June 2019 Sign Ups

[artslam_mods]

INTRO
It's Art Slam's third year on Dreamwidth. Got some extra help this year, should be faster with the tags this year.

FYI
Just to make sure it's clear, you can find the original community and all it's really awesome backlog at artslam

ArtSlam has an official Discord server if you'd like to join
https://discord.gg/4NPsgqk

Additionally there is a Tumblr Mirror ArtSlam on Tumblr this is not managed by any art slam staff, here.

There is also a sister Tumblr over at WordJam if you'd like to have a go just at writing. The WordJam aspect will be more relaxed than NaNoWriMo standards: there will be no hard limits that you have to meet. There is no Word Jam community on LJ or DW as far as I'm aware of but if anyone has something like it I wouldn't mind plugging it at all here.

ABOUT ARTSLAM
ArtSlam runs from June 1st to August 31st, providing a summer-long challenge that is simple on the surface: draw something every day. For this community, we prefer that you pick a concept and stick with it for at least one month. If you have a world that you want to explore with art, or a set of characters, this is a great place to do it! If you're shaky with perspective, background art, anatomy, or just really want to draw 30 pandas, you can hone your focus that-a-way, too.

What constitutes 'a drawing a day'? A sketch works -- preferably one where we can see what you're trying to communicate. Finishing an image takes more time, so noticeable progress on a single piece works, too.
Fill this info out and post it up as a comment, please! I'll begin adding new users tags to our list for June 1st. In the meantime, check back and leave comments as you like!

<B>Username:</B> <user name=insert username here> <b>Goal at ArtSlam signup:</b> Insert difficulty rating here: Hard (3 Months), Medium (2 Months), Easy (1 Month). You can change this towards the end of June or July if you like. One concept == one challenge, so switching means you'll be doing two or three different challenges. <b>Links:</b> Insert any pertaining links to other galleries: <a href="">dA</a>|<a href="">FA</a>|<a href="">Personal Site</a>|<a href="">Sketchblog</a>|<a href="">Tumblr</a> <b>Concept:</b> Tell us about your project for your first challenge or potentially all challenges -- stay positive: you'll do awesomely. :D (Just for fun and pre-slam discussion -- feel free to fill these out or delete them, or add topics of your own if you'd like to talk about something else.) <b>Who is your favourite artist or author? Links?:</b> <b>When did you start drawing? What do you love about it the most?:</b> <b>Any shout outs in particular for other ArtSlammers this year?:</b> <b>What's one thing you'd like to improve in the most over this summer?:</b> <b>Have you participated in past ArtSlams? Which ones?:</b> <b>If yes to the above, where are those projects now? Have any success stories that budded out of an ArtSlam challenge?:</b>

MOD STUFF
We've added a new mod, dray. Hopefully this should mean faster tag additions to keep things going.

Comments

[dray]

Username: dray
Goal at ArtSlam signup: June-July (I'll add August later if I'm not super burned out.)
Links: everwood|Tumblr
Concept:
I'll be inking the comic pages I started in 2018's Artslam for a NSFW comic called Everwood. See the DW community above for lots of writing and art!

You can also find me on the Artslam Discord in an 18+ channel (restricted initially unless you're over the age of consent and request the 18+ role), where I'll post daily screen-caps of progress and make lots of bad tree jokes.

[armaina]

Username: armaina
Goal at ArtSlam signup: 1 Month, will sign up
Links: Profile, details and links to everything
Concept: Just drawing for myself, the point will be to draw for myself to get into doing that again.

[lop]

Username: lop
Goal at ArtSlam signup: Insert difficulty rating here: Easy (1 Month)
Links: just my personal journal lop!
Concept: doodling more rough illustrations and/or layouts!
What's one thing you'd like to improve in the most over this summer?: communicating mood, emotiona, and story through characters and environment
Have you participated in past ArtSlams? Which ones?: no, but i've done inktobers on my own. this is my first artslam!

[armaina]

welcome welcome :D I got your tag set up as Lop so you can use that when this starts

[lop]

thank you!

