\o/ I'm glad you're going to give it a try this round. *g*
Going in last round we knew that the artists would have a hard row to hoe because chances were good that they would not be familiar with all the fandoms, which is why we tried to emphasize that they would have plenty of time to create artwork (6 weeks is more than other big bangs allow), that non-graphics artwork such as podfic and fanmixes are also welcome, and that if they did want to create graphics they could rely on their author to provide them with links to screencaps, etc.
That said, including title & chapter banners in the list of acceptable artwork is a good idea.
Also, we did post a list of fandoms to the comm after the mandatory check-in #3 for authors to give artists an idea of what fandoms were being written in. And I did make a note after last round to have the authors include a brief summary of the fandom in the header they include with their rough draft for artist claiming, so that might help artists that aren't sure about the fandoms.
One thing I did notice was that many of the authors ignored our urging to make the summary as detailed as possible, and instead used a one or two line summary like the one that they'd include in their posting. I think it might help if we emphasize that they need to include enough information to attract the interest of someone who might not be in the fandom.
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Going in last round we knew that the artists would have a hard row to hoe because chances were good that they would not be familiar with all the fandoms, which is why we tried to emphasize that they would have plenty of time to create artwork (6 weeks is more than other big bangs allow), that non-graphics artwork such as podfic and fanmixes are also welcome, and that if they did want to create graphics they could rely on their author to provide them with links to screencaps, etc.
That said, including title & chapter banners in the list of acceptable artwork is a good idea.
Also, we did post a list of fandoms to the comm after the mandatory check-in #3 for authors to give artists an idea of what fandoms were being written in. And I did make a note after last round to have the authors include a brief summary of the fandom in the header they include with their rough draft for artist claiming, so that might help artists that aren't sure about the fandoms.
One thing I did notice was that many of the authors ignored our urging to make the summary as detailed as possible, and instead used a one or two line summary like the one that they'd include in their posting. I think it might help if we emphasize that they need to include enough information to attract the interest of someone who might not be in the fandom.
Thank you for your suggestions!