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I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

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ARTFIGHT 2025!!! I got so so distracted and didn't manage as much as I wanted. but im still so cheesed to draw everyone's ocs it's very inspiring ^_^... ur lore so fire... ur designs so awesome... ur revenges so epic.. it gives me a chance to get creative with layouts/interactions. peace and joy and love on planet earth

see you all again for next years af!!

ocs belong to:

@francandlindn

@honeyrosamel

@artistically-unique-girl

@kinigoni

@okiroash

@whispering-radiance

~candlelite

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ARTFIGHT 2025!!! I got so so distracted and didn't manage as much as I wanted. but im still so cheesed to draw everyone's ocs it's very inspiring ^_^... ur lore so fire... ur designs so awesome... ur revenges so epic.. it gives me a chance to get creative with layouts/interactions. peace and joy and love on planet earth

see you all again for next years af!!

ocs belong to:

@francandlindn

@honeyrosamel

@artistically-unique-girl

@kinigoni

@okiroash

@whispering-radiance

~candlelite

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Artfight 2025 Batch P.2

OC creators (in order):

Ulaphy

@quirinah

loorv

Ctrlzee

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END OF ARTFIGHT!! - 104 ATTACKS

whew this was a blast! I'm a bit sad I couldn't reach last year's highscore (142) due to ongoing health issues, but nevertheless it was fun!! Thank you to everyone who attacked me!! I love it,,!!

OCs belong to these Artists 👇 (Check em out!)

FARTWORLD ATTACK all the members!

@s00r00me (Bocx)

Bocx

@wispywishes (Wispy)

Wispy

@nagiaster

Roidite

Roidite

Roidite

@lampthegloomyone

L-T

@son-flower

mussg0_

@peachducy

C_H_aos

gummywormsfrompluto

@quirinah

@sunnyaliceart

@dinner-rol

@diathadevil

@magicmadscience

Kay_Ghost

@sphindagoria , @retr0scum , and @mothfulhansel !

mezzoholic

Wishihadpurplehair2

funtacc

Your_Local_Raccoon

@alleesaur

@freshocto

Pottem

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aether/earth

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lock in chat

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got a lot of new followers recently presumably from irlstuck etc?? hi. I'm q. i draw stuff other than ninjas 24/7 i promise 2025 we are branching out and sparkling on ✌️ i have a personal sideblog at @bloqbustervideo I'm much chattier there if u want to hang out. thanks for the support!!!

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nindraw 12. background hubris

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got a lot of new followers recently presumably from irlstuck etc?? hi. I'm q. i draw stuff other than ninjas 24/7 i promise 2025 we are branching out and sparkling on ✌️ i have a personal sideblog at @bloqbustervideo I'm much chattier there if u want to hang out. thanks for the support!!!

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hollow knight posting

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IRLstuck is OUT!!!

Go ahead and purchase your copy now! :U

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For the last day before the zine releases, please enjoy @quirinah's artist statement! :U

"lately, as an animator and illustrator and casual fanboy/girl/whatever, I’ve been trying to really properly work through my relationship through the franchises I love to read and watch with the stories I choose to draw and tell. being an art student has been such a whirlwind experience for me because it’s one of the first times I’ve ever been able to talk to peers, across walks of life, who I can relate to as artists. being able to come back to a franchise that basically raised me when I was younger. I see a lot of that feeling of camaderie reflected in this absurdist, coming-of-age, post apocalyptic sci-fi comic about a bunch of teens across the universe coming together to love, lose, and play a video game. on a meta level, maybe there’s a parallel I want to draw between those years the beta kids were stuck on a ship hurling through space-time, working through their relationships, and being stuck in a dank computer lab at 5 in the morning for weeks on end animating, trying to figure out what exactly I wanted from this grueling journey I was putting myself through to finish a short film.

abstract sentimentalities aside! the background here is modeled after one of two animation-focused computer labs, affectionately known as the “party lab” because you go there moreso to hang out rather than lock in. technically, you’re not really supposed to bring food or drink, but there’s school cafeteria coffee and cup ramen and takeout from the 15 minute drive to the local In-N-Out anyway, because it’s late and everyone pays too much tuition to really give a damn. if you dim the lights at night, it basically kind of becomes like a group sleepover. Something something… it’s not much but it’s honest work :”D first to fall asleep will be added to Dave’s candid photo collection of napping college students. Based off a true story!!!"

Buy a copy of IRLstuck tomorrow to see the finished artwork, alongside many other beautiful pieces!

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i! ro! ha! (six years edition)

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i get the kind of people you want to be around and to talk to are the ones that are drawn to you for being yourself awkwardness and all and that like. not everyone will like you and its no hard feelings. like its not your or their obligation to change around someone. but also sometimes i cant help feeling like maybe i would have better relationships with people if I wasn't always fumbling them at the start?

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(long, exasperated sigh) maybe i should play deltarune again.