kenmaiii

[kenmaiii]

why do i keep seeing whole videos on advice for artfight from “veterans” or whatever. here’s all the advice you need:

you don’t need to draw every day

you don’t need to fully render every drawing, sketches still count and the person receiving it will still love it

you don’t need a fully polished ref sheet for every single character, having a basic one or even just a colour palette along with whatever other art you’ve done works fine in most cases

you don’t need to draw a fully rendered piece every single day do not burn yourself out or injure yourself for funny little internet points good lord

boom done there’s your 15 minute video

[kenmaiii]

GIDDY UP COWBOY .ᐟ ⭑

₍₍⚞(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾ aajahsjahd!!!! gorgeous 90s art by lunallion!! i adore this style so much! it's so nostalgic and feels as though we've had our own anime spinoff! ^-^

[kenmaiii]

bored so i made a music themed OC template for funsies 💿🎵 i probably would share the aux with most of my freaks tbh regular+transparent png, clip and psd files here

[kenmaiii]

Okay, here's my humble yearly Artfight advice, because with every AF, there's always a bit of an ongoing cycle:

While you can't ever guarantee revenges, your chances of getting art back are always higher if you target people with positive ratios. There's a lot of people on site who have +75% attack ratios (meaning they've drawn way more art than they have received). Go target them! They deserve love AND are way more likely to return art!

DO NOT fall for random celeb tiktokker with 50k followers who is, for the seventh year in a row, promising they will be revenging all the art they get all while their ratio sits at a whooping 5%! There's always some people like this and a lot of younger folk fall for it again and again. And then these people don't even bother with commenting on the art they receive

In my experience, it's younger folk or people who are newer to art that will go more apeshit (affectionate) about the art they receive. If you really wanna make someone's entire week, find yourself someone who is new to AF or someone who has just started drawing and give them a lil something, they will adore it!

Artfight can be a great opportunity to make friends. I've met some wonderful people through exchanging art there. Use the search function to find characters tagged as things you have an interest in and go ham. Chances are, you may meet someone with similar interests who may end up becoming a long term friend.

While receiving revenges is great, don't try to guilt trip people for them. Don't go around posting comments on people's profiles like "If I draw for you will you revenge me??" Just draw for the person if you'd like to draw for them, don't do it expecting the whole situation to be a transaction

A lot of people will mention in their profiles whether they are revenging or not. It's a good idea to check that out if you are interested in revenges- But never take these as a 100% guarantee

Comment on art you have received! It doesn't need to be a deep comment. Sometimes gushing over it and dropping 30 emojis and a big thank you gets the point across. It can be rather daunting to not receive any confirmation that the person you drew for even saw the art you made for them.

And honestly, just be honest with yourself and how much art you can make without burning out or hurting yourself. Make your stretches, rest your hand, and try to have fun without sacrificing your health on the way!

[kenmaiii]

happy juneteenth, self shippers!

if you are a black self shipper who wants to promote your blog, commissions, or mutual aid, please feel free to add and reblog to this post / tag this account / tag your post with #dreamersofcolor !

[kenmaiii]

hopefully i have some time this year but no promises! ^-^

ARTFIGHT

Looking for Black artists participating in Artfight!

If you are a Black artist and you would like to share your link here, please! I want y'all to show off, to get attention and praise for the hard work you do. You deserve to participate!

Also: You deserve to see your characters done RESPECTFULLY. Remember that, guiltlessly! Feel free to drop my page if you think it's worth it to recommend some tips for your beloved characters.

[kenmaiii]

happy Juneteenth to black fans in fandom specifically 🫶🏿 love yall

[kenmaiii]

I guess I'll make a Juneteenth promo too 😭 I'm Hope! I'm a black (and Texan!) artist that mostly focuses on character design. I love to draw traditional / historical clothing and beautiful women 🫶🏾 I also draw a lot of self inserts bc I love to have fun. I have two historical fantasy world building projects I'm working on, though they're both untitled 🥺

If you'd like to support me I have a kofi, but I'm also open for some small commission types on Vgen !

[kenmaiii]

I do not currently have a source of income due to health issues, and medical bills are depleting my savings I had while working. While I am not living on my own anymore, I still need funds to continue paying for treatment and figuring out what is up with my body

You may submit a form for a commission here and I will contact you as soon as I can !!

[kenmaiii]

everytime a mutual leaves a nice comment on my art or freaks out about i do this

[kenmaiii]

Thought I'd make a yumeship chart because why not !!

(transparent + not transparent options)

NOTE: the circle where the little pfps are supposed to go is for a corresponding colour of that character, and the half-circle ish thing is for a symbol or emoji that corresponds to them

[kenmaiii]

hi i have items available at @thestoresoup which is open for orders til August 31st this summer!

grab something if youre interested ^-^ otherwise feel free to support the other artists on the site and spread the word, it's an amazing lineup!

🍲 The Soup Store: https://the-soup-store.com/ 🍲

[kenmaiii]

[ 🍲THE SOUP STORE IS NOW OPEN📷 ]

Summer is here, and so is the Soup Store- Dive in !!⬇️

Ignore that error, we're open from June 10th to August 31st! Check out all our new items here!

[kenmaiii]

formal introduction 👋 (^_^ hello

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+ misc

[kenmaiii]

Ahri getting a lot of love in my notifs today,,,, never forget what they (me who doesnt draw him or update my webcomic anymore) took from you

the guy that would say How High if Megan Thee Stallion told him to jump btw:

(old art jumpscare)

anyways it's interesting to see how me drawing locs would change ever so slightly the more time went on. top right image and the comic above^ are the earliest examples

[kenmaiii]

cleaned up + colored an old maid day drawing ft game OCs (all he/they)

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[ ARTIST FEATURE 🍲 ]

We welcome @kenmaiii to The Soup Store!