Spiral Knights - Secret Santa Art Trade Thread -- 2013 (art has been posted!)

Secret Santa Art Trade Thread -- 2013 (art has been posted!)

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Tue, 12/03/2013 - 23:18

Lizzi

Christmas is here, and that means art for (almost) everyone! Turnout was 12 out of 15 presents (not including the extras).

I would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a success. Especially Solotron, who managed to do a whopping FOUR gifts in addition to the one he was assigned to do.

If you don't see your name on the list of people who received art, a few artists and I will try to right the wrong within the next couple of days.

For Dragunityhunter, drawn by Solotron
For Pipipipipi, drawn by Tevokkia
For Headshet, drawn by Pipipipipi
For me, drawn by Midnight-Dj
For Vinnydime, drawn by Possiblespy
For Midnight-Dj, drawn by Bluencool
For Possiblespy, drawn by Jester-Gtr
For Tevokkia, drawn by Annilaton
For Solotron, drawn by me (work in progress at the moment, will be updated with shading and a little something special c:)
For Cetren, drawn by Sir-Wuddle
For Sir-Wuddle, drawn by Galack
For Galack, drawn by Vinnydime

Extra Gifts from Solotron
For Tev
For Galack
For Possiblespy
For me :D

Thank you all again and happy holidays!

-=Original Post=-

Hello all! I'm Lizzi, and I infrequently prowl on the forums.

I've seen some art trade threads floating around on other websites, but I don't think I've seen one on here yet. I thought this would be a fun and cool idea, so here I am. xD

How it Works

Anyone and everyone can participate! Simply post a reply to this thread (see signup sheet below). Signups end on Dec. 15th, at 11:59PM PST. Any late or incomplete entries will not be eligible for the Secret Santa exchange.
On the 16th, I will use this generator to randomly select who will draw art for whom. I will not post the list publicly; I'll mail the artists the recipient for whom they are drawing art. Please do not tell your person that you are drawing art for them until the 25th. That would defeat the purpose of a secret Santa. xD
Between the 16th and the 25th, you have a little more than a week to finish your art. During this time, please send me a link to your art (tinyurl it if you can) via in-game mail sometime before the 25th. Exception: if you are drawing art for me, please don’t send it to me until the 25th.
On Christmas Day, all the artwork will be posted up on this thread.

How to Sign Up
A complete entry for a spot in the exchange will follow this format.
In-game name: Art Request: (please include as many details as you can, including some screenshots if available)

Signed Up So Far

Lizzi

Jester-Gtr

Galack

Antworker (Vinnydime)

Midnight-Dj

Sir-Tuddle (Sir-Wuddle)

Dragunityhunter (Unfair-Ness)

Pipipipipi

Cetren

Headshet

Oh yeah, since I’ll be participating in this, I’ll fill in an entry form for myself.

In-game name: Lizzi Art Request: If you could draw my knight (I don’t really care about the pose), that would be awesome. But if you’re more comfortable with animals, then draw this dashing gremlin over here (make him do a silly dance if you can :3).

Happy Holidays everyone!

Tue, 12/03/2013 - 23:23

Jes-Turr

JESTER ADDS HIS MEDIOCRITY TO THE FRAY!

In-game name: Jester-Gtr
Art Request: Draw this character! The rest of the creative process I leave up to Santa!

Tue, 12/03/2013 - 23:31

Galack

This is a wonderful idea.

In-game name: Galack
Art Request: A Tier 1 Maskeraith with a violet personal color playing with some Christmas-y looking snipes. Let the Christmas spirit creativity run wild!

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 18:54

Feline-Grenadier

DURRRRAW!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/edef2fe633fae3a9d781bbd75e641b43/tumblr_mtv7f...

Keep scrolling down until you find my post for what I usually order for commissions.

IGN : Antworker

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 00:32

Midnight-Dj

>:)

Challenge accepted!

I will finally put my skill to the test!!! Bring it on.

IGN: same as my forum name.
Art request: me flying, my costume is the same as my forum pic.

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 01:07

Sir-Wuddle

What is this? Where am I?

In-game name: Sir-Tuddle
Art Request: Giant Chromalisk with Dusky goggles and a heavy Maedate wreaking havoc within the clockworks. Spread the Christmas love!

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 15:55

Tevokkia

^.^

I had been thinking of setting one of these up myself. XD Still might do it on the DA group.

