Yuletart

IMPORTANT DATES
October 1-15: Sign-ups. We will not accept applications after October 15 midnight, Pacific Time.
October 23: Assignments handed out no later than this date.
FAQ

The Set List has now been created and categorized. If a fandom appears in multiple categories, you have the option to group them all as one fandom choice, or specify category preferences.
For example:
Batman (all categories)
OR
Batman (animated and comics only.

Sign-Ups are now OPEN!!!

Woohoo!!
- Fill out the form below and comment to this post.
- Here is the SET LIST of fandoms.
- Here is the MASTER LIST from 2007.

***you will receive a validation email from Yuletart Mods to ensure your email address is working. You MUST respond to this email within 72 hours in order to be confirmed***

<b>Name:</b> <b>LJ:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>Have you participated in this fest before? y/n:</b> <b>If yes, who was your Gift-giver Artist in 2007?</b> <b>***Giftart FOR You- The art you'd like to receive***</b> <b>At least 3 fandoms from the Set List:</b> <b>"Wildcard" fandoms :</b> (Set List or otherwise -unlimited) <b>What is the highest rating of art you would like to get?</b> <b>Specific requests:</b>(Artists are NOT required to use these!) <b>***Giftart FROM You -- The art you'd be willing to give***</b> <b>At least 3 fandoms from the Set List:</b> <b>"Wildcard" fandoms :</b> (Set List or otherwise -unlimited) <b>What is the highest rating of art you can give?</b> <b>Do you understand that by submitting this e-mail, you are agreeing to complete and and submit your assigned art by midnight PST on December 7, 2008?</b> <b>Will you give the mods permission to watermark your artwork for the duration of the fest to deter art theft?</b> <b>Would you be willing to pinch hit?</b> <b>If so, for which fandoms?</b>

Thanks to everyone who sent in their Fandom Nominations! Such a fantastic list.

We'll be taking a day to organize our Set List. The Sign-Up form will be posted on yuletart on October 1.

We're absolutely brimming with excitement and hope you are too!

( YULETART PARTICIPANTS! )

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept 20 -29 - Fandom Nominations open to all 2008 participants
October 1 - 15 - Sign-Ups begin

Hello everyone!

The Fandom Nominations are going great! This is a reminder that participants have only FOUR DAYS left to submit their nominations. So if you've been ruminating on it, here's your last chance! Remember to read the FAQ first before submitting a nomination.

For a list of what's already been nominated, GO HERE. All fandoms highlighted in blue are nominations from first-time participants.

Four more days of nominations!

FANDOM NOMINATIONS

Now open to all participants!

Go forth, artists and make a nomination for the fandoms you want to draw/request.

Have fun!

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept 15 - 19 - Fandom Nominations are exclusively for part participants. Any noms made by others will be deleted during this period.
Sept 20 -29 - Fandom Nominations open to all 2008 participants
October 1 - Sign-Ups begin

Please refer to the FAQ for more information.

Welcome to the Fandom Nominations!
- Remind me: What are the Fandom Nominations?
- Who can make Fandom Nominations?
- How do I make Fandom Nominations?
- So I can nominate anything I want?
- Someone has already nominated the fandom I wanted. What do I do?
- I'm a first-time participant. How can I increase the chances of getting my nominations on the Set List?
- The fandom I want to nominate is the book version, not the movie version. How can I ensure that people know that?
- Please gimme the form! I wanna start nominating!

( Answers here )

Read it all? Great!

Fandom Nominations are now CLOSED.

Thanks!

Wanna know what fandoms have already been nominated? Check it out (alphabetically listed) HERE

Welcome to the Yuletart Fanart Gift Exchange for 2008!

Yuletart is a multi-fandom holiday fanart gift exchange. While it was inspired by yuletide, we're not affiliated with it, although we do highly recommend it if you're an author rather than an artist.

Please see the FAQ below if you have any questions. Anything not answered in this document can be directed to the Yuletart Mods at yuletart [at] gmail.com.

( FAQ )

As some of you have already gandered - the reveals are up! We also have a masterlist, for your browsing convenience. Again, this list is arranged alphabetically, by fandom.

( The Masterlist )


AND THAT'S IT!

Or is it...?

We Mods have discussed all of the suggestions and, based on your fantastic amount of feedback, here's a loose outline of what's in the future for yuletart.

( What to Expect in 2008 )


So please stay tuned! The holiday fanart exchange may be over, but we will be keeping the LJ comm yuletart open during the year for announcements and further information regarding keeping our fanart community interactive and friendly.

And I stress - of course, we Mods can only set up the infrastructure. The rest will be up to you.

Than you again! And a special last thank you to kittehkat - it was pointed out to us that this lovely fanartist took the time to comment on everyone's fanart. Now that is love and dedication. Yuletart doesn't give out awards (perhaps we should?), but I'm willing to make one exception.

kittehkat is our MCV: Most Valued Commenter! Thank you so much for making such a wonderful contribution to this community, you intrepid you!

Thank you to everyone for filling out the poll and leaving us your feedback! ( There were some really cool and interesting suggestions left, which is awesome. )

But now:

GUESS WHO!
Feel free to post your speculations about who drew what artworks! The art is for now searchable via fandom tags.

