Fanart Awards Ceremony... coming soon! [Archive]

slaycandy

06-12-07, 02:01 PM

AFA: Awards Ceremony 2008

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The AFA is the newly formed 'Academy of Fan Artists' and this group aims to support and honour the many fabulous artists in our community, and as such, hold an annual award ceremony to celebrate the art produced in each year. This is a new idea, and I hope to see multiple artists sign up and join in on what could potentially be a really exciting and enjoyable ceremony.

In order to honour, the artwork of 2007, I thought that it might be nice to create an “Awards Ceremony” and vote for our favourite pieces from 2007. And since we will of course be having other award ceremonies early in the upcoming year, I thought it would be nice to follow the tradition of the Academy Awards, creating our very own “Academy of Fanart Artists”, or the AFA.

If you join the AFA, you will be permitted to submit one wallpaper to each category of the awards; and you will be able to vote for your top five in each category. However, in joining the AFA you are agreeing to vote – as these votes will be counted in order to find our winners. So, I must ask, only join up, if you are prepared to take the time and pick out your top five in a number of categories.

For more information on this awards ceremony please take the time to browse around the site located at http://left-unspoken.net/awards, and check out the rules before applying to join up. Nominations will begin on the 1st of January 2008, so make sure you are prepared for the nomination period, and keep up to date with the the nominations, voting, and award ceremony dates by checking back regularly!

Please also check out the AFA needs you section, I am looking for ways on how you think the ceremony itself should be organised, and prefered times to suit a lot of the members! So in saying that feel free to leave questions, suggestions, comments etc. here, I'll be checking back regularly to see what is being said.

I hope to get a lot of artists involved, and a lot of nominations for the categories, so spreading the word to other artists not on the forum is appreciated!

Final plea: I'll also be looking for volunteers to design some awards, so that we get a mixture of styles on these as well, so if you feel like you can take the time to design an award or two, check out the categories and let me know what you would like to do, and I'll mark you down for it!

I look forward to this ceremony, and hope that it goes well, and I hope that it is enjoyable and fun for everyone else too!
*hugs*
SJ
xox

galathea

06-12-07, 02:20 PM

That's a freakin' cool idea, Sayjay! :heart: I hope a lot of artists sign up and get this thing to fly. Already signed up! Looking forward to the procedure! ;)

slaycandy

06-12-07, 02:24 PM

I figured I would try and get it online about now, to give artists the chance to figure out what pieces they are going to nominate, once nominations open...That plus, I wanted to try and spread the word before the nominations began.

I hope to get enough entries in each category, I wasn't sure what the popular shows were, so I used the forum as kind of a guideline... but am open to suggestions of how to change the categories prior to the nominations beginning. I was tempted to split SPN episodic into seasons, since it has been quite popular this year in terms of art... but I'm not sure how many entries I would get for s3 or s1. Oh well!

I just really liked the idea, of it being the fanart community as a whole that decided the winners, rather than awards sites where you get one or two judges picking their favourites. So, we'll soon see if it works out or not!

SJ
xox

galathea

06-12-07, 02:37 PM

I figured I would try and get it online about now, to give artists the chance to figure out what pieces they are going to nominate, once nominations open...That plus, I wanted to try and spread the word before the nominations began. Definitely. People need some time to think it over and sign up. I am sure a lot of people will be willing to participate. Lately the fanart section is very quiet and maybe this is a good opportunity to get people out of their funk.

I hope to get enough entries in each category, I wasn't sure what the popular shows were, so I used the forum as kind of a guideline... but am open to suggestions of how to change the categories prior to the nominations beginning. I was tempted to split SPN episodic into seasons, since it has been quite popular this year in terms of art... but I'm not sure how many entries I would get for s3 or s1. Oh well! Well, I think this board is a good indication. Some fanart threads went down considerably, like the VM fanart thread. Others really were more busy, like the Misc. Fanart thread. SN surely is one of the most popular ones, I am not sure how many people still made S1 fanart in 07, I know I didn't, but a lot of people only joined the SN love this year and so it's entirely possible that you would get enough entries if you split it up. Although not much S3 art so far. :lol: I'll think about the categories, if I have any ideas, I'll let you know. :)

I just really liked the idea, of it being the fanart community as a whole that decided the winners, rather than awards sites where you get one or two judges picking their favourites. So, we'll soon see if it works out or not! Yeah, it's a great idea. :heart:

omri

06-12-07, 03:08 PM

sent an application for members! That is a really great Idea!

slaycandy

06-12-07, 03:39 PM

Well, I think this board is a good indication. Some fanart threads went down considerably, like the VM fanart thread. Others really were more busy, like the Misc. Fanart thread. SN surely is one of the most popular ones, I am not sure how many people still made S1 fanart in 07, I know I didn't, but a lot of people only joined the SN love this year and so it's entirely possible that you would get enough entries if you split it up. Although not much S3 art so far. :lol: I'll think about the categories, if I have any ideas, I'll let you know. :)

That's pretty much my way of thinking... I thought VM still had a few pieces made this year, enough to justify a category for itself you know? Much like Heroes it has a few artists that have done pieces for it, but not enough to give it extra categories within the show.

There are a lot of people who have done SPN art this year, and a lot of new artists who have joined the trend. I know I've made a few s1 pieces this year, and there's other artists who have too... but not sure there are enough for it to stand alone. S2 on the other hand has had a whole pile of pieces this year. I think there have been a fair few s3 pieces done already this season, just not as much as after S2 aired... I know I've seen some awesome pieces from yourself, Jenni-Lou, but a lot of the S3 art has actually been character, or couple related, the amount of Sam/Ruby walls I have seen is amazing!

Linda suggested a Charmed category, but not so sure there's many artists who have done Charmed pieces this year. I'm afraid I think I'll be keeping that in the Misc category. I'm still not 100% certain about the pilot season category, as I know I've seen a few gossip girl pieces, or pushing daisies etc, and I know I've done Moonlight... but not sure there's going to be a whole lot of entries!

SJ
xox

omri

06-12-07, 04:11 PM

VM deservs a category. I alone made so much art this passed year. And not just many other people did.

galathea

06-12-07, 04:28 PM

That's pretty much my way of thinking... I thought VM still had a few pieces made this year, enough to justify a category for itself you know? Much like Heroes it has a few artists that have done pieces for it, but not enough to give it extra categories within the show. It's difficult. If you look at the replies in the fanart section, there's no doubt that BtVS (176 replies) and SN (107 replies) are the leading show categories. The Misc. Section is the only section that's as popular as well (124 replies). If you give AtS a section of its own (53 replies) you might have to consider to give VM (35) one as well. Heroes is a lot less popular (19), but you have a better comparison when you look at the fanart archives that you host. How do '9th Wonders' and 'Superfine' do with new fanart entries? Would they justify a category of its own?

There are a lot of people who have done SPN art this year, and a lot of new artists who have joined the trend. I know I've made a few s1 pieces this year, and there's other artists who have too... but not sure there are enough for it to stand alone. S2 on the other hand has had a whole pile of pieces this year. I think there have been a fair few s3 pieces done already this season, just not as much as after S2 aired... I know I've seen some awesome pieces from yourself, Jenni-Lou, but a lot of the S3 art has actually been character, or couple related, the amount of Sam/Ruby walls I have seen is amazing! Yeah, we had a lot of newcomers to the SN fanart community this year and I recall quite a lot of S1 entries for 07. S3 had less entries so far as S2 had last year. Again, maybe we should look to 'Provenance' to see if it deserves a split. On the other hand, SN would be the only category with a seasonal split then, would that be fair in regard to the other shows?

Linda suggested a Charmed category, but not so sure there's many artists who have done Charmed pieces this year. I'm afraid I think I'll be keeping that in the Misc category. I'm still not 100% certain about the pilot season category, as I know I've seen a few gossip girl pieces, or pushing daisies etc, and I know I've done Moonlight... but not sure there's going to be a whole lot of entries! I don't see a category of its own for Charmed either. I think it would be best in the Misc. Section. I haven't seen many entries for the new shows yet, mostly some Moonlight pieces. I have no real idea yet on how to best organise that section.

debbiefm

06-12-07, 09:27 PM

Jenni Lou

06-12-07, 10:07 PM

Love the idea, SayJay. I will surely join up when I get a moment. :)

:celebration:

BlasterBoy

06-12-07, 10:32 PM

Amazing job! Great idea, too! :heart: :hug:

I can't wait for it :)

Pandora's_Box

07-12-07, 12:23 AM

slaycandy

07-12-07, 12:23 AM

What a brilliant idea and you have put a lot of time and effort into the site ....it looks brilliant. :2party: I would soo love to join but alas I don't have a website and haven't a clue how to do one. :s Looking forward to seeing all the nominations come in and seeing who wins.

You don't need a website to join up and vote... so long as you are a 'fan artist' and have more than 20 pieces posted online (which I'm sure you probably have on these forums) then you are eligible... I just made that rule to make it for the fanart community, rather than for lots of random people trying to join up and gate-crash as such, :P

SJ
xox

slaycandy

07-12-07, 12:30 AM

A Ceremony Awards I won't be hosting, talking about holidays:lol:
I have a question. Do you have to own a website to sign up for the AFA cause I haven't but I'd really like to sign up, I love the idea.

For the categories, if I can make a suggestion, I think the AFA would be more popular with more general nominations as: Best Unique Piece, Best Blending, Best Haunting Piece, Best Colorful Piece, Best Crazy Piece, Best Unregulared Sized Piece, Best Boxy-Style Piece, Best Guest-Character Piece, Best Two-Colors Piece even Best Bad-Episode Piece:lol:. Cause as it been said, a lot of Pieces here are Buffy's so I think the more categories people could apply to, the more people would sign-up...

Hey hun, see my reply above about joining up for voting/nominating...

Also, I had thought about the lots of categories for different styles etc... but there are just so many that I wouldn't know which to include and which not to... and some people may prefer I do one and not another, while others feel the opposite... I thought doing it by shows, and categories like that, it would be easy for someone to know what piece falls into what category, the categories would be much clearer for when it comes to nominating etc, and also I think it's nicer to see lots of different styles and techniques within a category.

