Forums » Art & Creativity » Holiday Exchange (Info now up!)

We're getting a bit of a late start, so this will be a small exchange this year, but hopefully still super fun.

In a holiday art trade, artists post information about a character (or characters, if they want to give the other person a choice of things to draw) they would like to receive gift art of. At a specified cut off date, submissions stop and each artist is randomly assigned someone else in the exchange. Then each artist draws the thing they got, and on a certain day, everyone exchanges what they drew. So you do art for someone else, and someone else gives you art. It's like secret Santa, but with art!

ENTRIES DUE BY NOVEMBER 15th
ART IS DUE ON JANUARY 1st

PLEASE BE CERTAIN YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR ASSIGNED PIECE IN THE TIME ALLOWED. If you're not sure, just play it safe and don't enter. There's always next year.

There will be a one week grace period, for anyone who is finishing up holiday travel around that time. If you don't turn in your art by the end of that one week grace period, you might not be able to participate next year. It's only fair that everyone who does art should get art in return.

Remember, the art you will be given is a GIFT. Someone did their very best to capture your character to brighten up your new year. Please don't get angry if they made mistakes; they did their very best to the best of their ability and understanding to make you something nice, just like you are going to do for whoever you are assigned.

Backgrounds are not required, but you can suggest some possible ones in case your artist feels like adding one.

To enter, fill out the following form for each character you'd like to offer as a possibility for the artist assigned to you. Remember, no matter how many characters you submit, the person assigned you is only required to draw a single character. If you're submitting an anonymous character you want to keep anonymous, message the form directly to me.

ENTRY FORM

That sounds cool! Count me in.

Awesome! I want to participate

What about people who have anonymously played chars though?

Hmmmn. I guess they'll need to PM their info?

Count me in!

I'm down

Neeeeeat.

Sure, I'll join!

Fantastic! 8D I'd like to join!

I am waist deep in this idea.

The first post has been updated with info! I'm messaging everyone who has expressed interest to let them know.

Character #1
Character Name: Safiye

Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/safiye

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Personality: Born noble, skilled in the ways of charm and diplomacy, serious about noblesse oblige toward her people, but with an ambitious streak that may lead her to do unkind things in secret if she thinks it will help her get ahead.

Brief physical description of the character: Delicate and fine featured, but still unmistakeably imposing. Not in the way that a warrior is imposing; she's just used to leadership. Pale white skin, black hair. When loose, it reaches past her waist, but most often it is upswept in ornate styles and often woven with strands of pearls or glittering with gems. On official occasions, a coronet adorns her brow, dripping silver chains like strands of cobweb bedewed in opals. She has many fashionable clothes, but unfailingly chooses shades of blue. Most often, she is seen in corseted gowns, carefully calculated to accentuate how gracefully her feminine figure is formed without appearing too immodest.

Suggested environments: Anything sort of upper-class medieval/renaissancey. Castles and ballrooms are where she's normally found. If outdoors, then in a garden, never out in the wild... Although I guess I could make an exception if you wanted to draw her somewhere snowy for Christmas.

Anything else we need to know: You can take some liberties with the exact design of her clothing. It can be fantasy, so long as it's medieval or renaissance inspired. There is tons and tons of info about her on her site, but the one thing that isn't talked about there (because it isn't common IC knowledge) is her dagger. The dagger is sentient and a central part of her storyline. If you want you may include Dagger in the image - he is a black blade about the length of her forearm, with a golden hilt engraved with a fancy S. If you need to know something else, feel free to ask.



Character #2
Character Name: Aria

Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/aria

Species: Half-drow. Other half is human, but her skin is so dark she looks almost entirely drow. Safiye from above is her mom.

Gender: Female

Personality: Curious, serious, cautious. Opens up to a select few people and becomes more playful when she is comfortable. Loves music, especially violin. Also enjoys "helping" the cooks in the castle where she lives to make dinner. They keep her out from underfoot by giving her things to stir. Occasionally also tries to help in the garden -- she likes to grow herbs more than flowers.