Reveals on Monday, February 4th!
Once the reveals are up, artists will be free to reply to comments, post their art elsewhere, sign it, etc. But only after the reveals, don't forget. :D

And that's a wrap! yuletart posting is officially over for this season. *throws confetti*

In all, we've had some amazing 88 pieces of artwork depicting a whopping sixty-two(!!!) fandoms come through the month of January. For a first-time fest, this sort of participation was amazing and exciting. And we have all of you to thank. But first--

( What now? )

( Thank yous )

( What we Mods learned )

( POLL! Give us your feedback )



<3 to all of you, for true. Sixty-two fandoms!

Title: Mugshot Time
Gift for: glockgal
Artist: rasitleen
Rating: G
Fandom: Canis Canem Edit / Bully
Characters: Jimmy Hopkins and Gary Smith
Summary: Jimmy Hopkins and Gary Smith Mugshots

( Giftart for Glockgal )

Title: The Secret
Gift for: harbek
Artist: kittehkat
Rating:: G
Fandom: Across the Universe
Characters: Max/Jude
Artist Notes: This is inspired by the black and white photograph of John Lennon of a similar composition. I wanted something tender and true, so it's just the boys, after they get to New York, but before Lucy arrives. The words, of course, are form The Beatles' Do You Want To Know A Secret? Anyhow, Happy Yule, ma'am! :)

( Giftart for Harbek! )

Title: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, Ankh-Morpork
Gift for: redanalysis
Artist: harbek
Rating: G
Fandom: Discworld & House MD
Characters: Left to right: Chase, Death, Cameron, Rincewind, House,
Wilson, Cuddy, Quoth (the Raven), Foreman
Artist notes: This took far longer than it ought to have, with
illness and computer troubles and travelling. Still, it came out looking
pretty good. Yes, the ''wizzard' spelling is deliberate. This is the
closest I am able to get to humour, but the idea was humourous to me at
least. I enjoyed this idea. Reference for the House characters is from a
promoshot for said show. Hope you like!
Summary: Rincewind has fallen ill, but House and his team are there
to help. Even Death and Quoth has shown up to watch. (Basically just a
group picture!)

( Giftart for Redanalysis! )

Title: Cool Lady
Gift for: sillyshy
Artist: farli
Rating:: G
Fandom: Tales of the Abyss
Characters: Tear Grants
Warnings: None, unless you consider her outfit a spoiler...?
Artist notes: There was so much more I wanted to do for this, and Tear looks older than intended, but time just slipped away! 'Artistic vision' is such a fickle thing..! This is the first proper art piece I've done in forever, but I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I hope you like the results, too!
Summary: n/a

( Giftart for Sillyshy! )

Title: Mr. Tumnus and Lucy
Gift for: gardendoor
Artist: loonylupinlover
Rating:: G
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Characters: Mr. Tumnus and Lucy Pevensie
Artist notes: the scanner cut off the very bottom of the border, but other than that I'm pleased with it.
Summary: Queen Lucy and Mr. Tumnus enjoy a day together.

( Giftart for Gardendoor! )

Title: Scar <-- very sorry, I can't think of anything =__=
Gift for: telophase
Artist: eisenkleid
Rating:: G
Fandom: Full Metal Alchemist
Characters: Scar
Warnings: none
Artist notes: Instead of the usual landscape at Briggs, I thought I'd try a cornfield forest of sorts. Bad decision in the end, but I really had fun making this, so I hope you like it. ^__^ Happy holidays.


( Giftart for Telophase! )

Title: Happy Flight
Gift for: the_z
Artist: dalla
Rating:: G-PG
Fandom: TMM (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Characters: Kanna/Kisshu
Warnings: None
Artist notes: He's a BOY!
Summary: None

( Giftart for The Z! )

Title: Them Poking It
Gift for: sandalstrap
Artist: glockgal
Rating:: G
Fandom: Good Omens
Characters: Brian, Wensleydale, Adam, Dog and Pepper
Warnings: none
Artist notes: Eee, i've always wanted to draw The Them and here's my chance! Hope they're to your liking!
Summary: n/a

( Giftart for Sandalstrap! )

Title: The sneaky one
Gift for: xingou
Artist: sillyshy
Rating: G
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters: Sam/Dean
Warnings: Slashy/incesty hints?
Artist notes: Nothing porny I'm afraid, but I hope you like it all the same! I finally got to use my new ink pens for this (yeee, colours!), and I must admit that I personally love the result. Merry (Late) Yule, Rachel :)

( Giftart for Xingou! )

Title: Frankie Says: Relax
Gift for: ani_bester
Artist: xingou
Rating: PG
Fandom: New Mutants
Characters: Kitty/Ilyana, Rahne
Warnings: None
Artist notes: I am not actually in this fandom, and didn't know anything about it til I spent a week on wiki studying it. I tried to make it as believable as possible, lack of in depth knowledge notwithstanding. I saw that it was an 80's brain child, so I tried to make this as 80's as possible, including the artistic style. I hope you like it Ani.
Many many thank yous to the group of friends who helped me with ideas and advice and expertise while drawing this. It would not have happened without you or well, it would have but it wouldn't have been good enough to show anyone.
Summary: Rahne is intrigued by how involved Kitty and Ilyana are in their new book. (Implied femmeslash.)

( Giftart for Ani_Bester! )