My partner cheated on me when they forced me into a poly relationship with their best friend they assured me they had no feelings for. It was torture for me. We had been monogamous for 7 years, and their best friend also was always trying to break us up because he didn’t respect lesbian relationships and thought a man had to be present always.

yooo gender gang!!

Doing my 1st year of artfight at 19 while also trying to balance a full-time job and social life. Certainly a challenge, but an enjoyable one so long as I don't put too much pressure on myself about it

Sometimes kids will be disruptive in public, and it’s not because kids are awful or the parents are doing something wrong. It’s because children have a lot of emotions they haven’t learned to control yet. (Or really understand what they’re feeling) Remember that their problems might seem small to you, but their feelings are real. They feel exactly the same when they drop their ice cream as you feel when you lose your job. The emotion doesn’t last as long, because soon they’ll be thinking about something else. But the emotions are real and we should respect that.

Tbh I like kids but I would be an awful parent and I would prefer to not have any of my own

As a milinials 30yrs old community educator alot of ppl and medical and farming community are all in for this very same rude awaking 😅 ⏰️ lol XD 😅 wish me luck guys as I make hoards of Ivy league's of varring ages look like actual idoits 😅 lol XD humanity is hilarious aren't we 😊

I'm turning 30 next month and this is really hitting home for me

not a fan of being with kids due to them being noisy, but this is just ridiculous

This is neat i was wondering alot of what it was so this helped alot

I bet most people who hate kids were the most insufferable kids themselves

29 and a parent but have been doing artfight for 7 years! Even if I only attack once I’m just happy to be apart and see all the lovely art!

I'm 20 now, I've done at least one attack every art fight since I first found it in 2017 and doing it both as a kid and as an adult with adult responsibilities is WORLDS apart. It's still fun, I still love it but my attack ratio has severely declined over the years and that's totally fine, I've got other shit to do lol But I do always comment on art I receive during the event, it takes two seconds to do

I really wanted to join this year but I’m not confident enough in my art style. My anatomy is not great and I have trouble with hands, poses, perspective, correct shading, stuff like that. Really looking forward to joining next year though!

congrats on coming out! im really happy for you :]

I haven't done art fight before, but I'm doing it this year as a way to try and get faster at drawing in between school and work

These people who hate on young kids really havent met these kids in their life. Reality is they arecute, loving, wholesome and far from what they make them appear to be. These people need to touch some grass

I feel about artfight the same way I feel about inktober and mermay, it's just too much pressure. The most I might be able to churn out is like three drawings at most, I don't know how other people do it :(

I really like AF because has so many cool OCs to draw, but I always have to remember myself to not go overboard with the ideas for the attack lol

I’d really like to hear about the again in the art community! My mum is trying to get into art but is finding it really hard, and even I get werid stuff about being too old in art school.

I’m 29 and doing art fight, and I never really gave my age any real thought. I definitely like to take my time with my attacks. I even have a schedule going where I work on my attacks at night after my second split shift for a few hours. Overdoing it isn’t gonna do you any favours.

Happy disability pride month! 🏳‍🌈 I'm celebrating by taking it easy. 🏳‍⚧❤ I think AF can be tough too bc there's more people doing it every year, so that's more people likely to be young artists with not much awareness of limiting factors for adult artists. It can also be hard to estimate prep time for it - refs, what characters to give priority to, do's and don'ts, ect - so crunch thru june and burnout in july. I'm waiting until Creator Clash in september tho. Seeing everyone talk about AF is my reminder to work on references at my own pace and get excited for it. Bc otherwise if I don't have reminders and a 'deadline' my mentally-ill ass is NOT getting anything done lmao. I think the teams this year are Early Bird and Night Owl, I'm very conflicted on what team to join bc I love morning and night equally. XD

Damn I haven't seen you in year😢, I'm glad your still a doing well as a content creator.... sorry I couldn't have been here the whole time.

Do you have any tips for anyone who's going to be a vendor for LA Comic Con 2024? I didn't know anything about this til recently and just wanted any advice on what to do in regards to being one. Thank you for reading and have an good one

I've never done art fight before due to the pressure of "revenges" and making sure you don't leave anyone hanging. This video made me a lot more comfortable with the idea, so thank you. Hopefully I can do it next year and post different reference sheets before July!

No wait LOL the way you described your friends talking about their attraction is so enlightening. I'm also Demisexual and find ppl attractive aesthetically but not like, think about them in my own time or want them to fuck me type attraction. And I've never quite understood how non-asexuals thought about that kind of thing? Like I get it in theory... but its a different thought process altogether.

