GargGroupPicProject - EDIT 4

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uhm... Neo comes up with a project o.o Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are^^ However, this is just an idea and I don't know if anyone came up with something like this earlier - if yes then I'll cancel the whole thing. I'll cancel it, too, if there are not enough people who are willing to participate.
(EDIT: We have enough artists to bring this project to life. It will be done! However, we want as many participants as possible so we are happy about every joining artist!)
O.o erm... I guess, first of all I should tell you what this is all about. right? ^^°

What I want us to create

My ultimate goal would be to create a picture showing every Gargoyle character of the fandom - may it be a Garg-self, a character from a fanfiction, from the TV-show itself or anything alike (EDIT: This project is mainly about fan characters. If we should decide to use gargoyles from the TV-show then they should remain the minotity) - in form of a collaboration of all artists of the fandom. I indeed know that this is almost absolutely impossible so the project's goal is to make a picture featuring as many Gargoyles as possible drawn by as many artists as possible .

How we would work

Basically: Every artist is invited to draw one (ore more) picture(s) of a Gargoyle character and then send it to me. I'll put everything together in a huge picture with a nice background, trying to include special relationships between the characters... well, that's all. ^^ However, it's not as simple as it seems. Let's get more detailed and make up some rules:

rules

1.   The character has to be a gargoyle - it may be a gagoyle from the TV-show (EDIT: Wether we will use characters from the TV show or not will be decided in a poll, soon.), from a fanfiction, someone's garg-self or anything alike.
2.   Every character must be on the final picture only once!
==> We have to make sure that no artist draws a character that is already drawn by someone else: Please tell me, which character you want to draw, before you start drawing. I will make a list of all characters that are already drawn, add it to my journal and update it regularly. <==
3.   You can draw your own character or a character created by someone else. If you want to draw someone else's character, ask the original owner for permission first!
4.    Every artist can send me as many pictures as he/she likes. (EDIT: There will be a limit to the number of characters - what this will be exactly will be decided, soon)
==> if you want to draw a specific gargoyle and can't do another character but this character is already drawn by someone who also draws several other characters, you may ask this artist if he/she allows you to draw this character instead <==
5.   The pictures have to be PC coloured. If it is absolutely impossible for an artist to hand in a PC coloured picture then I will make exceptions because I don't want anyone to be excluded from the project. But as the characters should fit together in the final pic as good as possible, I prefer PC coloured pictures. Also I suggest that everyone uses the same colouring style - flat colouring and cell shading (like in the TV show), as it is relatively simple and used often.
(EDIT: light source: we will work with an imaginary light source from above. This light source is not a strong one so please don't draw too dramatic shadows. I may have to change the brightness and contrast of your drawing to fit it into the final picture. If this will be the case, I will write you a note and show you the changed picture before I add it.)
6.   The pictures must have a transparent or white background so that I can fit them into the group picture easily.
7.   The image must not be too small. I'll only accept pictures with a minimum height of 700 pixels. (EDIT: As we want to make a biiiiiig print in the end we need higher quality pictures: 1000px height and 150dpi minimum!)
8.   The images must not be too big. E.g. 3000x3000px with 300dpi would be waaaayyyyy to big ^^
9.   I will try to include special relationships between the characters in the picture. If you want to draw a cuddling couple or something, feel free to do so and hand it in as one picture. BUT not every relationship is allowed.
==> For the TV show Gargoyles: allowed are couples based on the TV-show (e.g. Brodway and Angela) and based on Greg's masterplan (e.g. Brooklyn and Katana (or Sata as she is called in TGS)). Not allowed are Mary Sue thingies (e.g. Brooklyn and me) or relationships not based on Greg's story (e.g. Demona and Hudson) as these are couples that only some people want to see and others may feel disturbed by them. The TV show Gargs belong to all of us equally!
==> For original characters: allowed are couples based on the real life (e.g. my gargself and the gargself of my boyfriend) and based on the fanfictions that the characters are originally from (e.g. Ariana and Kirin or Greame and Lucy). Not allowed are relationships that change the original character's story (e.g. Kirin and Lucy)
I also will try my best to show friends or members of the same clan together.
==> Please give me the information I need to do so together with your pic <===  

deadline

I know that most of you are really busy - so am I ^^° - so I'll give you some time. Let's say the pictures should be handed in till June 1st 2007
  
How to contact me

If you want to participate or have questions, you can write a comment on this journal, write me a note or write me an e-mail (neomae@stargazerspride.net). Please don't write a comment on my main page, I may not see it!


