if we finish the art before the due date can they be posted in the meantime? it kinda knocks the wind out of my sails if we wait months to reveal
yes!! Your art is yours. After a point we will cut you off from making edits/updates to be featured in the game, but you should feel free to post whenever you are finished.
related: we've had some people already finish art and ask if it can be included and/or mods couldn't help but ask if it could be included. This is absolutely fine. Seeing as right now we don't have a set list of characters to draw from, it's pretty wide open. We will be narrowing down the list, matchmaking artists with prompts (and partners if desired), etc over the next week.
If your first choice character has a submission before you get your assignment, or if you submit something after someone else was already assigned that character, I think the fairest thing to do is first-come-first-served (although I'm open to feedback on this, so it may change), aka the one that will be included in the game will be the one that occurred first. We will make it clear when unsolicited art submissions will no longer be considered for part of the game (probably around the 25th when assignments are finalized/sent to artists).
I hope this helps! Again, your patience is appreciated. I have never done anything like this and also it's a massive project so a great pick for a beginner. Heh.
Come on back if you have more questions.