I'll have the masterposts out soon as well as the stats. The next event will be in the spring; by then, I should hopefully be able to devote more brain space to this event.

And the first Tools Tuesdays, Motivation to Start and Setting Goals
www.tumblr.com/finishwhatyo...

Our discord is always open, if you want to get chatting with fellow participants early!
discord.com/invite/ZPVF9...

number of people who posted new work during the 2025 spring event: 18
number of authors/artists who posted multiple works: 8

most works posted by a single user:
TheStarGayzingEtherianCollection (fanfics) (8)
Léto le Gaosaure (fiber crafts) (3)
outofyourvector (illustrations) (2)

number of participants:

tumblr followers as of 5/1/2025: 323
bsky followers as of 5/1/2025: 84
twitter followers as of 5/1/2025: 969
discord members as of 5/1/2025: 175

number of completed works: 35 (28 fanfics, 1 animatic, 2 digital illustrations, 4 fiber crafts)
number of in-progress works with new chapters: 2

number of fandoms represented: 22

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I'm on the hunt for fresh Tools Tuesday topics for the fall event! If you see a cool resource, or some advice that helped you, feel free to message it to this profile's DM's, or on the other event socials!

And if you finished your project, great work!! Congratulations! Take some time to rest and bask in your success. Not sure how to bask in your success, exactly? Not to worry, someone wrote a fun little guide for just that!
www.tumblr.com/livingmeatlo...

You made that! You pushed forward, even when it was hard! You participated in this event, which means you want to get it done, which means you are on your way to getting it done!

This event is just a motivation. Progress doesn't need a deadline. I hope that you keep working on your wip!

For everyone with works still in progress, whatever progress you've made -- a line on a drawing, a sentence on a page, a stitch on a fabric project -- I hope you look at it with pride.

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Tools Tuesday is a weekly part of the Finish What You Started event where I share various resources I have found to help everyone complete their WIP. Have a resource you want to share? Send it in a message and I’ll take a look!

Hopefully some of these reference sources will help you finesse your artwork, or give you that inspiration to finish! What inspires you in a piece? Do you find the pose first, or craft a vibe and search for just the right positioning to fit it?

For shapes, try eyes.training/intersections/ to see how things interact and intersect.

For lighting faces, williamnguyen.artstation.com/projects/6a0...

For posing entire human bodies, isolated by joint or limb, there’s Pose Search x6ud.github.io/pose-search

And for animal heads at every angle, there’s x6udpngx x6ud.github.io#/

Let’s say you have a pose in mind, but just can’t find the exact angle you need. Pose aggregation sites can help you fine-tune what you’re looking for by finding photos that match a criteria. For human heads and facial expressions, there’s Reference Angle referenceangle.com