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Anything new with this?

We did not get enough applicants to fill the calendar. We’re not giving up but it’s getting too close to the new year so we’re putting this on hiatus. We have notified the artists who did apply and hope to pick the project back up in the spring for a 2021 calendar.

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What time will apps be closing today? Like, time zone? Or were you thinking of extending the application time period?

Originally it was going to 11:59 PM EST but we might extend it again. 

We might also have to postpone the project until next year if we don’t suddenly get a lot of applications in the next few days.

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Which characters will be featured in this? Obviously the Paladins, but who else?

That depends on who we can get the artists to draw. The application form lists every named character we could think of (plus Keith’s dad) so there’s a lot of options for artists to choose from.

We won’t really know for sure who is getting drawn until artists are confirmed.

Unfortunately we still don’t have enough artists applied so it’s possible we may have to put this project off till next year.

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Meet the Mods

LuceCiel

Moderator, Art Person (“Crayola loves this chick.”)

Tumblr/Instagram/Twitter: luce-ciel/LuceCiel_Art

Fandoms: Voltron, Legend of Zelda

LuceCiel is a precious bean who enjoys sangria, works at Disney, and draws a lot. Like, seriously, a lot. She’s got MerMay and Inktober covered in so many colors that it looks like Crayola threw up Voltron- and Zelda-themed art. She has previously worked on Kidgezine as an artist

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Fairia/Fair, aka Aknazer

Moderator and Copywriter (“I People.”)

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Fandoms: Voltron, Miraculous Ladybug

Fairia is a mod on the KidgeonPost Discord server and mother of three boys, so she’s used to talking to people and repeating herself frequently. When she isn’t convincing people not to put rocks up their noses, she enjoys tormenting fictional characters, stealth-eating oreos in the hall closet, sewing (occasionally, poorly), drinking wine (which might explain the sewing), and D&D.

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N1t3sh4d3, aka Nightshade

Moderator, Social Media team

Tumblr, AO3, Twitter:

Fandoms: Voltron, Miraculous Ladybug, Good Omens, Supernatural, D&D...way too many to list here

N1t3s4d3 (yes, that was l33t sp33k, you nerd! I’ve had this handle since AIM started….wait, I just gave away too much!)

I run the Lagstron Discord and Exchange. Some of you know me as NightMom. I’m shipping mod for Kitty Love Zine and helped a little with mod work at Words Collide Zine. I’m also mod with the Plance prompt Tumblr, Seeds of the Garden. I’ve been in several zines and events as a contributor as well. When I’m not writing, I’m child wrangling, trying to catch up on anime, playing D&D or baking. I can wave across the state to Nary.

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Kidge-kat, aka Natalie

Moderator, Social Media/Advertising team

Tumblr/Twitter/Ao3: Kidge-kat/ Ncj700

Fandoms: Voltron, Yuri on Ice, many sports/shounen/shoujo animes.

You want to torture this woman? Ask her to write a short story, and then sit back and watch as she struggles not to write another equivalent of The Odyssey. Ncj is an author and has previously worked on Roads Untraveled Kidge and Quizsnacks Zines as a contributor. IRL, she is a semi-senior retail minion at her village corner shop, and procrastinator. She enjoys gardening, reading, Sims games, Xboxing, DnD, and chilling with her cats

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NaryCanary, aka Nary

Moderator, Social Media/Advertising team

Tumblr/Twitter/Instagram/Ao3: narycanary (“Social Media is her bitch.”)

Fandoms: Voltron, ???

Nary is a moderator on the KidgeonPost Discord server, who has also worked in the Roads Untraveled kidge Zine. IRL, she works as a manager, web designer and social media person for a company in sunny Florida, so she’s basically taking those skills and doing the same thing here, only with better company. Nary is the author of several fanfictions, a beta reader for several more, will ruthlessly wield The Sword of Grammar, and enjoys dancing.

