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Lovely card above is by chibi-anna-chan!<3 Thank you so much!

Admissions for the event are now CLOSED! >.< Sorry!

Welcome to the theOtaku Secret Santa Christmas in July event for 2012!

I, aragorn1014, and my amazing friend Ryuchu will be co-hosting the event this year! ^^ The last Secret Santa event for 2011 was a huge success, so we're hoping this event will be as well!<3

NOTE: This Secret Santa event is for fanart/drawings! >.<

The same rules apply this year as they did for the Christmas one, but here are some basic guidelines on the process to start off if you don't know how this works!

How It Works
BEFORE YOU ASK TO JOIN, READ THE RULES. Then PM me/Ryuchu or comment here on this World and we'll compile a list of all members that wish to participate in this event here on this World. From there, we'll randomly partner up each person with someone they must draw for after all post their wishlists.

Each person participating in this Secret Santa event must DRAW a MINIMUM of ONE picture for their person by July 24th-July 25th, 2012. We'll be giving a bit more lee-way though, since summers tend to be busy. So at latest, gifts will be posted by August 1st, 2012. We can't allow graphics(cards, wallpapers etc) for the purposes of this event, sorry!

The rules are all listed in the first post HERE!

If you are too lazy to read the entire thing, I went ahead and put the important parts in bold. Just read the parts in bold at least, please. >.<

You can find a list of everyone who's participating in this event HERE!

And a list of important dates are HERE!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me!

Best wishes!<3

Reminder: 2 weeks+ for wishlists/admissions!

Hello everyone! Just a quick reminder to let you know that there's only a little over two weeks left(June 10th) for people to ask to join the event and post up their wishlists for it! Thanks to everyone who's wanted to participate so far! We're REALLY excited about the event! ^^ I hope all is well and take care!

Important Deadlines!

Hey guys, it's Ryuchu this time!

If you're looking for a quick list of important dates, this is the place to look!

Registration Dates: May 12th - June 10th
Wishlist Posting Deadline: June 10th
When You'll Find Out Who You Are the Secret Santa For: June 16th - June 17th
Due Dates for Pictures: July 24 and July 25th [Lee-way will be given on this since it's the summer and we know people are busy; the absolute last day to post something and still be considered on time is August 1]

As of right now, these are the official dates. If there are any changes, we will notify all participants.

Reminder posts will be made when deadlines/important dates are approaching. Be on the look-out for those!

Let us know if there are any questions!

Have a wonderful day!~

List of Participants!

Here, Ryuchu and I will have a list of all participants and their respective wishlists, so you will all know who's taking part! We'll indicate substitute Secret Santas with a [sub] notation as well.

1)FUNimation-Wishlist
2)Sakaira-Wishlist
3)15385Bic-Wishlist
4)itemilicious- Wishlist
5)superstarpanou-[sub]/ Wishlist
6)HotRamen2Go009-Wishlist
7)harvestmoonluvr-[sub]/Wishlist
8)Kaijin89-Wishlist
9)StarsSmile-[sub]/Wishlist
10)MewChero- Wishlist
11)littlepooch-Wishlist
12)icefoxchan- Wishlist
13)KeybladeMewKasa- Wishlist
14)umchan649-[sub]/Wishlist
15)infinatelove42-Wishlist
16)DixieWings- Wishlist
17)alphonse13-Wishlist
18)pandaman08-[sub]/Wishlist
19)angluvdeath- Wishlist
20)MeepoSan-Wishlist
21)Narie920
22)FallenAngel 01- Wishlist
23)KiKaiya- Wishlist
24)Keya- Wishlist
25)yumei hearts u- Wishlist
26)Allie Elric-Wishlist
27)Ellenor Mererid- Wishlist
28)C C C- Wishlist
29)Yours Truly- Wishlist
30)SnowP-Wishlist
31)CitrusStorm- Wishlist
32)thelostsindar- Wishlist
33)CelestialSushi- Wishlist
34)MangaKid- Wishlist

Secret Santa Christmas in July for theOtaku 2012!

Hello everyone!! I know summer is just starting or hasn't started yet for some of you, but my friend Ryuchu and I were thinking that it'd be fun to host a Christmas in July Secret Santa event for this year, 2012!

I(aragorn1014) hosted a Secret Santa event for Christmas last year and it was a big success! So we hope that there's a nice turnout for this little event as well for the summer.

The same rules apply as they did for last year's Secret Santa, and like last year, we'll probably be sending out some PM invites, but ANYONE can join.

So here are the rules for the event! They're the all pretty straight-forward, but again, if you have any questions, feel free to PM me or Ryuchu!

If you are too lazy to read the entire thing, I went ahead and put the important parts in bold. Just read the parts in bold at least, please. >.<

The Rules
1)You MUST read the rules FIRST, then PM Ryuchu/me or comment this post if you want to join.

2)You must have your wishlist posted somewhere on one of your worlds by June 10th, 2012. Once you've posted up your wishlist, PM Ryuchu/me or comment here with a link to your Wishlist so we may post it up on this World.

3)You are required to give a MINIMUM of 3 options for your Secret Santa to choose from in your wishlist. This is so they'll have many options to choose from. However you are NOT required to draw ALL of the options, though you ARE required to draw ONE at the least.
Which reminds me, PLEASE try to give DIVERSITY to the options you give. Like don't make all 3 options three different Naruto characters. Throw in some of your OCs/FCs or people from different animes etc.

4)Please take time on your gift and make it nice for your person! It'd be nice if you could do more than just a chibi(unless the person asks their Santa for a chibi, of course), but we won't have any sort of limitations on skill level or what you draw for this event. We DO expect, however, that you put your heart into your gift. They'll appreciate it, I promise!

5)Post your Secret Santa Christmas in July gift anytime between July 24th-25th, 2012. Because summers are a bit more busy(classes, vacations etc), we'll also give a bit more lee-way, so try to have your art posted at LATEST by August 1st, 2012. Otherwise, let us know via PM that you'll be late/can't do it and we'll find a sub Santa for you/we can tell your gift-receiver so they won't freak out lol.

6)If you do not draw, you can't really participate in this, sorry! >.< THIS IS FOR DRAWINGS ONLY, not e-cards/wallpapers. This is to make it even for all participants.

7)You CAN do a black-and-white drawing, but it MUST be really quality work. We really do prefer color for this event, but we leave that up to the artist.

8)You MUST be able to draw humans. Knowing how to draw animals is an option, so don't worry about that. NO TRACING/REDRAWS/BASES- but using a ref(as long as it's not too noticeably referenced in your pic) is okay!

9)And finally, please promote this/invite friends! If we want to make this fun, the more the merrier!<3

Substitute Secret Santas: If you think you'll be able to make more than one gift in the event that someone drops out/can't draw a gift, let us know and we'll put you down as one!<3 Thanks so much in advance! >.<

We will allow an UNLIMITED number of participants for this event. So let us know if you're gonna join in! =)

We're hoping that this will be a fun summer event for everyone and we're really excited!<3 Best wishes!