ALL: Oh My Goth | Due August 25

[EraserQueen]

# of cards: 3 for 3 - or 6 for 6 if more than 10 people join
Media: Any your were juried in for
Due Date: August 25



:: :blackheart: Oh my GOTH :blackheart: ::
This swap is for embracing your inner goth. Take a theme and interpret in a goth style, from Mad Hatters and VooDoo kings, Vintage Goth Girls and Goth Mermaids, to Goth Fairy Tales and Children's stories - this is the swap for all things GOTH.

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ArtsyIAgirl | Amerasu | MANUZ



Mailing Instructions:


USA: Please enclose a SASE with .45 cents! The postal rate has gone up Also, please enclose an extra stamp to help with international players!

International: An extra card in this theme would be appreciated and I'd love your forever, though not required. You must however send a label with your address written on it. I will supply envelopes!

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TempestStudios

Participants:
1) Cindyjob
2)
3) Leigh
4) Amerasu
5) Ginart
6) catpratt
7) Maija
8) TFBalding
9)meganspaperstudio
10) Acalla
11) Mlydon
12)

[Cindyjob]

I wanna get my Goth on.

[EraserQueen]

Welcome!
I bet you look hawt in stripped stockings.

[themuppet]

You KNOW I'm in. I'm wearing striped footie socks as we speak!

[Leigh]

This is something new for me - and I enjoy a challenge so please sign me up!

[Amerasu]

I'm in please :)

[EraserQueen]

Yay! Welcome guys!

[Ginart]

I'd like to play! If only for the title of this swap. Awesome! :D

[EraserQueen]

LOL, welcome!...yes, if you say it out loud it sounds like you're lisping...

[catpratt]

Me too please!

[EraserQueen]

Yay Cathy! Adding you now :D

[mlydon]

Oooh...I'm lurking until I'm caught up..

[EraserQueen]

Yay! You better come back, or I'll send Igor after ya :D

[Maija]

My gothic heart bleeds from the wish to be included.

[EraserQueen]

Welcome Maija! :blackheart:

[Maija]

I decided to go with gothed up fairy tales, and already sketched a gothic Snow White, Red Riding Hood, Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, Little Miss Muffet and Big Bad Wolf! To be honest, the gothic part will mostly come in the coloring stage with the make up and what not added. So, if less than 10 people join, I think I'll have a host card + two extra to trade.

[EraserQueen]

OooH! Exciting! I love Goth Fairy Tales :D I am not sure what approach I am going to take..I was thinking maybe Goth Circus performers... Like Goth Cirque du Soleil.

[Maija]

I love circus performers and carnivales! So that sounds like a really great idea to me.

[meganspaperstudio]

I'm going to see if I can get my cards done before I join. My house is insane with kids out of school!

[TF Balding]

Oooo i wants in!

[EraserQueen]

Yay! Welcome TF!

Megan, Hope you can join, I love your little drawn goth girls!

[meganspaperstudio]

Count me in! I just finished mine laying here in bed. I will post a photo tomorrow

[meganspaperstudio]

my cards :)

[EraserQueen]

Yay! So cute :D

[TF Balding]

Love your style Megan!

[Maija]

Oh, Megan, I love your cards! Especially the top row, 'cause I'm a sucker for greyscale with dashes of color.

Now you made me want to finish my cards so bad! But I'm at work, I have to wait to get home to get to inking and coloring, boo!

[Ginart]

Wow Megan, those are awesome! Great style indeed!

[meganspaperstudio]

Thanks guys! I haven't joined a swap for over a year so this is just what I needed!

[catpratt]

I'm in. Please sign me up!

[catpratt]

Here are my cards...they hit the mail tomorrow.

[CindyD]

Question! So make 3 unless more than 10 people join, and then one must make 6, but people are posting 4?
Also, both sets posted are so fun and cute!

Question2- why don't more people post their swaps in the gallery? Is it because that got added later and people don't think of it, or because people think of the gallery only for "available for trade" category?
/end of Newb questions. :)

[catpratt]

I'll jump in because I'm here, hope that is ok.

