Crowdfunding Creative Jam

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Welcome to the third Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, January 14-Sunday, January 15. The theme is "Disabled People (visibly and invisibly disabled)" and there's a previous post with resources on disabled characters. (See also the corresponding jam post on Dreamwidth.)

Fund ALL the Crowds!
This weekend has a bunch of other activities going on. Cross-traffic is encouraged. Make a tour, leave prompts, fill prompts, mix and match, whatever.
Giraffe Call on "In the City" by aldersprig
January Muse Fusion on torn_world
Garden of Prose: Paths by clare_dragonfly

Crowdfunding Creative Jam
Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.

Crowdfunding Creative Jam

[ysabetwordsmith]

Welcome to the third Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, January 14-Sunday, January 15. The theme is "Disabled People (visibly and invisibly disabled)" and there's a previous post with resources on disabled characters. (See also the corresponding jam post on Livejournal.)

Fund ALL the Crowds!
This weekend has a bunch of other activities going on. Cross-traffic is encouraged. Make a tour, leave prompts, fill prompts, mix and match, whatever.
Giraffe Call on "In the City" by aldersprig
January Muse Fusion on torn_world

Crowdfunding Creative Jam
Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this will be. Hopefully we'll see activity from a lot of folks who regularly mention their projects in this community, but new people are always welcome. You can link to this session post or to individual items created from prompts, whatever you think is awesome enough to recommend to your friends.

Giraffe Call is Open! Theme: "In the City"

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I opened my Giraffe Call for January a little early (houseguests coming this afternoon). The theme is "In the City."

You can find the call here on Dreamwidth (and on LJ)

Prompting is free, but there are incentives for donating, both individual and as a group. We've already reached the $120-level, and I'm eager to see if we reach the newly-minted new incentive levels.

My fund-raising goal for this call: cover recent emergency furnace calls. The joys of owning a new-old house! :-)

New Crowdfunding Project: Frozen

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EDIT:  The line art is now complete!  Another $2 will fund the digital inks, and another $20 after that will fully fund the piece.

Click the image for a larger size.  And here is a link to the full-size, full resolution image.  http://amyla.webs.com/frozenlineart.jpg



Good morning, all. :)

So, yesterday, I held a vote for which sketch from the compiled Free Sketch Day offerings that I would open up for crowdfunding as a full-color piece.

"Frozen" is the winner!

(Click thumbnail to enlarge)




*  I will be digitally inking and colorizing "Frozen," a $40 value.

*  The first $5 will release the detailed, full sized line art.  However, I have stated previously that tips from previous FSD's will go towards funding a finished piece that will be voted on, and I have accrued $8 in tips.  So I will release the line art as soon as it is complete.

*  When contributions reach $20, I will release the digitally inked image.

*  When contributions reach $40, I will complete the colors on the piece, and will post the full sized, high resolution image to this blog.  

*  Contributors will receive a complimentary small (6x4) photo print from Zazzle.  If you contribute, or have contributed, and DO want the photo print, please send me a PM with your contact info so I can send it to you!  If you would prefer not to give out your contact info and so don't want the photo print, just let me know.  Other sized prints will also be available for separate purchase.

Please go to this entry to read more information and contribute to this project if you like.  Thank you to everyone!

Hello from Ashlyn Nafina

[charcoalfeathers]

Hello everyone! I'm an independent author/artist working on a couple of projects that I'd like to self-publish and crowd-fund. My hope is that I can get enough people interested in my current project (a novel, To Dream, Perchance to Soar) through word of mouth and friend recommendations that it can take on a life of its own and soar into the world. ^^



The crowd-funding part comes in here: I have several more short stories I've worked on over the years, and I'm hoping to either turn them into a second book, or publish them singly for cheap on the various e-book stores. It will really depend on how much success Soar has.

Through next Saturday (January 21st) I'm offering a freebie to subscribers and members of this community. Just email me with your username (so I can verify) and your format preference (mobi or epub) and I'll send you a free e-book copy of Soar. ^^ The address is soar at nafina.com.

I have an artist page on DeviantArt for my more visual art, though I'm not trying to sell it yet.

I'm interested in everyone else's creative projects, too!

Thanks for listening!