The Smallest Goober

While you can't ever guarantee revenges, your chances of getting art back are always higher if you target people with positive ratios. There's a lot of people on site who have +75% attack ratios (meaning they've drawn way more art than they have received). Go target them! They deserve love AND are way more likely to return art!

DO NOT fall for random celeb tiktokker with 50k followers who is, for the seventh year in a row, promising they will be revenging all the art they get all while their ratio sits at a whooping 5%! There's always some people like this and a lot of younger folk fall for it again and again. And then these people don't even bother with commenting on the art they receive

In my experience, it's younger folk or people who are newer to art that will go more apeshit (affectionate) about the art they receive. If you really wanna make someone's entire week, find yourself someone who is new to AF or someone who has just started drawing and give them a lil something, they will adore it!

Artfight can be a great opportunity to make friends. I've met some wonderful people through exchanging art there. Use the search function to find characters tagged as things you have an interest in and go ham. Chances are, you may meet someone with similar interests who may end up becoming a long term friend.

While receiving revenges is great, don't try to guilt trip people for them. Don't go around posting comments on people's profiles like "If I draw for you will you revenge me??" Just draw for the person if you'd like to draw for them, don't do it expecting the whole situation to be a transaction

A lot of people will mention in their profiles whether they are revenging or not. It's a good idea to check that out if you are interested in revenges- But never take these as a 100% guarantee

Comment on art you have received! It doesn't need to be a deep comment. Sometimes gushing over it and dropping 30 emojis and a big thank you gets the point across. It can be rather daunting to not receive any confirmation that the person you drew for even saw the art you made for them.

Use the opportunity to practice things you wouldn't normally! You can't 100% guarantee a revenge, but challenge yourself to draw:

types of characters that interest you but you wouldn't personally have as OCs, OR that you aren't commissioned to draw a lot (e.g., the gender you draw the least, diverse bodies, etc.)

angles and poses you're not confident in, to practice anatomy and perspective

in experimental styles you want to try, like chibi or cartoon or realistic

compositions you wouldn't normally, like with specific colors, elements, or backgrounds. e.g.: i want to give tarot-style pieces this year because i'd like to experiment more with abstract symbolism and that's something missing in my portfolio!

Im very excited to attack all my friends and revenge anyone who attacks me >:3

Singing companion

Friend?

Some ideas for my regular grian design!