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All applications close August 1st 2019

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OVERVIEW

Risque Business is a calendar and planner project featuring the characters of Voltron, in a suggestive pinup-style using the theme “uniforms”. The calendar will be two-sided; one side featuring females and the other featuring males. The planner will be the same aspect ratio as the calendar with artwork separating each month and weekly spreads to take notes. Each image will show only one character in a uniform of the artist’s choice. Due to the mature nature of the project, no one under the age of 18 may apply

APPLY NOW

Our staff will look over the applications and together decide which applicants will be the best ones suited for this project. It is possible that we may accept everyone, but we might have to reject some if we get too many applications. This is a print publication, so we have a limited number of pages. Acceptance emails will be sent out August 5th, 2019. The email will include a link to an Acceptance Form that confirms your commitment to the project. You MUST fill out that form to secure your contributor spot. If you don’t, it will be given to someone else. Our staff is here to help, so please don’t hesitate to send an ask if you have any questions. Thank you!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

This is a large project with a lot of moving parts, and everyone needs to commit to having their parts done in a timely manner. The moderators will be as flexible as possible, and may move deadlines back if too many people are unable to meet them in order to accommodate the most participants possible. However, Contributors repeatedly missing deadlines will be replaced.

06/01 - Applications Open 08/01 - Applications Close 08/05 - Acceptance Sent Out 08/15 - Acceptance Due with Thumbnails 09/01 - First Check-in (Sketches due) 10/01 - Second Check-in (Finished works due, Layout begins) 10/01 - Orders Open (Layout nearly done) 10/15 - Absolute Final Deadline 11/01 - Orders Close (Production begins) 11/15 - Production Complete Products ship Early December

RULES SUMMARY

All contributors are expected to follow these rules in all project spaces (Discord, Tumblr, Twitter, etc).

CONTRIBUTOR RULES:

Due to the mature nature of the project, no one under the age of 18 may apply.

No drama allowed. Disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated, period.

Make sure you can follow the Schedule!

Most of the project’s communication will be through Discord. You will be expected to join the project server if accepted so make sure you have a Discord account.

If you have a problem with anything about the project, mods, or another contributor, you need to privately report it to a mod immediately.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

All new content! Do NOT post your submission without permission!

Even though this project is suggestive in nature, for legal reasons it cannot be explicit. No actual nudity is allowed. Implied is ok.

ABSOLUTELY NO SHIPS! Ships may not even be implied. Draw only the character you are assigned.

Some kind of uniform is required.

Follow the measurement and format guides provided in the Production Manual (will be linked later).

There will be a review process - be prepared to accept critique.

PROJECT STAFF

Everyone give a shout out to our awesome staff:

Editor in Chief: @umbraja Oversees everything, logistics and decisions, finances

Creative Director: @kdxart Oversees creative process, artistic vision

Moderators: @aknazer, @kdxart, @luce-ciel, @narycanary, @kidge-kat, @fallen-angel-nightshade, @umbraja Coordinates participants, answers questions, helps out

Social Media Gurus: @luce-ciel, @narycanary, @kidge-kat, @fallen-angel-nightshade​ Keeps us up to date on social media

Production Manager: @umbraja Coordinates merch designers

Marketing Designers: Jenn, @kdxart, @umbraja Develops branding and marketing design

Production Designer: Jenn Fully produces calendar and planner, helps with merch

Copywriters: @umbraja @aknazer Writes copy for tumblr site and marketing pieces

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Jenn, aka Jenn

Moderator, Marketing Design, Production Design

Where: lurking in the corner office

Fandoms: Dresden Files, Coke (the drink!), D&D, and Whatever Looks Interesting at the Time

Jenn is an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, hiding in the basement. Or the second floor. Somewhere near there, maybe. Jenn is an IRL graphic designer, opportunistic consumer of pastries, and the other half of Octo-eyes who has previously worked as an Assistant Cat Herder (re: mod) and layout designer for the Kidgezine. (Don’t let the sarcasm and laissez-faire attitude fool you, that was a ton of work!) She enjoys cats, video games, doodling on post-it notes, and cursing at work when she hopes nobody is listening.

