there is zero lateness! it goes on all month and its street legal to do up until the last day

because I watch longingly EVERY year and I don't even have a fandom to write for right now. I crave the stimulation of art trades

I personally always wait a few days or a week anyway cuz the site crawls to slow from everyone overwhelming it the first few days lol

does it make it harder for people to find you though? I figure most people attack their friends etc but I'll kind of be going into this community blind if I did

oh yeah? huh well that's reassuring

my issue is I just don't make OCs, a dumb part of my brain told me I'm "not allowed" at a young age and I've been desperately trying to unlock that box for years. I think I could scrape up something l, I just have to break past the psychic lock

but okay, that's good news! maybe I can come up with something yet

even if you don't have ocs you can do like. dumb mascots.

me and my buddy like to target baby artists so i put up my dumb stick figure npcs for kids to attack back at me lolol

that said AUs are allowed. ive seen canon characters that are like 'THIS IS YAMI YUGI MERMAID AU' and its street legal

other people just put up their pets

'idk i don't do ocs draw my dog' lol

haha aw okay, yeah! that makes it a little less daunting.

yeah!! oh or if you have an particular like. pokemon or digimon that are Yours i see lots of that too

it really is p chill and freeform all around

okay ^^ yeah, I can make gijinkas or little creatures and such. and yeah after all the Ryslig monsters I've drawn, I figure after a few tweaks doesn't take much to make some of those their own thing. I'll start with basic ideas of things and shape languages I like and keep pushing until it's as original as I can get

thank you, I appreciate the advice.

np!! the goal is jsut to have fun so don't stress too much!

yeah ^___^ I think that's exactly what I need right now too

I can tell you rn I have gotten 2 attacks from ppl I'm not sure I know xD. So it do happen!

that's good! do you think people find you via a search engine on the site or is it like everyone uploads on the discord and they found you by scrolling through?

I definitely want to do it next year... I always forget it's in July

I need to finish getting my updated ref sheets up or just say "lmao screw it" and proceed with what i have

yeah! like I think about it all June, think too hard about what to do and then July arrives and I go ARRGH this was supposed to be THE YEAR.

MAYBE AFTER ITS OVER.... I will make an account and stuff...

but I say just go for it, if it's not too late yet. I'll give myself a deadline if this weekend to throw out any idea I can and maybe one will click

yeah but I believe in ya, if it's not too late after it started this week, maybe you both can still make it!

I know it's not gonna happen for me this year jsidiifksjjd

fair enough hehe, well you're drawing and writing game stuff anyway, that's just as fulfilling

I'm trying to kill the part of myself that cringes over creating something imperfect or 10,000% original do not steal (because nothing actually is) and I need to remember how to have fun, dang it

Look some of my most beloved OCs are essentially canon characters with the serial numbers filed off or me repurposing my ryslig monster designs

go for it! yeah lots of my OCs are expies from some era of fandom or another and AUs are absolutely allowed. I'd love to see you join when you want!

aw ^^ thanks friends, yeah, you're right. most OCs start with a basis of something we love before developing to their own thing, I'll see what I can cook up!