We'll that's all for now. What do you think?

EDIT 1 (14.12.06):
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First of all thank you all for being interested in the project! :hug:
And thank you, :iconmommyspike: , for helping us to spread the word!

Additional image info
- The picture has to be 1000px height with 150dpi minimum
- The character has to be full body
- The pose has to be usable for a group picture, so it will mostly be standing poses. Also we could use some sitting, kneeling or squatting characters for the first row. But there is a limited number of characters in these poses (this number depends on the final number of characters we will have in the pic so I can't tell an exact number at the moment) so if you want to draw such a pose, please tell me in time! Also we could possibly add one or two flying characters - please tell me in time,too, if you'd like to do something like that! If you have any other special pose in mind, please note me and I will tell you, if this could be possible for the pic or not.
- light source: I've seen many cel shaded pictures and many episodes of different TV shows like "Gargoyles" and I realized that mostly the artists don't relate to a specific light source with their shadings. They use some sort of natural shadows like the shadow at the neck under the chin. It's not easy to explain this so if you don't know what I mean, you may have a look at cel shaded pictures by differente  artists or the "Gargoyles" TV show to get a feeling for where the shadows could be. However, if it becomes neccessary to add a specific light source, I will. Please tell me what you think about it! (EDITED, see in the rules section)

=> I opened a thread in my DA forum for those who are searching someone who draws their characters or for artists who are searching for characters they can draw: The GGPP character thread: neomae.deviantart.com/journal/… Maybe this could help some of you. <=

Questions that we have to answer
1. Should we use the TV-show Gargoyles, too, or just fan characters?
=> There will be a poll to get a decision when we have more participants.
2. Should there be a limit on the number of characters that an artist is allowed to submit to GGPP?
=> You can find more information about this in the forum: neomae.deviantart.com/journal/… You also can add your own thoughts there.
=> Also I made a poll to decide the matter: neomae.deviantart.com/journal/… Please vote, your vote is very important!

Artists who are interested in participating (alphebetical order)
Sephiroth-Turqu => own character Emily
animeangie
avator
AzraelGargoyle => himself
briannacherrygarcia => Ariana
DeyVarah => her old garg self and her character Shiva
CinsAngel => her own character and her mate
codaleia
dreamie => own characters of her and her mate
DTaina
Elik-Chan => himself
Epantiras => own character Nimravus, maybe Shen
JennyBlue
Joshernaut
kozispoon
maria-jaujou
MommySpike
Neomae => own character Nuit
paintedwolf => own characters
pinkgargess => own characters Rachel and Jennar
purplegoldfish => would draw Goliath and Garg-Elisa, if we decide to use the TV show gargyoles, too
Koofins  
rocky-chan => herself
Songficcer => own characters Sai and Tamores [first row poses]
Valky

Artists that didn't know/tell exactly
BrooklynBH => own character Anku
Kagaine => own character Elona (Kagaine/herself)
CrohnieOwnie
Silvolf => own character Bradley
VKahri => own characters

EDIT 2 (16.12.06): updated the participant list and the rules to make the recent changes visible better

EDIT 3 (21.12.06): updated the paticipant list
New information about the light source:
Epantiras wrote a comment about it and I really like her ideas, I think that they are very usefull: "I think that we might have a light source from above, not from the left or from the right (because when the light comes from a side, the shadows are influenced from how far the object from the light source is and... too complicated to put all the chars toghether then). Maybe we'd tell people not to make too strong and dramatic shadings as there was a strong light source. BTW I think you should tell people that you might need to change brigthness/contrast of pics in order to make them fit well with the others" I added this to the rules.
Artists who ask for help
- :iconpinkgargess: is earching for someone who colours her pictures
- :iconbrooklynx: is searching for someone who draws his characters
(if you want to be added here please write me a note)

EDIT 4 (3.1.2007): updated the participant list

I wish you all a happy and successfull year 2007 :hug:

I think our journal entry is getting somehow confusing so this will probably be the last update. The next project update will be a new journal entry with the updated rules and the polls to decide wether we use the disney characters or not and how many characters each person is allowed to add to the final picture.


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I wanted add mine to the mix if it's ok. Since I can't sleep and have been up for 2 weeks stright I should have mine done by tomorrow. I'm using a sitting pose. I hope it's ok?