Sorry for the delays, now I can finally update the post. :'D
Thank you guys so much for making this a successful art trade! EDIT: Out of all 16 participants, everyone did their part! You guys are amazing. :) Backup artists (as well as any other people who want to do extra art), you have the choice to do more art if you'd like.
Completed Art:
- For Staburags, completed by me
- For Solotron, completed by Jes-Turr
- For Engravement, completed by Sir-Tuddle
- For Sir-Tuddle, completed by Engravement
- For Hexzyle, completed by Fighting-Polygon
- For Feline-Grenadier, completed by Midnight-Dj
- For Jes-Turr, completed by Staburags
- For Dottir, completed by Arcelle
- For Midnight-Dj, completed by me
- For Hexlash, completed by Pandafishie
- For Kirbecio, completed by Solotron
- For Pandafishie, completed by Hexlash
- For Autofire, completed by Kirbecio
- For me (incomplete), by Autofire
- For Fighting-Polygon, completed by Hexzyle
- For Arcelle, completed by Feline-Grenadier | alt version
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--- Original Post ---
Hey everyone! I ran a Secret Santa art trade thread last year which turned out to be a great success. I'm hoping to bring that back this year with a few tweaks.
Last year, the main problem was that three people did not receive gifts at all. While I did complete art as compensation for one of those people, the other two were left without gifts with no one else to complete them.
As such, I'd like to introduce a system of back-up artists to combat this problem. These are people who wouldn't mind doing a second piece of art if someone ends up artless this year. This system is 100% voluntary, as I won't make anyone do anything beyond their first piece of art if they don't want to. Make a special note on your signup form if you'd like to be a back-up artist. If anyone has other suggestions on how to work around this problem, I'd love to hear it!
The other problem was that some requests were too complicated or overwhelming. Everyone only has two weeks to complete their art, and they all have different time commitments. So if you ask for a detailed colored drawing of you and 50 of your guildmates, it's not going to happen. Keep it short and simple.
And that's it in terms of addressing some main issues. Onwards to the actual thread!
How it Works
- Anyone and everyone of all levels of artistic talent can participate! Simply post a reply to this thread (see signup sheet below) or email me at friedsnipe@gmail.com. Signups end on Wednesday, Dec. 10th, at 11:59PM PST. Any late or incomplete entries will not be eligible for the Secret Santa exchange.
- On Thursday the 11th, I will use this generator to randomly select who will draw art for whom. I will not post the list publicly; I'll mail each of the artists the name of the recipient for whom they will be drawing art for. 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 11th and the 25th, you have two weeks to work on your art. During this time, please send me a link to your art (tinyurl it if you can) via in-game mail or through my email (friedsnipe@gmail.com) 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. If there are still people who did not receive artwork by the 30th, work will be divided among the back-up artists.
How to Sign Up
A complete entry for a spot in the exchange will follow this format. You can sign up with a reply to this thread or via email (friedsnipe@gmail.com).
In-game name:
Art Request: (please include as many details as you can, including some screenshots if possible)
Preferred means of contact: (optional)
If you'd like to be a back-up artist, let me know here as well.
Eligible Signups
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- Lizzi
- Jester-Gtr (via Skype)
- Sir-Tuddle (via Skype)
- Engravement
- Fighting-Polygon
- Feline-Grenadier (IGN: Antworker)
- Midnight-Dj
- Staburags (via email)
- Arcelle
- Dottir (via Steam)
- Pandafishie
- Solotron
- Hexlash
- Kirbecio
- Autofire
- Hexzyle
Back-up Artist List
(thank you so so much those of you on this list!) c':
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- Lizzi
- Staburags
- Arcelle *(Prefers drawing humanized/anthropomorphized knights)
- Fighting-Polygon
- Solotron
- Hexlash
- Hexzyle
- Pretzelninja (requested to only be put on back-up list)
- Lasershield (requested to only be put on back-up list)
- Kirbecio
Happy Holidays everyone! and thanks for powering through this monster of a thread. xD
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Non-Forum Entries
In-game name: Lizzi
Art Request: Just choose one costume to draw from here. I don't have art of my Gold costume yet so I'd slightly prefer that. But really any of those costumes will be fine. c:
In-game name: Jes-Turr
Art Request: Draw either of these
In-game name: Sir-Tuddle
Art Request: A Giant Space Chromalisk.
In-game name: Staburags
Art Request: My knight building a snowman :> Reference here
In-game name: Dottir
Art Request: draw my knight!