I go have additional categories however, such as: best Drama piece, best comedy piece, best tearjerker, and so on, I think I did about 4 of these... love scene I think was theother, to cover some of that ground, and open it up to a multitude of shows...

But, depending on discussions go prior to the nominations opening, it all may change!

SJ
xox

Pandora's_Box

07-12-07, 12:41 AM

You do not need to enter every category
I'm not clear on that part, do we need to enter every category with a piece of ours? Cause right now I only did Buffy's art.

galathea

07-12-07, 12:45 AM

I'm not clear on that part, do we need to enter every category with a piece of ours? Cause right now I only did Buffy's art. You don't need to enter into every category. You don't even need to enter in every BtVS category, you just enter the BtVS pieces that you want to contribute and leave the rest. I only did SN art this year, so I'll enter in the 3 SN categories and that's it. :)

Pandora's_Box

07-12-07, 12:52 AM

Okay, great, cause I was prepared to do in 20 days 3 Supernatural Pieces, 3 Angel Pieces, one Heroes, one Veronica Mars and one Bones Piece :lol: :lol:

galathea

07-12-07, 12:55 AM

Okay, great, cause I was prepared to do in 20 days 3 Supernatural Pieces, 3 Angel Pieces, one Heroes, one Veronica Mars and one Bones Piece :lol: :lol: :roll: :roll: I doubt many artists would join up if they had to do that! :lol: Especially so close to Christmas! :D

Oh, I have another question: How about wallpaper remakes? Can we enter them or does only the date of the original art count? And what if people wish to enter the same wallpaper into 2 different categories, can they do that? For example if I think my best episodic SN wallpaper would also be my biggest tearjearker one, could I enter it in 2 categories?

slaycandy

07-12-07, 12:55 AM

You don't need to enter into every category. You don't even need to enter in every BtVS category, you just enter the BtVS pieces that you want to contribute and leave the rest. I only did SN art this year, so I'll enter in the 3 SN categories and that's it. :)

Heh thanks hun, yes basically the bottom line is you only enter in the categories that you have pieces for, you are allowed one entry per category... so if you have pieces that fall into three of the categories, then you can enter 3 pieces... alternatively, if you can enter them all, you can do that too!

And Chris hun, I do hope to see some pieces entered in the other categories such as:
Best Tearjerker, or Best Drama, etc I'm sure you could find some more pieces... and forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't I see a Wonderfalls piece earlier this year? ;) I'm sure there's plenty of categories your art will fit into, :)

You do not need to nominate any pieces to vote, so long as you are a member, you will still recieve the voting form when I send them out.

SJ
xox

slaycandy

07-12-07, 12:57 AM

:roll: :roll: I doubt many artists would join up if they had to do that! :lol: Especially so close to Christmas! :D

Oh, I have another question: How about wallpaper remakes? Can we enter them or does only the date of the original art count?

I would say that remakes are new pieces of art based on old pieces... so, I'd say you can enter them... but, if all you did was change the colouring or something I would say no...(although with the awesome re-makes you have done, like The Mask, I am sure this doesn't apply to you!)

SJ
xox

galathea

07-12-07, 01:01 AM

I would say that remakes are new pieces of art based on old pieces... so, I'd say you can enter them... but, if all you did was change the colouring or something I would say no...(although with the awesome re-makes you have done, like The Mask, I am sure this doesn't apply to you!) LMAO yeah, I was thinking of The Mask, since I would probably want to enter that particular one and wasn't sure if I could! Oh yeah, I forgot the other categories .. I'll surely enter in drama and tearjearker and such, probably even in celebs. Thing is I would only nominate stuff of mine that I think is particularly impressive, so I don't think I would enter my Wonderfalls wall. :lol: ;)

slaycandy

07-12-07, 01:10 AM

LMAO yeah, I was thinking of The Mask, since I would probably want to enter that particular one and wasn't sure if I could!

Shhh, nominations are supposed to stay secret until the nominees are announced ;)

Lol, I know we're just discussing things right now, but I thought I'd just re-instate that for this thread in case anyone stated a little convo about noms, :P

SJ
x

galathea

07-12-07, 01:12 AM

Shhh, nominations are supposed to stay secret until the nominees are announced ;)

Lol, I know we're just discussing things right now, but I thought I'd just re-instate that for this thread in case anyone stated a little convo about noms, :P LOL okay, sorry I was just going through my stuff and that question popped up. I guess you didn't see my edit: What if someone wishes to enter the same wallpaper in 2 different categories. Would they be allowed to do so?

slaycandy

07-12-07, 01:17 AM

LOL okay, sorry I was just going through my stuff and that question popped up. I guess you didn't see my edit: What if someone wishes to enter the same wallpaper in 2 different categories. Would they be allowed to do so?

Yip... that's Okey Dokey, ;-)
I really wanted to say that, lol, watched Night-Shifter again recently... soz, off topic now!

Bottom line is: one entry per category, if you wish to enter the same piece in more than one that's fine, if you have a fab 'love scene' piece that you think is also a 'tearjerker' and also 'dramatic' and you love that piece to... well... pieces, then enter it in all three... but the categories are there to give you the option to enter different pieces. :)

SJ
xox

little albatross

07-12-07, 01:31 AM

Also, I had thought about the lots of categories for different styles etc... but there are just so many that I wouldn't know which to include and which not to... and some people may prefer I do one and not another, while others feel the opposite... I thought doing it by shows, and categories like that, it would be easy for someone to know what piece falls into what category, the categories would be much clearer for when it comes to nominating etc, and also I think it's nicer to see lots of different styles and techniques within a category.

I go have additional categories however, such as: best Drama piece, best comedy piece, best tearjerker, and so on, I think I did about 4 of these... love scene I think was theother, to cover some of that ground, and open it up to a multitude of shows...

But, depending on discussions go prior to the nominations opening, it all may change!

SJ
xox

The categories based on style is a nice idea, but I think it would be hard to implement because it's hard to define styles of art sometimes, or you can often find different styles within one piece. I think the categories are broad enough for more people to enter, but still get a fair shot. :) Maybe just one other category for Favorite Style or Most Unique or something would do, just to cover the "style" aspect of fan art.

Anyway, I think you've got a good number of categories right now. I'm not saying that you should just keep them the way they are just to keep it at that number, but adding too many more would be a little off-putting come voting time...for me, at least.

slaycandy

07-12-07, 01:40 AM

Following on from the suggestion from Clement, how about some more open categories such as:

Best Use of Stocks
Best Use of Texture/Brushes
Best Use of Lighting/Colour
Best Composition

To give some people other categories to enter into?

I also think I will merge the Pilot Season Category with the Misc, unsure there would be a lot of entries.

Similarly although Bones seems to be fairly popular on the boards, I think Jenni-Lou has dominated that section, lol, a couple of artists like ciderdrinker etc I think I have seen pieces from in there too, and Dana just did a nice Bones piece, so not sure if it will/won't be popular... if you want Bones to stay a separate category let me know!

Also, I think I might ditch the celeb grouping, as can't really think of a piece involving a group of celebs apart from musicians, and not seena lot of them, cast pieces, I think would fall under their tv show categories... or maybe not, maybe people would put them under this category.

Basically I don't want TOO many categories, as that would make voting lengthier for our members, but I want the categories to be ones that the members WANT to enter into.

It's still open to discussion as I said... I want this to be what the people want as a whole!

SJ
xox

slaycandy

07-12-07, 01:44 AM

Anyway, I think you've got a good number of categories right now. I'm not saying that you should just keep them the way they are just to keep it at that number, but adding too many more would be a little off-putting come voting time...for me, at least.

Lol, just read your comment after I made my last post, that's exactly what I was thinking... in order to get people to vote, I don't want to overload them with categories, so if I do add in new ones, I want to condense the ones I have a little bit more...

Perhaps just do:
BtVS episodic
AtS episodic
BtVS/Ats Character
BtVS/Ats Couple

?

Although, I'm sure those who only art Buffy & Angel would feel they were losing out, despite the extra categories I would be adding in... comments?

SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

07-12-07, 01:54 AM

I'd love for Bones to stay in its own category! :) It has its own subforum here and gets a fair amount of posts. The fanart might be a little slow coming in but it should be noted that the entire fanart section has been in a lull for a month or so now anyway. :/

Pandora's_Box

07-12-07, 02:11 AM

Also, I think I might ditch the celeb grouping
I agree with that.

Perhaps just do:
BtVS episodic
AtS episodic
BtVS/Ats Character
BtVS/Ats Couple
I don't really agree with that, Buffy and Angel are the two most popular shows at this forum, I don't see any reason to merge them and let Supernatural have it's own Character Award.
For the Couple Award, I'm not so sure about it but still, better than Group cause honestly I haven't seen that much of Cast/Group art and I don't see it at the most interesting kind. But why doesn't switch it by Best Guest Wallpaper or Best Villain wallpaper,

galathea

07-12-07, 02:28 AM

I don't really agree with that, Buffy and Angel are the two most popular shows at this forum, I don't see any reason to merge them and let Supernatural have it's own Character Award.
Actually the two most popular shows fanartwise are BtVS and Supernatural by far. AtS only comes far behind. Not that I don't think it should have its own category, just that's how it is.

Overall I am with JJ and Sayjay and think there shouldn't be too many categories, personally I think the one's available at the beginning were really okay. Stylistic categories are too hard to distinguish and I think things should be kept as simple as possible.

