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Hi! I decided to organize my own Secret Santa this year. It'll be an art swap based around inflation! There won't be any specific requirements for what kind of inflation, go off of what you think the person you're drawing for would like the most!

If you're not familiar with how Secret Santas work, or specifically how this one will go--I will be taking signups over this weekend, randomizing the list and assigning you a random person to draw for, while a random person will draw for you! You'll have almost two full weeks to be able to get the pictures done, so you won't have to feel rushed.

Signups start now, and end this Sunday night, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:59pm Mountain Time. I will privately message you the person you will be drawing for on Monday, and submissions are to be posted on the 25th of December.

First off, the requirements to enter are as follows:

1. Your gift must be drawn. (Try to do something special! Nothing better than to give someone something you can be happy about.)

2. You must have drawn recently. To help ensure that everyone gets their gift, I won't accept those who haven't posted anything publicly in the past 6 months. This doesn't necessarily have to be on FA, either.

3. Have an interest in inflation. Be both willing to draw at least some extension of big (especially air inflation), and happy to accept it if the person who drew you decided to draw it for you! You will be able to request your favorite kind of big/expansion as well as sizes, or perhaps a basic idea to get the ball (you) rolling.

4. Have a visual reference of your character. This doesn't have to be a ref sheet specifically, just something someone can go off of to make things easier for the person drawing for you.

Also, there is no skill requirement, only your willingness to give something nice to someone else in the community!


If you're cool with all of this, either contact me or (preferably) post in the journal comments both a reference and about a sentence or two of what you enjoy, what your character is like, etc! To help separate signups from other comments, be sure to reply to my own comment below! I will have a publicly visible spreadsheet of those who are officially signed up as well.


Once you've entered and I've noted you with who you'll be drawing for, keep in mind a few guidelines:

Keep who you're drawing for a secret. I mean this one is kind of obvious but still

Post it as close to the 25th of December as possible. Try not to post too early or too late. If it doesn't get done til some point past the 26th I'll assume it's not going to be done at that point and work around it

Don't rush it! Give yourself plenty of time to work on it so you don't feel pressured, and don't wait til the last minute either! It'll help ensure others don't miss out on getting a gift on the 25th.

Keep it SFW. Teasing is okay, suggestive is generally not.

Also, if you can't think of a good theme or setting, keep it holiday themed!


I will be participating in this Secret Santa myself, and if people up not receiving a gift for any reason, I or anyone who volunteers will do something to help make up for it, so you shouldn't have to feel worried about being cheated out of anything. Also, I will try to do this on a yearly basis, so not providing a gift on time would mean being banned from participating in any future Secret Santas I host.

Lastly, the list of those who are signed up is here, along with their refs/brief description:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....it?usp=sharing

Hopefully that covers everything! Also if you'd like to help in case someone doesn't end up receiving anything, let me know. Thanks!

(p.s. if this is during read only mode, feel free to message me wherever. The Google Docs link will stay updated.)