Amour, Amour

Appreciation is live!

Guys n’ gals n’ pals, it’s time to enjoy the hard work put in by a bunch of cool content creators. Appreciation is a small compilation of CTC works to celebrate the great run the webcomic has had up to now, and to give back if even just a little to @velinxi for making it :-D!!

Not much else to say. Hit the link and you’ll be taken to gumroad, where you can get it for a whopping zero dollars. But if you want to show your support for vel in money, hit up her Patreon or Storenvy

I feel obliged to open every post with ‘thanks for your patience’, but really, I’m continually astounded by how chill y’all are with my bumbling around 🤧🤧💘 and for the sake of convenience, specifications are in this post too, just down a short ways. anyway, let’s get right to it!

How to submit:

Make/edit your piece according to the specifications.

Export it in PNG format if it is art, cosplay, or an edit. Writers should include a link to their google doc (make sure link sharing is on!)

Email it to [email protected]. Make sure to include:

The name or alias you want to be credited with

Title of the work, if applicable

A link to the work if you’re a writer, but attach it to the email if you’re anything else.

To make this more personal, you have the option to add a short message (280 characters or less). It should be a thank-you or message of, y’know, appreciation. It can be to Vel or the comic overall, but I ask you keep it anchored to CTC. Again, entirely optional :-)

Wait for an email back- I will either confirm your submission, or notify you of an issue which makes it unable to include. I’ll tell you the problem, though, and you can resubmit it once fixed!

rules are scary but unfortunately we need them for things to go right!! And since there’s no money changing hands and this is all volunteer, things should be pretty chill. Also because I’m kinda making this up as I go along. Shh.

First things first- rules. As usual, use your common sense for most of this, you’re smart people.

No NSFW. Nothing explicitly sexual and not even non-sexual nudity.

As far as ships go; all good, just keep it within things confirmed in canon. That would be Lillium x Iris, and Begonia x Heather.

Gore cannot exceed what is shown in the comic. No entrails, but blood and semi-graphic wounds are fine.

No weird shit. This goes without saying, yet I still gotta say it: No bigoted messages, no incest, no fetishization, again, use common sense.

Last of all, I reserve the right to turn down a submission, but I will not do so lightly and will only do so if it breaks an aforementioned rule. In which case, I’ll contact you, telling you I couldn’t accept it and exactly why- so if you send it back revised, I’d be happy to have it!!! <3

Now, onto the numbers!! Once again, categorized for your convenience.

Specifications:

Art, Cosplay, & Edits:

Art, edits, and cosplay pictures generally follow the same guidelines. Art and edits are eligible for full page spreads, cosplay phots are not.

A minimum of 1000x1000 px for standard pieces as well as edits and cosplay photos, though it can be any shape/dimension as long as each side is at least 1000 pixels.

150 dpi or higher

Spreads should be 8.5 x 11 inches, 150 dpi

Comics technically fall under ‘spreads’, so each page should be the same, but I recommend you include a quarter inch border or so so it displays correctly. Comics can be a maximum of two pages.

All art must be at least colored and minimally shaded, with some sort of background. It can be an abstract pattern or simple shape, but put something please!

Traditional will be accepted but it must be a high quality scan and fit the dimensions.

I will accept previously-made pieces, but in the spirit of things and in order to increase the specialty of the zine, I humbly ask you to do a fresh one :-)

Writers

Each story must have a title along with the body.

The minimum is 500 words, maximum is 5000.

Swearing is allowed, as long as it isn’t a slur- even if the slur reclaimed by a group you’re a part of.

Submission deadlines and amount

Submissions close May 10th!!

If you submit a piece on or very near the deadline, you will have three days to fix it past deadline if it doesn’t meet rules. Otherwise, no submissions past deadline.

Each contributor can submit up to two separate pieces

Cosplayers can submit up to three pictures of the same cosplay under one “submission”. If they do a second submission it must be of a different cosplay.

Similarly, if an editor wants to make a matching ‘set’ they can, but again it maxes out at three. They must have a clear theme, though.

If you’re not a writer want to title your submission, feel free to, and I’ll include it! But it is not required unless you’re a writer.

guys, I know you’ve been waiting super patiently, thank you sm. I’m working on the specifications and they will go out the same time submissions open, today as soon as I get a chance after school. Should be around 3-4pm EST!!

Hello again! Thanks for your patience :-) I promised more information, and enough people have seemed interested that I think it’s doable. For those here for the first time, yes, this is a CTC zine!

The zine is no-cuts, no-cost, and pdf-only. So it’s kind of more of a community compilation :-D

Submissions will open Friday, April 12. They will close on the 10th of May.

At which point I’ll assemble them all into a digital book and publish it by May 24th! It’ll be here before you know it!

The theme, of course, is ‘Appreciation’. Appreciation for @velinxi of course, for working hard all these years, and how much we’ve enjoyed the ride as CTC 1.0 comes to a halt. But also appreciation for the characters she’s made and for each other!

The theme is very loose- you don’t even have to stick to it, it’s just a suggestion/guideline that I thought was apt. Speaking of submissions, here’s some more definite guidelines:

There will be 4 types of submissions: art, writing, cosplay, and design.

Art

Art will most likely be the most popular category, so there’s even more subcategories! You can do a spread, a standard piece, or a comic.

Standard pieces can be any dimension, and I’ll format them appropriately to fit the zine. There will be a minimum size though just so we have no grainy images, so please check the numbers post too!

Spreads will take up a full page. I know that traditionally, spreads cover two pages and are landscape, but seeing as this will be designed as a page-by-page pdf, it wouldn’t format correctly.

Comics will also be ‘spreads’ in the sense they cover the whole page and must have specific dimensions, but they are, of course, short comics instead.

I’ll do a separate post with the special numbers for spread and comic artists (and minimum size for standard artists) so that it’s easier to access.

Writing

Writers!!! You will be writing... a fanfiction, obviously. Not much to say there. I’ll give you specific numbers in the same post as artists

You will be able to collaborate with an artist, but only if you independently set it up. I will not be assigning collaboration partners or doing check-ups, so only work with someone you trust!

Check the upcoming numbers post that I mentioned to the artists for word count.

Cosplay

Cosplayers are ever fewer and farther between than writers, but I wanted to make it clear you’re very welcome anyway.

I ask that at least you have ‘photo shoot’ pictures- even if it’s just your friend with a phone camera, or a camera on timer, it works. The more activity in it, the better. I’ll still be taking simple selfies, but strut your talent!!

Design

Let me define this first: design is anything that consists of assembling external images to form a graphic. If you need an example, look at my character posters or even gifs, though of course we can’t put gifs in lol

More examples: moodboards, collages, wallpapers, word art

I think that’s pretty comprehensive, but if you have something you think could work that isn’t listed here, feel free to shoot me an ask!

By now you’ve hopefully all caught Vel’s announcement, with a lot of news, but concluding that she isn’t giving up on ctc. So neither will we!! Though I have more or less given up on tumblr. sorry :-) but I’m active on ctc updates and other social media!

So I’d like to make a return, for however long, to put together a CTC zine. This is a project I’ve been thinking about (with fo) since summer, but life is messy etc etc. I never got around to it, but this seems like the perfect time! with the comic in indefinite suspension, I think it would be fantastic to look back on all the hard work one person alone has done, and how much we’ve appreciated it. 

It will be pdf-only, no-cost. There will also be no cuts. The purpose is to compile everyone’s fanwork in one nice book and share with each other! So it’s technically a zine, but more like a community compilation.