Kold

07-12-07, 02:33 AM

The rules say I must have over 20 pieces of fanart online to join... links to my old art died on BuffyWorld... do you want me to repost it here or can I sign up without doing that?

slaycandy

07-12-07, 02:40 AM

I agree with that.
I don't really agree with that, Buffy and Angel are the two most popular shows at this forum, I don't see any reason to merge them and let Supernatural have it's own Character Award.
For the Couple Award, I'm not so sure about it but still, better than Group cause honestly I haven't seen that much of Cast/Group art and I don't see it at the most interesting kind. But why doesn't switch it by Best Guest Wallpaper or Best Villain wallpaper,

Honeslty I haven't seen many Angel character pieces at all this year and wouldn't know of all that many artists who would enter into this category... and so merging the character groups into one category would help... also how do you distinguish between whether a Spike, Angel, Cordy, Wesley or Faith piece is Buffy or Angel character related? Merging them into one category, would eliminate this ambiguity, and also still get a lot of entries... and in merging this category, I could add in some new categories that BtVS artists could also enter such as these that I listed earlier:

Best Use of Stocks
Best Use of Texture/Brushes
Best Use of Lighting/Colour
Best Composition

Similarly I think you underestimate how many couple/group pieces there have been this year, I know J.J. did the Buffy/Wesley piece, and I guess that could go under BtVS couple, or AtS couple... I've seen Angel/Darla pieces which could fall under either... Spike/Dru, and a lot of Spuffy and Bangel art as always. I think the couples category will be popular, but also feel that splitting it into BtVS OR Angel, makes it hard to decide what pieces will go in what category.

Suggesting that Supernatural shouldn't get a character category, just because I am merging the BtVS and AtS character category is hardly fair, since SPN has had far more art this year in this category than BtVS... or at least, from my updates of Wallflowers and Provenance, I would say so, there have been so many Dean and Sam centric wallpapers, and only a handful of Buffy centric pieces... and barely any for other characters. BtVS would STILL have a character category, only it would be sharing it with Angel characters too.

If I were to add in the above four categories, to allow for more entries, and a mixture of series for one category, the current categories I would eliminate are: pilot season, group celebs, ats couple (and merge with btvs) and ats character (to merge with btvs). I would remove four and add the four listed above. In other words I would be removing two categories that BtVS-only artists could enter, to add in four new categories that they could enter... so I don't understand why you would disagree with this move when you would be gaining extra categories?

As mentioned, there is still plenty of time for changes to be made, etc. But I do like the idea of some changes, nothing is final until January 1st!

SJ
xox

slaycandy

07-12-07, 02:41 AM

The rules say I must have over 20 pieces of fanart online to join... links to my old art died on BuffyWorld... do you want me to repost it here or can I sign up without doing that?

Lol, I'm sure I can trust that you had 20 pieces, as mentioned before it's pretty much just a rule to keep non-fanartists out of it.
SJ
x

slaycandy

07-12-07, 05:19 AM

Okay, I feel like I am spamming my own thread here, but have been thinking on this Categories issue for a while... sticking with the same number of categories at present, but with some slight changes, how does this sound for revised categories?

Revised Categories:

Supernatural:
· Best Episodic
· Best Character Centric
· Best Couple/Group

BtVS/Ats:
· Best BtVS Episodic
· Best AtS Episodic
· Best Character Centric
· Best Couple/Group

Other Series:
· Best Heroes
· Best Veronica Mars
· Best Bones
· Best “Other Series”

More:
· Best Celebrity Piece
· Best Film Art
· Best Wallscroll

Emotions:
· Best Dramatic
· Best Love Scene
· Best Comedic
· Best Tearjerker

Techniques:
· Best Use of Stocks
· Best Use of Lighting/Colour
· Best Use of Textures/Brushes
· Best Use of Composition

Main Event:
· Best Artist
· Best Wallpaper

There are 8 categories at the end there open to any television series, and thus multiple artists can enter, and the categories above that should all be able to get quite a few entries... views? thoughts? comments etc?

I am off to bed so will be back to check tomorrow!
*hugs to all*
SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

07-12-07, 05:25 AM

I think it sounds great, SJ. :)

:hug:

little albatross

07-12-07, 05:34 AM

Sounds good to me. I like the open-ended categories, considering most of my art does not fall under the mainstream fandoms :p And I was going to ask about movie art (not that I make so much myself), but I see you've included that ;)

digitalMindy

07-12-07, 06:56 AM

I've joined because I'd really like to be in on the voting, I'll submit a few pieces as well but mostly I just want to make my opinion count.

And I think I might just sign up for the award design also.

Pandora's_Box

07-12-07, 12:37 PM

Suggesting that Supernatural shouldn't get a character category, just because I am merging the BtVS and AtS character category is hardly fair
No, no I wasn't, I was suggesting to unmerge BtVS/Ats not to cancel Supernatural Character nomination.

Yeah, I didn't realised that before, but there isn't a lot of Angel pieces so I agree with the merging after all. I also like the other categories.
What would be the difference bewteen Dramatic and Tear-Jerking piece?

slaycandy

07-12-07, 12:58 PM

What would be the difference bewteen Dramatic and Tear-Jerking piece?

Dramatic - a wallpaper that best captures a dramatic element of a scene.

Tearjerker - a wallpaper that best evokes emotions in the viewers, capturing a moment that would make you tear-up.

Ie. The Dramatic last Stand in Angel wouldn't exactly make me tear up, but Wesley lying dying in Illyria's arms might. etc.

SJ
xox

PS. good to know these new categories are quite well received right now. I'll wait and see how many others like these before officially changing anything.

~M@rie~

07-12-07, 04:07 PM

Amantine

07-12-07, 06:25 PM

Awesome idea, Sayjay! Really looking forward to how everything's gonna go along...

debbiefm

07-12-07, 07:14 PM

You don't need a website to join up and vote... so long as you are a 'fan artist' and have more than 20 pieces posted online (which I'm sure you probably have on these forums) then you are eligible... I just made that rule to make it for the fanart community, rather than for lots of random people trying to join up and gate-crash as such, :P

SJ
xox

Yipeee!! Count me in.:2party:

amy1234

07-12-07, 09:16 PM

Great Idea sayjay! I Cant wait!

slaycandy

08-12-07, 12:52 AM

Yay! I'm glad there's a lot of excitement about this! I have now updated the website with the revised categories, added in a whole lot of members, and added in the awards a couple of artists will be designing, ooooo!

I leave for Spain early tomorrow morning, so new members won't be added until I get back, so don't worry if you don't see your name added to the list for a while, I'll be catching up asap!

*hugs*
SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

08-12-07, 02:44 AM

Awesome work, babe! Have fun in Spain. :wave:

I look forward to taking part in the awards! :)

ciderdrinker

08-12-07, 11:40 AM

Just got back from holiday and very excited about this - have applied already!

Just an idea - I know the conversation about the categories has dried up a bit, but how about a Best Newcomer award. For someone who has entered a lot of pieces but is still relatively new to Fanart (started in the last year for example). I can think of a few on here and some have signed up already. I think that might be a nice way to give encouragement to those who's work isn't as accomplished as some of the more experienced fanartists, but are still really keen and want to learn.

Pandora's_Box

09-12-07, 12:15 AM

Yeah, I think this is a neat idea ciderdrinker!

slaycandy

10-12-07, 12:44 PM

I did thnk of doing a Best Breakthrough Artist category, but at the end of the day, I felt like I just kept coming up with more and more categories, and so, decided to stop at the ones I had, just in case it got to be too many.

If people do want this category, and don´t mind a 25th category being added to the list, then post here and let me know, majority rules, so if you want your say to count be sure and post it!

I have had a few more applicants since being away, but as mentioned can´t actually update. So, I have written this in the replies, but on the off chance I didn´t reply to you - I will be updating on Sunday 16th, if you notice that I have missed you out, email and let me know, it´s just that my inbox is jam-packed, and it is entirely possible that I have skipped one by accident, don´t hesitate to get in touch and query it! I am however going to try and do my best to get everyone added in on Sunday.

Glad that the interest in this is still going well, and people seem to be getting excited. Start thinking of your nominations, as it´s really tough to decide what you want to enter... I only stopped to think about it the night before I left and quickly gave up realising I just didn´t have the time! Lol.

hugs to all!
SJ
xox

LRae12

10-12-07, 09:55 PM

:lol: what's one more category? :roll:

I'm all for it....but what constitutes 'new'? :p

slaycandy

11-12-07, 04:26 PM

Well since this awards ceremony is celebrating only the art from 1st January to 31st December 2007 then I think a "new" artist would be someone who has just started making art in this year span... so not really someone who had been doing art prior to then.
SJ
x

slaycandy

12-12-07, 04:35 PM

Just to update on here, since I can´t update the site *sighs* Bre will be designing 1st place Btvs Episodic, 1st Place Angel Episodic, 2nd Place Best Couple/Group, as well as 1st place best Love Scene, and 2nd Place Best Drama Scene. (This is in addition to the categories already claimed by J.J. Galathea and Omri)

If anyone does want to snag another category to design an award for let me soon and I´ll add you in when I get back, and update this post!

SJ
xox

slaycandy

20-12-07, 05:37 PM

Hey guys, I have been contemplating how to arrange the nominations forms for the awards ceremony, and the original plan, was to send out an email to all of the current members with the 'Nominations Form' as an email, so it went straight to your inbox, ready for you to reply whenever you had the time and you were ready.

However, I had another idea, that I would just email all of the members with a link to a page where the nominations form will be, and you'll fill it in much any other form online rather than just replying as an email.

What I was wondering is which method you would prefer? Obviously if it is online then you just need to the save link and you can go back any time to check it out, but if it's in your inbox it may clog it up. Then again, having it at an email may be easier to quickly reply to rather than having to fill out the details like your name, email address etc as you would need to by filling it out online.

Again, I want this to run as smoothly as possible, so if you have comments/suggestions let me know, and I'll see what works best for you so that I can organise the nomination forms for 1st January! :)

Also, I only have 3 yes votes for the extra category of "Best New Artist" and 31 members, so if anyone else does want to see this category added, please let me know, because at the moment, it's not looking likely!

