Dear SS participants,
Thankyou for taking the time to read this post!
We'd like to address an issue: the importance of making your fan art gift original for this event.
What we mean is that we'd like to see you do your best and put forth a good effort without having to over-use a reference picture.
Don't freak out! Of course, it is totally fine to use images for reference :) Its an natural thing for artists to use ref images to help them get the right idea. If you need to get an idea for a pose or get details on characters you don't know, or even do a portrait of an OC or real person, of course you will need to use reference pictures. But personalize it as much as you can with your own style/ideas/colour. And remember to give credit to the original image(s), by linking the original reffed scan(s) in the description of your art gift.
Just please try not to redraw the exact same image from a scan. OR trace a scan or base, change a few things, and then take credit for the lineart. We'd like to see you all get creative and original! The person you'll be drawing for will probably also love seeing your own style and effort instead of getting a redrawn scan.
Tracing also will not be accepted.
So to recap, we do not want to see any traced art, screenshots or scans included in the art, tracing of bases, or stolen art. It would be disappointing for someone to receive a drawing like this and even worse if it was to be removed from this website.
And remember, the importance of this SS event is not to show off art skills, but to improve on a personal level, do your best for the person you're drawing for, and bring the season of Christmas alive! :D
Thankyou! Please ask any questions in the comment box~
SS 2013
