bryglazyartist
she/her | due to being in art College, my current upload schedule is once a year >:I
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it took a little longer but here's also a deltarune version
Getting deltarune news and the silksong news was amazing
(also still in college, see ya probably in like half a year :3)
Getting deltarune news and the silksong news was amazing
(also still in college, see ya probably in like half a year :3)
Poll
Change a single letter and change the word game
I want to play a game with you all.
You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.
Dirt
Been bored so I drew a skeleton
(it's Arkhan the black from Warhammer fantasy)
Woah this turned out so good!
my process for a plague doctor painting I did
WOOOOO!!!!
My team did not win but who cares! It was so much fun!
RESULTS ARE IN...
At long last, the newspost you've all been waiting for is finally here! In addition to the results of the event, we also have a fun surprise for you... Be sure to read the newspost in full! A summarized version (without spoilers) is available under the Read More.
Seafoam v Stardust Merch
Enamel pins for this year's theme are available for a limited time through Makeship. They are bundled and cost $19.99 (not including shipping fees).
User Growth Statistics
As of August 2024, there are over ONE MILLION users registered on-site. 425,217 of them participated during the event and 196,833 were new users. For reference, 258,279 users participated in last year's event.
Bubble Tea MAP
Be sure to check out the official Art Fight 2024 MAP, hosted by Scribedhearts and Cyxxie!
Off-season Site
You cannot submit attacks when there is no current event ongoing. However, you are still free to browse & submit characters!
To keep point totals accurate, site moderators are no longer going through rating reports and will be closing them. All other report types will still be worked on.
Achievements
You can expect to receive 2024's achievements sometime before next year's fight. Please be patient, as the assets are works in progress.
Minigames
Want more opportunities to draw for others? Check out our Minigames, which we host on our Discord server! We do not have an ETA for their opening at this time, though you can expect them within the next few months.
Feedback
We have a variety of feedback forms available for you, including a suggestion form for 2025's theme. Please see the end of the newspost for those links!
I forgot to post my final art fight attackk. Artfight was great, cant wait fo the next one
Attack on @v3ct0rgraph1cs
My last attack of this artfight on Nikomxn!
Check out their artfight profile as they don't have a tumblr account
https://artfight.net/~Nikomxn
Attacking BrookieMacc!
They don't have a tumblr account so go to their artfight profile!
https://artfight.net/~BrookieMacc
This time I'm attacking RTfenix!
She don't have a tumblr, tho, so check her artfight profile instead!
https://artfight.net/~RTfenix
Attacking bagn0!
They are not on tumblr so go to their artfight profile instead!
https://artfight.net/~bagn0
My attack on starsidem!
They don't have a tumblr as far as I know, so check out their artfight profile instead!
https://artfight.net/~starsidem
FORGETTABLE-AU (Page 1-9)
AND SO IT BEGINS!
I don't think I can fit all 20 pages of the prologue in just one post, so I'm dividing it into 4 posts! This one's the longest...
[CONTINUE]
attack on W-Enigma!
I don't think they are on tumblr, so check out their arfight profile instead!
https://artfight.net/~W-Enigma
character attack for @zero1qn2 !
I think a cleric of a god of fire would definetly like those fire drinks
My attack on Nathaneel!
I don't think she is on tumblr, so feel free to check her artfight profile!
https://artfight.net/~Nathaneel
get attacked, @zossssss!
No but seriously I had so much fun drawing the Lampman
My boi! That's my boi!!!
Plague doctor bird!
Attack on @bryglazyartist
A little bit late, but I'm joining the Artfight!
Got some free time between college semesters so after a long time imma draw random stuff :>
also feel free to attack me!
https://artfight.net/~BrygLazyArtist
Our student group at graphic design noticed this like day one and you can imagine the confusion and anger when we found out that our semester long projects could be used to train AI
I gotta have to ask some professors if I can use krita instead of Photoshop, but I assume I will not be able to find replacement for InDesign and illustrator:/
Tbh at this point you should just make your own webcomic app/website because it would probably be 100 times better than whatever going on with webtoon right now.
hahaha it wouldn't tho, sorry đź’€
Here's the fundamental issue with webcomic platforms that a lot of people just don't realize (and why they're so difficult to run successfully):
Storage costs are incredibly expensive, it's why so many sites have limitations on file sizes / page sizes / etc. because all of those images and site info have to be stored somewhere, which costs $$$.
Maintenance costs are expensive and get more so as you grow, you need people who are capable of fixing bugs ASAP and managing the servers and site itself
Financially speaking, webcomics are in a state of high supply, low demand. Loads of artists are willing to create their passion projects, but getting people to read them and pay for them is a whole other issue. Demand is high in the general sense that once people get attached to a webtoon they'll demand more, but many people aren't actually willing to go looking for new stuff to read and depend more on what sites feed them (and what they already like). There are a lot of comics to go around and thus a lot of competition with a limited audience of people willing to actually pay for them.
Trying to build a new platform from the ground up is incredibly difficult and a majority of sites fail within their first year. Not only do you have to convince artists to take a chance on your platform, you have to convince readers to come. Readers won't come if there isn't work on the platform to read, but artists won't come if they don't think the site will be worth it due to low traffic numbers. This is why the artists with large followings who are willing to take chances on the smaller sites are crucial, but that's only if you can convince them to use the site in favor of (or alongside) whatever platform they're using already where the majority of their audience lies. For many creators it's just not worth the time, energy, or risk.
