BluBoiArt

UPDATE 2020: Hi folks! I've gotten so many great responses from people over the years about these journals, I've decided to give them a bit of an update (also because there are so many new resources out there that it's been hard to keep up). I also want to make these tips more palatable to those who don't have interest in doing solely fanart, as I've seen a lot of artists be successful in doing almost purely original work. So I hope these journals continue to be as informative and helpful as they have been over the years! After being a member of several artist alleys for 10+ years, I thought I should share my knowledge in a practical guide.

How about 3-5 weeks dedicated to a specific fighting game character or a game? Nothing like a real contest or a challenge, more for the sake to draw something fighting game related and see the results of others doing the same one as well in just a week? I just did a "draw a goomba" week in my other group game-art-hq and the result were that over 20 artists, ranging from someone who is new on dA to someone who is here since 9 years and has some million pageviews participated and had both fun and created nice takes on the mushroom enemies of the mario games. Something like that, dedicated to a fighting game like clayfighters, or a specific c