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@663064894469488640 im not the original anon but wasnt jayeagle a pretty avid follower of Staleelephantbones when that discourse was happening in January? Jayeagle definitely posted on Stale's follower check in march. I dont know if she still supports Stale or if Jayeagle even knew what was going on but that'd be my first guess as to why someone might be uncomfortable- it's my reason why i have them blocked
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Calling All Captain Swan Artists!
Want to get to know other authors and artists in the fandom?
Want to get inspired to create some artwork?
Want to get to read an amazing Captain Swan story before anyone else does?
Consider joining the Captain Swan Big Bang!
We are in need of more artists for the CSBB this year, and we’d love for you to join us! Here are some questions we’ve gotten during sign-ups this year and last.
What kind of artwork can I make for this?
While a lot of people assume that we’re only accepting artists who sketch, draw, or paint (either traditionally or digitally), we’re also looking for artists who make gifsets, image sets, videos, edits, and manips! Sky’s pretty much the limit. If you can make something visual to go along with a story, then you’ve got what it takes!
Do I need previous experience creating content for Captain Swan?
You don’t need any experience making artwork for Captain Swan to join this!
One of our major goals with the Captain Swan Big Bang is to foster community within the Captain Swan fandom. Even after seven seasons and a finale upon us, there are always folks who are new, or who’ve been lurking a bit, and we want to welcome anyone who wants to join in and meet more people in the fandom.
We do have authors whose CSBB stories will be either their first CS fics, or one of their first. So know you are not alone!
How much artwork will I have to make?
It depends on the kind of artwork! Here are the minimum number of pieces:
Traditional/digital drawings or paintings: 3 per story Image sets: 10 per set, 3 sets per story Gifsets: 8 per set, 2 sets per story Videos: 4 minutes per story Edits/Manips: 4 per story
Whoa, per story? How many stories am I making artwork for?
Well, we’d like to have one artist per story! However, that depends on how many people sign up. If we don’t have enough artists to cover all of our authors, we might ask you to double up. So the more artists we have sign up, the more likely that the only people who make artwork for multiple stories are the people who’ve asked to!
Wait, so I do more than one story even if we don’t need people to double up?
Yes! If we’ve done all the assignments, and you didn’t get your first choice, you’re welcome to ask to make artwork for that story, too. Just ask us!
How long do I have to make artwork?
You’ll have about two and a half months. We’ll match authors and artists at the beginning of June, and then artists will get to read the work in progress and start to brainstorm artwork. We recommend that artists hold off on starting artwork until July 1st, because that way, if your author drops out (their deadline to drop out is June 30th), you haven’t spent a month hard at work for nothing. After that, finished artwork isn’t due until September 15th! So that’s two and a half months!
What if my author drops out, or I don’t get along with them at all?
Come talk to us! If you want to stick around, we can assign you to another author. We’re happy to handle everything to keep things as relaxed and drama-free as possible.
When is the latest that I can drop out if I realize I can’t handle the commitment?
Last day for artists to drop out is August 31st, which is three months after sign-ups end, and two months after we expect folks to start working on artwork. Plenty of time to decide! And please note, the drop-out deadline exists specifically to lessen the commitment and make it lower stakes.
How do we get paired with authors?
At the beginning of June, we’ll share a long list of all the stories that are being written for the CSBB! The list will include summaries, ratings, warnings, and any information the authors think you should know while you’re deciding what stories you’d like to work with. By the end of the week, you’ll email us your ranked list, and we’ll match you with an author!
What about getting to know people in the fandom?
We have a Discord server specifically for the CSBB! It’s currently only open to authors and their betas, but once story selection is done, we’ll be inviting artists to join. Meet new people in the fandom, check out people’s work, share your WIP with others, and help motivate each other!
More questions? Let us know!
Interested? Sign-up here! Sign-ups end on May 31st!
Personally I avoid jayeagle because she admitted to ripping off kageyenova’s sona at one point. She DID apologize and delete the character, which was the 100% right thing to do, but it made me wary of her.
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Sugar for Hubble bc he has the level of mystery that anime boys dream of. He’s not in any big art servers n doesn’t talk in the two cs servers. Yet he’s still like THE biggest artist on here. He got popular w/o ever doing closed species or adopts in general. And he owns DCAY for some reason. We ❤️ u king, keep being a total fucking enigma
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Sugar for LadyStardust, -roadkill-69-, DaniCalifornia, Lilpupin, Allynabean, Tynahi, Imperials, Eiffel, Hypnowave, -chirp-, only_Sky, puffball~, Ajax., Kiffel, Hubble, Darkanra! I enjoy seeing all of your art and you all seem really nice from afar 😄
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Commission PSA
PSA: Don’t take commissions if you can’t do them.
This is probably the second or third time I’ve heard about art communication issues on this blog alone and I figured it was time that someone said something about it, so here we are. Keep in mind I am speaking as someone whose experienced situations like this as well, both on and off site.
If you don’t have the time, patience, motivation and/or are unable to draw at any given moment, don’t take commissions. Don’t offer to draw for people who are looking for art, don’t keep your commissions open and flat out don’t offer them at all.
I understand that making art can take time, and that not everyone can pump out an art piece in a matter of a few days or even a week. Sometimes emergencies may come up too, and you really won’t have the time to complete an art piece even if you wanted to. This is completely fine. But if you wind up taking months, or even years with very little to no communication with the person who commissioned you? Then you shouldn’t be doing commissions.
This especially goes for people who take commissions for real life currency, but if you are being paid in really any way then you should at least be responsible enough to give an update every now and then. Don’t leave your costumers waiting with no response for months on end, if you seriously can’t do something and you’re perfectly alive and well, just tell the costumer that and don’t waste their time. Don’t lead commissioners on by saying you’re working on it every time they ask you only to tell them that you don’t want to do it any more. It is not greedy or demanding to ask about progress, it is only greedy to willingly waste someone else’s time.
People who do this deserve to be name dropped. It doesn’t matter how good of an artist you are or how sweet and kind you may be, if you’re not ready for commissions, please don’t do them. This goes for art trades as well, since it’s not uncommon for one person to finish their side of the piece and for the other to completely cut off communication and never complete their own.
If you cannot do commissions, don’t offer to do them for other people.
I have jayeagle blocked because I find the incessant 1 minute doodles she does so frequently very annoying and it's strange that none of them have been taken down...?
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I personally know I have the tendency to get busy/overwhelmed with obligations and I tend to extend/drop commissions quite often- due to this I have always accepted my payment after I'm completely finished. While it's slightly more risky for me as an artist, it saves me the trouble of having to deal with refunds or extra stress of money being involved before the product is actually there. It still feels bad to drop them, but it clears my conscience a little at least.
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