Even if you find short-term success, in the long-term there are always going to be profit margins to maintain. The more users you pull in, the more storage is used by incoming artists, the more you have to spend on storage and server maintenance costs, and that means either taking the risk at crowdfunding (ex. ComicFury) or having to resort to outsider investments (ex. Tapas). Look at SmackJeeves, it used to be a titan in the independent webcomic hosting community, until it folded over to a buyout by NHN and then was pretty much immediately shuttered due to NHN basically turning it into a manwha scanlation site and driving away its entire userbase. And if you don't get bought out and try your hand at crowdfunding, you may just wind up living on a lifeline that could cut out at any moment, like what happened to Inkblazers (fun fact, the death of Inkblazers was what kicked off the cultural shift in Tapas around 2015-16 when all of IB's users migrated over and brought their work with them which was more aimed towards the BL and romancee drama community, rather than the comedy / gag-a-day culture that Tapas had made itself known for... now you deadass can't tell Tapas apart from a lot of scanlation sites because it got bought out by Kakao and kept putting all of its eggs into the isekai/romance drama basket.)
Right now the mindset in which artists and readers are operating is that they're trying way, way too hard to find a "one size fits all" site. Readers want a place where they can find all their favorite webtoons without much effort, artists wants a place where they can post to an audience of thousands, and both sides want a community that will feel tight-knit. But the reality is that you can't really have all three of those things, not on one site. Something always winds up having to be sacrificed - if a site grows big enough, it'll have to start seeking more funding while also cutting costs which will result in features becoming paywall'd, intrusive ads, creators losing their freedom, and/or outsider support which often results in the platform losing its core identity and alienating its tight-knit community.
If I had to describe what I'm talking about in a "pick one" graphic, it would look something like this:
(*note: this is mostly based on my own observations from using all of these sites at some point or another, they're not necessarily entirely accurate to the statistical performance of each site, I can only glean so much from experience and traffic trackers LMAO that said I did ask some comic pals for input and they were very helpful in helping me adjust it with their own takes <3).
The homogenization of the Internet has really whipped people into submission for the "big sites" that offer "everything", but that's never been the Internet, it relies on being multi-faceted and offering different spaces for different purposes. And we're seeing that ideology falter through the enshittification of sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. where users are at odds with the platforms because the platforms are gutting features in an attempt to satisfy shareholders whom without the platforms would not exist. Like, most of us aren't paying money to use social media sites / comic platform sites, so where else are they gonna make the necessary funds to keep these sites running? Selling ad space and locking features behind paywalls.
And this is especially true for a lot of budding sites that don't have the audience to support them via crowdfunding but also don't have the leverage to ask for investments - so unless they get really REALLY lucky in EITHER of those departments, they're gonna be operating at a loss, and even once they do achieve either of those things there are gonna be issues in the site's longevity, whether it be dying from lack of growing crowdfunding support or dying from shareholder meddling.
So what can we do?
We can learn how to take our independence back. We don't have to stop using these big platforms altogether as they do have things to offer in their own way, particularly their large audience sizes and dipping into other demographics that might not be reachable from certain sites - but we gotta learn that no single site is going to satisfy every wish we have and we have to be willing to learn the skills necessary to running our own spaces again. Pick up HTML/CSS, get to know other people who know HTML/CSS if you can't grasp it (it's me, I can't grasp it LOL), be willing to take a chance on those "smaller sites" and don't write them off entirely as spaces that can be beneficial to you just because they don't have large numbers or because they don't offer rewards programs. And if you have a really polished piece of work in your hands, look into agencies and publishing houses that specialize in indie comics / graphic novels, don't settle for the first Originals contract that gets sent your way.
For the last decade corporations have been convincing us that our worth is tied to the eyes we can bring to them. Instead of serving ourselves, we've begun serving the big guys, insisting that it has to be worth something eventually and that it'll "payoff" simply by the virtue of gambler's fallacy. Ask yourself what site is right for you and your work rather than asking yourself if your work is good enough for them. Most of us are broke trying to make it work on these sites anyways, may as well be broke and fulfilled by posting in places that actually suit us and our work if we can. Don't define your success by what sites like Webtoons are enforcing - that definition only benefits them, not you.
It makes satisfying rattle noise like maracas
Making little babushka dolls out of the skulls of progressively younger people until you open the smallest one and inside it has an infants preserved finger.
...what?
oh yeah, with the new size limit for .gifs this thing can finally be posted
August is now over, time to get ready for the skeleton war once again.
Well I'm here but I'm just chilling around, not really doing anything
Ok, seeing as I've seen a few of you in passing, how many fellow plague doctors are around? Roll call, everyone. Step up.
Plot twist: the earth is a doughnut
probably shitty worldbuilding idea: fantasy world that keeps going
Similar thing sometimes happens with art college. My recent homework was to write the alphabet đź’€
geology students will literally say shit like “my dirt class was cancelled today” or “the professor for my class on sand gave us homework about worms” like we’re 8 year olds on the playground inventing new terms for playing in the grass during recess