Post by Chiz on Dec 4, 2016 15:49:19 GMT -5
9 years, and this is the first time in the hot seat for this thing. No prizes for being late to the party, eh?
Welcome to the great Secret Santa art exchange event! Like every year, we collectively demonstrate how poorly our time budgeting skills are, and put this thing at the last minute. Rules are more-or-less the same as the previous years, namely:
- IT DOESN'T TAKE AN ARTIST TO MAKE ART! In fact, if you aren't one, it's for the best. In order to level the playing field, we encourage everyone to experiment with their art/skills and try something new. Not only does this make the skill gap less dramatic, but we end up with a greater variety to appreciate than we would otherwise.
- THE ART MUST BE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT VISUAL! Your submissions will be showcased on the main site's banner during the final week of December. This can only happen if your art can be included in the banner. Exceptions will (rarely) be made on a case-by-case basis, but non-visual elements can be added at the participants' whim as long as they are secondary to the visual element.
- REQUESTS MUST BE SHORT! Five words or less, and must keep all the rules in mind.
- THIS IS A CHRISTMAS ART-EVENT, NOT A CHRISTMAS-ART EVENT! Half the planet doesn't celebrate Christmas, half the planet isn't in the middle of a horrible winter, and more than half the planet doesn't get snow at New Years. Your requests do not need to be centred around the holidays, but they can be if you want.
- NO CROSSOVERS, NO INSERTS, NO ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! This is about Mega Man Legends art, and should only contain characters that exist in the greater Legends canon (the classic trilogy, MML3, Adventure Tour, the cellphone games, official artbooks). Light/casual references are permitted, however. (A zakobon saying 'Exterminate' is probably okay; Volnutt fighting Cybermen while Roll tries to pilot the TARDIS is definitely not.)
- FAMILY-FRIENDLY ART SUGGESTED! There is no specific rule against including sensitive topics like death, gore, sexual content, and the like in your request and/or submission, but it's generally frowned upon, since it becomes difficult to exhibit the work later. However, if you feel that your request might be interpreted in this way, and you wish to prevent that from happening, add 'NMC' or 'SFW' to your request; this does not add to your word count, and any submissions that break the NMC/SFW tag will not be considered valid.
- GET YOUR SHINY BADGE FLAIR ON! If you participate, you get a badge right below your name. If you participate and do the premium request, you get a shiny gold version of it. This is prime bragging rights material, folks!
- OVERACHIEVERS WANTED! Every year, we have a premium challenge. This year it's animating your submission. Do this, and you get the shiny gold badge as per above. We'll take a variety of animation formats - GIF, APNG, MNG, AVI, MP4, MKV, SWF, some special HTML5+CSS+JS Canvas thing - so don't worry about converting. We'll worry about that. Also, animation can mean a lot of things...flipbooks, flash animation, stopmotion/claymation, a puppet show...
- GOT A DEADBEAT SANTA? NO WORRIES! We archive all requests, and we regularly have "unfulfilled requests" premium badges. You absolutely will eventually get your request filled, it just might get trapped in the North Pole's dead letter office awhile.
- This year's deadline for registering is 23:59:59, Pacific Time, Friday, December 9th. Early Saturday morning, assignments will be randomized and PMed to the participants. You do not need to tell us if you're going for premium this year - just submit the premium or non-premium work when it's done.
- The deadline for submitting your works is 23:59:59, Pacific Time, Friday, December 23rd. This gives you 2 weeks to prepare your item. Items are submitted through PM or email; either via a hyperlink (to a hosted file) or an attachment. Anonymous preview banners will start appear on www.legends-station.com on the 24th.
- All art will be revealed in this thread on December 25th with full credits.
DO IT, PEOPLE. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR NEIGHBOURS, YOUR PETS, EVEN YOUR MAILMAN. Anyone with an account can participate. Getting an account is easy. What are you waiting for, you anonymous lurkers? This is your time!
REMEMBER: The premium requirement is ANIMATION.
Handlebar-Orion X. | Teisel Hates His Unmanly Gift |
UltraViolet64 | Volnutt Realizes Tron Celebrates Hanukkah |
killlakilljoys | Tron Does An Exaggerated Dab |
MegaTuga | Notice Me, Lex Loath Senpai! |
HF | Full Extent Of The JAM |
Dashe | Barrett Loses Tinker While Shopping |
Space Apollo | Teisel Wants A Dog |
avianbeauty98 | Glyde, Aero, And A Mistletoe |
ravenf6 | Volnutt's Forest Jet-Skating Misadventures |
Dragge | Better Late Than Never |
fAB | Secret Nightlife Of Kattelox Island NMC/SFW |
Avegodro | There! It's Ready! |
Blyka | Where Am I Going? NMC/SFW |
Santa Melty | I Don't Get Paid Enough |
You didn't make it on the list? Well, registrations will reopen in about 12 months...
Merry Christmas, folks.
"Teisel Hates His Unmanly Gift" HF to Handlebar-Orion X. | |
"Tron Does An Exaggerated Dab" UltraViolet64 to killlakilljoys | |
"Full Extent Of The Jam" MegaTuga to HF | |
"Better Late Than Never" ravenf6 to Dragge | |
"Volnutt Realizes Tron Celebrates Hanukkah" Blyka to UltraViolet64 | |
"Notice Me, Lex Loath Senpai!" fAB to MegaTuga | |
"There, It's Ready" Handlebar-Orion X. to Avegodro | |
"I Don't Get Paid Enough" Space Apollo to Santa Melty | |
"Teisel Wants A Dog" Dashe to Space Apollo | |
"Barrett Loses Tinker While Shopping" Dragge to Dashe | |
"Glyde, Aero, And A Mistletoe" Santa Melty to avianbeauty98 | |
"Secret Nightlife Of Kattelox Island" avianbeauty98 to fAB |