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Today we celebrate the completion of the GottaDrawEmAll Generation Reloaded Collab Series!
Take a moment to revel in our accomplishments of the past 1.5ish years!
I think this series turned out seriously awesome, like leaps and bounds better than the ones before, and everyone who ever participated should be proud! :)
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Which one is your favourite?
Personally, I'm partial to the Gen 5 one since it has the coolest gimmick, and I might also have Stockholm syndrome from working on it the longest. :'D
Well! Thank you so much for another successful project! We have lost a lot of participants due to dA going to hell, but I never felt like I had to worry that we wouldn't be able to finish a collab. I'm very grateful for that. <3
We did it! It's done. And now..?
I know you've been wondering for a while what would be next. People have been asking for months, and I always refused to answer. Maybe this has already given you a feeling what the answer would be.
There will not be another Collab series.
I'm sorry. It's over.
There is really only one reason for this, and it's just that it's been enough.
I have hosted around 30 collabs since inheriting this group 6 years ago almost to the day. It's been fantastic, but I'm tired. I can't do another multi-year commitment.
Besides... While it hasn't been too hard to finish this latest series, everyone can feel dA circling the drain, and if things don't start looking up soon, there might not be many active users left in a year or two. Starting a new series and not being able to finish it because we can't get enough participants would absolutely break my heart. So let's end on a high note!
Bringing someone else on board to host collabs at this group is also not an option.
The only other person who is allowed to host collabs here is Marche.
Unfortunately, I have the terrible character trait of needing things that I created continue to be done in the exact same way, and I don't trust anyone else in the world to do that. If I let you have this group, I would just micromanage the fuck out of you, which is probably a subpar amount of fun. (Marche knows what I mean lol)
More than a few people have told me at one point or another that this project got them out of art block, or that it's the only reason they're still drawing, even. I'm especially sorry to you. I hope you keep creating anyway. And if you don't, I hope you find something else that brings you more joy.
Well. This has been kinda sad. But that's not all there is to the future! We're not closing up shop completely.
The Gen Collab and Gen Reloaded Collab series will continue for new Generations if in any way possible!
All Pokémon are great and we should draw them forever! That's a frequency of collabs I can manage. :'D
However... It seems unlikely that new Generations of Pokémon will be released in a single batch ever again. Editing a Gen Collab to add a second batch of Pokémon is extremely unfun, and adding stuff to a Gen Reloaded Collab is impossible. So even the first one might not happen until the last DLC of the Generation is released. I'll have to think about it.
We can expect Gen 9 in about two years, so its last DLC would arrive in three years. I will definitely still be here drawing Pokémon in two to three years, and if the website hasn't shut down by then, I will attempt to host a Gen 9 Collab. Fingers crossed! :V
In the meantime, there might be some small one-off things like "Draw your OC or a random Pokémon on the beach/in the snow/etc." - no sign-ups, just submit your things and we'll put them together. No promises, but it's likely that I'll get the collab brainworms again eventually. Or maybe Marche will do some! We'll see.
I think that's all.
Thank you for 3 amazing Collab series!
Overall, we created an incredible ~5000 entries for 34 Collabs. I don't think there is any other project like this on the world, and I'm so, so glad to have done it.
Thanks to everyone who was part of it, whether it was every time, a few times, or just once!
Thanks to @Waltonsaurus for starting this project!
Thanks to @Marche-Towers for being my wonderful co-host and to @JustMiri for always being there for us through it all!
It's been a good run.
Goodbye and - hopefully - until then!
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