Is it too early to be thinking about next year? I just had some ideas for events and I want to jot them down before I forget.
Anime of the Month: This event will last as long as we want it to. Basically, we pick an anime each month and celebrate that anime for the entire month. We'd make Fan Works and World posts declaring our feelings for said anime. The only drawback I can see to this is that not everyone has seen every anime, and even if they have, not everyone LIKES the same anime.
OC Popularity Polls: Everyone makes a World post introducing their OC nominees. The OCs will make their cases (i.e. you write in-character) about why they should be voted for. Then, the other participants vote for (or rank) everyone else's OCs by sending PMs to the OCs' creators. At the very end, each person makes a fan comic ranking the top OCs as voted by everyone else. Yes, I know this one is kind of involved.
Valentine's Day/White Day: My basic understanding of how Japan celebrates these holidays are that girls give gifts to boys on Valentine's and the boys reciprocate on White Day. I could be totally wrong, though. In any case, this'll be kind of like a Secret Santa with a twist. The "girls" will be artists and the "boys" will be wallpaper makers. The "girls" draw fan art for the "boys" and the "boys" will incorporate the art into a wallpaper. The reason I put "girls" and "boys" in quotes is because you don't have to be a girl to make art or a boy to make wallpapers. This is an ambitious undertaking and I haven't figured out all the details. Still, I think we can make this work.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Giant gummy lizards? Let me know what you think.
I've been having that "I want to draw but I don't know what to draw" feeling a lot lately. Actually, I kind of know what I want my subject matter to be, but I don't know about settings and situations. Mainly, I want to draw my OCs interacting with each other, but I don't know what to have them actually do. I've got a new unused set of colored pencils that I want to use, just so I can experiment with OC color schemes. Still, I don't know how to pose my characters. (I know of some sites with poses, but it's deciding on a good pose that's bothering me.)
Despite the things I mentioned, I'm afraid to start anything because of the impending Secret Santa. I've started on the Challenge prizes, and I'm almost done with the first sketch, but as soon as I get my SS recipient, those will be on the back burner. Heck, all my other art will be on the back burner.
Speaking of other art, I'm slowly catching up with the sketch marathon. I'm still about 10 weeks behind, but I'm getting there. I think I might post the whole thing at once. Or, at least, in large chunks at the end of the year.
I'm also working on three other pictures. One's digital and the other two are traditional. I should be inking those traditional ones soon.
Another thing I gotta do is post my wishlist. I'll get that up in a few days.
It just hit me that the year is almost over. I think it has something to do with the snowfall that I was driving in last Friday. And it's true that the entire population of Chicago forgets how to drive on the first snow of the season. I guess that means I have to think of another event for next year. It probably won't start in January, but I'm still brainstorming right now.
I might as well list my ideas. The first is to put a spin on the 30 Days event, like with only OCs or something. The second would be a "manga artist support network" in which we each make a short manga. The third would be writing crossovers with each other's OCs (no drawing required). Of course, these ideas aren't very fleshed out.
If you made it through this entire post, I salute you. Lousy concluding paragraph is lousy. LOL.
This year sure is flying by. Secret Santa events are starting to pop up already. I'll be participating in the Fan Art SS for the third year in a row. Since I've seen so many new anime this past year, I'd better revamp my wishlist.
Boy, this post derailed quickly. What I mean is, I'm not here to talk about SS events. I'm going to talk about events that I plan on hosting in the future.
The first event I have planned is an art project which will take place throughout all of 2015. It's an event with two different levels. "Level 1" is to pick a subject (anime characters, OCs, people, inanimate objects, whatever) and sketch one every week. "Level 2" is to sketch a subject every day. Yes, I know how crazy this is idea is, but the last time I mentioned it, there was some interest.
The second event is probably going to be a summer event. Unlike past summer events, this one is open to anyone-- not just artists. The only qualification is that you must have seen at least 25 different anime series. I'm going to keep you all guessing as to what this event is, and reveal the details sometime next spring. Why? Because I don't quite fit the qualifications yet. [Insert sweat drop here.]
Also, once I finish those Challenge prizes (I haven't forgotten about you, winners), I hope to host another Challenge. The one that I really want to host sort of depends on events that aren't within my control, but as soon as things fall into place, I'll start it up.
Finally, I want to make some more Worlds. I'm planning a World about music I like (as opposed to the World about MY music that doesn't get a lot of updates), a world of "want adds", and maybe a fan site of some sort.
Please let me know which of these you're interested in. Guesses as to what I'm going to reveal at a later date are also welcome. ♪
Now that I've found musical note symbols, I think I'm going to spam my posts with them. ♬
