HELLO it's the year TWO thousand and TWENTY TWO and it's T-T-T-T-T-T-TIME for another arT TRADE! (that's all the energy I saved up for this year)
This year has the same format as last year, except that I've elaborated where to submit your artwork and what to expect on Christmas Day under the heading How does this work?. Please take the time to read through the rules in the forum thread!

How does this work?

In this event, you'll be submitting a form where you describe what you'd like your secret Santa to draw for you as well as any extra details. Once the registration period ends, I'll run the names of all the participants through a scrambler then I'll send a private message to everyone (Thursday, December 1st) of their recipient and what they have to draw. You will have until the midnight of Sunday, December 25th to finish and submit your artwork. To submit your work, DM me the link of your artwork through Discord where I will safely store the image until Christmas Day. Noon of Christmas Day is when I will be uploading all artworks of participants in an imgur album and posting them here as well as the Discord servers 'Arcade' and the 'Snipe Garden'. I also highly encourage to contact your recipient on Christmas Day to personally hand the gift, as it deserves loving attention for all your work put into it <3
(You can contact your recipient at any time on Christmas Day, Sunday December 25th MST.

Please fill out your application using this form:

In-Game Name:
Discord Username and ID#:
Description:
Art Samples:

Explanation:
1. Your in-game name is the name of your SK character.
2. Discord will be the main hub of where I will be contacting participants for news and updates. Feel free to join the public SK servers such as the Arcade or the Snipe Garden to keep up with the news. Joining these servers are not required!
3. Description should have as much detail into what you want as you can. Reference pictures are highly recommended! You can host your images on imgur for the reference pictures. You don't have to worry about making an account, just upload them.
*If you don't remember your login information to access the forums, DM me your application form on discord and I will post it for you*
4. Art Samples will show if you've done anything creative. Samples can include 2D or 3D traditional or digital artworks.

Registration closes on Wednesday, November 30th, at 11:59PM MST (Mountain Standard Time).

RULES:

1. Exchanges must be followed through by January 1st, at which point a participant will need to explain why they have failed to complete their end of the exchange. Failure to do so will result in repercussions such as disqualification from future events, should they be hosted.
2. Due to popular demand, we will be restricting the art exchange to involve ONLY SPIRAL KNIGHTS CONTENT. Please make sure to adjust your request and description accordingly!
3. To ensure each participant will receive a well thought-out gift, I will determine which participants will be included in the art trade based on the Art Samples in the registration details, to avoid situations of people who only join for free art but give little effort on their secret santa recipient.

Feel free to ask any questions that you may have down below!
Credit to Hexlash for base forum thread
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Artist Helpers
If you need help with your drawings on how to improve it, contact any artist helpers to get pointers and advice on your artwork through Discord DMs. Make sure the helper you're contacting is NOT the same person as your recipient (that'll spoil the whole secret thing).
If you would like to sign up as an artist helper, fill out this form here down in the comments below. You do NOT have to participate in the event to be an artist helper!

In-Game Name: (If you have already signed up for the event, you can just skip the IGN and discord ID question)
Discord Username and ID:
Strengths: (brief description of things you're proficient at)
Additional Info:
Art Examples:

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