky does stem from a kind of longstanding frustration with the MCU’s continued refusal to give me what I want. It’s kind of a vicious cycle, because I go into the movies hopeful but knowing that I’m probably not going to get a coherent emotional arc or an examination of Bucky’s psyche, and then of course neither of those things ever happen. So I end up thinking, well, I guess I better make that for myself!

Source: This article at the Daily Dot by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

I can relate to this quote so much, especially regarding all my feelings about Bucky several years ago.

Examples:

silk embroidered bird (G rating)

Bucky Inktober piece from 2015 (I‘d rate this one T because of "viscuous nightmare fluid"), it‘s best to look at the whole Inktober series in sequence because each art piece also features a bit of writing which shows Bucky‘s journey dealing with recovering his sense of self.

Young Man with stigmata from 2023 which clearly shows her Renaissance painting influences (look at that hand!). This is Interview with the Vampire fanart of Armand, I think.

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Fanartist rec: alby_mangroves

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:07:43 GMT

Posted by: mific

Fanartist's name: alby_mangroves
Content Notes: some works are explicit, esp. those on AO3
Medium: traditional art - drawing
Artist on DW: alby_mangroves
Artist's main websites: Alby as artgroves on tumblr, alby_mangroves on AO3
About this artist: Alby is an Australian-based artist who does traditional art - drawings, often in graphite/pencil/ink, and sometimes in coloured pastels. Alby's style lately is usually monochrome, sometimes posted with a sepia tint - it's very vivid and three-dimensional, and I love the use of shading and cross-hatching to convey depth. Alby posts largely to tumblr and AO3 these days, and often does collaborations with writers in Big Bang-type challenges. Works are in many fandoms, with the MCU being a favourite, often featuring Steve/Bucky.

Example: An earlier work in pen & ink and brush, with effective use of a little colour.
He Looked Right At Me

Example: An example of Alby's coloured pastel work - MCU bros.
Sons of Ipswich

Example: Several gorgeously detailed illustrations (some NSFW) for a Russian folklore AU (MCU).
Hunger of the Pine

Example: Sketches from the show "The Last of Us".
The Sketches of Us

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Admin Post: Art Rec Challenge - Rec a Fanartist

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:48:29 GMT

Posted by: mific

Something different for November, as we figured people might be a bit worn out after Drawtober, and starting to get busy with seasonal projects and challenges.

Art Rec Challenge: Rec a Fanartist

This is an art recommendations month. Pick a fanartist you like and tell us why you enjoy their works - and link us to a few examples, and to their main site or sites.

Any fandom, but only fanartists please, not professional artists (it's okay if they're fanartists who do commissions or have a buy-me-a-coffee, though, as that's fairly common these days.) They can be from any era - from early Star Trek vintage to artists posting currently.

Tell us about just one artist per post, please - you can make more than one post if you want to rec two or three artists!

A round-up post for this recs challenge will be done at the end of November. Happy reccing!

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Community Card Exchange 2025 - Poll

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:55:44 GMT

Posted by: goss

December's just about a month away, so we're kicking off our annual Community Card Exchange this week. :)

How it works:
During this time of year, we make and exchange cards with members of our drawing community. A list of mailing addresses is created and shared privately with participating community members. Cards may be general, seasonal or holiday-themed, and you're free to mail out one or as many cards as you wish.

Please fill out our poll to indicate whether you'd like to take part in this year's Community Card Exchange:

View Poll: Community Card Exchange 2025

And if you're new here, or you have any questions about the exchange, please feel free to ask in the comments section of this post. All community members are welcome to take part in our card exchange. :)

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Admin post: Community check-in October 2025

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 03:26:23 GMT

Posted by: mific

It's just after the end of October, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you since August? (having just realised we haven't had a check-in post for a while, oops, sorry!)

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in the past three months, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you looking at a bunch of end-of-year deadlines? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on. There's probably been a lot happening since it's been a while since we did this, so feel free just to give us the highlights!

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Admin Post: Drawing Challenge #74 (Drawtober 2025) - Round-Up Post

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 03:06:34 GMT

Posted by: mific

Congrats to those who took part in this challenge!

Entries submitted for Drawing Challenge #74 - Drawtober 2025:

Too many to list! So just follow the challenge tag to see them all.

As usual, this challenge as well as all of our previous challenges will remain open, so you can continue to submit entries to the community any time after the Round Up date. Be sure to tag your art post with the challenge name, so that it can be added to the list.

Thanks to all who participated in this challenge! :D

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Signal Boost: Pinch hit doodles

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:50:17 GMT

Posted by: mekare

doodle4doodle has some open pinch hits! Check them out here. You can state your preferences for a treat in return on a special post for pinch hitters too.

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Drawtober Days 28 & 30 - Bridge of Stars and Mask

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:01:34 GMT

Posted by: chacusha

Title: Bridge of Stars
Artist: chacusha
Rating: G
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters/Pairings: Odo/Quark
Content Notes: Another suggestion from a friend -- did this as a kind of bookmark design. *dramatic reach!*

Art on dA | Art on Tumblr

Title: Masks
Artist: chacusha
Rating: G
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Characters/Pairings: Odo/Quark
Content Notes: One last suggestion from one of my friends. Some silly sketches of Quark and Odo wearing masks.

Art on dA | Art on Tumblr

That's it for me for Drawtober!

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