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Alex | She/They Goalie-turned-artist-turned-actually still both of these things

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Hi hello! This is a sideblog to collect all my sports artposting.

I love a limited palette, a good side profile, and the winnipeg jets :P

My art tag is #hockeyartforposterity but it also includes drawings for sports other than hockey

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Two of my favourite Nikolaj Ehlers goal celebrations. Not to memorialize the time he spent with our team, but to manifest more time together after this, or whatever.

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Something something.. Al art or whatever.

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Not to be a hater, but every time an illustrator butchers a drawing of a goalie on the cover of a hockey romance novel, an angel loses its wings

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Indulged in some more pencil portraits on the train last weekend and unfortunately I am permanently afflicted with thinking Igor Shesterkin is a cutie.

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I cannot imagine there's a huge audience for drawings of Haydn Fleury, but it's been a very long time since I did a graphite portrait and there was an excellent shot of him in an old episode of Runway.

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Donation total 🎉🎉

Happy Monday everybody! We have our donation total and we're not going to be chill about it because we're too excited.

Through 60 auctions and 78 total donations, together we raised:

$3453.43

Which is $2000 more than your mods thought we'd raise at best!

This is an incredible achievement from all of us and we could not be more excited by all that we have accomplished so far this year.

Your mods are incredibly humbled by the way you all showed up not only for these organizations, but for each other. So many of you told us you were signing up scared but you did it anyway! Every single auction had at least one bid and almost all over them were over the starting bid amount! Every single auction had their winning bidder come through with a donation! Many of you donated more than your winning bid! We'll provide a numbers breakdown under the cut but your mods cannot say it enough: we're so proud of all of you! Thank you, thank you, thank you for joining us in our inaugural year!

Under the cut we have a numbers break down of each organization if you're curious how much money went where. Some organizations received more than others, but know that for all of these organizations, $20 can be the difference between keeping the lights on versus being able offer more services.

If you're interested in what the donation before and after employer match was:

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If you're interested in the breakdown by organization:

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"Other" are the total number of donations from geographically local sports charities that bidders chose to donate to. These covered 8 different countries, 7 of which were outside of the USA!

Other fun numbers:

The average donation amount for each organization, including the geographically local organizations, was between $31-48 dollars!

The total number of extra donations (money donated on top of the winning bid) was $458.40!

We had 60 auctions, with 17 second chance bids (creators offering works for the runner up bidder), and 1 creator who chose to donate in honor of the fest on their own!

We can't overstate enough how excited we are and how grateful, too, that you all joined us in our inaugural year. The future looks very bright for these organizations with all your donations.

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A beginner’s guide to goalie equipment

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I’m taking a class dedicated to zine making and self-publishing this semester - and I made this for my first assignment. It’s twenty eight pages, printed on cream coloured paper, and saddlestitch bound with blue linen thread.

You guys seem to love goalies so I thought you might like this. I also love goalies, but in a sort of narcissistic way.

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Full transcript with page numbers below the cut

(3) Under normal circumstances, there are six players on the ice from each team. One of these players is a goalie.

Hockey has a lot of rules, but to understand goaltending, you actually don’t need to understand most of them. All you need to know is that your team’s objective is to put a vulcanized rubber disk into your opponent’s net. This is called a goal. If you’re a goalie, then all you need to do is to stop your opponent from doing that to you. Most goals wins. Simple.

If items in pairs are treated as a single piece, then my goalie equipment consists of eleven pieces. They are as follows:

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(4) It’s called a jock or a jill depending on your personal plumbing. This is the one that keeps you from getting hit directly in the junk.

They make ones specifically designed for goalies, but I don’t have one. After thirteen years as a full time goalie, this is the only piece of equipment designed for players that I still own.

“Jock and Jill went up the hill…”

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(5) They look like shorts but they call them pants.

Goalie pants have extra padding to protect the front of your legs and very little padding on the back. If you fall on your ass, it’s gonna hurt. Ask me how I know.

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(6/7) In comparison to the skates worn by players, goalie skates are shorter. The boot sits in this hard plastic dish called a cowling that keeps your feet from getting broken. New goalie skates have these built in.

Skating technique for goalies is based on pushing laterally rather than gliding forward, so the blades are straight instead of curved.

I’ve had my skates for almost ten years.

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(8/9) Big, box-shaped pads made of synthetic leather that attach to your legs with straps, designed to take up as much space as possible. Hard enough that pucks bounce off, but soft enough to move in. Smooth on the sides so they can slide across the ice.

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(10/11) If I needed a visual metaphor for goalie pads, I would represent them as wings.

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(12/13) A piece of cut resistant fabric and padding that wraps around the neck and is secured with velcro, protecting it from cuts and from the impact of getting hit.

There’s an additional piece of hard plastic that hangs off the goalie mask by strings so you won’t get hit in the neck at all. These are known colloquially as danglers.

Neck guards are not mandatory in the NHL or PWHL. Some players wear them, but most players don’t. It’s your life, but I think you should wear one.

It is mandatory to wear a neck guard in minor hockey.

