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Would YOU like me to give YOU 500g (and possibly an earth sprite) completely for free

Fantastic news! Me and @mythicalviper-fr are running a festival skin contest challenge! All you have to do is enter a skin in November and I'll give you 500g.

No strings attached! No need to win the contest. Everyone gets 500g. I don't care if you've never made a skin in your life. Just post a 350px PNG themed after the Earth flight and I'll give you 500g.

Plus 1000g if you win. Plus a chance to win an Earth Sprite if you finish your skin early. Plus free advice if you've never entered a fest before and are itching to try.

Challenge thread is here! Happy skinmaking. Even if you're not an artist, please reblog and help us spread this to as many people as possible!

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FR Skin Contests and You (and Me)

Let’s talk about festival skin contests.

This post will be 1) about win conditions 2) my breakdown on my wins/losses. Before we start, please know a lot of this is guesswork, and based on my own perspective. Still, I hope this will be useful for some people ^^

***August/888 and I (but August mostly as it’s his idea) will be hosting an event encouraging new artists to join festival contests on 8/8. It will have a lot of tips and references to help get you started, so please keep an eye out! 

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When it comes to skin contests, people generally enter for one of three reasons: 1) for fun 2) because it’s seen as a milestone of skinmaking, or 3) out of a desire to push yourself to the limit knowing you’ll regret it like a Sunday hangover– but I hope that’s just me.

In my two years of participating in skin contests, I’ve seen a lot of artists join with a lot of excitement, only to give up or drop out because they aren’t winning. Some blame it on skill, others blame it on the staff, and some blame it on fellow competitors. 

Here’s what I will say: like any contest, winning the festival skin contest is based on a combination of luck, knowledge, and skill. Just like any contest, there is a strategy to it and there are win conditions that you have to fulfill if you want a chance at winning. Some artists find these win conditions quickly and are able to adapt and cultivate the skill needed to pull off a win. Some are aware of these win conditions but do not yet have the skill to pull off a win. And some aren’t aware at all. A loss is usually (but not always) a result of not fulfilling those win conditions, or not fulfilling them as much as another artist. 

So, let’s talk about these win conditions.

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Art fight attack #5 for @Erujayy🥰

I'm on team werewolf! :D

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HI this is ddragayn from af - you mentioned in your comment that you had a kuhli loach tattoo?? i would love to see it if youre willing to share :OO (figured i'd come here and not ask on af of all places djfhgjfdg)

omg hi! I am really not active on tumblr right now im SO sorry for responding late!

this is actually my most recent tattoo! and she's my first color piece, I love her so much =)) got it just around three months ago now so its super fresh and bright!

I'm honestly tempted to continue a type of mock sleeve and get another loach friend underneath sometime!

this is just under 2 months healed! here's a better (and lower quality) photo of her head:

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the difference between how link does gender and how zelda does gender is that link decides what pronouns he’ll use that day based entirely on what outfit he’d like to wear, and zelda has a calendar up on the wall with five months blocked out weeks ahead of time and labeled “boy time”.

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Team Vampires!!

Participating in art fight this year again, but I'll be taking it easy as I'm quite tired already. Friendlies and revenges all welcomed, will try to get to everyone if you attack me <3

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Do you have a tag or gallery we can go through to see your glass art? Your post was very inspirational and touching, I'd love to see more of your work

i don’t! i’ll just post a little bit here. i don’t have a very large body of work yet- maybe i should start posting it! the clear bug wing was my first piece.

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I dont know who needs to hear this but if your hobby starts to not be fun, put it down. It's a hobby, not a full time job or something, don't burn yourself out on something that should be entertaining. Physically can't bring yourself to draw? Put it down. Bored with a crochet project? Put it down. Dropped stitches while knitting and filled with rage? Put it down. It'll come back to you

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Why real artists NEED to be protected from AI.

Full article here.

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Ay yo night of Nocturne swag

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some abbies from the DTDAY thread!

I'm doing FRC coms just for today and tomorrow btw! Ya' can find my thread here https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/3196889/1#post_53034231

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Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art Thou my best thought, by day or by night Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

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oc art suggestion from twitter! ^__^

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Hm?

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