Thank you so much for mentioning reversebang! I didn't know it existed, and I've been having a great time looking at the artwork and reading the stories!
1) I wanted a challenge that would put the focus on the artists and artwork instead of having them as an afterthought. Not to slam any other challenges or fests, but most of them (across all fandoms) seem to be tailored towards producing fanfic. I thought the change would be fun and refreshing.
1) If it helps, I for one never thought of the art that went with the SGA Big Bang stories I co-wrote as anything like an afterthought. For me the whole point of the fic was to be able to earn a gorgeous piece of artwork to go with the story, and seeing the illustration for the first time was the best part of the BB. I'm sorry that it seems the art wasn't considered important in other fests.
2) Cool. Thank you. :) If I track the dreamwidth Reverse Bang community (if I can, that is), will I be able to know when the sign ups open? I don't know if I'll have time, but I'd hate to miss it just because I didn't know when to start looking for it.
1) Maybe my wording was a bit off, but I didn't want to say that I didn't think the art was an important part of other challenges. More like, the art and fic don't always fit all that well together? Like, you could look at the art or the fic as stand-alone works in most cases. I wanted to try to get people doing something more cohesive and collaborative.
2) You can watch sgareversebang to stay updated, but I think I'll be mirroring the challenge on DW and LJ for the next round.
Thank you for the link! I'll definitely be watching that. :D And it'd be really wonderful (and kind of you) to have the challenge on LJ as well as Dreamwidth. I have a DW account, but I haven't used it in so long I'm not even sure what the user name is, let alone the password.
I'm sure it will, but if you need help with the physical posting stuff or anything, please let me know. I'd be happy to help with something this cool. :)
Thank you so much for mentioning reversebang! I didn't know it existed, and I've been having a great time looking at the artwork and reading the stories!
I've got two questions:
1) Why did you decide to do the reversebb?
2) When should I look for sign ups for 2011? :D
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1) I wanted a challenge that would put the focus on the artists and artwork instead of having them as an afterthought. Not to slam any other challenges or fests, but most of them (across all fandoms) seem to be tailored towards producing fanfic. I thought the change would be fun and refreshing.
2) Either end of 2010 or early 2011 :)
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1) If it helps, I for one never thought of the art that went with the SGA Big Bang stories I co-wrote as anything like an afterthought. For me the whole point of the fic was to be able to earn a gorgeous piece of artwork to go with the story, and seeing the illustration for the first time was the best part of the BB. I'm sorry that it seems the art wasn't considered important in other fests.
2) Cool. Thank you. :) If I track the dreamwidth Reverse Bang community (if I can, that is), will I be able to know when the sign ups open? I don't know if I'll have time, but I'd hate to miss it just because I didn't know when to start looking for it.
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2) You can watch sgareversebang to stay updated, but I think I'll be mirroring the challenge on DW and LJ for the next round.
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