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KDXArt, aka Kenna

Creative Director, Marketing Designer and Moderator

Where: the place where they horde the coffee

Tumblr/Twitter: kdxart / kdx_art

Fandoms: Voltron, Game of Thrones, Critical Role, D&D, Supernatural

During the day, Kenna is a mild-mannered art teacher who hones her skills by demonstrating them for hordes of unappreciative teenage minds who would probably prefer to use the watercolors as impromptu makeup supplies, or dare their buddy to eat them. At night, Kenna becomes KDX, who has worked on both the Kidgezine and Spellbound zine, as well as other freelance design projects.

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Umbraja, aka Mel

Editor in Chief, Moderator, Production Manager, Marketing Designer and Copywriter (“Jack of all spades.”)

Tumblr/Ao3: umbraja

Fandoms: Voltron, D&D

Umbraja is a mod on the KidgeonPost Discord server and has previously worked as Editor in Chief (among other things) on the Kidgezine. IRL, she is a Web Developer for a University in Texas, who does technowizardry to make websites and small run publications. She enjoys drawing, Dr Pepper, and plotting global domination via technological means with Jenn. (Insert something about octo-eyes

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PROJECT STAFF

Everyone give a shout out to our awesome staff:

Editor in Chief: @umbraja Oversees everything, logistics and decisions, finances

Creative Director: @kdxart Oversees creative process, artistic vision

Moderators: @aknazer, @kdxart, @luce-ciel, @narycanary, @kidge-kat, @fallen-angel-nightshade, @umbraja Coordinates participants, answers questions, helps out

Social Media Gurus: @luce-ciel, @narycanary, @kidge-kat, @fallen-angel-nightshade​ Keeps us up to date on social media

Production Manager: @umbraja Coordinates merch designers

Marketing Designers: Jenn, @kdxart, @umbraja Develops branding and marketing design

Production Designer: Jenn Fully produces calendar and planner, helps with merch

Copywriters: @umbraja @aknazer Writes copy for tumblr site and marketing pieces

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RULES

APPLY NOW

Rules Summary

All contributors are expected to follow these rules in all project spaces (Discord, Tumblr, Twitter, etc).

Contributor Rules:

Due to the mature nature of the project, no one under the age of 18 may apply.

No drama allowed. Disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated, period.

Make sure you can follow the Schedule! [ View Schedule ]

Most of the project’s communication will be through Discord. You will be expected to join the project server if accepted so make sure you have a Discord account.

If you have a problem with anything about the project, mods, or another contributor, you need to privately report it to a mod immediately.

Submission Requirements:

All new content! Do NOT post your submission without permission!

Even though this project is suggestive in nature, for legal reasons it cannot be explicit. No actual nudity is allowed. Implied is ok.

ABSOLUTELY NO SHIPS! Ships may not even be implied. Draw only the character you are assigned.

Some kind of uniform is required.

Follow the measurement and format guides provided in the Production Manual (will be linked later).

There will be a review process - be prepared to accept critique.

Some Clarification

Rules

Mature Content. Though we will not be allowing truly explicit images, the nature of this project is still mature so we will not allow minors to participate. Because the products will be shipping out of the US, that means everyone must be 18 or older.

Respectful personal conduct will be expected and strictly enforced. All comments and critiques must be offered in a polite and civil manner, and accepted the same way. That means NO SHIP BASHING, NO ANTI BEHAVIOR and NO DRAMA. The project is general in nature with no relationships shown, but we all understand that everybody has relationships they personally enjoy. Nobody will be allowed to criticize or harass another participant based on their personal preferences. Respectful and polite discussion is allowed, but rude and unconscionable behavior will not be tolerated.

Professionalism & Reliability. Everyone must commit to having their parts done in a timely manner. The moderators will be as flexible as possible, and may move deadlines back if too many people are unable to meet them in order to accommodate the most participants possible. However, Contributors repeatedly missing deadlines will be replaced.

