Art Exchange!

[Shang]

I'm up for "fantasy" as well.  But, be warned, you ask for a dragon and you might get something that resembles an Archaeopteryx.

[BunnyBee]

Does anybody know if the people that haven't finished yet, plan to?

[Osiris]

Does anybody know if the people that haven't finished yet, plan to?

And if yes, when?

[Miniar]

*flails*
Finish!

[Silver]

Wow, I wasn't last. All right, let's see 'em!

Edit: Nevermind, thought it was done.

[Crow]

Does anybody know if the people that haven't finished yet, plan to?

One has contacted me and I'm fairly certain is working on it.

The other I'm not sure about? (I should probably send a reminder note to make sure...)

[FairyGirl]

I'm curious about all the art.

Oh, if we do themes I suggest the first be "dragons" because dragons are awesome.

I vote for dragons too! And geez I finished mine and had surgery already, I was hoping to see the results by now! If the person doing my request isn't finished it's okay, I did one of those too lol

[BunnyBee]

Same, if the person doing mine isn't finished it's okay.

[Crow]

Update time:

Person-number-one has informed me that they're aiming to have theirs done by Sunday and apologizes for the wait. 83

Still waiting on a reply from person-number-two, but I did send them a reminder note this morning. Hopefully I'll hear back soon. (If we haven't heard from them by the time person-number-one finishes, I'll go looking for a substitute artist. I would simply volunteer myself, but the subject matter they were assigned to draw is something that I'm flat-out incapable of drawing.)

[Osiris]

could we just post the ones done and then worry about the substitute piece later? I think people are excited to see what's done and many have said they don't mind if it's their piece that's waiting, they just want to see what's done.

[V M]

Just post the darned artworks already!!! Your all driving me nutsos talking about it all ready 

[Osiris]

Just post the darned artworks already!!! Your all driving me nutsos talking about it all ready 

My point exactly.

[Crypt77]

Haha I second that. But in reality, I just want to part take in the next one

[Crow]

Experience with exchanges on other sites indicates that posting exchange pictures before everything is done rarely ends well. Otherwise I would totally agree to that. D8

However, I can probably set up sign-ups for the next round while we're waiting, so we can get a head-start on that? I can probably have that up sometime tomorrow, if that sounds like a good plan~ Are we in agreement that Fantasy sounds like a good theme?

ALSO, if the pictures for this exchange aren't done by Sunday, I'm calling in substitutes, because it doesn't seem fair to make people wait TOO much longer. Hopefully we won't have to resort to that, but just in case... anyone who's interested in being an in-case-of-emergency substitute, contact me via PM between now and sunday?

[Osiris]

But I don't see how substitutes will make the wait shorter. The first peeps got over a month to work on theirs', how long would the substitutes get?

I'll also say if one of the left over pics happen to be mine feel free to post the rest even if that's not finished yet. Nothing says that their work can't be posted later. Honestly I don't think anyone would be like OMGZ I WAS TOTALLY LATE FOR THE DEADLINE AND YOU POSTED WITHOUT ME HOW COULD YOU?!!!

Seriously, they knew how long they had. If they go over why should everyone else have to wait for them to get their butts in gear or have someone else pick up the piece the should have done? If you post the ones finished now it takes the pressure off everyone else who has to finish before everyone gets tired of waiting.

But that's just my thoughts on it. I've not done any art exchanges before, maybe in the serious art circles you HAVE to wait for every piece to be done. *shrugs*

[Crow]

But taking the pressure off of people who need to finish is kind of a recipie for the people who need to finish relaxing and forgetting to do their art at all, and the people they were supposed to draw for not getting anything.

I frequently get called in to substitute for art exchanges on the otehr forum I frequent (mostly because I have no objections to being informed "quick, you have 24 hours to draw a picture, gogogo DRAW!"), and would be glad to volunteer in this case, too, except that I'm fairly certain my rendition of the request in question would look a bit like a 10-year-old drew it. OTL I mean, I could try if no one else has time/energy/desire, but I do not guarantee pretty results.

In any case, since I already informed our last two participants that they have until sunday to finish, it only seems fair to stick with that declaration and deal with it from there. Being the first exchange ever run here, there are sure to be some flaws in the system the first time around.

Next exchange, I'll be sure to plan in advance for this and put some kind of a system in place to prevent long waits from happening again. Right now it's 3:15am and my brain is a bit too groggy to solidify a plan, but I'll work on coming up with something tomorrow-- Suggestions are welcome if you happen to have any!

[Silver]

Well, what's the request? I'm not too good but I can try.

[Farm Boy]

So, what's the latest word?  Was a replacement artist needed?  I'll also volunteer myself if the request is within my capabilities. 

[Crow]

I'm pretty sure we found a replacement artist for the one request that wasn't finished. 83 Hopefully it'll be done, soon~

Sorry I've been so slow about getting the other exchange set up, by the way... I'm still trying to develop a plan for making sure this going-past-the-deadline situation doesn't happen again next time.

[BunnyBee]

Once the contest is set, list all the names and assignments in the first post of the thread and check people off as they finish.  Peer pressure is powerful.

Just an idea...