Hello Sheezers ITS MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR!!
It's AniMayPril! A 2 month challenge that indeed challenges you to step outside your comfort zone and step into the realm of making your lovely art move and groove!Animation is near and dear to my heart and for many of us here at Sheezy so keep an eye on the rewards this time around because we have some special perks this time around ;) NOW onto more information about the SHEEZY MONTHLY ART CHALLENGE!! 🎨 This time around I took the liberty to prepare a bit of a resource for people who have no idea where to start in terms of free programs or what things you need to know to start animating, something I started preparing about a year ago and admittedly its still not 100% done BUT all the information text wise should be there and links and example images will be added when I have the time and energy to do so, so please check out my Guide to Animation for Broke Beginners Don't forget to tag your artwork #SheezAprMay26 , you will need to place this on the post you wish to submit in order to get the chance to win our amazing prizes and get the nifty participation badge.
This AnimMAYPRIL theme is: 🌦️APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS 🌼 [ ](https://sheezy.art/daxdoodles/gallery/animaypril26-april-showers-bring-may-flowers ) This month's challenge was prompted by Me! the Dax of Doodles Your deadline is the 31st of May at - 11pm GMT IMPORTANT SPECIAL CHALLENGE SUBMISSION INFORMATION! Final Submission must be animated , but can be done in any medium you choose. Contributors who create music, scripts, storyboards, etc- for the purpose of an animation can also gain the benefits of participation and winner awards! The animation must be AT LEAST 5 seconds in length before looping, not just looping 2 frames for 5 seconds! Submission can be a loop or linear, meaning it can be a looped motion or a linear story. As per site rules you cannot use copyrighted music or sound within the animation. Your prizes! Participants will get a unique award on their submission relating to the challenge and theme. AND ONE MONTH OF BASIC SUBSCRIBER PERKS! Winners will receive: 1st Place: 1 YEAR of VIP 2nd Place: 1 YEAR of Pro 3rd Place: 1 YEAR of Basic
The Rules 📜: The artwork must be in the appropriate channel in the discord or have this month’s tag to be submitted. No plagiarism, if you are found stealing and/or copying someone else's work you shall be disqualified and the art deleted. As per the Discord rules, NSFW artworks cannot be posted there! NSFW artworks MUST remain on site and be tagged and rated appropriately. Your submission must follow all of our rules and rating guides, both on site and on the Discord. Be respectful to your fellow competitors. Collaboration works are allowed and encouraged! Just make sure you mention everyone involved. You can submit a maximum of 2 entries to the challenge. Interpretation of the prompt is left to your discretion, if you think it fits it probably does! The community is trusted to self moderate in this matter. Most importantly, enjoy what you create and have fun making it!
If you want input on what prompts we do in the future you can do so in the "Challenge Prompt Suggestions" block on my profile or head on over to thePrompt Suggestions post on our Discord Yes, as you can see, I am practically GIVING AWAY sub perks this time because I REALLY WANT TO! and sometimes people need that eeeextra bit of motivation to KEEP ARTING!and to show my appreciation to sticking with me and all my Challenges so far! -Dax
March Art Challenge: CHIMERA 🦁🐐🐍 With your efforts combined you did it, YOU! BEAT! MY! CHALLENGE!And by beat I mean participated, I hope it was fun but next month we are ramping things up, be prepared.... BUT before that there is this lovely challenge to wrap up, on to: THE WINNERS!
Participation award art this month was made by ⭐@DaxDoodles
Remember if you want to see the entries easily just search for #SheezMar26 THE WINNERS ARE: 👑 Winner [@strophiccata](/strophiccata ) With their artwork titled "Occupational Hazard" [](https://sheezy.art/strophiccata/gallery/occupational-hazard )
Honourable Mentions! 🥈 Second place @Takapawz With their artwork "Chimera - [Challenge March Month 2026] " [](https://sheezy.art/takapawz/gallery/chimera-challenge-march-month-2026 )
🥉 Third place @cillagon With their artwork "silly Tripfire" [](https://sheezy.art/cillagon/gallery/silly-tripfire )
Special Thanks ⭐️ @bletherdaft - https://sheezy.art/bletherdaft/gallery/sheezmar26-freebie-chimera-adopt ⭐️ @cynblkfox - https://sheezy.art/cynblkfox/gallery/with-friends-like-these ⭐️ @FromtheAshes - https://sheezy.art/fromtheashes/gallery/chimera-march-challenge ⭐️ @KaylaKat - https://sheezy.art/kaylakat/gallery/kitsune-kit-for-short ⭐️ @Cricket_Leaps - https://sheezy.art/cricket_leaps/gallery/practice ⭐️ @CoalsAndCinders - https://sheezy.art/coalsandcinders/gallery/welcome-to-a-world-without-empathy-sheezmar26 ⭐️ @Kurjin - https://sheezy.art/kurjin/gallery/chop-off-the-heads ⭐️ @ShemeiArt - https://sheezy.art/shemeiart/gallery/design-adopt-succulent-bunny-open ⭐️ @Starjeweled - https://sheezy.art/starjeweled/gallery/chimera ⭐️ @atari - https://sheezy.art/atari/gallery/chimera ⭐️ @Luna150 - https://sheezy.art/luna150/gallery/not-what-it-seems ⭐️ @farraigeart - https://sheezy.art/farraigeart/gallery/frankensteins-critter ⭐️ @Flossegames - https://sheezy.art/flossegames/gallery/its-just-a-big-kitty-cat ⭐️ @Soliazo - https://sheezy.art/soliazo/gallery/oc-leopard-birch-concept ⭐ AND YOU! ⭐ If you want input on what prompts we do in the future you can do so in the "Challenge Prompt Suggestions" block on my profile or head on over to thePrompt Suggestions post on our Discord Stay tuned for the next art challenge prompt! One last push from me to get everything prepared, I'm practically forcing myself out of hibernation for this one cause my brain is TIRED, regardless there's good things on the horizon for spring, so KEEP ARTING!- Dax
Hi!! It's nearly ArtFight month, so I wanted to see if any of my mutuals here will be taking part!! :D I want to start preparing!!This is my account, let's all exchange ArtFight usernames and links!!https://artfight.net/~druifey
... And never will be. :D I will never be sorry for sharing my passion, for caring about my work, for being somebody who believes in what I do, and finds joy in something wonderful and fun and that has helped me live a better life. And you shouldn't be sorry either, by the way. Care about your work, because if you care, so do I. I want to see you talk and ramble, I want to see your 20 drawings of the same character for a week, I want to see how much you love what you make. Tell me about your characters in the comments, by the way. Go absolutely wild. The floor is yours.
