ft10thanniversary:

Prompt: To celebrate Fairy Tail 10th Anniversary on August 2nd, I thought it would be cool to make another collab picture!

Last Year’s Collab

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

• Last year our piece was retweeted by Mashima himself!
• It’s a great chance to get yourself known in the fandom- Gain followers, friends, etc!
• Awesome way to brush up your skills and show love to Mashima and Fairy Tail!!
• Dude no seriously Mashima retweeted it okay. If that’s not reason enough Mavis help you.

RULES

• Traditional and digital art are allowed
• Must be fully-colored
• Background is required
• Solid color is okay but it can’t be white (might change depending on the idea chosen)

• Must be entirely your own

• No tracing or heavy reference to manga/anime panels/screencaps
• Last year, we had someone trace a character even though there were many people who wanted to draw that character and do him justice

• Outfits do not have to be canon

• Must stay in character
• Last year someone drew a very elegant and serious character skateboarding. Don’t do that.
• Example: No drawing Laxus in a tutu (which one of our mods may or may not be guilty of doing), Meredy as a basketball player, etc. Try to avoid portraying characters in a way that is totally out of character.

• Nothing NSFW

• You may sketch out your idea and email us for approval if you’re not sure, email will be given on request depending on which mod wants to approve of it.

• Entries must be submitted by the deadline
• Maximum of 48 hours may be extended for individuals as long as they ask 24 hours before the deadline
• No late-entries are allowed no matter the circumstances
• Last year we had an entry that was half an hour late but at the time the whole project was already completed so it was not accepted.

• No shipping/non-canon romance allowed

• canon couples such as Alzack with Bisca and Ren with Sherry are allowed. 
• This means no Nalu or Gruvia. We want to try not cause any conflict.

• All skill levels are welcome! That was what we loved so much about last year, the differences in styles and skill was fun to see!

• Admins have the right to decline your entry if it breaks any of these rules
• Rules are subject to change

IDEAS

This year the admins have several ideas on how to celebrate the 10th anniversary, so we wanted to open it up to the public to see what you guys wanted to do. The goal is to make everyone excited about the idea and we know there were some people who were not happy with last year’s format.

• RED – Each participant gets to pick a character and draw that character (just like last year!)

• ORANGE – Each participant gets to pick a character and draw their favorite scene with that character (such as Natsu going NIN NIN during his first mission with Lucy (maybe not as stupid as this scene) or Lucy getting her Aquarius stardress (more like this scene in that it’s your favorite and it’s important to Lucy/the story))

• YELLOW – Each participant gets to pick a character and draw that character; however, another participants gets to color that drawing (chosen randomly)

• BLUE – Each participant gets to pick an important scene of the story and draw it (examples include that some important Tenrou arcs are Acnologia coming, Natsu meeting Zeref, and fighting Hades)
• Note: We understand that it will be a difficult challange to pick scenes that everyone will find important. The admins will try their best if this idea is picked and we will be open to anyone contesting an idea. 
• The admins will try their best to include as much characters as we can but understand that many scenes will include Natsu and Lucy due to their main character roles.

• PURPLE – Two participant gets to pick a character but one participant draws the character’s first appearance and the other participant draws the character’s most recent appearance

TIMELINE (subject to change depending on idea chosen)

• May 16 – Announce 10th Fairy Tail Anniversary
• May 16 – Sign-ups and Poll for Ideas are open
• Signing up and voting for the idea will be public on the Google Docs that way we know who is participating and what you’d like. We’d also would like it if you could give a small reason as to why you’re choosing that idea (optional: also add why you wouldn’t like any of the other ideas). However, once you sign-up we are expecting you to participate in the collab even if the idea you chose was not the popular option.
• May 23 – Sign-ups and Poll for Ideas are closed
• May 26 – Participants can start choosing their character/scene
• Choosing characters/scenes will be first-come-first serve and character/scene selection will open around 12:00pm HST (Hawaii) 
• June 19 – One month reminder
• July 2 – Two week reminder and ask if anyone can’t finish
• July 17 – Last call for extensions
• July 19 – Receive all pictures
• We’re planning to receive all pictures two weeks before the actual anniversary in case someone drops out and we need someone to fill the holes. Hopefully that someone will be an artist who didn’t sign-up in time during the sign-ups in May because we want only one character/scene per person. Worst-case scenario, an admin will fill the hole.
• We will go into full detail how you can submit your entires closer to the date.
• July 21 – Receive late entries
• July 26 – Finish the collab
• We’re planning to finish the collab one week before the actual anniversary in case anything happens in the next 2-3 months. This gives us some leeway for any unexpected circumstances. However, deadlines still need to be met and any extensions due to unexpected circumstances will be announced and the 48 hour extension is given to only those who tell us 24 hours in advance (this event may be for fun, but deadlines are still important).
• August 2 – Submit the collab to Tumblr and Twitter

Now that you read all the rules

Click here to SIGN UP!