If 10 people join then you can make 6, IF YOU CHOOSE.

Lots of folks make a hostess card, an extra card for the fab host, as a fun gift. Read the beginning of the swap, and it says how the host feels about a host card, if they even mention it. I always TRY to make a host card, it doesn't always happen. Not required usually because the hosts do it out of the kindness of their hearts! :-)

I simply forget to upload twice, in the thread and in the gallery. Sometimes people don't upload to the thread and only to the gallery. My opinion is that the art is fun to see in both places, and especially in the swap thread so the others in the swap can get excited and inspired.

Nope, the gallery is for traded and available both. You choose which category at the beginning of the posting process.

Hope that helps.


Question! So make 3 unless more than 10 people join, and then one must make 6, but people are posting 4?
Also, both sets posted are so fun and cute!

Question2- why don't more people post their swaps in the gallery? Is it because that got added later and people don't think of it, or because people think of the gallery only for "available for trade" category?
/end of Newb questions. :)

[CindyD]

Ah ha, the host card! Thanks :D

[Leigh]

My cards are good to go and will be in the mail tomorrow (yeah! earlier than I expected). SUCH fun bringing her to life. I thought I´d try something different and rework the same character throughout the set.

[TF Balding]

Gorgoeus Leigh! I <3 corsets. :)

[catpratt]

Good idea Leigh. Great set.

[EraserQueen]

I got Cathy's cards today!

[acalla]

I was going to make the cards first and than sign up.
But .... no matter....
I will sign up first this time :dotd:

[EraserQueen]

HAHAHA!! Yay :D Welcome Harriet!

[Ginart]

Wow Catpratt, love your cards! Great style as always ^_^

[mlydon]

I wanted to finish them before I joined - hopefully these are Goth enough...

[themuppet]

Holy crap Michelle, I love them all, but that last one is especially fantabulous!

[mlydon]

I'm glad you like them, mupps! Once again, though, the pinks didn't scan..I have to try another brand, methinks.. I'm mailing them this afternoon :)

[Ginart]

Wow, those are awesome!! Really love the first one!

[Maija]

Mlydon, I like your cards! The third one is my favorite.

[TF Balding]

my cards, ready to go postal :blackheart:

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[Ginart]

Got mine done! In time, phew ^_^

I'm sorry EQ, but I don't think I can do a host card... :( Jetlag and my new job are eating more energy than anticipated. I don't mind sending one extra a bit later, if you like them.

Anyway, done with watercolor, ink, and gel pen and I hope they're gothic enough ^_^ (the research for these was fun! Amazing what you get when you Google goth shoes, haha)

[EraserQueen]

Wow! Awesome cards you guys!! I can't wait to see them all in person! :jiggy:

[Ginart]

Lol, all the comments and encouragement made me do another one, so there'll be a host card. Yay! I'll post it asap!

Edit: added it! Hope you like it! :D

[Maija]

I know I said that I would do gothed up fairy tales, but those turned into a long and detailed card series that I didn't get a chance to finish, and I think I'll work on them for a while more + do even more cards in that theme. So I made some nice goth girls for you instead: Aristogoth, Perky Goth and Business Goth.

I'll mail the cards out today. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to make a host card, so I'll send EraserQueen an old goth card of mine: http://www.illustratedatcs.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=32191 I hope she likes it, although it isn't as nice, being older work.

[Amerasu]

Maija, I love your cards! Fantastic!

[Maija]

Thank you, Amerasu! <3

And the cards are now in the mail, EraserQueen!

[EraserQueen]

Those are cute! Love the artisto one :D

[Amerasu]

Finishing mine up now! I should get them into the mail tomorrow at this rate :)

[acalla]

I just finished mine.
Are they okay for this swap??
If not..I can always use them for the Halloween artathon

[TF Balding]

i love them Harriet! :blackheart:

[Amerasu]

I finished today, yay! I won't make the mail today though so will get Alex to take in the morning. Should make it to you by the 25th. Will post cards later.

[EraserQueen]

Those are fine Harriet!

Sal: Yay!

