#something for the dtday thread

[mawsmauls]

Exhaust an unstable hunger and succumb to the inevitable starvation of those who can not sustain themselves.

#flight rising #fr abberation #frfanart #dragon art #dragon #artists on tumblr #digital art #my art #okay I actually have some tags saved now #that makes this so much quicker #something for the dtday thread #saddly wasn’t angled far enough for the perspective I wanted but I do like the coloring

[naphiatra]

Tried something super experimental on the DTDAY thread

#flight rising #frfanart #aether #my art #forum games #fr art

[alum-fr]

If you’ve been on the DTDAY thread in the past few months, you’ve probably seen Gale and Bug.

These two lovebirds belong to hyenaglasses, and even though I’m not super proud of this piece, it was still fun to draw something cute!

#alum does art #flight rising #obelisk dragon #traditional art

[milodrawsart]

Here's something I made for the DTDAY thread

#my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #flight rising #fr imperial #frfanart #dtday #water dragon #underwater

[saltminerising]

Concerning DTDAY quality

Heya! Fun to see FR drama blogs still exist lol, didn’t know there was another one outside of DRR. Took a curious glance through the posts and was a little bummed to see some of the conversation around DTDAY or folks being scared to participate.

I do art for a living and don’t put a lot of effort into DTDAY, I’ll usually wrap up my drawing in 40 minutes to an hour. But because of doing this a thousand times/having a lot of experience under my belt the result will look good to most people that will receive the art. I can get proportions right pretty fast, I understand volume and colour so it’ll look “right” etc without pouring a lot of time into it. I’ve been doing dragon coms since age 14, I could draw these suckers in my sleep if I needed to. I think that’s probably the case for most folks doing “good” art on these sorta threads.

But if you’re inexperienced or just starting out with drawing I need you guys to understand we know that even an undersketch can take HOURS to look even remotely okay. Drawing decent elipses, or figuring out how snouts might overlap with the rest of the skull can be really tricky if you’re starting out, unless you’ve comfort-zoned into a very simplified style really soon into your art journey. Sometimes you genuinely can’t tell how much effort/time someone put into something. Any other professional could tell you we’ve been stuck on the dumbest thing, sometimes everything just looks off.

I think it’s best to treat DTDAY threads as a gamble. Even simple sketches usually take someone at least 40 minutes of their day. That’s a lot of time. I’ve received some cool art on DTDAY! And some where you can tell the artist is just starting out, and honestly, I think it’s lovely, I get a small piece of this person’s art journey. DTDAY _should_ be a space of low expectations. A place where people can experiment and learn with a fun drawing subject no matter their skill level. And I do think most other people understand that! We’ve all been there. If someome wanted art that matched the quality and effort their work reflects there’s plenty of amazing artists willing to do art trades.

I apologise for the essay, just want to make sure beginner artists know that the rest of us have been there. Whether you’re 34 of 14 we know how hard this stuff is. You gotta get the bad drawings out before you start making good ones and the fundamentals start clicking. Don’t let that keep you from enjoying the process and participating. I hope everyone joins in in DTDAY without fearing you’ll dissapoint or you’re not good enough. One of the best ways to improve is having a fandom thing you’re into and that mileage (and extra incentive to deliver!) can be a great part of your artistic development!

#art tag 🏷 #long post #submission #draw the drama above you

[dramarising-replacement]

i've been on a streak of just absolute horseshit dtday claims. yeah everyone has differing levels of skill and dtday is mostly just for fun, but it still stings when i spend a few hours to make something visually pleasant, it's not a goddamn masterpiece, but i put effort in, and in return i get a five second blob barely recognizable as a dragon in order for whoever claims me to get free art. it stings worse when this happens every fucking time i go on that thread. it would be really nice to have fun in a forum game and get some nice art from a variety of artists, but i've got to just give up and draw my own damn dragons.

#Drama #Rant #Flight Rising #Cursing #Art #Confessions #Petty #Forums

[serpentariusart]

Something a little more silly for the DTDAY thread. I saw cowboy dragon and immediately thought of that meme with the possum.

#fr #art #my art #fr art #FRFanArt #i really need to recreate this with Taro

[fezaphyrz]

Me? Publishing something at the almost dead end of the night? It's more likely than you think!

Drew this for the DTDAY thread! This is Wallen from CitrusSeeds :D

#Fr #Fr art #Flight rising #Coatl #Dragon #OP dragon

[lightsummit]

I tried to draw something outside of my comfort zone and I learned a lot in the process!

For Ithosra (#60390487) in the dtday thread :)

(please excuse the repost! this wasn’t showing up in the tags the first time around)

#flight rising #flightrising #fr spiral #art tag #dtday #frfanart

[mekha-draws]

Pyrah for DreamlightPegasi on FR at the “DTDAY” thread

(Imma start to add my signature or something if Imma keep doing this)

#flight rising #flightrising #FRart #Imperial Dragon #digital art #colored sketch #fr art

[mawsmauls]

For my sword, I'd give everything but my life.

#flight rising #frfanart #dragon art #dragon #fr pearlcatcher #my art #something from the dtday thread #he is sooo neat #also gave up on the feathering

[naphiatra]

Trying out something experimental.

June for Ggwweenn1 on the DTDAY thread

#flight rising #fr art #frfanart #my art #gaoler #forum games

[saltminerising]

I'm tired of the "people don't owe you art 🙄" argument in response to getting scammed in the DTDAY thread. Why the fuck do you think I post there and draw people's dragons, because I just like giving out free art? If I did I would make my own free art thread and expect nothing back. I post in DTDAY because I want art in return. It's literally part of the thread to expect something in return, why are people pissy about wanting art in a fucking art exchange thread?

#draw the drama above you #art tag 🏷

[saltminerising]

Lmk if I'm being weird about this bc I'm unsure, but am I the only one who doesn't like those photoshop edits one user does in DTDAY thread? Like the ones where they photoshop two wings and some apparel as a symmetrical horizontal banner of sorts? I think they look good btw, I just don't like them in the context of the thread. It's DRAW the dragon above you, you know? To me, it's like an equivalent of getting a moodboard/collage of photos of my dragon instead of a drawing. It's pretty but just not something I'd like to receive from that particular thread :(

#forums

[saltminerising]

I may have accidentally killed off a dtday thread because I couldn't get my drawing to look right and kept redoing it and redoing it but nothing seemed right :( Anyways, I pretty quickly lost motivation to do art after that (not related to the thread, just something that happens!) and yeeah I'm still feeling pretty awkward about it all. The person hasn't messaged me yet, but I'd really like to complete it eventually! Hopefully. Once I nail down drawing abbies!

#draw the drama above you

[saltminerising]

Rb in dtday. Oh boy. Their history in the thread sure is something.

#draw the drama above you