SJ
xox

amy1234

20-12-07, 05:57 PM

You can add another vote for that best new artist it sounds like a good idea!
and I think I'd prefer it to be email just because that something I check fairly regularly any way's so I think that would be easier :D

debbiefm

20-12-07, 07:02 PM

Add my vote too for the best new artist. I completely forgot to let you know. I actually have no preference as to how I get the nomination form, whatever is easiest for you.:)

galathea

20-12-07, 07:25 PM

Also, I only have 3 yes votes for the extra category of "Best New Artist" and 31 members, so if anyone else does want to see this category added, please let me know, because at the moment, it's not looking likely!

SJ
xox Uhm the question is, are there even any artists on that members list who only started out with fanart this year? Because if that criterion is only met by 1 or two artists, that category doesn't make any sense, does it? :confused:

slaycandy

20-12-07, 07:40 PM

Uhm the question is, are there even any artists on that members list who only started out with fanart this year? Because if that criterion is only met by 1 or two artists, that category doesn't make any sense, does it? :confused:

Lol... I didn't really look at how many there were. I know thar Marilyne and Amantine are new, but from the list I can only really see maybe another one - the rest I reckon have all been art-ing prior to 2007. And since I am looking at gettin 7 entries for most categories, I think it's best to stick to the categories we have! Thanks hun for pointing that out, I just assumed there were more when it was suggested!

SJ
xox

galathea

20-12-07, 08:14 PM

Lol... I didn't really look at how many there were. I know thar Marilyne and Amantine are new, but from the list I can only really see maybe another one - the rest I reckon have all been art-ing prior to 2007. And since I am looking at gettin 7 entries for most categories, I think it's best to stick to the categories we have! Thanks hun for pointing that out, I just assumed there were more when it was suggested!

SJe
xox Heh, Marilyne does fanart since 2001! :D From the members I only know that Ari started out this year, so yeah, even if you found another one it would hardly add up to 7 artists. ;)

Pandora's_Box

20-12-07, 08:40 PM

galathea

20-12-07, 08:44 PM

I do fanart since less than a year...maybe ciderdrinker, LRae12, debbiefm, amy1234, kold, Amantine that would do 7 members...Maybe there isn't 7 members but it worths the shot!

Who does fanart pieces since less than a year?? Ciderdrinker, Kold, Amy and debbiefm most certainly did fanart before 2007, I remember them entering at BW challenges. Not sure about Laurie, got to ask her I guess.

Pandora's_Box

20-12-07, 08:50 PM

Laurie, I think I remember her entering her first piece in less than a year, but I guess it's far from 7 members still!!

Zugma

20-12-07, 08:55 PM

galathea

20-12-07, 08:56 PM

Laurie, I think I remember her entering her first piece in less than a year, but I guess it's far from 7 members still!! Yeah! :( Maybe some more people sign in that would qualify! I know Ben (Blaster Boy) started out this year as did Kim (Cinderela) ... not sure if anybody else. Would certainly be nice to have Best Newcomer in there, but we would really need more people for that category.

Jenni Lou

20-12-07, 09:10 PM

Well, I will let y'all figure out the Best New Artists thing because I am not sure if there are many either. :/

And SayJay, to be honest, I don't mind which method is implemented for the nominations. Either one works for me actually. :)

little albatross

20-12-07, 09:25 PM

Going along with what Jenni Lou and Olga said, Sayjay, whichever one is more convenient for you works for me ;) Just to add something else, I do everything by e-mail (and that is probably one of the few things with an actual organization system :p), so that method would work out fine for me!

I never want to be a downer, but my only problem with a Best Newcomer category is that a category or two that I liked were cut because sayjay wasn't sure they'd be successful. :s I'm not complaining, because I agreed with her decision, but it seems that it would get more or less the same amount of nominations as other ones she cut.

debbiefm

20-12-07, 09:28 PM

Ciderdrinker, Kold, Amy and debbiefm most certainly did fanart before 2007, I remember them entering at BW challenges. Not sure about Laurie, got to ask her I guess.

Yeah galathea is right, I started doing fanart in about April 2006 and posted a few crappy ones on BW. I thought there were more newbies than there actually are. :) Guess there would be no point doing a best new fanartist catergory...maybe a most improved?

LRae12

21-12-07, 01:47 AM

Laurie, I think I remember her entering her first piece in less than a year, but I guess it's far from 7 members still!!

:lol: Sadly it doesn't show in my art, but I started arting back when Alias was in Season 2 in America...so however many years ago that was...:lol:

Pandora's_Box

21-12-07, 02:07 AM

slaycandy

21-12-07, 02:12 AM

Well, thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it. I think I am going to stick to my original idea of just emailing it out, as it'll save spam emails from a form online on my end (selfish, I know, but since no one seems to be bothered, I figured I'd go with it!).

As for the new artist category, it sounded like a really great idea, to be able to award an artist who has perhaps just started out and just finding their feet, so I was behind the idea in theory, but seeing the sheer amount of artists that have actually been art-ing for some time, just really highlights the unattainable level of entries and thus kind of seals the fate of this category, sorry for those who wanted to see it.

As mentioned before, there are a lot of categories that I would like to see. I am still uncertain on the Bones one, as am trying to count how many artists would do it, obviously I know of Jenni-Lou, Nikki, Dana, Ciderdrinker off the top of my head, and I know the thread has been quite busy... but I'm not sure there are enough to justify the category, I must admit I am a little worried. But, we won't know until we try it, I guess!

But, I haven't technically cut any categories, just merged a few together. The BtVS/AtS couple/group categories were merged, as were the character ones. Similarly I merged the female & male celebrities category, to allow for the film art category, as I know there has been a fair bit of Harry Potter art, among other films this year. And the only other category removed was "Pilot Series" and although there have been a fair few pieces from the latest shows, I was sure there were enough again, but these series can of course be entered into the 'Misc shows' category.

There are currently 24 categories in total, which is a lot, and I don't really want to add to that. But had the Best New Artist category been reasonable, and enough people wanted to see it in there, I would have added it, as I think these categories should be finalised by everyone, and not just me. Which is why I opened it all up to discussion.

Wow, that was a really long post, sorry for the rambling guys! But, thanks again for all of the comments and feedback, it really helps me on this end try to figure out how to get everything done!
*hugs to all*
Sayjay
xox

LRae12

21-12-07, 02:29 AM

No, no, I didn't base on your art quality :lol:
It's just that I'm on the forum since February and I don't remember seeing post fanart until a few months, so I thought...whatever. I really like your pieces Laurie, I do!

oh no - it's ok - I wasn't insulted at all...:hug: Just stating a fact...and plus, you're right I didn't art for a few years in between my Alias addiction and my Buffy addiction on BW....then I went another year or two between arting on BW and here - so you're kinda right....I just art in bursts and then lose interest/muse for a long while...:lol:

Sayjay, thanks for doing this - it really does sound like a lot of fun...:hug: Do you have any estimate on when we'll begin? :hug:

Pandora's_Box

21-12-07, 02:35 AM

I can't wait!!!!! Congratulations again for what you're doing Sayjay!!!
BRAVO :2party:

slaycandy

21-12-07, 02:36 AM

Sayjay, thanks for doing this - it really does sound like a lot of fun...:hug: Do you have any estimate on when we'll begin? :hug:

Dates are all posted on the website, but, I since it's art from 1st January - 31st December 2007 I figured nominations couldn't begin until 1st January just in case anyone makes some between now and then that they want to slip in there, ;)

But then, I am going along with the dates for the Academy Awards, and nominations will be announced on the same day 22nd of January (I think) and the awards ceremony itself will be held the same day (at a time suiting most members) the 23rd of February. And The nominating period ends just before they are announced on the 21st of January. After the nominations are announced on the 22nd, I'll be sending out the voting forms to everyone, and you have until the 19th of February (same day final polls close for Academy Awards) so roughly 3 weeks to vote, so it should be plenty of time for everyone to get a chance to find time to vote, :)

The 19th-22nd of February is reserved for me to check all the votes, count them, re-count them, and make sure everything is correct, then add the names to the awards that have been made before the awards ceremony!

Hope that makes sense. I used the Academy Awards dates to make it a little more novel, and to sort of follow their tradition. And because I am unoriginal, I sort of snatched the title, Academy of F.A. Awards, lol. ;)

SJ
xox

LRae12

21-12-07, 02:38 AM

Sayjay, thanks for doing this - it really does sound like a lot of fun...:hug: Do you have any estimate on when we'll begin? :hug:

oh, wait - nevermind - I looked on the sight and you clearly told us when it would begin...:lol: Sorry.

But I do have one other question - are we supposed to nominate our OWN work or that of others?

slaycandy

21-12-07, 03:01 AM

oh, wait - nevermind - I looked on the sight and you clearly told us when it would begin...:lol: Sorry.

But I do have one other question - are we supposed to nominate our OWN work or that of others?

Each artist will be sent a voting form to nominate your own pieces. This allows for the artist to pick their favourite pieces, and what they think is their best work for each category. This means that you have complete control over what pieces of yours will be nominated and for what categories.

Remember the rules though all pieces you are nominating must be kept secret until the nominations announcement in Janaury when everyone will find out the nominees.

When you get your voting slip, you vote for your top 5 (or 3 depending on number of entries) for each category, but you're obviously not allowed to vote for your own.

Hope that helps.

SJ
xox

BlasterBoy

21-12-07, 03:03 AM

Great idea! Just entered :)

~M@rie~

21-12-07, 04:21 AM

For the voting system, just do what is easier for you Sayjay.

And I can't wait for the nominations to begin. This is going to be really fun! :):hug:

slaycandy

01-01-08, 07:18 PM

As discussed I went with the email forms to do the nominations, and they have now been sent out to all of the current members of the AFA. Any further members to sign up will receive their nominations form after.

Sorry I've been missing, I've been busy fighting with Christmas decorations I'm attempting to pack away. Lol.

If you have any questions or queries at all please just comment and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. If you haven't received your nominations form and you are on the members list email me and I'll just send it over.

Note that the forms were sent to the email address you signed up with, not any other address that I may have.

Have fun nominating, and I can't wait to announce them all in a few weeks time!

