Who wants a date?

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Hello y'all!
The masterlist of our Quicky_Bang for April/May is nearly complete; one artist was granted extra time due to moving house, and as soon as they are ready to post, the round will officially be closed!
In the mean time I would like to introduce another challenge that will give artists an opportunity to try something new.

For the original Quicky you could browse through submitted summaries and pick a short fic to illustrate; I imagine you chose one based on your favorite characters or -as I usually do- your own arting abilities. How about a different approach? One that will stretch your artmuscles and possibly take you to a part of fandom you haven't explored before. Interested? Here's how it works...

THE MATCHMAKER CHALLENGE
In this challenge you will be assigned a short fic (<5000 words) to make artwork for*. This can be a story-banner, a scene illustration, an artist impression, anything your muse comes up with, in any artmedium.
In the spirit of quicky_bang this is a speed challenge; we want to avoid procrastination;) That's also why you contact the author: so you'll have a cheerleader to get the art done (and to exchange ideas or discuss ratings if you want:)

There will be a sign up post on July 1st and artists can join in all month for one of the following mystery dates:

Option A: a SPEED date
1. You sign up with your name and email;
2. You get three summaries within two days of signing up;
3. You pick one of those fics;
4. You let the author know you're gonna play;
5. You make art within three weeks!

Option B: a BLIND date
1. You sign up with your name and email plus your preferences and squicks
(Examples: Sam & Dean, no bloodplay ~OR~ Misha/Jensen, no porn ~OR~ no preference, but no kidfic please
- keep it short, the goal is to challenge yourself at least a little;)
3. You get a fitting surprise summary within two days of signing up;
4. You let the author know you're gonna play;
5. You make art within two weeks!

Yes, I know the speed date lasts longer than the blind date, but just like with a real life speed date you will see more prospects;) Because these fics may be from a different corner of fandom than you usually play in, you get extra time for references and research.

6. Post in the quicky_bang community with a banner or teaser image and a link to your own journal.

*For this challenge I will use submitted short stories that weren't claimed in the regular quicky_bang (the submission post is locked, so no peeking;)
AUTHORS: if, for any reason, you feel uncomfortable with the rules of this challenge, please send me a message before July 1st to opt out (PM or mail: beelikej@gmail.com)

Questions? Suggestions? Comments? Let me know!

J.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling dim - what's the timeframe? Does this all happen in July?

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Or I wasn't clear enough; it all made sense in my head;)
Sign ups are open from July 1st until July 31st, your posting date depends on when you sign up and what option you sign up for.
So if you sign up on July 5th for a blind date, I'd get you an assignment on July 7 at the latest and then you have two weeks to art.
If someone signs up on the last day of July for a speed date and I take two days to sort things out, the last art could be posted on August 23rd at the latest.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aha! Ok so we ain't signing up now, and that's a good thing as I'm up to my neck in stuff at the minute. Cool, I shall watch out for the July poke in the ribs and assess my situation then!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

That's right:) This is just an announcement so people have time to think it over and plan. There will be more pokes to remind you in the next few weeks :-p

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I wanna play I wanna play!!! ♥ This is a very cool idea :D Also it's amazing how when we've been doing things for a while, someone always comes up with a fab new way of using the genre :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Great! Looks like we have enough interest to get things going on July 1st;) See you then!

[sinfulslasher]

Can I just officially say that you are brilliant and made of awesomesauce? I've never seen anything like this before - already loved the first round and the concept of a quicky bang, and this blind date / speed date thing is just amazeballs.

*builds shrine to worship* :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Ahw, you are making me blush, thank you! I'm thrilled others like the idea too:) See you in July!

[emmatheslayer.livejournal.com]

sweet gonna sign up for speed date maybe I will have some free time then ? can we still look through fics now and do art for right now ?

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that will be cool!

I locked the post with the submitted fics, so those are not available for arting now. They are being saved for the Matchmaking challenge;) So, I'll see you here in July!