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(14) One big piece of equipment that covers your entire upper body. A lot of little plates all connected to each other.

There is a lot of padding on the front.

And no padding on the back.

Goalie equipment is like a turtle shell, but in front of you instead of on your back. You have to learn not to be afraid. You won’t get hurt if you let yourself get hit head on.

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(15) Why do they wear jerseys in any sport? So everyone looks the same, but with numbers to still be identifiable, I guess. In hockey, the number 1, but also the number 30 and 31 and other numbers in the 30s are widely considered to be numbers specially for goalies.

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(16/17) A lot of goalie masks have custom paint jobs. My dream is to someday paint my own. If you know someone who could help me with that, please give them this zine.

I want to cover it in hands, because I love drawing them - but I’m worried that would make me look like a freak. Maybe that’s the point, everyone always says that goalies are weird.

Goalies wear pads and goalies wear art and goalies have special numbers just for them. Goalies do not have to look the same.

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(18/19) It’s loud when you get hit in the head. If you get hit hard enough, the material of the mask will flex to mitigate the force of the impact and the straps keeping it attached to your head will pop off. So you don’t get hurt, your mask is designed to fail.

I once heard someone say they could never be a goalie because they aren’t mentally strong enough.

I don’t think this is true. Every kid cries at first when they get scored on and then sooner or later they stop. You will learn how to fail.

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(20) Called a catcher or a trapper, but sometimes just referred to casually as the glove, it has a pocket to catch the puck. You have to break it in like a baseball glove. My dad and I spent years playing catch to break in my first glove.

My parents have two daughters and no sons. After we were born, people would ask my dad if he was disappointed to have no sons.

I don’t know why. You can play catch with your daughters.

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(21) The blocker goes on your dominant hand and is the one you use to hold the stick. It’s a glove with a literal block of padding attached to it. If you position it properly, pucks will bounce off.

Like your pants, like your chest protector, like your mask, you have to face the puck head on. If you’re afraid, then you’ll get hurt. Do not be afraid.

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(22/23) Hockey sticks are made out of molded carbon fibre and are hollow on the inside. Goalie sticks have a wider section at the base referred to as a paddle. The ideal paddle length varies depending on your height. You wrap the blade and end of the stick in tape for increased grip.

When I was fourteen I subbed as a goalie for another team at a tournament. My first crush on a girl was on a player on that team. She was blonde and wore glasses. I don’t remember her name. I haven’t seen her since.

There is a company that makes hockey tape with a rainbow pattern explicitly as a symbol of inclusion.

Last year the NHL banned its teams from wearing specialty jerseys in support of causes, any cause, on the ice. Later, they banned players from using pride tape on their sticks. When Travis Dermott used it anyway, the ban was overturned.

Marie-Philip Poulin is the captain of the Canadian national women's team. She plays on the same team as her wife, Laura Stacey.

We’ll get through this, please don’t be afraid.

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(24/25) Goaltending works by covering as much of the net as you can. Obviously, the taller you are, the easier this is, but the way it’s actually achieved is with angles.

The closer you are to the puck, the less net there is to see. The better you face the puck, the less net there is to see. And of course, the faster you get to the puck, the better.

I am not tall, but I can get to the puck anyway.

If I needed a visual metaphor for goalie pads, I would represent them as wings. Why else would they call it the butterfly?

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(26) How to be a goalie, in four simple steps:

Learn how to put on your equipment.

Learn to fail.

Learn to fly.

Do not be afraid.

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Bidding for @teamliftfest opened yesterday and closes Saturday night!!

I’m offering an illustration (either digital or scanned pencil/ink/watercolour) for hockey, baseball, cycling or women’s basketball! You can find my page here. And you can look at all the other incredible fanworks being offered here.

Here are some of my past sports drawings:

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A little over an hour until bidding closes!

Before bidding opened I was a little scared nobody would be interested at all and the response has genuinely blown me away. I’m so excited to make something for you and to support an awesome sports charity org!!

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Donation questions

Happy Friday everyone 🎉 As we near the end of bidding tomorrow night, your mods are starting to get more questions about donations as people start thinking about what they want to bid on. We're starting an FAQ post here.

Many of these questions will have further instructions in an email you will receive if you win an auction, but we'll try to answer them as thoroughly as we can here too.

Keep those questions coming - we'd rather spend 15 minutes updating this post than have you be confused for the next day and a half!

Donation FAQ:

Can I split my donation between multiple charities?

Absolutely! When you submit your proof of donation (usually in the form of a screenshot of your donation receipt), we will ask you to submit individual proof from each charity you donate to so that we know that you did donate the total amount of your winning bid.

Do you accept employer matching for donations?

Yes!! We love employer matching. When you receive an email notifying you that you've won an auction, we'll include further information about reporting the match amount - we include it in our final totals. We do not ask for proof from you or your employer.

Can I include donations as charitable donations on my taxes (in the USA)?

HUGE CAVEAT THAT WE ARE NOT FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, THIS IS NOT TAX ADVICE: you are donating directly to the charity with no intermediary involved. The auction you win is a nonbinding agreement between you and creator, because though we strongly encourage completion, we cannot guarantee it. Neither the fest mods nor the creator receives any money from you or the charities in this process.

