Artists Fantasy Season

Artists Fantasy Season (also known as AFS) was a fashion illustration competition on Reddit inspired by RuPaul's Drag Race. It was hosted by /u/allovem and /u/Awkward-King, originally on the /r/RPDRFanArt subreddit before it was moved to its own subreddit /r/OfficialAFS in the middle of Season 2. It lasted for three seasons.
AFS is considered as the predecessor to Ms. Paint's Art Race.
== Format ==
AFS contestants would create drag looks every week based on weekly themes. Unlike MPAR, a separate drag queen persona was not emphasized in AFS and contestants were referred to by their usernames instead of their drag queen names. The weekly results were drawn 50% from public audience poll, where anybody could rank the looks, and 50% from the judges' panel.
There were no mini challenges, with the exception of a reading challenge. There also was no "Lipsync For Your Life" where the bottom two had a final chance to save themselves.
== Relation to MPAR ==
During Season 3 of AFS in particular, many of Allovem and Awkward-King's decisions were called into question, especially because neither of them had any drawing expertise. This led many queens to contemplate possibly starting their own competition, including Maybels, Icarus, and Errsmi.
After Season 3 ended, Allovem suddenly deleted his Reddit account, removing several AFS-related threads. Though mod ShadowPaintedRose was able to archive most of the missing AFS history on /r/OfficialAFSArchive, AFS was widely considered dead.
Shortly afterwards, the first season of Ms. Paint's Art Race, created by Errsmi, was announced. As it was modded by many big names in AFS, including Season 3 winner Maybels and Season 2 winner ShadowPaintedRose (Synethesia Overdose), the AFS community decided to flock to the new competition.
It was rumored that Allovem was partially responsible for rigging the votes in MPAR Season 1, ultimately leading to the decision to remove the audience poll from MPAR Season 2 onward. This rumor was later disproved.
== MPAR Queens associated with AFS ==
===Judges===
* Sally Spellman (AFS Season 2, 4th place and Miss Cuntgeniality)
* Malaria E. Coli (AFS play-along)
===Former Judges===
* Maybels (AFS Season 3 Winner)
* Chloe in the Afternoon (AFS Season 3, 2nd place)
* Synesthesia Overdose (AFS Season 2 Winner)
* Makanani Drive (AFS Season 3, 6th place)
* Amethyst (AFS Season 2, 12th place and Miss Congeniality)
* St. Judy Thaddeus (AFS Season 2, 2nd place)
=== Contestants ===
* Mai Lady (AFS Season 3, 13th place)
* Sulphur (AFS play-along)
* Van De Lies (AFS Season 3, 7th place)
* Romina Homofobia (AFS Season 2, 3rd place)
* Lo Bottomy / Bitte Bitte (AFS Season 2, 6th place)
* Épinette (AFS Season 3, 3rd place)
* Pippy (AFS Season 1, 6th place)
=== Other Queens ===
* Teena Cardboard (AFS Season 1, 4th place)
* Lady Vape (AFS Season 2, 13th place)
In addition, many other queens in the MPAR community hail from the AFS community.