Fest Rules & Info
Based on the results of our poll, the merlin_art_fest will be an anonymous fest for both prompting and posting. This fest is for all characters, all pairings and all types of art (traditional, graphics, etc). We welcome gen, het, slash, femme slash, and moresomes of all ratings. All genres are welcome in this fest! Angst, flangst, fluff, hurt/comfort, romance, drama, humour, etc. If you can create it, we want it!
Once the fest is over, there will be a fest masterlist/reveal posted. At this point artists will be able to respond to all comments as well as post their submission to their own journal! Please do not respond to comments, crosspost your submission, or reveal which art is yours until after that time.
While this fest offers and accepts art of all ratings, we will not accept NC-17 art from anyone under the age of 18.
All adult content will be labeled and placed behind an lj-cut. If you are not the legal age to view adult content, please do not follow those links. We are not responsible for any adult content that minors may encounter here.
All artwork is the sole property of the artist who created it. Please do not use it, in whole or in part, without the expressed consent of the artist.
Extensions will be judged on an individual basis. Try to give us as much notice as possible, we mods don't love last minute panics, it messes with our pretty schedules!
If you need to drop out for any reason, please send us an email letting us know before the deadline for submissions.
Please join/watch merlin_art_fest in order to follow the fest!
If you have questions, you may ask them here in the comments. Additionally, you may email the mods directly at: merlinartfest at gmail dot com
Prompting:
- Prompting will be anonymous
- You may submit as many prompts as you wish.
- Everyone is invited to participate in the prompting process.
- You may leave a prompt without intending to claim one, and vice versa.
- All pairings as well as gen or character-centric prompts are welcome
- Please do no bash or flame other prompts.
- Please use the forms supplied.
- Prompting will close on December 30.
- You may submit either a drabble (word limit 200) or fill out the prompting form.
A drabble or scene (word limit 200)
Drabble may be something never posted before, an existing drabble, or an excerpt from an existing fic. If you are not the author of the drabble/fic, please get permission from the author before submitting it, credit the author appropriately, and include a link to the original work.
Or
Using at least three or more of the following categories:
1. Time-period or theme (Canon Era, Modern AU, High School, College Years, Series Specific, Pirates, etc)
2. Place (Camelot, Battlefield, Castle, Ealdor, London, Garden, Coffee Shop, etc)
3. Emotion (passion, love, anger, anxiety, happiness, etc)
4. Sense (touch, sight, taste, smell, sound)
5. Object (sword, armour, neckerchief, etc)
6. Action (kiss, fight, lick, cuddle, etc)
7. Mood (happiness, anger, darkness, fog/mist, sunlight/moonlight, firelight/candlelight, storm, sunrise/sunset, heat, freezing, etc)
You must include AT LEAST three of these categories in your request, but including more than three will give artists more flexibility and may increase the chances of your request being claimed.
Claiming:
- Claiming will open on December 31.
- Artists may claim only one request at a time.
- Each prompt may be claimed by only one artist.
- You may claim your own prompt.
- If you don't see a prompt that you like, you may create art for your own original idea.
- Claiming by proxy is allowed.
- Claimed prompts will be marked appropriately.
- After you have submitted your entry, you are welcome and encouraged to claim another.
Submission Guidelines:
- Submissions are due on March 1.
- Please send your JPEG, PNG or GIF files to merlinartfest at gmail dot com.
- ALL art MUST be new and drawn specifically for the fest.
- It should NOT be posted anywhere else until after the fest reveal is posted.
- When you send your submission please include your name in the email subject.
- Please include your header in the body of the email.
- Once we've confirmed receipt, we would love to have you request an additional prompt if you so desire.
- The header appears below.
Artist: (if you are coming from tumblr or deviantart, please also include that name if different)
Title:
Pairing/Characters:
Media:
Rating: (G to NC-17)
Warnings:
Prompt #:
Notes:
Summary:
Are you over the age of 18: (Your age will not be posted! It is only for mod purposes.)
Once the fest is over, there will be a fest masterlist/reveal posted. At this point artists will be able to respond to all comments as well as post their submission to their own journal! Please do not respond to comments, crosspost your submission, or reveal which art is yours until after that time.
While this fest offers and accepts art of all ratings, we will not accept NC-17 art from anyone under the age of 18.
All adult content will be labeled and placed behind an lj-cut. If you are not the legal age to view adult content, please do not follow those links. We are not responsible for any adult content that minors may encounter here.
All artwork is the sole property of the artist who created it. Please do not use it, in whole or in part, without the expressed consent of the artist.
Extensions will be judged on an individual basis. Try to give us as much notice as possible, we mods don't love last minute panics, it messes with our pretty schedules!
If you need to drop out for any reason, please send us an email letting us know before the deadline for submissions.
Please join/watch merlin_art_fest in order to follow the fest!
If you have questions, you may ask them here in the comments. Additionally, you may email the mods directly at: merlinartfest at gmail dot com
Prompting:
- Prompting will be anonymous
- You may submit as many prompts as you wish.
- Everyone is invited to participate in the prompting process.
- You may leave a prompt without intending to claim one, and vice versa.
- All pairings as well as gen or character-centric prompts are welcome
- Please do no bash or flame other prompts.
- Please use the forms supplied.
- Prompting will close on December 30.
- You may submit either a drabble (word limit 200) or fill out the prompting form.
A drabble or scene (word limit 200)
Drabble may be something never posted before, an existing drabble, or an excerpt from an existing fic. If you are not the author of the drabble/fic, please get permission from the author before submitting it, credit the author appropriately, and include a link to the original work.
Or
Using at least three or more of the following categories:
1. Time-period or theme (Canon Era, Modern AU, High School, College Years, Series Specific, Pirates, etc)
2. Place (Camelot, Battlefield, Castle, Ealdor, London, Garden, Coffee Shop, etc)
3. Emotion (passion, love, anger, anxiety, happiness, etc)
4. Sense (touch, sight, taste, smell, sound)
5. Object (sword, armour, neckerchief, etc)
6. Action (kiss, fight, lick, cuddle, etc)
7. Mood (happiness, anger, darkness, fog/mist, sunlight/moonlight, firelight/candlelight, storm, sunrise/sunset, heat, freezing, etc)
You must include AT LEAST three of these categories in your request, but including more than three will give artists more flexibility and may increase the chances of your request being claimed.
Claiming:
- Claiming will open on December 31.
- Artists may claim only one request at a time.
- Each prompt may be claimed by only one artist.
- You may claim your own prompt.
- If you don't see a prompt that you like, you may create art for your own original idea.
- Claiming by proxy is allowed.
- Claimed prompts will be marked appropriately.
- After you have submitted your entry, you are welcome and encouraged to claim another.
Submission Guidelines:
- Submissions are due on March 1.
- Please send your JPEG, PNG or GIF files to merlinartfest at gmail dot com.
- ALL art MUST be new and drawn specifically for the fest.
- It should NOT be posted anywhere else until after the fest reveal is posted.
- When you send your submission please include your name in the email subject.
- Please include your header in the body of the email.
- Once we've confirmed receipt, we would love to have you request an additional prompt if you so desire.
- The header appears below.
Artist: (if you are coming from tumblr or deviantart, please also include that name if different)
Title:
Pairing/Characters:
Media:
Rating: (G to NC-17)
Warnings:
Prompt #:
Notes:
Summary:
Are you over the age of 18: (Your age will not be posted! It is only for mod purposes.)