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Snowflake Challenge #5
Jan. 9th, 2022 10:58 pmChallenge #5: In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do.
With my fanart ideas my problem is generally more self-motivation than that I think I couldn't do it justice. I mean, I'm not great at character likeness and if portrait or caricature was just easy for me, I might draw more often, but I probably would also get better with practice and I don't do that.
When I produce something, I generally don't let any quality concerns stop me from sharing it. I have posted elementary school drawings on my website, as well as comics I did in high school. So that the character likeness isn't great or my background dodgy, or whatever isn't going to stop me from posting. But generally I only actually draw something in the first place, when there is some outside audience energy pushing a bit. Way back in Sentinel fandom I didn't draw anything fannish for years, because the only style around seemed very realistic zine art work, so I didn't attempt that.
My one attempt at fanfic writing in fandom (also Sentinel) showed me however that I'm not suited to that all. It was mostly me elaborating details of my AU world building and failing to come up with any type of plot, and also failing at dialog. But I don't actually get ideas for fanfic plots either.
I fairly often have idle fanart ideas that I don't do anything about, so there is a long list of things that I would like to have drawn/painted, if the result just materialized (even done at my skill level), but the closest match to the premise of this question for me are probably ideas that would be best as a fanfic/fanart collaboration.
One example: I would love to have a Check Please/Sesame Street crossover, because I think Jack the hockey star being a guest star on Sesame Street talking about feeling anxious with an anxious muppet for example (maybe Big Bird? or Telly Monster?), or Bitty meeting Cookie Monster or such, would be cute as art, and I could draw it (having drawn Sesame/comic xovers before), but it would be so much better if it came with a sweet fic that actually provided specific scenes with Jack & Bitty and muppets, but I can't really think of anything, and Jack just standing next to a muppet isn't that great.
With my fanart ideas my problem is generally more self-motivation than that I think I couldn't do it justice. I mean, I'm not great at character likeness and if portrait or caricature was just easy for me, I might draw more often, but I probably would also get better with practice and I don't do that.
When I produce something, I generally don't let any quality concerns stop me from sharing it. I have posted elementary school drawings on my website, as well as comics I did in high school. So that the character likeness isn't great or my background dodgy, or whatever isn't going to stop me from posting. But generally I only actually draw something in the first place, when there is some outside audience energy pushing a bit. Way back in Sentinel fandom I didn't draw anything fannish for years, because the only style around seemed very realistic zine art work, so I didn't attempt that.
My one attempt at fanfic writing in fandom (also Sentinel) showed me however that I'm not suited to that all. It was mostly me elaborating details of my AU world building and failing to come up with any type of plot, and also failing at dialog. But I don't actually get ideas for fanfic plots either.
I fairly often have idle fanart ideas that I don't do anything about, so there is a long list of things that I would like to have drawn/painted, if the result just materialized (even done at my skill level), but the closest match to the premise of this question for me are probably ideas that would be best as a fanfic/fanart collaboration.
One example: I would love to have a Check Please/Sesame Street crossover, because I think Jack the hockey star being a guest star on Sesame Street talking about feeling anxious with an anxious muppet for example (maybe Big Bird? or Telly Monster?), or Bitty meeting Cookie Monster or such, would be cute as art, and I could draw it (having drawn Sesame/comic xovers before), but it would be so much better if it came with a sweet fic that actually provided specific scenes with Jack & Bitty and muppets, but I can't really think of anything, and Jack just standing next to a muppet isn't that great.