[Ginart]

Have my shoes arrived yet? ^_^

[EraserQueen]

Not yet! I will post when they get here. When did you mail them?

[TF Balding]

Yikes... i mailed mine around the 4th... kinda wondering about em now...

[EraserQueen]

Never fear! I got cards from maija and TF today!

[TF Balding]

Good to know! (I might start considering you an international host for mailing time purposes though, lol...)

[Maija]

I'm glad my cards arrived safely! Though I'm surprised that my cards from Finland took less time to arrive (I sent them on the 10th) than TF's cards from the States. o_o

[EraserQueen]

I am wondering if they closed a sorting station near me. I know our local mail has to go all the way to Syracuse now to be sorted. We've been having closures across the country - we're gonna turn into Canada Post! *wails*

[Ginart]

I think I mailed them around the 9th or 10th, along with another swap that went to New Jersey and they arrived the 17th. It usually takes a week to the US, so I hope they'll get there and weren't lost... :unsure:

[Ginart]

Due date has come and gone... Mine still haven't arrived?

[themuppet]

I guess I'm withdrawing :dull: I totally spaced it. As usual!

[EraserQueen]

I have updated the list!

[EraserQueen]

I gots all the cards! I'll be swapping these puppies out and mailing them Tuesday! Thanks for playing guys!!!

[mlydon]

and Thanks for hosting, EQ! I can't wait to see what arrives :)

[acalla]

I gots all the cards! I'll be swapping these puppies out and mailing them Tuesday! Thanks for playing guys!!!


Yikes...mine have not arrived yet.
If you swapped out on the 2nd...
Should I worry?

[catpratt]

Harriet, I get mine so quickly from Annie, and they arrived just today. You'll see yours soon. Lucky me, I'm usually one of the first!

Thank you Annie for hosting! I have extremely great cards here from Harriet (red haired beauty), from Leigh (purple/black corset) and Meganspaperstudio (red haired woman and heart). I love them all!

[acalla]

Cat...Whew...glad to hear, I was starting to worry

[TF Balding]

Got mine, too! Leigh (#3 of 4), Maija (Business Goth) & MegansPaperStudio (dark haired beauty with red heart)!
Love them all!! :blackheart: Thanks for another great swap!

[Ginart]

Yay! Mine have arrived! Got teenage weerwolf girl from EQ, the goth lady in red w purple bg from Sal and perky goth #2 from Maija. Thank you! As well as for hosting this cool swap!

[Maija]

My cards came in the mail today! I got 3 of 4 (the pig-tailed goth) from Michelle, Black Boots from Gina, and the goth with the ankh necklace from Sal! Thanks for the great returns and thanks for hosting, EraserQueen!

[EraserQueen]

YAY! Thanks guys for joining!!! :jiggy:

[acalla]

My cards arrive safe and sound :)
Thanks EQ

[Leigh]

My cards arrived today - thanks to Catpratt, Acalla and EQ for their lovely cards and to you EQ for hosting :)

[mlydon]

I haven't received mine either, and I'm not that far away..:(

[EraserQueen]

WOW< that's really weird, you are close by...

[mlydon]

I give up - they're lost. And this time I didn't get the shredded envelope in the USPS plastic apology bag, like I did with the Exotic Indian Women Swap you hosted..:( I think the staples inside the envelope get caught in their machines...best guess.

[Ginart]

Staples? In an envelope?

I think you can go and ask them, though. File a complaint if necessary. The envie could also have been stolen and though I'm not sure what that means in the US, here that's a federal crime. I'd look into it if I were you.

[EraserQueen]

That is so weird! And I'm so sorry it happened :( In the ten years I've been trading, I've lost a bunch of returns, and it never gets easier. :sad:

[Maija]

EraserQueen, do you know if my AristoGoth was by any chance in mlydon's envelope? I'd hate to see it get lost. :(

[EraserQueen]

I am not sure! I thought I gave it to Amerasu (?)

[Maija]

Alright, then! Thanks for letting me know.

Edit: I was not asking just for selfish reasons, I figured that if my card had gone missing, I could have sent mlydon a new one. :D Just to clarify.