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

Merry Christmas Eve In July!

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas Eve in July! (...That's quite a mouthful)

Even though I'm kind of late to the party, I just wanted to remind you all that you can start posting your gift(s) if you so please. Or you could wait until actual Christmas in July; whatever tickles your fancy. :)

Also, I've been lurking around the fanart section and I've seen that some of you guys have already posted your pieces, and I just have to say that you guys have blown me out of the water! All the art you posted is gorgeous! I couldn't help but smile at every single one! :D

Pretty soon, as in, in a few days when people have had time to post things, I'll (or possibly Sayura) be compiling a list of all the Secret Santas and the gift they drew so you guys can see all the wonderful works people made for yourself. :)

If you have any last minute questions or things you need to tell us, please don't hesitate to leave a comment or send a PM!

Merry Christmas Eve in July!
~ Ryuchu

Start Posting Gifts Tomorrow!

Hello everyone! I'm dropping in to let you all know that starting tomorrow you can post your gift(s) (since it is Christmas in July Eve after all).

I'm super excited to see what everyone's drawn! I'm sure they're all wonderfully amazing.~ :)

Reminder: 10 Days Left!

Just dropping in once more to remind you all that there are approximately 10 days left until pictures are due.

If you've got any questions about submissions (or anything else) now would be the time to ask!

I can't wait to see what everyone's drawn!~
I hope you're all having a fun and relaxing summer. :)

~ Ryuchu

Reminder: 20 Days Left!

I know it's been pretty quiet around these parts, but I just wanted to drop in and remind you all that there's (approximately) 20 days left until you have to post your picture!

I hope you're all working diligently and not waiting till the last minute to get started on your picture... :)

~ Ryuchu

Pair-Ups Are Complete!

As the title indicates, I just finished sending out all the PMs with pairings!

If I made any mistakes, you have any general confusion, or if you didn't receive a PM, please let me (or Sayura) know as soon as possible so I can go fix the problem.

Once again, I want to thank you guys for participating in this event; we have so many awesome people involved in this event, so it's going to be amazing!~

Alright...NOW GET DRAWING! >:D

~ Ryuchu