Standard guidelines for E-Doujin
Mods, feel free to edit or comment on this, the following are just some standard guidelines for fanworks (Posting it here as I (Windy) am lazy to re-type things again, and anyone can use these guidelines if people ask for them)
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Guidelines for certain fanworks:
ALL FANWORKS MUST BE NEW. It cannot be old works that have been posted before. (Where's the surprise if you use old works?)
NOTE: For those participating on doing the Front cover, you can still do more/extra fanwork (In case some people thought 'If I did the front cover, can I no longer make another fanwork for Tsuna?' Yes you can, as long as you have the time, determination and know you are able to finish both or more.)
Front Cover:
- Must be of dimension pixels 750 x 1100 (width x length)
- No text (I'll be editing text onto it) but you can have your small signature by the picture or something.
- If you want to suggest a font for the headlines, feel free to do so.
- Must contain the theme of the month.
- Must be Tsuna & theme only (Or Tsuna & theme & everyone or the pairing of the month.)
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal.)
Fanfiction: Word count is unlimited, but here are some guidelines if you're really stuck.
- Drabble - 100~300 words or more, less than 500 words? (I'm not sure what the standard word limit is for a drabble.)
- One-shots - I dunno, 1000~3000 words or more? Whatever suits you best.
- Chapter-story - Suicidal, tempting yet not impossible, approx. 3~5 chapters or more?
(If anyone can manage to compose a whole story with many chapters for the coming issue, then you are magnificent.)
PS: Honestly, word count doesn't matter so even if you got 700 words it's ok. These are guidelines, you don't have to stick to it. However if you're not sure whether you will be able to have stuff finished on time, then either drabbles or one-shots would be the best. And it doesn't HAVE to be 1000 words or 500 words if you happen to land between them.
- Formats can be word.doc, .rtf etc. (But I'm sorry to say no .txt even though I love it, since Windy now owns a mac and .txt file = cannot decipher the way it was formatted)
Fanart:
- Can be sketches, pencil, black & white, screentoned, coloured with traditional methods, CG, vector, oekaki, etc. ANYTHING.
- Preferably no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height. (Anything bigger I will be shrinking it, so no worries if you're afraid it's too big.)
- Feel free to add a border around your image (Because I won't be adding anything.)
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal.)
Doujinshi/4Koma/Comic:
- Please state whether it reads 'left to right' or 'right to left', there is no boundaries on whichever format as long as you state how to read it.
- Preferably no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height. (Anything bigger I will be shrinking it, so no worries if you're afraid it's too big.)
- Can be b&w or coloured, photographed etc.
- If you can, please add a 1 pixel black border around your image (This is just to separate your white bg from the white bg of the way it will be presented. If you have your own way of adding borders then ignore this. If you don't know how to add borders and you use photoshop, have your image merged visible, right-click on that layer, use the stroke option and make your settings.)
If you're still confused then leave the way your image is.
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal)
Fanfiction with pictures:
- Word count unlimited, guidelines similar to 'Fanfiction'. Stick to drabbles if you think you may not make it.
- Pictures can be official art/anime art or your own fanarts or photos of your craftwork.
- Pictures cannot be of other people's fanworks. Pictures should not be bigger than 200 x 200 pixels. (I may shrink it even smaller, it depends as it has not been done before.)
- Formats, preferably word.doc or html (Or any other format that you think is possible.)
Misc: (Photography/Crafts/Cosplay/ ETC.)
- Preferably, the image should be no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height.
- Crafts can be plushies, keyrings, charms, clay pieces, dolls, etc, anything you can think of.
- Cosplay can be of anything, must have Tsuna & theme (With or without a pairing of your choice, they can do anything but uh, nothing violent or 18+ ^^;; but suggestive themes are ok)
- Anything else you can think of.
Any other questions, suggestions or comments, feel free to ask. (We don't bite, well except for Hibari-san ^^;;)
Any suggestions regarding improvement for the designs (eg. fonts, borders) of the actual doujinshi (you can refer to issue01) then ask.