IGN: Tevokkia
Art request: If you'd rather draw a knight, any one of these guys will do (doesn't matter which). If you'd rather draw a gremlin, I'd like a picture of Bettit (with or without her eyepatch/bandage). If you like drawing gremlins and really want to go all-out, you can add Vakros in there, too. XD

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 07:01

Solotron

Yuppie

In-game name: Solotron
Art request: I want my secret santa to know that he/she can use any creativity in his/her art ^^..... This is my knight: http://flic.kr/p/i5fgTZ
Surprise me :)

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 09:08

Lizzi

Yay! Entries! Thank you, those of you who signed up. C:

@Vinnydime
Unfortunately you have an incomplete entry so far. First of all, your link is only accessible by people who have a tumblr, and not everyone has one. Maybe if you instead link it directly to the post, where everyone can view it, I'll update your entry as complete. Also, what's your IGN?

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 09:10

Lizzi

Ew, my first double post . .__.

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 09:30

#10

Bluencool

...

IGN: Bluencool
Request:
-A bomber who wears Stranger Hat w/ Vertical Vents and Ice Queen Mail w/ Parrying Blade. Use imagination for the rest.
-A giant lichen colony OHKOing a Trojan.
-Someone sending wolves flying with CIV.
-Nitronome blast with gremlins flying away.
-A knight refreezing/dousing Ice Cubes in a fire themed level.
-Sullivan drinking coffee.
-An ongoing battle between a guardian (not necessarily as an LD class) and greavers (at least 4.).
-A gunslinger. Use imagination for the rest.
-Cloaked recons!

Of course, I don't want you to draw everything on the list. Pick one. Or two. As much as you like. You can add anything- the knight taking care of Ice Cubes might be chased by Oilers. Let your imagination run wild (just an advice), cause I am too lazy to add details.

TBH, I don't really care about what do you send to me. I don't care if your art is not something I have listed above and/or crappy, but of course I would prefer a well drawn giant lichen colony about to snipe a Trojan (not necessarily "snipe"). That being said, if you think you have a better idea, then go for it!

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 19:08

#11

Feline-Grenadier

Hm...

Edited.

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 08:07

#12

Skayeth

I want to enterz!

IGN: Annilaton

Request: *EDIT (Oh noes! The great Tevokkia said that my request is too large! Better change it! ;D :P:P:P) Um....A knight, in any 5 star armor you want (If it is Christmas-y, get creative!) with a leviathan blade, or any 5 star weapon like that, (Like Voltedge, Combuster and Glacius), chasing some wolvers. If this is still too complex, I will change it.

Wed, 12/04/2013 - 23:55

#13

Tevokkia

@annilation

Due to the fact that we've only got a week during one of the busiest times of the year and some of the participants are beginning artists, you might want to make a second, simpler request in case whoever gets you can't manage the one you made. It's great that you put some thought into the details you want, but since it's so specific (and there seem to be a lot of creatures involved), it's also likely to be quite time consuming. (I'm pretty sure that to do it would take me, for example, 10-15 hours of solid work for full color, so as busy as that week is going to be, if I got you and that was your only request, I'd only be able to manage a monochrome sketch)

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 07:29

#14

Possiblespy

Um, I'll participate.

IGN is Possiblespy.

I'd love to get a picture of any existing weapon, because there don't seem to be many pictures of just weapons. That I've seen, anyway. 4* Shardbombs could look pretty cool without being too complicated. Plenty of screenshots of weapons in the wiki.

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 08:09

#15

Skayeth

okay

@Tevokkia, I changed mine. Also, if any art is for me, I never asked for any color. Color would still be nice. -_- My demands aren't so high. Thanks for your consideration.

Thu, 12/05/2013 - 16:50

#16

Tevokkia

@Annilation

XD I didn't say you had to change it, just add a second request in case someone wasn't up to the challenge.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 08:15

#17

Skayeth

Oh. Okay. XD

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:18

#18

Unfair-Ness

IGN : Dragunityhunter Art

IGN : Dragunityhunter

Art Request : My knight! http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/509202142439801460/864390B6D2D67AE3E...

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 13:01

#19

Pipipipipi

The 4th wall shall be shattered!!!