Sayjay
xox

EDIT: Just a question, but is anyone interested in having a running total of how many pieces are nominated in each category while the nominations period is open? I'd update every couple of days I guess as I am keeping a file to keep track of the nominations, and just wanted to know what your opinion would be on knowing how the nominations are going? Let me know!

Pandora's_Box

02-01-08, 02:50 AM

EDIT: Just a question, but is anyone interested in having a running total of how many pieces are nominated in each category while the nominations period is open? I'd update every couple of days I guess as I am keeping a file to keep track of the nominations, and just wanted to know what your opinion would be on knowing how the nominations are going? Let me know!
I think that's a great idea and thanks again for doing this. :hug:

QUESTION...
I hope it's never been asked.
Can we enter wallscrolls for the 6th grouping?

slaycandy

02-01-08, 04:04 PM

Okay, the nominations count has been added to the webpage, and can be viewed, here: http://www.left-unspoken.net/awards/noms.php

As for wallsrcolls, I suppose they can be submitted to category groups 5 and 6, the emotions and techniques categories. The categories above that are specific to wallpapers, but these ones are quite open I think.

SJ
xox

Pandora's_Box

02-01-08, 04:16 PM

While you're here :lol:
What do you mean eactly by Best use of Composition?

Jenni Lou

02-01-08, 05:10 PM

Composition is (at its most basic definition) the arrangement of the images.

Pandora's_Box

02-01-08, 07:52 PM

Ok, thanks Jenni. It was the "use of" that bothered me. Good luck everyone!!!

slaycandy

02-01-08, 08:12 PM

Ultimately that category means, the best use of a wallpaper's composition (or image arrangement) in order to convey the story the piece is telling. Hence why it is the best USE of the composition, rather than just best composition. Different things, ;)

Much like, best USE of colour, and best colouring are different. Best USE is the way that the lighting and colouring of a piece has been manipulated in such a way that it symbolises something deeper, or gives a greater meaning to the piece as a whole, it can be used to give a piece its entire atmosphere and mood.

Similarly for the other technique categories. It was more about the best way to use the tools in a wallpaper to create the story you are telling through it, and to focus on these skills rather than the finished pieces.

Hope that makes sense.

SJ
xox

Pandora's_Box

02-01-08, 08:20 PM

Okay...yeah definetely, I'm going to change the piece I nominated for Colors then. :lol:

slaycandy

03-01-08, 03:11 PM

I have just finished and sent out a categories guide in order to try and clarify some of the confusion over categories, and to help you make your nominations and help you when the voting period comes around.

Hope it helps. Any further questions, ask here!
SJ
xox

Ehlwyen

03-01-08, 04:31 PM

Jenni Lou

03-01-08, 06:07 PM

oooh...I will definitely look through as I make nominations. I plan on doing a sit down and some point and really thinking about it. :D Thanks! :hug:

slaycandy

03-01-08, 11:32 PM

Thanks guys, glad to know it helps, :D I just want to try and make this go as well as possible. At least it means a lot of the grunt work like this will have been done already when it comes to doing it again next year, ;) (You know... if it all goes as planned anyway!)

Sayjay
xox

BlasterBoy

03-01-08, 11:34 PM

Thanks for the guide :D I'll nominate sometime this weekend :)

slaycandy

04-01-08, 04:04 AM

Just to save any confusion, I've created a new page for the nominations count and swapped the link that was in my earlier post, and the link on the site, so just wanted to let you know that the old link doesn't work anymore just in case anyone still had it. It's now been updated and most of the categories are doing really well. :-)

SJ
xox

slaycandy

12-01-08, 01:41 AM

Just to be a pain in the ass, there are only 9 days left to nominate so please get your entries in!

*hugs*
SJ
xox

PS. a huge thank you to those of you who have already got your nominations in!

Jenni Lou

12-01-08, 02:36 AM

I have already made a list I need to narrow down. I haven't forgotten! :) I wanted to do it this weekend for sure because I will be away much of next week.

slaycandy

12-01-08, 03:02 AM

I have already made a list I need to narrow down. I haven't forgotten! :) I wanted to do it this weekend for sure because I will be away much of next week.

Lol, well I left the option of changing nominations before 21st Jan open so that anyone who has nominated and decides they made the wrong choice can always swap pieces before the noms are announced, :) But I spent ages trying to figure out what to nominate, it was definitely tougher than I thought it would be, I didn't realise how much art I had done (in comparison to how much I thought I had done anyway.)

SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

12-01-08, 04:04 AM

Yeah....it's that and then choosing which pieces fall into which category the best!

little albatross

12-01-08, 04:14 AM

Yeah....it's that and then choosing which pieces fall into which category the best!

Seriously! I had my pieces picked out generally, but I kept switching them around like a crazy person, because I couldn't decide which one fit where better :lol:

slaycandy

16-01-08, 04:43 PM

Hey guys, I really felt the need to clarify something in here as I have had a few nominations sent in that made me wonder how people had interpreted the rules.

You can submit one piece to each of the 22 categories. You are not restricted to nominating only piece per category grouping.

So if you have already nominated and only nominated one piece per category grouping and would like to add to your nominations, please email soon with the remaining nominations!

SJ
xox

slaycandy

17-01-08, 01:46 AM

Jenni Lou

17-01-08, 03:18 AM

Supernatural: Best Episodic

Wow, I am surprised by that since there has been so much SN ep art posted here in the past year!

I entered all those though, so I am good. :D

galathea

17-01-08, 03:25 AM

I didn't get my nominations out yet, but I hope I finally manage to settle on something today or tomorrow. So I can at least grant that the SN categories go up in percentage soon! ;) :lol:

Heather

17-01-08, 04:12 AM

I, too, plan on sending in my nominations ASAP. It looks like I'll be getting downtime to do it on Saturday night. Plus, I plan to enter as many categories as possible, hun, so do not fret - the categories will be filling up soon enough. :D

And I just wanted to double check: we simply email you with links to the pieces and the information you want, right?

Jenni Lou

17-01-08, 04:19 AM

Heather

17-01-08, 04:22 AM

SJ sent out a nom form a little while ago. But yeah, that's the gist. The link, title and category you are submitting it to is the info needed.

Yeah, see now I remember that email. I just overlooked it earlier when I was going through my emails. Silly me! :p I thought I might've deleted it accidentally but, alas, I did not. It's still there.

I'm just as blind as a bat. :lol:

Thanks for clarifying, though, hun! :hug:

slaycandy

17-01-08, 03:58 PM

Yeah thanks guys, I have a feeling that there's a lot of nominations going to start coming in, in the next couple of days. But was worrying that as time was running out we were looking at only 5 nominations for VM & Heroes (so probably only a first place & runner-up award) 6 for Ats (possibly a 1st-3rd place awards) and 7 for the SPN ones, so 1st-3rd places again for them.

The rest will all easily have 1st-5th place awards for each category with the amount of nominations that they have had, so I am really pleased how they are going. :)

As for sending them in, if you can't find the email all of the categories are listed online, so just check them out and email in saying what piece you are nominating for each category, and then give me the title.

Just to let everyone know, I have saved all of your nominations, and uploaded them to my own space, and will be removing them all once this is over - it's just so that I knew none of the links would change or be broken at a late date.

SJ
xox

Ehlwyen

17-01-08, 04:41 PM

Hey guys, I have been going over the nominations and while some categories are doing really well and getting strong interest, others have been sadly lacking. If you have pieces to nominate in these categories I urge you to please do so, as at present the following categories have had less than 40% of the nominees nominating in these categories:

Supernatural: Best Episodic
Supernatural: Best Character
Best Angel Episodic
Best Veronica Mars
Best Heroes
Best Bones

So please, please get all of your nominations in soon as they will all make a difference to how many awards will be given out for these categories.

Thanks guys!
SJ
xox

Sorry I'm one of the slow ones! I'll be entering the first three. I was sick last week so I really got behind. I forsee that my weekend will be dedicated to you with nominations, awards making, and challenge entering. :heart: :hug: :2party:

I havent done any Heroes or VM art for sure. And I'm pretty sure I haven't done any Bones art either. :(

slaycandy

17-01-08, 05:14 PM

Sorry I'm one of the slow ones! I'll be entering the first three. I was sick last week so I really got behind. I forsee that my weekend will be dedicated to you with nominations, awards making, and challenge entering. :heart: :hug: :2party:

I havent done any Heroes or VM art for sure. And I'm pretty sure I haven't done any Bones art either. :(

Awww, *hugs* Hope you're better now hun! There's a fair few members still to vote (over half of the members actually) so I am sure that numbers will climb in the next few days, and I know of a few of those artists who have done both VM and Heroes art, so it should all work out...... assuming everyone finds the time to nominate that is! ;)

I can't still believe I've found the time to keep up with this tbh, lol. I don't really want to do extensions on the dates that I set as, I tend to think that once you start that, these things can wind up dragging on far past their due date... but I may wind up having to add in a day or two if I find there are still a lot of artists with late entries.

SJ
xox

slaycandy

18-01-08, 12:27 AM

Just a note for anyone submitting nominations between now and Sunday:

I will be away from my computer for the weekend as I am going down to London for the weekend and won't be back until Sunday night, at which point I will reply to all of those who nominated between now and then - that way you will know I have received your nominations and counted them. :)

The nominations count online is up to date at present, so by looking at that you can get an idea of how the categories are doing.

Hope to see some more nominations when I'm back!
SJ
xox

slaycandy

21-01-08, 02:35 AM

Less than 24 hours to go folks!!!

There are still a number of artists who haven't submitted their nominations yet who I believe should be in there... I'd name names to shame those last-minuter's but I'm not that mean. So please, please, please get your nominations asap if you want this event to run on schedule!

*hugs to all of those who have your nominations in on time, you guys rock!!!*

Sayjay
xox

Heather

21-01-08, 04:19 AM

So, do we have until midnight tomorrow (well, midnight YOUR time)? Because I haven't gotten the chance to actually sit down for very long today and am dying to get nominations in.