It's my first Artfight with a proper full-time job, so I finally feel the struggle too. But I actually think it's a good opportunity for me as a perfectionist to learn to just call things 'done' (I guess I needed that lol). Only doing sketches is a really good way to combat that, too! Another way to get a few more attacks out is to look for simple-shaped characters like that blorbo thing, I personally always make sure to feature my clob character on my card so people know I got one for a quick attack/revenge. Blob characters are valid and more people should allow themselves to draw them without thinking they're being lazy! (Also I barely know anyone who picked Seafoam so I gotta bookmark your babies for later)

people really say adults shouldn't participate?? thats so weird!! anyways, i'm 24 and i've been super excited to partake in art fight ever since i joined in 2019 when i was 19!! :D ^-^

Every year I want to join art fight but every year I'm too late. 😂😂 I should try to notify myself somehow.

Even if I am considered a kid I hate them because I have hard times explaining stuff (wich makes it more stressful with kids) I am more matured then most of my classmate meaning that they ask me more questions and stress me out a lot. I also can't handle screaming as well as other people and either cover my ears or begin talking about how that kid should quiet down. I hate them/don't want them because they stress the hell out of me. But I wouldn't shame and complain about parent's or kid's. To sum it up: sometimes/most of the time I don't like being around small kids and would not be a good parent.

I felt so awful last year for not actually being able to do any revenges. I'd gotten started on some, but between convention prep and bad mental health shit an' strong executive dysfunction, it just didn't happen. Now things are going much better, and the sweet folks who attacked me last year will get gift art from me if they don't participate this year <3

I'm also in my 30s, a full-time artist, and a mom with a 2 year. I'm doing Artfight for the first time this year. I feel a deep NEED to do Arfight for my creative soul even if it's just a few things, or it's a simple drawing. As an adult it's hard to take time off without feeling guilty for not being productive and hustling to pay bills. It's dystopian, it's F-ed up IMO, I hate it. I realized that hustle culture is bad for my mental health, and I'm trying to allow myself to let go and have fun once in a while. I have bills and a credit card to pay off and commissions to do, BUT I'm lucky to be in a position where I can take some time off to do Artfight, and I'll be fine; my family will be fine. Artfight just started, but I'm having so much fun, I'm not stressing over my artfight goals or revenge attacking, I am just vibing and drawing character that inspire me, at my own pace and it's great. Everyone participating have fun! Everyone who is not, no stress <3 take care of yourself first.

I feel like people need to stop acting like making an account on Artfight turns you into an art slave for the month of July, like you can go as big or as small as you want nobody is forcing you to draw anything.

I'm doing art fight and I'm a adult. It doesn't say anything about age on the rules. So I say if you wana do it why not you could be out doing other things that are worse or being non productive. I don't go anywhere on vacation so i don't make enough so art fight is fun to do.

Wasnt even aware that was such a hot topic. I have been doing AF since 2017, and always found a good mix of minors and adults in the userbase, many of the adults having fulltime jobs and families. So that did not feel unusual at all to me! Im 39 with a fulltime job and have to take care of everything on my own and do commissions on the side for doctors visits, but artfight is huge fun to me and I usually put my sidehussles on hold for all of July, just for this. The result being that its day 4, and I finished over 20 attacks already. How? Well The people who do artfight because they want to get attacked or revenged, simply dont seem to get the point, as you said! My personal reasons I do artfight are: - It feels great to get comments like "Oh my gosh you drew them so cute!" or "this made my day" or even just "lol" We live on a planet that is on fire right now, and makeing some peoples day even just a tiny bit brighter, thats a success to me, and it lifts my own spirits in return! Heals myself a little bit too! winwin! - boosting small artists confidence by drawing their characters and acknowledging that they may not be "there" yet artwise, but their ideas are fire! - its great exercise! Artfight taught me speedartstrats, and higher flexibility in the topics I draw. Something I may not have done if it had been purely for myself. - sometimes you just need to draw to unwind after a long day, but dont know what to draw. Pick random character, GO! Artfight is an endless prompt maschine for indecisive trouts like me. This being said, i fully agree with your statements! - If you are an adult, put your physical and mental health first. Some of us heal through art, but not everyone does. - Keep in mind that nobody owes you a revenge attack and neither do you owe anyone else. (thats a hard one, cause you kind of feel like you HAVE to revenge. Wich is why some people, me included, write on their profle that they will DM a revenge if they dont manage to finish a revenge during artfight! Its perfectly fine! It will jst not count to the teampoints.) - Pick characters that you are itching to draw or want to challenge yourself with, and you will be golden! Even silly art is very welcome on artfight, and from personal experience I can say that many adult artists actually prefer shitpost attacks. Just check their permissions, if you are unsure if someone is okay with something or not.

