c_im_bigbang | 2019 Cap-IM Big Bang Guidelines for Artists (Reply)

Guidelines for Artists

Remember to read through our General Event Policies and Big Bang Guidelines for All Participants, as well as the artist's guidelines outlined below.

Acceptable art includes traditional and digital art. Other visual mediums — such as edits, manipulations, or works that rely on or are derivative of existing material — are not eligible for this Big Bang.

You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim and can make as many pieces as you'd like. The artwork must be new and made solely for the story in question.

In addition to this, you are required to create a story banner for the fic you claim. The banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork; a banner made up of a crop of the art which includes fic title, author(s) and artist; or a specially made banner for the accompanying fic. Full details will be given in the posting instructions.

All art must be finished by your team's posting date.

NSFW ("not safe for work", content that contains explicit or adult content) artwork is allowed but must be accompanied by a SFW ("safe for work", appropriate for a general audience) thumbnail preview during the posting period.

Claiming Process

To participate in the 2019 Cap-IronMan Big Bang as an artist, all you need to do is claim a summary on September 28th. There is no prior sign-up available or required.

Claims will be done on a first-come, first-serve basis. Summaries are posted anonymously. You must claim a story based solely on the fic summary and details provided. Writers are instructed to be as transparent as they can when providing details on warnings, other featured characters/relationships, etc. Instructions on how to claim a story will go up with the preview of fic summaries on September 26th.

In case you can't make a claim personally on the 29th, you are allowed to ask someone to make a claim on your behalf (a proxy claim). If you're having trouble finding a proxy, please get in touch with the mods and we'll arrange one for you.

Because this is a collaborative event, there is no penalty free dropping out once you've claimed a work. Dropping out once you've been partnered up will be considered defaulting on the challenge and will result in a ban.

Creation Period and Posting

Once you've claimed a work and you've been teamed up with a writer, all you have to do is make accompanying fanart for your partner's BB fic, and remember to keep in touch with them throughout the event! The posting period begins in November, and mods will send out an email to all participants when it comes time to pick your team's posting date.

Please note: From this year onwards, we do require that artwork is submitted to our event collection on AO3. If you need to make an AO3 account, please request an invite here and keep in mind that it might take a few days for you to get it and be able to create the account. If for any reason you do not receive an invitation through the queue and it’s already close to your posting date, please contact the BB mods and we will provide you with an invite code. You are welcome to crosspost your work, but you must provide an AO3 link for your Team Masterpost.

Before inserting an image into your work, please note that AO3 does not host images; this means you cannot upload an image directly to AO3. Instead you must upload it elsewhere and retrieve a direct image link once you do. (A direct image URL ends in .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.) We advise using a free image uploading service such as Imgur, or even using Dreamwidth's file uploading service (but please keep in mind that you have limited space on DW). We strongly encourage you not to host your image on Tumblr, as these links are liable to break.

If none of these options work for you, please contact the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com and we will work with you to host your art on one of the Cap-IM accounts. For more information about embedding art into AO3, please see our AO3 Guide for Cap-IM Events.