Creative Jam
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crowdfundingWelcome to the 151st Crowdfunding Creative Jam! This session will run Saturday, February 14-Sunday, February 15. The theme is "Not Giving Up."
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
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.
Open Playground: Schrodinger's Heroes
Date: 2026-02-14 06:06 am (UTC)Prompts
Date: 2026-02-14 06:19 am (UTC)* Frog choking stork
* Farmer
* Rock climber
Title Prompts:
"The Journey of a Thousand Miles"
"The One Who Falls and Gets Up"
"When Dark Times Come"
Text Prompts:
* It doesn't matter how slow your progress is, as long as you don't stop.
* It takes a licking and keeps on ticking.
* Beware of the sunk cost fallacy.
One who falls and gets up
Date: 2026-02-14 06:03 pm (UTC)In 6 panels, Jon still hasn't gotten up. Oh no. He's only satisfied half the title.
ETA: It's cool with me if anyone wants to jump in and make this an open playground. Things you'll need to know: Cathy speaks French and only a very small amount of English. Jon is a paraplegic using crutches and speaks English. Cathy is married to someone else (Maurice, who is friends with Jon). Okay! I won't quibble with continuity beyond that. I promise.
Re: One who falls and gets up
Date: 2026-02-14 06:57 pm (UTC)Yay!
>> In 6 panels, Jon still hasn't gotten up. Oh no. He's only satisfied half the title. <<
It gives a good sense of how a disability eats up time, though. Everything takes longer. I love how you show these little details of everyday life that usually get glossed over.
>>ETA: It's cool with me if anyone wants to jump in and make this an open playground. <<
:D By all means, write up a boilerplate post to that effect, like the one I have for Schrodinger's Heroes. I know you have at least a post or two describing the series, which would be helpful to link.
Re: One who falls and gets up
Date: 2026-02-14 07:33 pm (UTC)Here's a link to my quick summary of what Alien Romance is all about, for Open Playground purposes. There are pictures of the characters as well, all up and down my DW, or just do whatever you do. I'm not fussy.
Re: One who falls and gets up
Date: 2026-02-14 11:40 pm (UTC)You can't edit a comment once it has been replied to.
Re: One who falls and gets up
Date: 2026-02-14 11:38 pm (UTC)Prompt-a-licious!
Date: 2026-02-14 05:59 pm (UTC)Savage Daughter - Sarah Hester Ross
Never Underestimate a Woman with the Goddess in Her Eyes - Emerald Rose
Labour - Paris Paloma
Titles:
"Tipsy on the Tracks"
"Never Turn Your Back"
"A Thousand Stars Singing"
Quotes:
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Henry David Thoreau
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?" - Robert Browning
Re: Prompt-a-licious!
Date: 2026-02-15 12:23 am (UTC)28 lines, Buy It Now = $15
Re: Prompt-a-licious!
Date: 2026-02-15 06:58 am (UTC)182 lines, Buy It Now = $91
One of these quotes, idk
Date: 2026-02-15 06:27 pm (UTC)Maurice is setting up the stage at the little dive bar when he looks out at his wife, Cathy, and his good friend, Jon, who are sitting at a table waiting for the show to start.
Quick summary for Open Playground purposes here.
Re: One of these quotes, idk
Date: 2026-02-15 07:08 pm (UTC)