Ehlwyen

21-01-08, 05:27 AM

*hangs head in shame*

Okay, I've sent mine!!! :3party:

EndersWrath

21-01-08, 08:54 AM

*hangs head in shame*

Okay, I've sent mine!!! :3party:

*hangs head next to Lyn's*

Got mine done too! :D :2party:

Who's gonna party with 1? :lol:

slaycandy

21-01-08, 09:31 AM

So, do we have until midnight tomorrow (well, midnight YOUR time)? Because I haven't gotten the chance to actually sit down for very long today and am dying to get nominations in.

Midnight... tonight... I make it 8.23am here atm and I won't be closing the nominations until literally midnight tonight as I plan on doing a super-quick turnaround and getting the nominees all announced at like 00.01 tomorrow lol.

Not many members still to nominate now, I think I've got them bulk of them in, the nominations count on the site is as it was before I hit the sack last night, so the entries I've had since then haven't been added in. And currently "Best Celeb Piece" is winning the race with most entries (22/27), while Bones is still sitting in last (with just 6/27).

If you're a little later than midnight I'll add them in asap tomorrow, as voting forms won't be sent out until the 23rd, so there is a day as a sort of cushion there. :)

Also, I will be emailing this out when the nominees are announced but if everyone could check their nominations just very quickly and email me only if there is a problem, I would really appreciate that. I've done my best to check all the pieces are in the correct category and that I haven't missed any out, but there's usually always at least one mistake!

I know I had replied to someone asking if they could re-send a couple of noms since they were broken links but haven't had a reply yet (or not that I am aware of) so if it was you please get those links sent asap or your pieces won't be added!

Okay, sorry for the big ramble there, I was trying to cover as many points as possible in one post!

Almost over now, thanks for all the help in making this go as well as possible!
Sayjay
xox

Amber

21-01-08, 07:52 PM

*parties with Joe and Lyn* got mine in. I'm such an ass. I totally thought I had until the 26th for like, the last week. *facedesk. anyway, dance of joy, I gotem in! :2party:

Leloo

21-01-08, 09:00 PM

For some reason I had in my head that I had until February :thud:

Now, I'll just go away and hide in shame forever... :(

Heather

21-01-08, 09:12 PM

I'M DONE! :2party:

I just sent my nominations in like...a minute or two ago. Huzzah! Success! :D :lol:

Leloo

21-01-08, 10:49 PM

How many hours until it's midnight where Sayjay is?

Heather

21-01-08, 10:50 PM

I might be wrong, but by my count I think it's like...an hour and 10 minutes?

Leloo

21-01-08, 10:57 PM

Damn, I was hoping I was further ahead, then I still would have time. But I'm at work so I only have a chance to do this when I get home... which is in about 7 hours :(

slaycandy

22-01-08, 12:23 AM

It's 40 minutes time until midnight when I will be announcing all of the nominees for this year's AFA award ceremony!!!

(Voting forms however will not be sent out for an additional 24 hours, ie. midnight tomorrow night - this is to give a day to check that all of the nominations are in fact correct and links etc all work before the voting process kicks off - so if there are any last minute entries I will add them in tomorrow giving people an additional 24 hours to nominate! They will be highlighted as late entries on the site however, in case people pick out their faves before they have been added! ;) )

Hope that helps!

SJ
xox

slaycandy

22-01-08, 01:05 AM

Okay, just to let everyone know the Nominees are now Announced!

CLICK HERE (http://www.left-unspoken.net/awards/noms.php)
for the full list of the AFA 2008 nominees.

(Voting forms will be emailed out at midnight GMT January 22nd - ie, 24 hours from now - I will still be accepting late entries before that time!!!)

SJ
xox

galathea

22-01-08, 01:31 AM

God, that's like a gazillion wallpapers to go through! :lol: That'll be very difficult to decide! That must have been a lot of work putting all the links up that way, you really did a fantastic job with the awards, Sayjay .. I bow before your commitment! :hug:

slaycandy

22-01-08, 01:35 AM

Lol, yes, *yawns* I had loads of work cut out for me last night when I got home from London and realised I had about 12 nominees and all of their pieces to add in, lol. But I was worried that links etc might go down on other sites so rather than just copying and pasting them in, I figured it would be easier to save them to my server for the time being and link them all.

I'm just glad to see a light at the end of the tunnel now! :P Well... not really... another few weeks and I'll be chasing up last minute voters! Lol. Although I did leave myself with a bigger cushion of time at the other end for last-minute voting heh.

SJ
xox

PS. now I just have to get the voting forms out and then my fanart challenge closed and awards done for that... *wipes forehead* This is one hell of a week! :P

Jenni Lou

22-01-08, 03:02 AM

It's going to be hard to vote! :lol:

Great job, SJ! :hug: I was going to rep but it won't let me....yet, that is! :evil:

Jenni Lou

22-01-08, 03:19 AM

I found one error. under the tearjerker noms, Lexus' is linked wrong. You put a - instead of a /. ;)

Pandora's_Box

22-01-08, 03:27 AM

Amazing job with this contest. I really congratulate you for the work you're providing here.

Jeez, it's gonna be so hard to vote! The entries are all amazing!
About the winners anoucement in February, are you gonna give the name of the runner-ups or something like that?

Andrew

22-01-08, 07:08 AM

Just wondering, slaycandy, but when do the award makers have to get their awards in by? Also, when making the award do we have to include things like category and placing? I'm pretty sure about the places being in there but what about the categories?

Leloo

22-01-08, 09:06 AM

YAY!! Better late than never - got my nominations sent off :xd

I'm so excited to start voting... it is going to be difficult though :blink:

slaycandy

22-01-08, 09:32 AM

Heh thanks Jenni-Lou! I had checked most of the links earlier and I had written down all of the errors etc, but knew there would be one or two that slipped by!

And Andrew, about the awards:
Try to have them sent to me by February 19th but...if they are a day late it shouldn't matter! The awards are being given out on Feb 22nd, so as long as I have them by the 21st it should be fine.

The awards can be any dimensions that you choose, but must have "AFA: Awards Ceremony 2008", "AFA: First Annual Awards Ceremony", or "Academy of Fan Artists Awards Ceremony 2008" or something to that affect written somewhere on the awards. It must also have the category you have chosen and placement you have chosen written clearly on the award.

Since the winners are to remain a secret, right up until the Awards Ceremony, I would ask that awards be saved as .psd files, with the layers flattened, with only two text layers on top: 'Wallpaper Title' and 'Artist Title', and I will add these into your awards ready for posting online.

Hope that helps!

Also if anyone else is interested in designing any of the awards please let me know and I'll find some for you to design!

*hugs*
SJ
xox

Zugma

22-01-08, 09:45 AM

Oh wow, that is a *lot* of wallpapers indeed %) You did great job on this SayJay!

I just noticed one broken link - to Peace's Slayer's Playground: http://www.left-unspoken.net/awards/noms/BtVS-BEpisodic/peace-slayersplayground.jpg is giving a 404 :)

slaycandy

22-01-08, 01:36 PM

Thanks guys! Those links should be fixed now. I have Line's noms to add in and a few from Dana that hadn't been added due to some confusion. So going to have one or two extras in there by the time that the voting forms come out!

*hugs*
SJ
xox

Dana

22-01-08, 03:46 PM

I was completely blown away when I saw how many nominations there were in every category. It's great that this has had such an impact and become popular already on the first year. Looking forward to the voting :D

(and yes, I had a blonde moment before, hense the confusion :lol:)

Pandora's_Box

22-01-08, 05:16 PM

About the winners anoucement in February, are you gonna give the name of the runner-ups or something like that?

slaycandy

22-01-08, 06:03 PM

I have just finalised the awards structure now that the nominees are final, and will be sending it out today. I wanted to finish that first so I could make a few small changes to the voting forms. It should answer any questions you have about runners up, ;)

SJ
xox

PS. SO SO SO SO sorry for spamming everyone's mailbox, it's the only way I know of to get word out to absolutely every member possible, and while annoying you in the process, it is my way of sending over some useful info!
*hugs!*

slaycandy

22-01-08, 06:57 PM

Just another little thing to note: I have now updated the site with the full list of available categories & placements we'll be needing awards for with a list of the current designers & a lot of gaps needing filled if anyone is interested in helping out... if everyone applied to do just one award it would certainly make life a lot easier on my end! Otherwise I'm going to have a very busy month!!!

The list can be seen: HERE (http://www.left-unspoken.net/awards/needsu.php?cats)

Also, I have now added some slight guidelines to the site about designing the awards, so if you have applied to do some check it out! (It's pretty much just re-iterating what I've said in various places before however).

And I think that's my "paper work" done for tonight, at least until the voting forms are sent out later!

SJ
xox

PS. Please, please, please sign up to design an award or two, :P

debbiefm

22-01-08, 08:41 PM

*squeal* I'm getting all excited. :happydance: I think all the entries are brilliant and really sum up the wealth of talent we have here..so big round of applause for everyone and an extra big one for slaycandy:worthy: . It is gonna be soo hard to choose the winners. Good luck everyone.:D

Jenni Lou

22-01-08, 09:30 PM

I applied to be an award designer, SJ. ;) It's the least I could do!! :D

slaycandy

23-01-08, 12:42 AM

It is going to be tough going to choose the winners... BUT a good way to go about it is open each link one at a time, if you really love the piece leave the link open, and if you are unsure of it - close it. Count up how many you have left at the end, and then narrow it down(/plump it up) a little more until you have the number of pieces you need to vote on - then stick them in order. :P It's more of a process of elimination as you go through them.

I plan on spreading my votes out, doing perhaps 2 categories a day until they are all done, heh. Then again, I might go a bit nuts and do them all in one go, who knows!

I have updated the list of award designers again, and there's still plenty left for anyone interested. Thanks to: Jenni-Lou, Zugma, Debbie, Mindy, and Heather for getting in touch about them! (And a huge thank you to all of those already down to make awards - you all know you make my day!!)

