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ArtFight 2024, A Recap
a year ago
Nah I'd win
So I've been vaguely aware of ArtFight for a while, but with a downturn at work giving me zero hours of actual project work (and no pay, but that's besides the point here), I've had more time on my hands than I would have over the summer, and figured I'd make an effort to get involved in ArtFight this year, especially after seeing other folks post their cards here and on Bluesky throughout the end of June.
I didn't really know what to expect from it, but I had a blast with it. Definitely motivated me to draw a lot, and it being my first year and not having anyone following me there, I was pretty happy to attack users and occasionally getting a counter-attack, often times what other people did just absolutely blew me away. I made it a goal early on that I'd try to get to either 25 attacks or 500 points, and ended up getting to both before the end of the month, after which I got motivated to draw a ton of Heidi and that spelt the end of my ArtFight for 2024.
It was also just very fun to encounter so many cool characters that I never would have found without using the platform, since pretty much everyone I drew for doesn't have an FA. Who are all you people with cool OCs and why the FUCK are you all on Twitter (hate how social media has replaced pretty much all art platforms, especially when they're so hostile to art and artists.
Anyway, I won't be posting all the stuff I did or received here, but I will post some favourites in a bit and also do a quick little breakdown of numbers, because I like doing that.
Total pieces drawn: 25
Busts: 3
Halfbodies: 17
Fullbodies: 5
Friendly Fire attacks: 7
Total Pieces received: 15
Busts/Chibis: 2
Halfbodies:10
Fullbodies: 3
Character distribution:
-4: Heidi
-3: Asmin
-2: Marleine, Florence
-1: Ricka, Isabela, Ueli, Suzette
It was pretty interesting to who picked which characters, though I put a fairly small selection up simply because I wanted to ensure the characters I posted had enough SFW reference material, with ArtFight being an SFW-focused event and having plenty of artists who are also minors.
My takeaway is that a lot more people like Asmin than I realized, and Heidi beating them out is no surprise, but I might be biased given my recent bout of Heidi brainrot.
Marleine only got art on the last week of the artfight, which was a relief because she was the first character I posted and yet stayed unloved for a good chunk of time. My love for spunky older women takes time to win over people.
In the end, I had a ton of fun and hopefully I get to partake next year, my soon-to-be studies permitting.
I didn't really know what to expect from it, but I had a blast with it. Definitely motivated me to draw a lot, and it being my first year and not having anyone following me there, I was pretty happy to attack users and occasionally getting a counter-attack, often times what other people did just absolutely blew me away. I made it a goal early on that I'd try to get to either 25 attacks or 500 points, and ended up getting to both before the end of the month, after which I got motivated to draw a ton of Heidi and that spelt the end of my ArtFight for 2024.
It was also just very fun to encounter so many cool characters that I never would have found without using the platform, since pretty much everyone I drew for doesn't have an FA. Who are all you people with cool OCs and why the FUCK are you all on Twitter (hate how social media has replaced pretty much all art platforms, especially when they're so hostile to art and artists.
Anyway, I won't be posting all the stuff I did or received here, but I will post some favourites in a bit and also do a quick little breakdown of numbers, because I like doing that.
Total pieces drawn: 25
Busts: 3
Halfbodies: 17
Fullbodies: 5
Friendly Fire attacks: 7
Total Pieces received: 15
Busts/Chibis: 2
Halfbodies:10
Fullbodies: 3
Character distribution:
-4: Heidi
-3: Asmin
-2: Marleine, Florence
-1: Ricka, Isabela, Ueli, Suzette
It was pretty interesting to who picked which characters, though I put a fairly small selection up simply because I wanted to ensure the characters I posted had enough SFW reference material, with ArtFight being an SFW-focused event and having plenty of artists who are also minors.
My takeaway is that a lot more people like Asmin than I realized, and Heidi beating them out is no surprise, but I might be biased given my recent bout of Heidi brainrot.
Marleine only got art on the last week of the artfight, which was a relief because she was the first character I posted and yet stayed unloved for a good chunk of time. My love for spunky older women takes time to win over people.
In the end, I had a ton of fun and hopefully I get to partake next year, my soon-to-be studies permitting.