Brief physical description of the character: Four years old, very tiny and delicate but definitely still has a bit of that baby chubbiness on her. Her skin is just a few shades lighter than black. Not brown, not any of the colors we usually mean when we say a human being is "black" -- black. Like ink. She could probably pass for full drow despite being half human. Her mother usually dresses her up in pretty little girl's clothes, poofy dresses with bows and the like. Always in white, however.

Suggested environments: Medieval nursery, fit for a noble heir. A well tended garden. Anywhere sort of upper-class medieval that a child might safely go is acceptable. But like above, I could make an exception if you wanted to draw her somewhere snowy for Christmas.

Anything else we need to know: Just in case you don't know, drow are basically evil elves that live underground. With black skin. Aria isn't evil, though. She's just a kid.



If you've listed more than one character, is it okay for your characters to be drawn together if the artist wants (yes or no) Yes. These two love each other but also often have a melancholy sort of relationship, so if you're up for a challenge you could try to reflect that.

Whee! This seems like so much fun

Character #1

Character Name: Rinku

Link to Profile: Rin's Profile

Species: Demi-demon; half fox, half human with some shadow fiend on the side. Yes, like a salad.

Gender: Male

Personality: Rin's very mercurial. He has very high highs and very low lows.. So almost bipolar? But when he's in a good mood he's quite playful and sly. When's he's in an off mood, usually due to whisperings from the demon occupying his body, he's quite depressed and somewhat unstable.

Brief Physical Description: Rin has white skin with a gray shadow on it almost like a sharks. The gray on his skin is the outline of where the black fur of his fox body would be. He has mismatched eyes, the right is yellow with a slit pupil, the left blue with a normal pupil. He has black fox ears with red tips and a black tail with a white tip. He also has a ton of piercings and scars. The important ones are outlined in his profile's description and can be seen in his gallery. Rin is also ridiculously tall, standing at 7ft 1in, but he has a tendancy to hunch. He is also quite thin, again due to the other demon leeching off him.

Environment: Rin lives in a magicked forest, so really drawing him anywhere with greenery would make him happy. He also spends a lot of time on his favorite flat rock over-hanging the lake there.

Anything else? Rin's sense of clothing is odd. He ranges from punk to goth to really plain, so feel free to dress him up as you wish. Just know he prefers not to wear clothes.. but that's not socially acceptable. If he is in a wooded setting however, he wouldn't be wearing shoes at the very least.


Character #2

Character Name: Arlo

Arlo’s Profile: Arlo's Profile

Species: Hellspawn(Almost like a satyr, but not.), his specialty is fire.

Gender: Male

Personality: Arlo is a very young demon and he’s also slightly influenced by the human world and the fact that he has a very high position in Hell’s hierarchy. So he’s quite cocky for no reason. He’s also outspoken to the point of annoyance; which is why few people can tolerate him. He is also very passionate about the things he likes: Singing, fish, hating his older brother.

Brief Physical Description: Arlo has mocha brown skin and chocolate colored hair. He is tall and very much in shape/muscular. Important differences to his body are the fact that he has hooves with fur over them starting at the extra joint in his leg, under his calf. He also has goat ears where human ones would be and a whee goat’s tail. Arlo’s horns are almost like a bulls and grown from his temples. His nose is a particular defining feature as he has a human nose but it is very specifically shaped. I have a lot of drawings in his profile so all of this is in visual reference. Important piercings are a large gage septum ring, a labret at the start of his goatee and both nipples are pierced.

Environment: Arlo lives in the capital city of Hell, Abaddon. So Fire and Brimstone; anything rocky and hot looking.

Anything Else? Arlo has a very high body temperature and likes to stick to the basics for clothes. He has some random read ties on his horns and arms and usually only wears a spiked belt and a tattered loincloth. He has a tendency to accidentally burn his clothing when he gets too excited and his skin ignites. Also, his hair cut is slightly complicated as his head is half shaved. He also has his demon markings under his eyelids and on the back of his neck; both are pictured in his gallery.

