Welcome to the 2023 Winter Art Gifting Gala, also known as WAGG! Want to take part in the holiday season with something art related? This is the thread for you.
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WHAT IS WAGG?
The Winter Art Gifting Gala is a [hopefully] yearly art exchange that takes place through November and December - think of it like Secret Santa but you gift art. It's the perfect chance to get a cool avatar, banner, art of an OC or even a drawing of your pet.
HOW DOES IT WORK?Through the month of November, all entering packs will fill out a form listed below with information about their wishes. This will include which tier they're in and what they would like drawn, this might be a few OCs, a pet, or something they could use as an avatar or banner. Each form will also include what the entering pack can draw [e.g. if they can/can't draw a certain species]. Entries will close at 11:59PM Game Time, 1st December, one minute before December starts. Upon the start of Decemeber, each entering pack will be matched with another pack as their giftee, and they will then draw art for their assigned pack depending on the pack's wishes.
Once a pack has completed their art piece for their assigned giftee, they will send it to their assigned pack. It is up to the pack to decide when they do this, though all
gifts must be completed and sent before the 14th of January. You can choose to send it on Christmas day, the 25th, or you could decide to send it earlier or later.
Once you have sent your gift to your assigned pack, please also send it to me. Please send a PM with the title "WAGG Gift Completed [Your pack number]" and link your gift in the PM with the pack number and username of your assigned pack.
IMPORTANT DATESNovember 13th - November 30th : Sign ups
December 1st : Sign ups close
December 1st - 3rd : Assigned packs are sent out to users.
December 3rd - 6th January : Draw and send your gifts
January 14th : Gift deadline.
WHAT ARE THE TIERS?
Drawings for each tier *MUST* be lined and coloured. Clean sketches will also be allowed but they must be coloured and have no visible construction lines.
| Bust | A drawing depicting the subject's head and shoulders. |
| Halfbody | A drawing depicting the subject's arms and majority of their torso, may also extend to the midthighs. |
| Fullbody | A drawing depicting the majority of the subject, usually extending to the feet. |
| Scene | A drawing depicting the majority of the subject which also features a detailed background that the subject is interacting with. Some parts of the subject may be obscured by the elements of the background. |
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Traditional art is allowed but it needs to be well photographed and coloured, just like digital art does.
I'd recommend watching
this video for some tips on how to get decent quality photos of traditional art without needing something like a scanner.
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-Image is clear
-No surrounding noise/background |
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-Small and hard to see image
-Random thumb in there
-Shadow across the page and poor lighting |
Reminder that traditional art pieces must be coloured - I just don't have an example image for that.
WHAT ISN'T ALLOWED?
Free to use or pay to use
bases are not allowed. All art you gift must be drawn by you in it's entirity.
Photo manipulations also aren't allowed, please view the above point.
Close referenced or traced images are not allowed. If you don't know what this is, check this thread
here.
WAGG is inclusive of artists of all skill levels,
under no circustances should you complain or be rude about art you recieve.
If you have recieved art of an OC and would like to post it on another website [e.g. Deviantart or Toyhou.se]
please make sure to ask the user you have recieved art from before posting offsite.
Being rude towards someone's art, complaining, or submitting traced or stolen art to WAGG will result in disqualification from both this year and future year's gifting galas. I will be able to tell, it's not worth it.
If you do not send your art to your assigned user before the 14th of January, I will send you a reminder to do so. If you still haven't after this period, you will be disqualified from any future gifting galas and will also be unable to use any WAGG art you have recieved.
If you think you've recieved traced art, please contact me and additionally one of the game or forum moderators as tracing is against WolfPlay's rules.
Please make sure all links posted on this thread are properly credited and you have permission to use them.
REMINDER FOR THOSE POSTING TH LINKSPlease
make sure your OCs can be visited by people who aren't signed in/don't have toyhouse accounts.There are many people of different ages taking part in WAGG, so if you have either a maturity block switched on, or OCs with innapropriate content, consider either
hiding or moving NSFW images to a different tab, or
using a different method to post your OCs to WAGG.
Thank you!
Do you have questions? Or want to chat about WAGG? Please head over to the chat and questions thread here. <3
Taking part in WAGG? Feel free to put this badge in your bio or profile!
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