Points System (Updated)

[sunflower_mynah]

Originally posted by chacusha, reposted here since we're changing the point scales for a few things. This post is for non-art pieces; for the art scale, please go here! Many thanks to chacusha for the original post.



Icons & Graphics:

• Icons = 2 points per icon
• Bases (icons that are just cropped pictures) = 1 point per base
• Complex Icons = 3 points per icon
  e.g. icons that are animated or required a significant amount of work outside of coloring
• Wallpaper (simple) = 5 points
  e.g. a picture placed on a wallpaper-sized canvas with some work done to the coloring or simple text added
• Wallpaper (medium) = 10 points
  e.g. multiple images used, use of a texture or effect, some composition work, thought given to text layout
• Wallpaper (complex) = 15 points
  e.g. a wallpaper involving lots of compositional work, blending, use of textures, effects done with text, etc.
• Other graphic that's smaller than a wallpaper but larger than an icon = 3 points
• Variations/alts of another graphic* = 1 points
  For example: If you made an icon with text and then a textless version, or a black & white version of a color icon, you'd get 3 points -- 2 for the icon and 1 for the variation. If you made a complex wallpaper of two sizes you'd get 11 points.

Fanfiction:

• Fanfiction = 1 point per 25 words of fanfiction = 4 points per 100 words
• Drabbles = +2 points = 6 points per drabble
• Poetry = 1 point per 5 words

Fanart:
See this post.

Fanmixes:

• Covers = 3 points each
• Songs = 1 point per song in mix
• Other graphics included = given points like icons

Fanvids:
Base system:

• Clips = 1 point per clip

Multipliers:

• Effects = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how much work has gone into altering clips, adding special transitions, etc.
• Music Lyric/Image Match-up = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how closely clips chosen match music / how the music is interpreted by the clips chosen
• Lip Synching = x1, x2, x3 depending on how much work has been put into choosing clips that seem to follow the audio closely

Picspams, Fancomics, Miscellaneous Crafts:
Case-by-case point system at this time.

* What counts as a variation/alt? I think something is a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on the same image, with a different crop, or
2) The image & crop are exactly the same but the coloring or effects change, or
3) The only difference is the presence or absence of text

I don't consider it a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on a different image (because different images have different colors, it's hard for me to detect if the coloring effects are exactly the same, so I just treat them as separate icons)
2) Both the coloring/effects and the crop change