Draw them together? These characters have met before, but don’t usually hang out. So I guess they shouldn’t be drawn together.

My characters tend to be visually complicated so if you have any extra questions feel free to message me 

Kewl! I must do this !

Evilduckie, post the form in the first post if you want to participate.

Character Name: Tillik
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/tillik
Species: Byrdde
Gender: Female
Personality: Outgoing and energetic, quick to laugh, but just as quick to be whipped into an angry frenzy.
Brief physical description of the character: Tall, flat-chested, lanky, anthropomorphic byrdde with long feathery arms and oversized hands. She has headfeathers instead of hair. She wears bright colors in an almost Arabian style.
Suggested environments: Anything medieval, honestly!
Anything else we need to know: She's a light elemental and an animal handler.

Character Name: Ferrow
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/ferrow
Species: Anthropomorphic flox/kitterwing
Gender: Male
Personality: Calm, happy, loving, musical
Brief physical description of the character: A canine/vulpine anthro with wavy headfur, two small butterfly wings, and a big leafy flower growing in between them. He wears simple clothing and is overall a pretty simple character to draw.
Suggested environments: Forests, meadows, flowers, riversides, yadda yadda.
Anything else we need to know: He's a bard, so he's often seen with a musical instrument.

If you've listed more than one character, is it okay for your characters to be drawn together if the artist wants (yes or no) No, they inhabit separate worlds.

ENTRY FORM
Character Name: Asayl
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/asayl
http://fav.me/d310p5l - Ref sheet, though it has a minor mistake. The brown pattern is supposed to go over her tummy, but that's usually covered so it's not too big a deal.
Species: Feline furre/anthro
Gender: Female
Personality: Generally pleasant, despite having a bit of a mean face sometimes. She has a tendency to act very polite and proper with around anyone unfamiliar with (out of habit) but is often very silly and relaxed around her friends. She'll get pretty fierce when pissed off, but she's a woman so why wouldn't she?
Brief physical description of the character: Anthropomorphic feline with an athletic build and a scowl that likes to sit casually on her face. She never wears shoes and enjoys simple, feminine clothing. For colors and details, see the ref sheet linked above.
Suggested environments: She lives in a town built between a rain forest and a lake, so anything tropical is champion. But she travels a lot, so almost anything is fine.
Anything else we need to know: Due to a plot point in my group's RP, Asayl's entire appearance is about to change (hurray body swapping!). It'll be all updated by the end of the week. The info given here is post-body-swap friendly.

Character Name: Ean Beket
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/eanbecket
Species: Dragon Mutant
Gender: Male
Personality: He has a very endearing personality, or he tries to at least. Ean tends to portray pet like quality's. He is, however, very much in ownership of himself Ean just really like being around people and doesn't want to offend anyone. He is a social being and cannot be happy alone for very long. He tends to get stuck alone because he doesn't trust strangers at first meeting, unless they are introduced to him though a friend. Ean doesn't make noise, not even a growl or a whimper. Whether he can or not only he knows, but he never does. He'll sigh if the moment calls for it, but for the most part expresses himself through movement and drawings. He can't write, or read but he loves books, especialy if they have pictures him them. Ean is a non-aggressive person. He dislikes conflict and killing (unless for food.) He is, however, not a pacifist and loves play fighting a teasing and joking. He is energetic and likes movement, especially wrestling with people about his size. He doesn't get angry easily, however will make it known if you annoy him. Ean is fairly territorial and likes his stuff to be recognized as his. He wont fight you if you touch it, unless you have already marked yourself as an enemy. Ean will try to nudge you out of his nest or steal back his things. Chances are, if you ask he will give you one of his little horded treasures or some food. His bed is pretty much off limits as he doesn't want other people's smells in it.
Brief physical description of the character: He is medium hight, lithe and flexable. He as dark grey skin that is a little bit scaly, but for the most part still feels like human skin. He has bright orange hair, large bright blue eyes and a heart shaped face. His large tail and the bone horn/sheild things (can't remeber the word for it) is the same dark grey as his skin and scaled with small semi-circle ridges. He has clawed fingers and toes. He likes to be as naked as people and situations allow him, however he always were shoes becuase he doesn't like his feet.
Suggested environments: Post-Apocolyptic Toronto, desolate, forests and his home.
Anything else we need to know: He is just as often with people as alone.

