2013 Art Submission Guidelines

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

• Art pieces should be completed drafts. You may still make changes, but the art should be complete enough that a writer could work from it even if no changes are made.


• They are due by 11:59 PM PDT (GMT -7) Monday, October 21st, but you may send them in beforehand if you are ready. Early Bird Exception: Artists who wish to submit two prompts must complete and submit one prompt by 11:59 PM PDT (GMT -7) Monday, October 14th. Otherwise, only one prompt will be allowed per artist. EDIT: Artists may submit up to THREE (3) pieces this year. Final deadline still stands.


• Submissions should be sent to spnreversemod@gmail.com with the subject: Art Submission. Attach the file to the email.


• You may only submit up to three (3) pieces, but participants are encouraged to work with their authors to create additional art once their pieces have been claimed.


• If you are doing a comic style piece with panels, it must be one image file which will then count as one piece.


• There is no maximum size for art, though each art prompt must be at least 400 by 600 pixels. If it is a vid it must be at least 30 seconds in length.


• There is no need to submit a thumbnail version.


• Images can be sent in the following formats: GIF, JPG, PNG, and TIFF.


• Vids can be sent in the following formats: AVI, MOV, MPG, and WMV.


• Please do not upload your art anywhere; artwork should remain anonymous until after claims reveals. If and only if you have a vid with a file size too large to e-mail, you may upload to an anonymous file sharing site like mediafire and send us the link.


• Please make the file name your LJ username and whether it's RPF, SPN(FPF) or either. For example, yournamehere_either.jpg or yourusernamehere_spn.avi. If you are submitting multiple pieces, your Early Bird prompt should also have the word early in the file name and subsequent files should have unique names. For example, early_yournamehere_either.jpg or early_yourusernamehere_spn.avi; yourusernamehere_spn1.jpg and yourusernamehere_spn2.jpg. This will allow us to keep things organized and to ensure no duplicate file names.

You must include the following information in the body of your e-mail:

Livejournal Name:
Email:
Fandom: (indicate here if your art is RPF, SPN or either)
Title of prompt:
Rating of Art:
Highest Rating Fic Can Be:
Pairing or Gen: (indicate here if you want gen, have pairing preferences or don’t care either way)
Characters: (please tell us who is in your art and who you would like to be included or excluded from the accompanying story)
Warnings: (please indicate whether this prompt contains Graphic Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con or Underage content, in addition to any other warnings you think are necessary. Please note: genres are not considered warnings so include them in the description field if they are worthy of note.)
Short description of art: (Enticements may be included here)

Please copy and paste the above text into your email to make sure you don't forget anything.

If you have any questions, please comment here, send an email to spnreversemod@gmail.com.

Comments

[bt-kady.livejournal.com]

I was planning to submit two arts, and I think I sent them to you earlier, but I'm pulling one of them. I've just emailed the one I want to keep for the reversebang, with the information you requested. (The title has a 1 in it, but that's because I named it that before I decided not to submit the second art.)

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

LOL, art resent with the proper format!

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. We received your updated submission.

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Got it!

[bt-kady.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[sillie]

Sent off my early bird submission, hope it had all the info you needed. :)

[whogate.livejournal.com]

Early submission sent.

[felidraxian.livejournal.com]

I have a question! I understand that art submissions should remain anonymous until after the claiming, but are we allowed to post our art elsewhere (like on Tumblr) after the claims happen? Or should we wait till fic posting in January?

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Ostensibly, yes? But see, here's the thing: your author will be writing a fic in response to your art. You may want to add more art to the story, or tweak the inspiration picture to better fit with the fic (or whatever you and your author decide to do.) Typically, bang participants reveal the finished product on the posting date once both sections, art and writing, are finished. However, it's a neat teaser to let a hint of the art peek out before then, like an advertisement/enticement. So it's ultimately up to you! Just be sure you wait until after the community has officially revealed the match-ups before you reveal which art is yours, if you chose to do so.

Your art is GORGEOUS, btw!

[felidraxian.livejournal.com]

Right, yes! That makes perfect sense! Thanks a lot :D

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Sure, if you wish. It limits the potential author and might dissuade people from going for it, but ultimately, it's up to you!

[sophiap.livejournal.com]

Submitted, and not at the last minute for once in my life!