Pipipipipi

I want a picture of a cute wolver

Sun, 12/08/2013 - 18:17

#20

Cetren

In game name Cetren

Request: a picture of a knight in divine armor with a obsidian edge slaying a gremlin. No blood plz

Mon, 12/09/2013 - 10:56

#21

Headshet

\o/

IGN: Headshet
Art Request: My Knight, you can draw in any position...Surprise me

Wed, 12/11/2013 - 20:07

#22

Lizzi

Alright, after some pondering, I've decided to bump the signup deadline up to Dec. 15th.

Signing up is by far the easier part, so I figure I should allocate more time into allowing more time to draw art.
The timeframe that I set before might interfere with school finals/work/holiday vacation plans, so I'd hoped to ease up on some people's schedules.
The flow of entries seems to have slowed down a lot.

I apologize for any inconvenience that might arise from this decision.

Mon, 12/16/2013 - 18:50

#23

Possiblespy

Let's get this back where people can find it, so everyone can figure out what they're drawing.

Mon, 12/16/2013 - 19:06

#24

Lizzi

Alright, everyone has been notified via in-game mail of who they are drawing art for! Please be sure to read all contents of the mail thoroughly.

For easy reference, I've linked everybody's names in the original post to their requests.

A few things about the art that you will complete:

As a reminder, the due date for your art is before Christmas Day! The full compilation of art should be up on this thread sometime before noon PST on Christmas Day.
Please put it as much effort as you can! Even a sketch is fine if you put your best into it. Keep in mind that you will also be receiving art from another person, and it wouldn't be fun to find out that they drew you something awesome while you barely put in anything for the person you drew art for.
Hopefully this won't happen, but I'll fill in for any no-shows, should there be someone who didn't receive their art on time.
Some easy methods of uploading your image if you don't already have a way is to use is postimage.org (no registration required), imageshack.com, or Puush (my personal favorite).

Happy arting, everyone!

Mon, 12/16/2013 - 22:32

#25

Skayeth

asdasdasldj

I got a person I thought I would never get. XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

Tue, 12/24/2013 - 13:27

#26

Pipipipipi

The 4th wall shall be shattered!!!

same here

Idk why I thought I would never get them though

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 00:44

#27

Lizzi

Original post has been updated with gifts. :) I will keep updating the list when/if I receive more presents.

If you did not receive a gift-- never fear! A few artists and I will fill in for any no-shows.

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 01:02

#28

Jes-Turr

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Good work to all the Santas that participated!
Possiblespy, your gift for Vinnydime is so asdfjkl; Q^Q

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 01:06

#29

Midnight-Dj

@Lizzi

Hope you like the drawing, sadly, my skill is no match against the professionals. And if the drawing is too boyish for you, my sincerest apology.

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 01:18

#30

Lizzi

WHAAAAT. I LOVE IT.

I DON'T THINK ANY LESS OF IT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S.

Especially those wings asdfhkjgkl.

Thank you so much!

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 01:23

#31

Midnight-Dj

@Lizzi

No problem, glad you liked it.

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 01:51

#32

Feline-Grenadier

SRRYSRRYSRRYSRYYSRRY

http://vsis.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-that-s-late-422095298

I'm swamped with everything, but I'll try to throw in at least two more sketches for you after X-mas, capiche?

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 08:53

#33

Solotron

im not done yet!

There's just one more gift i need to give as soon as i get home c:

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 10:00

#34

Bluencool

Work done.

http://tinypic.com/r/who9hf/5

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 10:26

#35

Tevokkia

^.^

I love them! Thank you! (psst, Solo ... how do you save from Flikr?)

I wanted to get a few extras in but didn't quite have the time pre-Christmas. ^^; Having a bit of a rough time drawing knights lately, it seems.

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 12:51

#36

Solotron

Lizzi... for you

Lizzi, thanks for the wonderful Christmas spirit :), i owe it all to you so here.

http://flic.kr/p/iAAYNe

Ooh and Tev and to any others who want to save the work i did... I just created a Devian-art account so that you may all download your gifts :).

http://serjinxable.deviantart.com/

Merry Christmas to you all ^^

-Jolly Solo

Wed, 12/25/2013 - 14:13

#37

Tevokkia

^.^

Thanks Solo!

Oh, and Pipipipipi, your wolver has a transparent background so that you can put him on whatever. :D

Thu, 12/26/2013 - 23:25

#38

Fshuolong

Mew

Solo may be an Animator and Arist but I called it for Mixed 'Anim-ist'. :3

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