EDIT (11/10/14): Notes regarding who you are drawing for have been sent! Please post submissions christmas morning! Thank you!
EDIT: DEADLINE EXTENDED! PLEASE spread the word so more people can join!


Alrighty guys, although I am rather busy and generally do not update as often, I figured that I should do something fun for the upcoming holidays! So, yep, that's right, a Fumi Dragon Secret Santa!

After I got my Fumi dragon thanks to the lovely SilverWindStar via a MYO event hosted by Fumi-LEX, I have fallen in love with these critters and been itching to host a Secret Santa for people who have fumi dragons! Here's how it works:

You must comment on this journal with links/thumbs of the reference sheet(s) of your fumi dragon(s) as well as their basic information, personality, and what you would most like to see be drawn if you have a preference. Please also include examples of your Fumi Dragon drawings, whether you intend to make your gift digitally or traditionally, and if you would prefer to receive a digital or traditional drawing, or 'no preference'. I will put down my own comment if you would like to see an example! I will give each person a number, and by the entry deadline, I will try to pair people off. Also let me know if you can draw fairly complex designs; if you aren't able to draw very complex designs, I won't give you someone with complex Fumis!

By pair, I don't mean an art trade. You won't know who's drawing for you! For example, if we have persons A, B, and c, although A may draw for B, B does not draw for A, nor know that A is drawing for them. B would draw for C, and C would draw for A. That way, everyone gets a drawing, and it's always a surprise!

If you need to ask your person a question, let me know! I will be the middleman to avoid ruining the surprise!
I will try my best to link people off based on their skill levels, but I can't whole-ly guarantee you'll get something fantastic considering that I cannot predict how seriously someone will take this event. If you fail to draw your part and leave someone without a gift, you are banned from any of my future events, including free art events and raffles for a whole year. If someone is heartless enough to do that, I and any other wonderful volunteers will be creating replacement art.

To Qualify, You Must:
-Own at least one Fumi Dragon!
-Be a visual artist (draw, basically!)
-Be active on deviant art and have at least five
pieces in your gallery representative of your artistic
ability (this is to make sure people are not in it for
free art... cheapos!)
-Be willing to draw for others; you must give to get!
-Abide by all the rules!

Rules:

-No bases, dolls, pre-mades, or traced art

-All art must be original and 100% made by you!

-All art must be neat and well-made! NO incomplete sketches

or terribly messy art! This event is meant to spread love, cheer,

and christmas gifts among the Fumi Community! Not frustration

and disappointment. >w> 

-Art MUST be colored (come on.. no one wants to receive a quickie

messy sketch if they give their all on THEIR gift! Not fair!)

-Shading and backgrounds are not required, but I am sure your

recipient would be very happy if you choose to include them! 

-If your recipient has more than one fumi, feel free to draw as many

of their fumis in their picture!

-No stealing the art or characters of others!

-Fumis only!

-Although dA is home to a number of traditional artists (which is great!),

in order to give the best gift possible, you must scan your images so 

that the reciever can actually see them at their best quality. NO photos 

of drawings. If you do not think you will be able to scan your gift at all, 

please try making your gift digitally, which is preferable in most cases 

unless otherwise specified by the receiver.

-All art must be posted on the deadline! Christmas day, December 25th!

-Please do not submit your entry before the deadline, that ruins the Christmas

Morning surprise!

-You can make more than one gift for your recipient if you would like to! But they

must all be submitted on the due date. At least one must be a nice piece as the

rules require; additional gifts can be simple headshots to sketchpages, pixels,

icons, etc!

(If your gallery is full of base art, colored lineart that is not yours, or traced/copied art, I cannot determine what your real skill level is, therefore you won't be allowed to participate. I reserve the right to turn people away for any reasons. I can generally spot this fairly easily. In the event that a tracer does get past me (it happens, I'm human), they will be removed from the event when evidence of tracing is provided. People deserve gifts made from scratch and from the heart. )

If you have any questions, by all means let me know ;o;
I hope to see people join