Some years ago, I used to run the Sexy Art Challenges on tumblr, since it was always a quick and easy way to post and reblog. Recently, I've repeatedly stumbled across the graphic I used to use and started thinking maybe it's time to gauge interest!
Naturally, I don't intend to put anything on the Tapastic forums that would break their terms (and anyway, most people can't post pictures at the moment), so it would take place at tumblr. Accounts are free, and you could even just make a new blog purely for your contributions. Basically the premise is that a challenge is given, the artists have two weeks to complete that challenge, and as they do, they submit the link of their posted artwork to the challenge blog, which reblogs them. That way, the individual artists get the attention on their posts and blogs.
They're called Sexy Art Challenges because there's no real restriction on content, and I wanted to make it an event for adults who weren't afraid of mature content. So many sites out there are needlessly restrictive on what they'll even allow people for their artistic expression, and to me, that's not what art is about at all: art is about expression, and it's important -- and so rare -- that artists can feel free to express themselves. In some ways, I also try to spread awareness of the fact that those of us who do write stories primarily for adult audiences -- or heaven forfend exclusively adult stories! -- are almost always severely limited in our outlets and opportunities, and usually with arbitrary, vague terms that give themselves to nothing quite so much as a witch hunt mentality.
In any case, I'd like to see if there's any interest here! I always love to use challenges and sketch suggestions for warm-ups, and with a good challenge, it can lead to new people discovering work and creators. It's also, for many, a chance to get outside of the usual comfort zone, which just as often traps us in bad habits or, at times, can keep us from really stretching and learning.
So if you're interested, just let me know! We can always cross-post some of the images here (as long as they're within the rules of the Tapastic site, since it's slightly less permissive than tumblr) and post the challenges to make sure people are aware of them. I'm interested in making 2017 a much better year...and a more creative one!
