Ahhh I am an hour and a bit past my posting date but I haven’t gone to sleep yet so I am STILL COUNTING IT!! Darn photoshop crashing on me while I’m trying to meet a deadline...
ANYWAY, for the @murder-husbands-big-bang this year I got paired with the incredible @thesilverqueenlady who wrote a stunning fic titled My Only Constant is You. In this fic, Hannibal is an immortal who can never die, and Will is a time traveler with no control over when and where he travels. Its an absolutely gorgeous story and I am THRILLED I got to do the art for it. Please do yourself a favour and go read it immediately!
I did three pieces of art for this fic. The first is the cover image for the story, depicting the iconic flower blooming in both Hannibal and Will’s minds. The second piece is from chapter two, and depicts Will’s first meeting with Hannibal. Finally, the last piece depicts Hannibal’s first meeting with Will, from the third chapter. I really hope you enjoy!
Tags: Bodyswap, AU - Fantasy, AU Canon Divergence, Childhood Memories, Jack Crawford, Abigail Hobbs, Will Graham’s Dogs
Summary:
“Rare ortolans, endangered birds that symbolize debauched and cruel pleasure. The clashing between Will’s brain and heart rages as he listens to Hannibal explain the customary eating of ortolans. If not for Abigail, his internal battle would already have a conclusion.”
AU with some magic sprinkled over the main characters and their special abilities. Will and Hannibal switch bodies mid-season two, they are both keeping secrets, and the Mizumono crisis is averted.
Posting day is fast approaching and this is what we've been waiting for all year!
Posting day can often be quite stressful, so we recommend talking with your partner several days before, to line everything up and make sure you are both on the same page. You will need to exchange links to your works so that one person from your group can submit your masterpost to the Murder-Husbands tumblr.
We understand that timezones and timing can be hard so therefore we will allow you to post each part (fic and art) to your chosen platforms at any point during your appointed day. However you must not promote your work until the masterpost has been submitted and posted to the MHBB tumblr.
Confused? Yeah I get it! So below i'm going to do my best to go through the process step by step for both artist and author.
Author
You must post your fic to AO3 for this challenge (You can cross post the fic to other platforms once the masterpost is live)
AO3 is great because you are able to draft your fics to the site several weeks prior to posting. This is something to consider for the time poor as the process often takes longer than expected.
Once your posting day comes you can just go ahead and press publish on that bad boy.
Things to consider - Will the art be embedded into the fic and if so where will it be hosted? Both Author and Artist have a say in this. Not all authors like to embed art in their fics and not all artist like to have their art embedded at all. Ask your partners preference and where the files will be hosted. (eg imgur)
If art is not being embedded into the fic, authors, please include a link to your art in the fic description info.
Don't forget to thank your Artist and beta readers in your fic info as well. We all know that a lot of hands go into making our work what it is!
You should also add your fic to this years AO3 collection. Go to the collections field and type in MHBB2018. This will mean that people searching out fics will be able to do so from one easy page.
Artists
Artist, you should post your work wherever you usually host your art (AO3, DevianArt, LJ, tumblr)
Artists can choose if you would like to make an art post, have your art embedded into the fic (if the author is willing), or do both. Remeber if your author doesn't want the art embedded into their fic that is their prerogative. The same goes for you not wanting the art embedded.
If possible please lock your posts or keep them in draft form until your scheduled posting day. You may not promote your art anywhere before the masterpost appears on the MHBB tumblr. (If you use tumblr to host your art, we know you cannot help the art being public before your team masterpost is approved and published, but we ask that you not cross-post to any other social network or reblog yourself until your team's masterpost is live)
We have no specific template for art posts. We would recommend that you include the title of the fic, your author's name, and a link to the fic in your post. You are expected to link to your authors fic from your art post and mention that is was illustrated for the MHBB2018
If you post your art to AO3 please add it to the offical AO3 collection - MHBB2018
Once your art is posted please send your author the link(s) to your art so they have it to link to as well.
Submitting your Masterpost
This is much the same as promo posting was, with the added links to fic and art.
One partner should go to https://murder-husbands-big-bang.tumblr.com/submit and submit your masterpost by 11.59pm in your timezone. You have 24 hours to post this so please time yourselves accordingly.
Select PHOTO to upload your banner art and then follow the template below to include all the relevant information.
Check all spelling and grammar before you submit. We will be unable to make edits for you at a later date.
Tag your post! consider #murder husbands big bang, #murder husbands 2018, #MHBB2018, (ship names, author and artist name, fic name etc)
Submit the post. Posts will not show up immediately as the mods will need to approve them. Mod Fishie is in Australia so be aware if it's nighttime in her timezone you may need to wait a while for the masterpost to be published!
YOU DID IT!!! Well done and congratulations on completing an epic year of creativity!
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Rating: General, Teen, Mature, or Explicit
Length: eg. 25,000 words
Pairings: Will Graham/Hannibal Lector (please put any secondary/background pairings in parentheses)
Warnings: You must warn for any of AO3’s major archive warnings. Beyond those, what you warn for is up to you.
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Surprise!! I am back again with some more art for the @murder-husbands-big-bang! I was incredibly fortunate to get called in as a pinch hitter artist for @darkdreamsofhannigram‘s awesome fic, Amygdala Drift. I absolutely love their work, and its a SCI FI, so yeah I really lucked out!! I encourage all of you to go read it immediately. The art comes from a scene in Chapter 6 of the story when Hannibal takes Will to the study aboard his ship to have a little chat after a rather harrowing incident...
By the way, Hannibal’s study was totally modelled after a gorgeously designed home library here in Toronto!