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BTW, I just want to know, is everyone really happy with the 750x1100 pixels format?
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Guidelines for certain fanworks:
ALL FANWORKS MUST BE NEW. It cannot be old works that have been posted before. (Where's the surprise if you use old works?)
NOTE: For those participating on doing the Front cover, you can still do more/extra fanwork (In case some people thought 'If I did the front cover, can I no longer make another fanwork for Tsuna?' Yes you can, as long as you have the time, determination and know you are able to finish both or more.)
Front Cover:
- Must be of dimension pixels 750 x 1100 (width x length)
- No text (I'll be editing text onto it) but you can have your small signature by the picture or something.
- If you want to suggest a font for the headlines, feel free to do so.
- Must contain the theme of the month.
- Must be Tsuna & theme only (Or Tsuna & theme & everyone or the pairing of the month.)
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal.)
Fanfiction: Word count is unlimited, but here are some guidelines if you're really stuck.
- Drabble - 100~300 words or more, less than 500 words? (I'm not sure what the standard word limit is for a drabble.)
- One-shots - I dunno, 1000~3000 words or more? Whatever suits you best.
- Chapter-story - Suicidal, tempting yet not impossible, approx. 3~5 chapters or more?
(If anyone can manage to compose a whole story with many chapters for the coming issue, then you are magnificent.)
PS: Honestly, word count doesn't matter so even if you got 700 words it's ok. These are guidelines, you don't have to stick to it. However if you're not sure whether you will be able to have stuff finished on time, then either drabbles or one-shots would be the best. And it doesn't HAVE to be 1000 words or 500 words if you happen to land between them.
- Formats can be word.doc, .rtf etc. (But I'm sorry to say no .txt even though I love it, since Windy now owns a mac and .txt file = cannot decipher the way it was formatted)
Fanart:
- Can be sketches, pencil, black & white, screentoned, coloured with traditional methods, CG, vector, oekaki, etc. ANYTHING.
- Preferably no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height. (Anything bigger I will be shrinking it, so no worries if you're afraid it's too big.)
- Feel free to add a border around your image (Because I won't be adding anything.)
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal.)
Doujinshi/4Koma/Comic:
- Please state whether it reads 'left to right' or 'right to left', there is no boundaries on whichever format as long as you state how to read it.
- Preferably no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height. (Anything bigger I will be shrinking it, so no worries if you're afraid it's too big.)
- Can be b&w or coloured, photographed etc.
- If you can, please add a 1 pixel black border around your image (This is just to separate your white bg from the white bg of the way it will be presented. If you have your own way of adding borders then ignore this. If you don't know how to add borders and you use photoshop, have your image merged visible, right-click on that layer, use the stroke option and make your settings.)
If you're still confused then leave the way your image is.
- Formats, preferably jpgs or pngs (tiff & bitmaps are suicidal)
Fanfiction with pictures:
- Word count unlimited, guidelines similar to 'Fanfiction'. Stick to drabbles if you think you may not make it.
- Pictures can be official art/anime art or your own fanarts or photos of your craftwork.
- Pictures cannot be of other people's fanworks. Pictures should not be bigger than 200 x 200 pixels. (I may shrink it even smaller, it depends as it has not been done before.)
- Formats, preferably word.doc or html (Or any other format that you think is possible.)
Misc: (Photography/Crafts/Cosplay/ ETC.)
- Preferably, the image should be no bigger than 650 pixels in width or 800 pixels in height.
- Crafts can be plushies, keyrings, charms, clay pieces, dolls, etc, anything you can think of.
- Cosplay can be of anything, must have Tsuna & theme (With or without a pairing of your choice, they can do anything but uh, nothing violent or 18+ ^^;; but suggestive themes are ok)
- Anything else you can think of.
Any other questions, suggestions or comments, feel free to ask. (We don't bite, well except for Hibari-san ^^;;)
Any suggestions regarding improvement for the designs (eg. fonts, borders) of the actual doujinshi (you can refer to issue01) then ask.
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BTW, I just want to know, is everyone really happy with the 750x1100 pixels format?