[ideare]

Username: ideare
Goal at ArtSlam signup: Hard (3 Months)
Links: Insert any pertaining links to other galleries: graphics comm @ amanivuote | ao3 | tumblr
Concept: 1 —» exteriors/interiors; 2 —» expressions/emotions; & 3 —» outfits & accessories

[armaina]

hullo! Got your tag ideare added and ready to go!

[ideare]

hello! and thank you! super nervous, but excited, too.

[undergrounding]

Username: thickett
Goal at ArtSlam signup: Insert difficulty rating here: Easy/Medium 1-2 mos.
(Uncertain about my time. I have a 6+week job this summer, starting mid-June. When it’s not, I’ll be slamming. Is that OK?)
Links: DW Art List
Concept: Honestly, I just need to get into a consistent practice of making art everyday—my summer of anti-slack. Plus, exploring mediums, modes and degrees of rawness/polish.

What's one thing you'd like to improve in the most over this summer?: Not letting insecurity lock me into my comfort zone (funny cartoon).
Have you participated in past ArtSlams? Which ones?: first one, so let me know if I’m not doing something right.

ETA: timeline details

[dray]

Welcome welcome! Your username now has a tag that you can organize your posts under.

Getting some exploration in is a great way to spend the 'slam--we're very chill on the DW group so there's no judgement, and the discord group can be hopping with kind comments, too.

Looking forward to seeing what new progress you make! :)

[undergrounding]

Thanks! :D

[anlly]

Username: anlly
Goal at ArtSlam signup: 1 month
Links: Instagram | Tumblr
Concept: I want to get better at anatomy, so prepare to see some naked bods

Who is your favourite artist or author? Links?: Shanen or epseelutely in Tumblr :)
When did you start drawing? What do you love about it the most?: Five years ago, and well, I love that you can just forget about the world when you're in "the zone".
What's one thing you'd like to improve in the most over this summer?: Aside from my social skills? Anatomy, as stated above.
Have you participated in past ArtSlams? Which ones?: Nope!

[dray]

Hi Anlly, welcome to the Slam! I've added your username as a tag, so once June 1 rolls around, please tag your entries. The DW version of Artslam tends to be a little more quiet than the Discord version, but it's a manageable place to post progress and keep track of one another--depending on how much socializing you want, you might consider popping in to both.

We've developed an unofficial theme over the years that is totally voluntary: World-Building-Wednesdays, Fanart-Fridays (historically meant to draw renditions of other artslam participants' characters), and Smutterday, which is for any NSFW whims. Beyond that, you can post every day, or share progress when you want--so long as you aim to get a little done every day! If you succeed this month and want to join us for longer, July sign-ups will begin near the end of June and run until just before July 1st.

Looking forward to seeing your art!

[kelkyag]

Username: kelkyag
Goal at ArtSlam signup: Easy/one month.
Concept: Abstract or highly stylized linework.
Who is your favourite artist or author? Links?: Ursula Vernon is a likely current answer.
When did you start drawing? What do you love about it the most?: Irregularly, when my pottery teacher pushed us to. I like carving my pots; if I'm trying something that's not a minor variation on a design I've done before, it really does help if I sketch first, but I've never gotten in the habit.
What's one thing you'd like to improve in the most over this summer?: I'd like to play with and develop some design ideas, and actually get in the habit of sketching. (Bonus points for brushwork practice.)
Have you participated in past ArtSlams? Which ones?: Nope! I'm a newbie, and in a weird genre. It'll be exciting?

[armaina]

Welcome! Got your tag kelkyag set up.

One thing I really like about this is building up the habit of creating at least something. I hope you find it fun and enjoyable as well :D

[kelkyag]

Thank you! The habit is really my goal, here.

It's really quiet? I've leapt in with a handful of rough sketches, which feels odd to do first as a newbie. Please let me know if I'm doing this wrong or should be posting to my journal and linking or something.

[armaina]

you're not doing anything wrong! I was going to post a batch of 5 yesterday but I got caught up on working on stuff so I'll have a post up soon so it won't be so lonely.

[kelkyag]

Yay!