I’m sorry if I talk about my OCs a lot. I know I can get carried away, but I honestly can’t help it. I’m deeply attached to them. They’re my creations—not my kids or anything, but still something I put a lot of myself into. Shaped from my imagination and experiences. The closest comparison I can think of is how a creator might feel toward their first works, the way God regarded Adam and Eve in the stories: not as offspring, but as beings crafted with intention, purpose, and care. Talking about them brings me joy. Exploring their personalities, choices, flaws, and growth, drawing them, talking about them, it makes me feel alive creatively. They’re the lens through which I express ideas and emotions, so sharing them feels natural. It’s not just chatter to me—it’s passion.
Art fight….soon…and a mf still hasn’t done a single reference sheetI just can’t do them rn, they take so much time and energy and I haven’t been in the mood to just sit at my computer so like I’M COOKED 💔💔💔 I’m gonna have to just force myself to do them at this point, I really do want to participate this year cuz last year was so fun like the most fun I’ve ever had with art fight cuz the year before was probably my worst one…All my attacks were so half assed and I was just NOT enjoying it, only joined because I was having major FOMO AND I was going through some bullshit that month so I stopped not too far into the event from burn outLast year was just sooooooo much better 4 me and I’m so glad I decided to join in and it was a good year to do so too since I was starting to finally regain some love 4 doing art again I think I’m just gonna do dinos again 4 my character roster, I’m still not ready yet to have my other characters up maybe next time or never idk 😭Also wanna focus on characters in my dinosaur bookmarks so pretty much continuing what I was doing last year, but I do wanna draw some non-dinos this year too!Might do paintings again this year and was thinking of doing some other things too (clay, papercraft, etc.), but it will depend on if I feel up to it cuz these take a bit to make are much more time consuming
I'll probably NEVER make a Bsky account again... Not only that my first account on there got hacked because I was dumb and trusted a damn scam then everyone called my account out that they got "suspicious" messages from it (which weren't sent by me of course) and it made me feel like crap (the account was quickly suspended, thankfully). But also when I made new accounts, (three of them which I deleted myself this time cuz anxiety and other stuff and will probably never go back to them again) I noticed that people cared more about the "slop" I was drawing and posting than they did about my feelings. For example, whenever I'd vent or something people would barely respond but when I posted a badly drawn and anatomically incorrect pinup of Wile Coyote I'd get 200+ likes from some random furries and that's basically it. Maybe also a couple of nice comments which I, surely appreciated, but I still think that place left a generally bad impact on me. It made me lazier and "quicker" when it comes to drawing and made methink that I must produce art as faster as possible if I didn't want to lose followers or stuff. It made me have a massive burnout, compare myself to others and worse of all, have literal mental breakdowns. It's hard to be a neurodivergent person on the internet (what I am) and I just think that places like Bsky can simply ruin me. It's fine if other (neurodivergent) people like that place, but as someone who has troubles with my identity and lack of friends, I just think it's not for me That's also why I decided to not post my art on the internet in general (my other socials as well) for a while. I began drawing for every few days instead of everyday, traditionally, and it made me feel much more better and confident about myself. I also began drawing stuff which I wanted to see instead of something I'd think the internet audience would like. I began going outside more and socialize and also keep my new work for private/commercial use only I'm still struggling hard with my identity and who I want to REALLY be, but I think it's all (thankfully) coming together.
just had a very passionate chat with a friend about using ocs after they have not been able to for a while. I just wanna say. Love you OCs. Love you little guys, little characters in my head. I love how much self expression you give and your ability to process complex emotions.I love you ugly OCs. I love you fat OCs. I love you marysues. I love you dekudogs and sparkle dogs and I love you self shippersLife is for fun, and being able to do whatever the hell you want is even more fun. Who gives a shit, man.
