2017 Tapas(tic) Secret Santa Sign-ups! (CLOSED)

michaelson 2017-11-06 21:49:13 UTC #7

YangKoete 2017-11-06 21:58:14 UTC #8

Oh....Only issue for me is **COLOURED.**

I cannot do that. ^_^'

jjfresh 2017-11-06 23:35:26 UTC #9

How bout DIS: I'm sure we can take lineart of your character and have the colours pallette on the side. Or you can just have a flat color image. We can be pretty flexible, we just need colour so we know what you want the character to look like

Amberday 2017-11-07 00:23:39 UTC #10

can you explain what this is about? i'm really confused right now

gwizdala 2017-11-07 02:25:38 UTC #11

Super pumped! LES DO DIS

Poodie 2017-11-07 03:47:01 UTC #12

same, i'm not sure exactly what the rules are saying?

jjfresh 2017-11-07 04:26:08 UTC #13

Hrmm I apologize if the rules aren't very clear. I'll keep note of that for the future.

SO, I like to host the Secet Santa for Tapastic every year since 2015. If YOU have a comic (or novel) uploaded on Tapastic, you can sign up for the event. You sign up by telling me (through the Google Form in this case) the name of your comic and that character or characters you would like to be drawn for you. After the sign-up period, everyone is assigned a secret santa. You have until Christmas to draw your present for your secret santa.

For example:

Let's say jjfresh and jrej signed up for the Secret Santa. jjfresh wanted a drawing of Mana from Beautiful Lies, jj's comic. jrej wants his whole cast drawn from his comic. It will look like what I provided above:

"Name: jjfresh
Comic: Beautiful Lies
Character(s): Mana Asano, Shinya Tenjima, Jun, Otaku
References: Mana, Shinya, Jun, Otaku, Also see comic for more
Comments: Yes, I'm participating this time~ Surprise me. Use one or all of my characters provided. Your test is to accurately represent their personalities in this Winter theme. Cheers
Volunteer: Y"

^^ This is saying jjfresh wants one or all of the four characters from Beautiful Lies to be drawn by his secret santa.
MEANWHILE, jjfresh is assigned to draw jrej's characters.

After Christmas, everyone gets to see their presents on a new thread.

====In sum, you have to draw a participants OCs whilst someone else is drawing yours. Secret Santa but with art.

If you're interested in signing up, you must do so through Google Forms. This is to keep it more organized. Please feel free to ask more questions,

Amberday 2017-11-07 04:38:15 UTC #14

thanks a lot xD
i would definitely join once my comic gets published!

ZatchZ 2017-11-07 05:48:10 UTC #15

Name: ZatchZ
Comic: My Darkling
Characters: My Darkling
Ref's:
Tapas My Darkling

Comments: Do not reveal the owner of My Darkling or use any other Darkling types other than the Tapastic My Darkling. Other than that, go crazy with this creepy cute creature.
Volunteer: Y

Poodie 2017-11-07 08:57:03 UTC #16

I just filled out my form, really excited.

Poodie 2017-11-07 08:57:40 UTC #17

you're supposed fill out this Form

melindemari 2017-11-07 12:53:34 UTC #18

If want a character drawn from my novel do I have to have a reference of her, or can I leave it to the artist's design? (as currently no drawings of any of my characters)

jjfresh 2017-11-07 16:47:57 UTC #19

Heya, right now, I ask that you have a reference of your character. The novels are pretty recent to Tapas for me and I haven't thought of how we can integrate them into the secret santa. So for now, it's drawing-related only. But whether you do or do not participate, you can fill out the secret santa survey after the event to help with future ideas for the next year.

(The reference doesn't have to be "good," just enough for the person to have an idea of what to draw. But for this year, you'll also have to draw someone else's character.)

The Secret Santa was first meant to be an 'exercise' for artists, giving us a challenge of having to create someone else's OC whilst also having a friendly 'get-together'

jjfresh 2017-11-07 16:49:25 UTC #20

Zatch from Zatch Bell??

Make sure you fill out the form linked above~

melindemari 2017-11-07 16:51:36 UTC #21

Well I guess I could see if I can get my character out of my head and onto paper then... XD

One other thing then would be if I was to draw someone's character, I do mostly cartoon style drawings... there's not a district style or skill needed is there?

It sounds really fun, though XD

jjfresh 2017-11-07 17:21:36 UTC #22

Of course not. You can do any style you want. I know how to do both anime style and western style, you could do a more realistic style if you wanted. Just make sure to sign up through the form.

This is purely for fun and for practice, that's what I made it for from the beginning.

jjfresh 2017-11-08 00:59:40 UTC #23

To the person who filled out the form more than once, if you are reading this, don't worry, I saw your message and your information is secure.

I'm the only one who has access to the Drive and I deleted those submissions

ZatchZ 2017-11-08 03:10:35 UTC #24

Whoops, I thought you meant name like user name.

cosmicfunnies 2017-11-08 16:45:17 UTC #25

I'm so totally joining! This sounds like fun!

OneHappyChap 2017-11-09 14:35:46 UTC #26

This looks neat!
Just a few questions, will our email and info be made public or will it stay to Tapas usernames only? And when is the deadline for the drawing?
Cheers!