*hugs*
SJ
xox

Pandora's_Box

23-01-08, 12:58 AM

If you need hands, I propose myself to do some awards, I hope I'll be worthy :s

slaycandy

23-01-08, 01:11 AM

VOTING FORMS HAVE NOW BEEN MAILED OUT!

If you not have received this email let me know asap and I'll send another copy.

Happy voting!
SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

23-01-08, 02:22 AM

It is going to be tough going to choose the winners... BUT a good way to go about it is open each link one at a time, if you really love the piece leave the link open, and if you are unsure of it - close it. Count up how many you have left at the end, and then narrow it down(/plump it up) a little more until you have the number of pieces you need to vote on - then stick them in order. :P It's more of a process of elimination as you go through them.

That's how I always do these kinds of things! It really is the easiest way.

I have updated the list of award designers again, and there's still plenty left for anyone interested. Thanks to: Jenni-Lou,

:hug:

slaycandy

24-01-08, 04:52 PM

Hey guys, I am continuously updating the list of award designers (see the link in my sig), so you can check out who is designing what awards - I will also be marking them as "Completed" once the awards have been designed and emailed to me. With that in mind a huge thank you to Ari, Mindy and Debbie for sending in some fantastic awards already! The list is shaping up quite nicely and we're going to have a fantastic selection of awards by the time the ceremony comes!

Thanks again to everyone!
SJ
xox

slaycandy

25-01-08, 11:49 AM

Hey guys, I've got a little "issue" I've been puzzling over for the last day or so. And I was wondering what you felt about it, so I know how to proceed from here.

I had assumed that winning these awards would mean a lot to those who had won - given that they would be getting this award based on the fact that the fanart community as a whole had voted them "winner". But... on winning an award, even in this manner, is receiving a fantastic award not also half of the fun? Here's my dilema that I am putting to vote here:

Are you happy to just win an award - or - would you prefer to win an award made by someone else?

Obviously I have had a few of the awards submitted already, which got me to thinking, what if someone wins their own award? And so, I was wondering if people mind winning awards they themselves have designed, or, if they would prefer a "swap". In this, I mean that I would swap their award for someone elses and just alter the placement written on it. This would then guarantee that no one would win their own award, and everyone would get a fantastic award designed by some other artist.

If this is what you would prefer to happen, I am going to have to (very nicely!) ask those who have already submitted awards, to re-submit them with the placements on them edit-able (is that a word?). I know, it is a slight pain in the ass. But I figured I would try to solve this issue now before more people submitted their awards.

So, what do you think? Keep the awards as they are at present, or allow for the placements to be changed if necessary? I'll go with the majority vote here, and I personally am not bothered either way, :D

SJ
xox

galathea

25-01-08, 12:17 PM

I don't really care either way, I think winning an award in itself is great, doesn't matter to me if I made the award myself or someone else made it.

Andrew

25-01-08, 12:45 PM

As one of the award designers, I would prefer to not get my own award and will be going to the trouble of adding placement. IMHO it really isn't very much extra work for the designers; it just means merging one less layer. Of course, I'm only making four awards so I don't know about people with more commitments...

LRae12

25-01-08, 02:15 PM

I don't think it really matters IMO. Plus I think it'd be rare with the amount of people making awards that'd someone would happen to win their own...I bet it'd only be a couple of instances. Either way would be fine...:)

Ehlwyen

25-01-08, 03:45 PM

I'm more than glad to submit the editable placements SJ. :D

LRae's right that it probably won't happen more than once, but *knock on wood*, sure enough if we count on that, they'll probably end up all going to the original maker! :lol:

I don't mind to get one of mine, but I'd can't deny i'd be disappointed if it happened that the only award(s) I recieve to be ones I made. :p

slaycandy

25-01-08, 03:51 PM

I don't mind to get one of mine, but I'd can't deny i'd be disappointed if it happened that the only award(s) I recieve to be ones I made. :p

Lol, that sounds like something that would happen to me!

I have to admit, it would be nice to get an award that I hadn't designed. And I don't think that making the placements 'edit-able' would be any extra work... it's more just a precuationary measure, "just in case"

But I have had a few submitted awards already, and I will feel bad going back and asking them to do it again, so, if I do wind up doing that - sorry guys!!! *hides*

I'm doing a lot of work on setting the ceremony up at the moment, mostly trying to work out time-zones and times to suit everyone, and also the order in which the awards will be given, as I don't want it to be the same order the categories are listed in, I'm trying to give it a good shake-up. Heh.

While I was aiming to do this much like the academy awards, I'm tempted to move the ceremony to the Saturday night, that way if I make the event later for those of us in the UK, Europe, Romania, Ukraine... and wherever else our members are from, we won't (or shouldn't) have work the next day, ;) But, I'm still weighing up all of the options at the moment. :)

SJ
xox

digitalMindy

25-01-08, 05:40 PM

Ya know, when I sent you that first award I thought "Huh, wouldn't it be ironic if I won an award and it was designed by me?" But it doesn't really bother me. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if the only award I get (if I even manage to scrape by) was designed by me, that's the way my life seems to be going at the moment.

That said, it would not be a major effort to alter the award. Luckily I remembered to save the psd before I squisheded it. :p

Ehlwyen

25-01-08, 06:20 PM

I agree Saturday's would probably be better.

And as far as working out a timetable of announcements, might I suggest the intense analysis and calculation provided by the ever classic "writing all categories on little slips of paper and pulling them out of hat". :xd Paired with putting the biggest categories at the end as you mentioned that could provide sufficient randomness. :D

slaycandy

25-01-08, 08:40 PM

Okay, I am full of questions today, but does this sound good for rough times to try and suit the majority of people?

Start Time: 20.00 (GMT)
= 12.00/14.00 in US
= 21.00 EU
= 22.00 Romania/Ukraine
= 07.00 OZ (Sunday morning)

End Time: 23.00 (GMT)
= 15.00/17.00 in US
= 00.00 EU
= 01.00 Romania/Ukraine
= 10.00 OZ (Sunday morning)

Now I know it looks like it'll be an early morning for those in Australia, New Zealand etc. But I am trying to work out times that best suit MOST of the members (I'm not aware of any members from Oz/NZ but if there are, I'm sorry!)

This is the proposed times for Saturday night here, so that no one will be up late on Sunday before work on Monday morning! I know I'll be up early for university and don't want anyone else to wind up like a zombie as I know I would be!

If you think these times are suitable, or need adjusted in anyway please let me know. I have given the ceremony 3 hours, which I think should be sufficient for the 24 awards needing handed out (it'll mean covering about 8 categories per hour though, but I think there should be enough time!)

For those of you who are busy and won't be here to actually "attend" the event, I will of course be posting the full list of winners on the website with links to the appropriate awards. :)

Once a full schedule has been planned out I will also be emailing everyone so that they know where, when and what is going on.

SJ
xox

debbiefm

25-01-08, 10:12 PM

I'm not bothered way with regard to the awards...whatever you decide is fine by me . But, stupid stupid me forgot to save before merging the layers. :bang: I know what a dunce. Anyway I'm sure I'll sort it out if you decide to change.:)

Running order of the awards seem fine to me, again I'll go with the majority.

~M@rie~

25-01-08, 10:28 PM

I'm not bothered by the awards either. And the time for the ceremony is okay for me. ;)

Also, thank you very much Sayjay for all the work you're putting into this event. :hug:

BlasterBoy

25-01-08, 11:33 PM

Fine with me, SJ :)

Heather

26-01-08, 12:08 AM

I have to admit, it would be nice to get an award that I hadn't designed. And I don't think that making the placements 'edit-able' would be any extra work... it's more just a precuationary measure, "just in case"

So, for those like me who have PSP: Would you simply like us to send the blank award to you and then another with where text could be (title, name, and now placement)?

Personally, I would be slightly disappointed about getting my own award but, frankly, it's an honor in itself to be recognized at all so that would overshadow the vague disappointment. ;)

slaycandy

26-01-08, 02:48 AM

So, for those like me who have PSP: Would you simply like us to send the blank award to you and then another with where text could be (title, name, and now placement)?

Personally, I would be slightly disappointed about getting my own award but, frankly, it's an honor in itself to be recognized at all so that would overshadow the vague disappointment. ;)

Yip that's pretty much the plan for the text layers... if you could also let me know the font title that you use, that way if I don't have it I can search for it and download it, :D Or I'll try and find the best possible match for it. :)

I am hoping that no-one will win their own awards, it would certainly make life easier! But, that's not usually the way things go... so I thought perhaps I would make this option available.

Also Debbie if you don't mind receiving the award you have already submitted, then just leave it as is - :) Since I would only need to change the placement if you didn't want to win it (if that makes sense)!!

But for the future, if people make the placements 'edit-able' (I still haven't found a better word for it than that!) then it leaves the option open at the end of the day for me to be able to swap the awards if necessary. :)

Thanks guys for the feedback - since this is the first time this has been attempted, I'm not really going to know what works until after it's all over - but at least this way I can try to organise it all as best I can to hopefully pull off a great event. And next year I can learn from whatever worked and what didn't work so well! So thanks for all of the input, I really appreciate all comments and help, :D

Sayjay
xox

galathea

26-01-08, 03:55 PM

slaycandy

26-01-08, 05:37 PM

I have a question: I am making awards at the moment and I just read that you want the wallpaper title on the awards as well. Is that really necessary? It's not as if we entered more than one wallpaper per category so there can't be any misunderstanding as to which wallpaper is awarded, right? Plus since the wallpaper titles can be very long, it's hard to estimate the amount of place we need to reserve for the titles. :confused:

I guessit's not entirely necessary - but I figured it would be nice to honour the wallpaper that won the award as well as the artist on the actual award. In terms of space, so long as you fit "Wallpaper Title" somewhere on it, then the title itself can be shortened, text made slightly smaller or something to make it fit. But if you do feel that it is just going to take up too much space and affect the look of your award, then just leave it, it isn't as important as the artist name or placement, I just liked having "Wallpaper Title" there so I had the option of being able to add it in later. It's better to have it and not need to use it, than to need it and not have it, :P I use that saying for a lot of things.

