THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE FANART-THAT-LOOKS-DRAWN-BY-A-FIVE-YEAR-OLD CONTEST IS HERE!!! (NSFW)
Have you ever wanted to be able to draw but were afraid to post your pics because they weren't good enough? In that case, welcome to the fifth edition of the Fanart-that-looks-drawn-by-a-five-year-old contest! (Or whatever the correct name in English should be.)
Draw whatever scene you have always wanted to draw and forget about the quality because we don't want it here!
Here's a very brief summary of bases and stuff:
Entries: Every rating, genre, fandom, technic or whatever is allowed and encouraged as long as it looks crappy enough (although I'd rather avoid pics of real people or portraying kids in adult situations, please).
Submitting: Post your pic in the comments with a title, the fandom and a caption explaining what we're supposed to be seeing. You can send it to me so that I post it in your name.
Deadline for submission: February 15th.
Please, be aware that there's NC-17 content past the cut! This is not a contest for kids, it's a contest for people who can't draw to save their lives!
Also, please, please, please, no real people!
Also, German-speakers, you might be interested in a very similar activity the deutsch-fandom LJ community has going on.
More details under the cut:
How does this work?
Until February 15th (included), you can post as many crappy pics as you want (only one per comment, please) here in the comments or send it to me via PM or email or whatever you want so that I can post it for you. Include a title, the fandom and a brief explanation or silly caption.
Everyone is allowed and encouraged to comment on people's masterworks.
There will be a handful of categories. Every fandom which gets five of more different participants will be granted a category. That means that categories aren't fixed, but they will depend on the participation. Every category will have a winner and a prize. Fandoms which aren't popular enough to get a category of their own will be gathered so that they still take part in the contest. Those categories will be "fandoms I love" "fandoms I like" "fandoms I hate" "what the fuck is this fandom supposed to be", or only "fandoms I know" and "fandoms I don't know" if there aren't enough entries.
As well as the fandom categories there can be some more if there are enough entries: best NC-17, best AU/Xover and the Special Award.
Unless someone disagrees (let me know, I'm totally open to suggestions and alternative solutions), I'll be the only judge. Mostly because it's the easiest solution for me. My decisions will be influenced by the amount and enthusiasm showed in the comments each pic will receive. The exception to this is the Special Award who is granted by the audience's vote. No, seriously, if someone is dissatisfied with the arrangment, do let me know!
On February 16th, I'll make a post that signals the start of the voting period. From February 16th to February 23th, people will vote for their three favourite pics (exactly like last year). The winner will be... well, the winner (of the Special Award).
On February 24th (hopefully, because I suck at punctuality), a post with the winners will be published.
Prizes and stuff
Seeing that I suck at finishing/sending real prizes, and that's becoming a source of stress for me, I'm going to follow someone's suggestion (I can't remember who did it, I'm sorry!!) and keep on making some banners for the winners, so the awards are rather the recognition and the pride of drawing shitty but creative stuff.
Questions
Any doubt you have, please, ask me in a comment, or via PM or whatever! There's not such a thing as a silly question. Here I include some brief guidelines, you can help getting the list bigger by asking your own questions about it:
YESes NOes Stick figures Shota Text in the pics RPS (Real People Slash) or RP in general Weird fandoms Photomanips Het, gen... Old pics not drawn for this contest Kinky stuff and NC-17 pics Original stuff Submissions in other people's name
The German version
For those of you who can speak German, there's a parallel event running more or less simultaneously! It's not a contest, it's just a nice comm activity with prompts and replies and people having fun drawing like 5yso. It's also multifandom. In case you are interested (because there are never enough 5yoish drawings in the world), here's the link!
Personal request
Please, help me pimp this?
Also, I copied/pasted this because I'm a lazy ass. If you spot some horrible mistake, please, let me know!
Also posted at http://lauand.dreamwidth.org/116408.html, if you'd rather read it there or want to enter a discussion with
comments.