We hope that helps clarify it a little bit. If nothing else, we're assuming none of you are reporting to a Fortune 500 company their matching donation is also getting you a 20k omegaverse fanfic (as an example). Do with that information what you will 🕴️

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Bidding for @teamliftfest opened yesterday and closes Saturday night!!

I’m offering an illustration (either digital or scanned pencil/ink/watercolour) for hockey, baseball, cycling or women’s basketball! You can find my page here. And you can look at all the other incredible fanworks being offered here.

Here are some of my past sports drawings:

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Bidding has started 🧨

Bidding runs from today, 10/15 at 8am (UTC-8) to Saturday, 10/19 at 9pm UTC-8

[Global timezone converter for bidding close: what time is that for me?]

Because our process is not automated, individual bidding forms became available a little before 8am. Note that any bids received before 8am will not be counted. Similarly, because we have to close all the bidding forms individually, some forms may remain open a little after 9pm PT. Bids received after 9pm on 10/19 will not be counted either.

We have 60(!!!!) incredible offerings by 48 amazing creators in different 10 Sports RPF fandoms. These offerings range from fic to fan art to primers to translation and so much more!

All auction pages can be found here. Auction pages can be navigated by tags. Each offering page has the spreadsheet of bids and the form for bidding.

Our bidding policy can be found here.

Supported charities can be found here. Some contributors have listed a charity they are passionate about that is local to their area or country - check offering pages for links and information about those charities!

Have fun and good luck everyone 🏅

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Bidding opens: tomorrow!

Happy Monday everyone! Your mods have a couple of quick programming notes ahead of auctions opening tomorrow.

Bidding starts tomorrow, 10/15 at 8am PT (UTC-8). The bidding period is five days. Bidding closes on Saturday. 10/19 at 9am PT.

Because our process is not automated, individual bidding forms may become available a little before 8am. Note that any bids received before 8am will not be counted. Similarly, because we have to close all the bidding forms individually, some forms may remain open a little after 9pm PT. Bids received after 9pm on 10/19 will not be counted either. Please try to be conscious of your timing when bidding, particularly towards the end. The bidding spreadsheet for each auction has a timestamp for every bid, so check it carefully heading into the final minutes of the auction.

All auction pages can be found here. Auction pages can also be navigated by tags. Each offering page has both the spreadsheet of bids and the form for bidding.

Our bidding policy can be found here.

Supported charities can be found here. Additionally, some contributors have listed a charity they are passionate about - check their offering pages for links and information about those charities!

Thanks all!! Your mods are super excited to head into the bidding period. We can't wait to see what we're going to accomplish together in our inaugural year - it's going to be good one.

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Hey! First of all, your style is incredible and I'm just sitting over here chin-handsing at your stuff. It's so good! Second of all, would you be open to doing an illustration of an NCAA hockey player for the team lift fest? Or someone in the KHL - not a bad dude, I swear! He plays for Red Star because he's not good enough for the NHL and he's Chinese, not because he raped anyone Thaaaanks, I'm planning on bidding on your work regardless! but my favorite boys are never gonna make the show and I'd love art of them anyway.

Wooow thank you so much!!

I’m not comfortable drawing NCAA players, but I would be happy to draw a player from a different league. I felt a little awkward about offering to draw players from leagues I don’t follow in any capacity, but if you can give me a background on them and reference images, then I would be happy to draw someone from any league.

Thank you for this ask, it was really sweet!!

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Browsing has started 🧨

We have 60(!!!!) incredible offerings by 48 creators in different 10 Sports RPF fandoms. These offerings range from fic to fan art to primers to translation and so, so much more!

Browsing runs from 10/9-10/13. This period is designed to let you look through offerings before bidding starts, reach out to creators you might have questions for, and strategize before bidding starts on 10/15!

Check out offering pages here on Dreamwidth. Offerings can be navigated by tags.

Acquaint yourself with the bidding policy here.

If you have questions about your offerings page or the fest in general, contact the fest email. If you as a potential bidder have questions about a specific offering, contact the creator directly -- they all have contact info on their pages.

Thank you to all our amazing contributors for being so enthusiastic and brave and thank you to all our potential bidders for the excitement we've been seeing! We're so incredibly excited to get started in this next phase and we can't wait to see what the next three weeks bring.

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Normally I try not to sports rpf post on this blog, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make art for a good cause!

I’ll post something more informative soon, but I’m offering an illustration of your choice about hockey, baseball, cycling or women’s basketball!! Bidding starts at $15, check out my page here.

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A helle painting I made all the way back in April, I’m pretty sure. I’ve wanted to use a paper plane motif for the jets for a while.

If you recognize this particular angle from my other helle piece, that’s because I actually drew over the sketch from this painting for that drawing.

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I was gonna caption this with something about how Sean Monahan has never let me down except for when he missed a wide open net during Connor Hellebuyck’s 500th game, but we’re actually so back - so Sean Monahan has never let me down