Communication will be accomplished primarily through Discord. All Contributors will be expected to join the Discord channel and be alert for notifications from moderators regarding the project. Additionally, there will be a review process that requires communication between Contributors and Staff, so Contributors must be willing to discuss their work via Discord with Staff members. Problems regarding pieces will need to be communicated, whether it’s missing a deadline, difficulty meeting a requirement, or inability to find a good reference image. Interpersonal conflicts should be privately reported to a moderator.

Submissions

All submissions must be new content. That means they cannot be posted anywhere before the calendar is published. DO NOT POST YOUR PIECE! Any works posted before the calendar is published will not be included.

Explicit images will not be allowed. Nudity may be implied but all private parts must be covered. If the work is showing more than a swimsuit could allow, then clothing and/or strategically placed objects will need to be added.

Assigned character ONLY. We won’t allow even a hint of shipping so don’t put more than one character per image. Don’t try to sneak a ship in with subtle hints either. Contributors will be assigned a character based on the character preferences submited with your application. The Staff will attempt to assign each Contributor a character within their top three choices. However, the goal is to showcase a different character each month, so you may not get your favorite if several people choose the same one. If you have a problem with the character assigned, you need to let the Staff know so a reassignment can be attempted.

Setting and Theme. The theme is uniforms, so all works must include a uniform of some form. Be creative with this and try to find interesting uniforms. We’re going to be flexible on what counts and if you aren’t sure you can always just ask. The only limit on the setting is your imagination so have fun with that.

Format and Bleeds. A formal Production Manual will be added latter but here’s the basic specs:

Trimmed work will be 10 inches wide by 15 inches tall at 300 dpi.

Submitted work will be 10.25 inches wide by 15.25 tall. This number includes 1/8 inch (0.3175cm) bleeds on all sides.

Room for date block must be included in the piece (template will be provided).

Signature, if desired, must not be in the area where the date block will be applied (per template) and must be at least 1.5 inch from any side of piece to ensure it will be visible.

Finished piece MUST be in CMYK format if possible.

Finished piece MUST be submitted in .jpg, .jpeg, .psd, or .pdf format. PNG format will NOT be accepted if it can be avoided.

All art will be reviewed multiple times. Comments and suggestions will be offered to help you better complete your work and keep it within the necessary guidelines for the project. Critiques regarding requirements or layout specifications must be be heeded, but style critiques are at the creator’s discretion. This is primarily an assistive tool; the Staff understands that many artists do not like to show their work before it is complete, however, progress reviews are an essential part of producing quality work.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

This is a large project with a lot of moving parts, and everyone needs to commit to having their parts done in a timely manner. The moderators will be as flexible as possible, and may move deadlines back if too many people are unable to meet them in order to accommodate the most participants possible. However, Contributors repeatedly missing deadlines will be replaced.

06/01 - Applications Open 08/01 - Applications Close 08/05 - Acceptance Sent Out 08/15 - Acceptance Due with Thumbnails 09/01 - First Check-in (Sketches due) 10/01 - Second Check-in (Finished works due, Layout begins) 10/01 - Orders Open (Layout nearly done) 10/15 - Absolute Final Deadline 11/01 - Orders Close (Production begins) 11/15 - Production Complete Products ship Early December

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So, questions lol. 1) i'm confused; are contributors required to make two pieces each(one male and one female)?, and 2) are "uniforms" limited to uniforms they've actually worn in the show, or could someone draw, i dunno, shiro in a police uniform, for example? (also, could they be "sexy" uniforms, kinda like those "sexy police" and "sexy nurse" halloween costumes for women lol)

Right now we don’t have enough artists so contributors will be asked for multiple pieces but it won’t be a hard requirement, just a plz help kind of thing. If we get more artists then there will be less pressure for multiple pieces.

We’re actually looking for as wide a variety of uniforms as we can get so it’s not limited to ones on the show. Being a pin up type thing the “sexy” versions are definitely allowed but we’re not limiting it to just that.