Character Name: Theodora
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: http://www.rprepository.com/c/theodora/3311
Species: Anti-Christ (half human / half Fallen angel)
Gender:Female
Personality: Sarcastic and headstrong, she never sugar coats anything and can be quite the bitch when left to her own devices. Though she means well, she gets a kick out of making fun of others, especially those she likes. She's pretty much a free spirit, going and doing what she wants when she wants.
Brief physical description of the character: Theo is about 5'7'' ft. tall and 130LBS. Her skin is milk white and her body is lean and muscular. She has long straight red hair ending in black tips. Her bangs are wispy and usually overgrown. Her eyes are yellow/gold with a vertical pupil. She has several maroonish markings under her eyes, on his lips, over her breasts and down her back curving onto her stomach. She has large ears that fan out from the sides of her head and are adorned with multiple piercings. The main piercings to remember are her double industrial bars and conch gage between them. She also often sports a long inverted cross earring dangling from the end of her left ear. She's got a long tail covered in shaggy black fur and tipped with a sharp five pointed blade with a red hourglass marking on either side.
She also has an extra joint at her ankle that ends in a black cloven hoof and is covered in shaggy grey fur.
**Theo's nose has a small bump in the middle of the bridge
Aside from all that, Theo's got a ton of other piercings all over her body. (YAY) The main ones to remember are Septum CBR, Labret, tongue, ears, Sternum, belly button, hips, nipples and hoo-ha
Suggested environments:Theo spends a good deal of time in Hell, so any sort of simple rocky or fiery environment will do. Or if on earth, it's usually out of the sun.
Anything else we need to know:Her style of clothing would probably fit best under goth or punkish but there's no need for clothes in her mind, so feel free to draw her nekked if you can't decide on an outfit

Character Name: Maeril
Link to Character's RPR profile or other reference materials: RPR profile.
Species: Altmer, the TES equivalent of High Elves or Sun Elves, although some traits are markedly different. All relevant information on her looks can be found in the link given above, but in case you want to read up on the race itself, go here.
Gender: Female.
Personality: She’s calm, reserved, and somewhat detached at times, yet kind and sociable when addressed. She’s a quiet observer and analyst, observing and analyzing with amusement from a respectful distance. She’s an optimist, and has a tendency to day-dream and get lost in her ponderings. She’s curious, and very eager to learn and explore.
Brief physical description of the character: She’s of average height, and built quite sturdy and strong, accustomed to a lot of walking and hard work, and there’s a general air of robust healthiness. Her skin is a deep, brown ochre, exactly as seen here. Her eyes are almond-shaped and have an air of detached amusement or dreaminess. Her irises are light brown with yellow speckles. Her hair thick and wavy, reaching over the shoulders. It is chestnut brown, which means that it can have a golden shine, a red hue or a cool brown hue, depending on the light sources that fall on it. Her clothing is quite accurately described on her RPR profile.
Suggested environments: Almost any outdoor setting. She loves to travel and explore, so anything from tropical swamps to snowy mountains is possible. She can also be frequently found in libraries, studying. It’s not uncommon for her to sit back and relax under a great olive tree in the garden of her parental home. And finally she could also be dusting off ancient relics with a brush, in an archaeological dig site.
Anything else we need to know: Mauve and dark shades of taupe go well with her (background-wise, when speaking simple one-colour backgrounds).

Just a heads up to everyone who was thinking of participating, this is the last day to enter.

Just a few more hours before sign ups close and I send out all the assignments.