While I don't really like kids that much and wouldn't personally want a kid, I'm not crazy enough like those kinds of people to just make it my whole personality trait. Like, for me it's just because of sensory issues that's mostly caused by crying sounds but otherwise i can be chill with any kid if they're just waving at me or wanting to talk to me about something. Even if they are being annoying or doing something bad im moreso mad at the parents than the kids cause the kids don't understand any better. I really don't understand people who make it their whole personality trait, like ok if you don't like kids that's fine but if you're saying you'd physically harm a kid or bashing people who want kids or just had a kid that's just past the point of hate and you're just being a jerk. Actually not even a jerk that's reaching the point of first steps of being a cartoonish villain in a bad way.

It takes so much time for you to get to the point

Do you have any advice about budgeting time for a fresh university grad? A lot of people in my life are pressuring me to get a full time job but I’m terrified I’m going to be way too tired to commit to literally anything else like art, relationships, hobbies, etc. I know it can be done, people are currently doing it around me but those same people constantly talk about everything else they had to sacrifice and it makes adulting so much more scary haha 🥲

I definitely feel a bit bad because I can't participate a lot in artfight this year, although I specified it on my profile. I wanna try and pump out at least one group attack as a fully rendered illustration, but the fact that I'm wrapping up my uni and working on my graduation project during almost entire July isn't helping 😩

No way being pro having children is the same as the people saying they hate kids lol

your art is so pretty and i love listening to your videos while drawing mine :D

As an adult first time art fight participant, this video is reassuring haha

I’ve wanted to talk about adulting as a grown up artist but haven’t felt prepared to cover it - needless to say the title definitely got my attention 😊 art fight as an adult can feel like a temp part time job just because of how deliberate we have to be with planning/scheduling it around our responsibilities, jobs and family obligations. Still think AF it’s worth doing as an adult because it’s a great way to improve at art pretty quickly

I always get self conscious cause I'm so slow on my attacks. I finish my first one when most people are on the their second or third

This video really opened my eyes though and sorta relieved me too because even tho I’m not necessarily “busy” I do have a life outside of artfight and I don’t want people to think I hate them or something for not drawing back for them. But this has sorta reassured me that okay, yeah, I’m not insane for having boundaries. Love your vids btw! (And also sorry for ramble!)

I haven’t watched this fully yet but I just wanna say: Something that’s bothered me as I’ve grown older is this growing… sense of duty?? To not align myself with those younger than me. It’s more so I have this fear of being idolized by younger artists just because my artstyle seems to appeal to many and all. It’s something that I’ve been trying to tackle, and I feel worried that maybe people will think I’m snooty or something for wanting to not form parasocial relationships with others online. I just don’t want to influence people in a negative way I suppose. There’s also this thing of that I’m just an artist online; and I feel like in this day and age of the internet, people are very hypercritical of what artists do. But I just wanna create to create. I don’t wanna have to worry about being a kid’s first exposure to some adult topic but… It’s not like there’s much I can do about that beyond making it known my artwork is intended for older people. 😭 I’m only 20 (so I probably seem like a baby to you) but as I get older it’s something I hope I don’t have to worry about so much.

I miss so much long form Michi content. I love watching your videos while I draw

Me seeing this video after I got off of a 9 hour shift and forced myself to do 2 artfight attacks lol (Edit while watching: I find the free time thing funny because this is my 7th artfight year, and I can defenitly feel the difference of me starting out and able to do 8 attacks a day due to not working and not having school work vs now where I work and have a thesis film I need to make sure I don't fall behind on. Artfight does mean a lot to me so I at least try to attack my "regulars" and any revenges)

Becoming an adult artist definitely feels so different from being a child/teenage artist (obviously). I am putting some more details into my ArtFight drawings but since starting a job (way to go planning on that one me LOL) I feel like I aswell am now going to have to schedule when I can draw. I also feel like the anger comes from a place of not understanding how much time responsibilities take up, when I was younger I was never as busy as I am now (work, friends, hobbies, streaming)

ill try to attack you this year!! i will be friendly fire but ive always been in LOVE with your art and charicters

love listenin to your vids more often again hehe