I had a weird idea yesterday. I can't draw, but I have a lot of characters that I like having drawn. I'd like to see them drawn with other people's characters, instead of always being by themselves. I have a lot of artist friends who are in need of money and I know a lot of organizations around town in need of money as well. So I mulled these thoughts around in my head and started to formulate an idea. What if I got some of these said artist friends together and did a bunch of ladder auctions with my characters + the bidders' characters? And, with every step of the ladders reach, I would donate either x amount of money or a toy/wish to a local charity?

My parents have told me I've grown out of wanting Christmas presents and they never want anything because they've already bought it for themselves. I still wanna do something nice for Christmas and this sounds like fun.

How it'd break-down:
>I approach an artist with a TWO CHARACTER sketch idea
>I will front the money for the sketch level of the drawing (if it doesn't pan out, the artist still gets paid and hey, I get a picture)
>Announce the ladder auction, with a sketch level, inks level, flats level, full color level, etc
>Begin bidding at the amount I paid for the sketch
>For each level of the ladder reached, I donate an amount of money or a toy/wish
>At the end of the auction, the artist gets the money, I get to give a lot of people a nice Christmas

Sound convoluted? I dunno, seemed like a fun idea to me.

TO CLARIFY, I MEAN FOR THE PICTURES TO BE TWO-CHARACTERS: MY CHARACTER PLUS THE WINNING BID'S CHARACTER. NOT JUST A PICTURE OF MY CHARACTERS.