2020 Cap-IM Big Bang Guidelines for Artists

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Guidelines for Artists

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


• Acceptable artwork submission(s) are traditional and digital art. Other visual media—such as edits, manipulations, fanmixes, or works that rely on or are derivative of existing material—are not eligible for this Big Bang.


• You are required to create, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim and can create as many pieces as you'd like.


• You will be creating artwork to accompany your assigned writer's story, and this artwork must be newly created. Your art must be created specifically and exclusively for the Big Bang, based on or inspired by the story that you claim.


• In addition to this, you are required to create a story banner for the fic you claim, 580px wide and 200px tall or a higher resolution image with the same dimensions (e.g. 1160:400). The banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork or a specially made banner for the accompanying fic.


• By claiming a story you are committing to finishing all artwork(s) by your team's posting date.

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Claiming Process

To participate in the 2020 Cap-Iron Man Big Bang as an artist, all you need to do is claim a summary on September 26th. There is no prior sign-up available or required.

Please note that if you claim a fic that is in a language other than English, you must be able to read this language so that you can read the fic and communicate with your partner.

• Claims will be done on a first-come, first-serve basis.


• In case you can't make a claim personally on Saturday, September 26th, you are allowed to ask someone to make a claim on your behalf (a proxy claim). There is no need to have a Dreamwidth or OpenID account to make a claim or proxy claim for someone, as anonymous commenting will be enabled.


• Stories are posted anonymously. You must claim a story based solely on the 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 artwork will go up with the preview of summaries on September 24th.


• 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 temporary ban.

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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 artwork(s) for your partner's story, and remember to keep in touch with them throughout the event! The posting period begins in November, and mods will be in touch before then with instructions on how to claim a posting date and post your entry.

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, though please keep in mind the T's and C's regarding hotlinking. We strongly encourage you not to host your image on Tumblr, as these links are liable to break. For more information about embedding art into AO3, please see our AO3 Guide for Cap-IM Events.

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.

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Check out our BIG BANG FAQ POST for more information. Have more questions? Feel free to email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com!