Yo! It's my first topic of 2021, WOO!
One of the toughest things about being an indie creator is self promotion. Particularly finding places to promote your hard work.
This year I'm going to be entering a lot of art contests as a way of getting my art in front of people, and I thought, maybe it would be cool to share what contests I enter with the Tapas community. If anyone is interested, they can join up too.
I think contests are a great way to get your work seen, and also challenge yourself. It could be daunting, especially if you feel like you might not be 'good enough' but the way I see it, is that it's a learning experience either way. And who knows...there's always the chance that you might win. Also there's the added bonus of networking with other artists who post in the challenges, and seeing some cool art along the way.
Anyways, to the meat of the topic. If you know of contests, whereever they are hosted, whether on social media, or art sites, please feel free to drop the links here in this thread.
So starting out this thread with a link I found this OC Creation Challenge on Medibang/Art Street. Pretty sweet deal, you can even use existing OCs you have if you want.
But mainly, I wanted to make this thread to help my fellow artists out and shout out some of these contests.
I hope you all will join me in sharing. But as I'll be participating in quite a few contests this year, I'll be updating this thread semi-regularly with new ones as I find them.
So if you know of a contest, drop the link here in this thread!
See you guys out there, best of luck if you decide to participate too!
Edit:
For anyone who's hosting a contest (like for Fan-Art etc...) please feel free to drop a link to your contest announcement and comic. Only if you're hosting one. Don't just post links to your works please.