But in the end just do what you feel works best for YOUR award that you are making, I'll leave the judegement call up to you guys to know what works best for the look of the award. :)

Sorry, that wasn't much help. Lol.
SJ
xox

galathea

26-01-08, 05:40 PM

ROFL that's okay, thanks for the answer. Of course it's entirely my fault for looking at the award design requirements after I finished the first 3 awards and was a bit thrown by that discovery. :lol:

slaycandy

26-01-08, 06:06 PM

Lol, it's fine, I honestly don't really have a huge opinion on the matter 'm just overly giddy to get some awards designed by others, so I don't have to, lol! Selfish, yes, but... I think I'm allowed to be every now and again, ;)

SJ
xox

galathea

26-01-08, 06:29 PM

LOL I doubt that anyone would call the desire to NOT have to design 120+ awards all on your own selfish. :hug: It's self-protection and survival instinct kicking in! :D

digitalMindy

26-01-08, 07:20 PM

LOL I doubt that anyone would call the desire to NOT have to design 120+ awards all on your own selfish. :hug: It's self-protection and survival instinct kicking in! :D

You want to know how I would tackle 120+ awards to design by myself? A really generic base with editable text. So I think it's a good thing that we are honoring your dedication to the fanart community by making these awards for you.

That way each person gets a piece of art in return for their piece of winning art, if you catch my drift.

And I'll be resubmitting the first award I sent in with the placement layers.

:heart:

slaycandy

27-01-08, 01:39 AM

You want to know how I would tackle 120+ awards to design by myself? A really generic base with editable text. So I think it's a good thing that we are honoring your dedication to the fanart community by making these awards for you.

That way each person gets a piece of art in return for their piece of winning art, if you catch my drift.

And I'll be resubmitting the first award I sent in with the placement layers.

:heart:

Heh, I have so far completed 11 awards for the AFA, all of which are completely different, lol, I am trying my hardest to make them all as unique as possible. But I think I am going to have to eventually start duplicating certain aspects. As, although I am still making a lot of awards, I do really want everyone to feel like they are getting something unique, rather than just generic. So hopefully I won't wind up running out of time before I finish them all, heh.

And also thanks for sending them over again, I'd really appreciate that.

I also just wanted to say the votes are steadily coming in. I know it's an arduous task to do your votes, I finished mine off the other day and added them in - so know the time it takes to go through all of the amazing pieces! So thanks to those of you who have emailed in already, we've had 6 completed forms in only a few days, so I think we're off to a great start!

Also, can I please ask people to post their comments here about the times I had suggested, sorry, I know I am being a pain in ass, I just need to know if they work for you guys, if they do, then I'll confirm them, :D

SJ
xox

Ehlwyen

27-01-08, 02:06 AM

They all work for me and I definitely think a Saturday is better than a Sunday. :D

little albatross

27-01-08, 02:24 AM

They all work for me and I definitely think a Saturday is better than a Sunday. :D

Agreed. I'm practically always online anyway, but Sundays tend to be my "working" days, so Saturday might be better :)

Heather

27-01-08, 03:02 AM

They all work for me and I definitely think a Saturday is better than a Sunday. :D

Same here. Though I may or may not be awake for the first hour of the awards ceremony ( :p What?! I'm a lazy bitch!), I will try my hardest to be awake in time. :)

As for awards: So you definitely don't want placements on the awards? I've made one award so far and put the placement on there - because, personally, after having thought about it, I won't give a damn if I win my own award. But if you'd prefer that I take the placement off, then I will do it in a heartbeat. :D

You are my queen, I live to serve.

:worthy:

LRae12

27-01-08, 03:13 AM

well, call me a moron, but I don't really understand the times you posted...:lol: I'm in the US, Eastern Standard Time....so if some kind soul would want to inform this pitiful brain of the time for me, I'd love you forever...:cookie:

slaycandy

27-01-08, 03:16 AM

Oooh... I have servants now, I could get used to this! ;) If you don't mind winning it, just leave it on there, if you would prefer not to - then make it edit-able. At the end of the day as I mentioned somewhere above, I'm just happy to have the help, I really appreciate it and I know I keep repeating this, but it's true! So, whatever you feel works best for you. I just offered the 'edit-able' placements in case people didn't want to win their own award, you know?

SJ
xox

PS. Sleeping in is unacceptable - so says your Queen! ;) (Sorry, I couldn't help myself, it's late and I'm in a funny mood, heh)

slaycandy

27-01-08, 03:21 AM

US Times:
Eastern Standard Time - 15.00 - 18.00
Central Standard Time - 14.00 - 17.00
Pacific Standard Time - 12.00 - 15.00

Sorry, for some reason I thought I has listed all three as a 12.00/14.00/15.00 above, but for some reason there only seems to be two! My bad... but above has the start times and end times listed. Hope that makes some more sense!

SJ
xox

LRae12

27-01-08, 04:22 AM

US Times:
Eastern Standard Time - 15.00 - 18.00
Central Standard Time - 14.00 - 17.00
Pacific Standard Time - 12.00 - 15.00

SJ
xox

Ummmm....what are 15.00 and 18.00? Is that like military time or something? :lol: Because I'm slow. :roll:

slaycandy

27-01-08, 04:40 AM

Ummmm....what are 15.00 and 18.00? Is that like military time or something? :lol: Because I'm slow. :roll:

Lol, I tend to use the 24 hour clock so that I don't have to write PM and AM all the time... it's just 3pm and 6pm, lol. It's 24-hour time on my computer and when I check out the time-zones too, so it's just habit I guess, I figured everyone else would get it too, sorry.
SJ
x

slaycandy

27-01-08, 07:21 PM

Just some statistics I thought I would bore you with: we have 431 different wallpapers nominated in total, by 35 different artists, nominated in 22 different categories. And there will be 198 awards in total available to win, 24 of those are "First Place" awards.

WOWZA! Sorry, I was doing some calculations and I thought I would share the stats with you guys as I found it amazing just how many entries we've got for the first year, and it's interesting to think of how huge this could grow to by next year!

SJ
xox

Ehlwyen

27-01-08, 09:08 PM

WOW that's a lot of wallpapers. :shocked2: *applause*

Surprisingly though this voting thing isn't so bad once you get started. Your suggestion about opening them all and then closing the ones that aren't your favorite is very helpful. Plus this is a lot of fun! I'm discovering a lot of amazing walls I hadn't seen as well as finding a bunch that I had forgotten about. :heart:

Tackled the Buffyverse category first, going into the Other Fandom category now. :2party:

slaycandy

27-01-08, 09:15 PM

Hee hee, yeah, once you get started you seem to get through it very quickly, and by the time you get to the last category you totally get into the hang of it then you're like: oh, I'm done... huh. Well, that's what I was like anyway, lol. The 'Best Wallpaper' category though is tough, it's out of 431 walls!

I just went back through all the ones I had voted first though and picked out my 8 faves and then ordered them, :) Heh.

I have now completed 21 awards as well!!! :O (I think I counted that right!) So I am doing pretty well with them too. And they're still all different!!! I used a wallpaper for one of them though... but only 'cuz I thought that wallpaper fitted for the category, and I hadn't nominated it in any of them! I don't know why I never, hmm... oh well!

SJ
xox

Jenni Lou

27-01-08, 09:17 PM

Well, I just had a big weekend up in the city for my sister's wedding and this whole week I have to got the city to watch my nephew. SO I have limited online time....or computer time. SO please don't worry if you don't get my votes or awards any time in the next week. I just won't even be around to do all that! :)

slaycandy

27-01-08, 09:27 PM

Lol, I'll keep that in mind, and I'll try to keep any emails to your inbox to the minimum! Don't think I have any more to send out for a while yet anyway!

SJ
xox

digitalMindy

28-01-08, 04:44 AM

So that would be 13:00 to 16:00 for Mountain time (in Arizona). Which is good for me so far. I'm usually awake at that time and I'll make sure to be home at that time too.

LRae12

28-01-08, 04:50 AM

Lol, I tend to use the 24 hour clock so that I don't have to write PM and AM all the time... it's just 3pm and 6pm, lol. It's 24-hour time on my computer and when I check out the time-zones too, so it's just habit I guess, I figured everyone else would get it too, sorry.
SJ
x

Thanks sayjay...:hug: I can be such an air-head at times....:rolleyes:

I'll actually probably be working, but it's all cool....I'll just have to check in when I get home...:)

slaycandy

28-01-08, 09:33 AM

Thanks sayjay...:hug: I can be such an air-head at times....:rolleyes:

I'll actually probably be working, but it's all cool....I'll just have to check in when I get home...:)

Aw no! Working on a Saturday, that sucks, :( *pats*

My award designers list is still being continuously updated, so keep checking it out, and also a huge thank you to Marie for signing up to do some awards! I have lost track of those I've thanked and those I haven't, :S Sorry guys!

SJ
xox

Leloo

28-01-08, 11:26 AM

Okay, I am full of questions today, but does this sound good for rough times to try and suit the majority of people?

Start Time: 20.00 (GMT)
= 12.00/14.00 in US
= 21.00 EU
= 22.00 Romania/Ukraine
= 07.00 OZ (Sunday morning)

End Time: 23.00 (GMT)
= 15.00/17.00 in US
= 00.00 EU
= 01.00 Romania/Ukraine
= 10.00 OZ (Sunday morning)

Now I know it looks like it'll be an early morning for those in Australia, New Zealand etc. But I am trying to work out times that best suit MOST of the members (I'm not aware of any members from Oz/NZ but if there are, I'm sorry!)

*waves* making you aware of one member in Oz ;)

I definitely would prefer that it was on saturday because if we have it sunday night, it means I can't participate cause it'll be monday morning for me and I'll be on my way to work... and I can't guarantee that I can sneak online for more than a couple minutes..... :(

I hope everyone is ok with having it Saturday... I would prefer not having to get up at 7am on a sunday, but if I must then I shall :lol: