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Secret Stocking Stuffers

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Was there anything more exciting as a child than opening a Christmas Stocking? Then as you got older, you likely participated in Secret Santa exchanges. This event takes both of these classic Christmas traditions and combines them into one fun challenge!

Task 🎅

To design and stuff a stocking for another forum user.

We would like to see you design a stocking for another user of your choice, and then show us the items you would put inside it. Alongside this please include text explaining why you have picked these items out for them. The items can either be drawn, crafted, or photographed - they cannot be taken from the internet. These submissions will initially be submitted to a private board, and then later will be merged into a single thread to be revealed after the event closes. You will have until 11:59PM on December 24th 2024 to submit your stockings.


Rules 🎅

  • You may use a combination of drawing, crafts, and photography in your entry.
  • Your entry must specify a member of our community and include at least a line of text to explain why you have made these choices for them.
  • All artistic elements must be your own work (AI is not permitted) and must comply with our Art Event Submission Policies and Guidelines.
  • All elements of your entry must include a name card - on digital elements please right your username and with physical submissions please include a physical name card.
  • If crafting a stocking, you may use a plain stocking as a base and you're welcome to use whatever craft supplies you wish.
  • Collages are not permitted for the contents of the stocking - please draw or photograph these items yourself (in a shop is okay).
  • You are welcome to submit more than one entry, but only the first will be counted toward the participation prize. Multiple submissions will still be considered for staff favourites.

How to Submit 🎅

When you are ready to submit your entry, make a new thread in the Secret Stocking Stuffers Submissions board.

Submission Checklist:
✅ You are posting in the private Secret Stocking Stuffers Submission board.​
✅ You have attached all relevant images to your entry.​
✅ You have specified who your stocking is for and why you have selected those items.​
✅ Your entry has a visible name card.​
✅ It is before 11:59PM EST on December 24th 2024.​
Prizes 🎅

Participation: 50 Snowflakes and 2 Chocolate Coins​
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i am so confused, for the visual artists are we drawing a stocking with items inside or are we making several separate drawings for the stocking and the individual items

if the latter can we just make one big drawing that includes everything?
 
i am so confused, for the visual artists are we drawing a stocking with items inside or are we making several separate drawings for the stocking and the individual items

if the latter can we just make one big drawing that includes everything?
It is the latter. You can put them on a single canvas if you prefer.

So can we draw a stocking? Then photograph items, or draw the items we would like to add? Sorry, I'm confused
Correct, you either draw or craft a stocking!

For the items you can either photograph or draw them.

can the items be a combination of craft and drawing? such as if i did some traditional art and some crochet for one entry?
Yes they can!
 
Realised I missed a couple of questions last night:

I was wondering what @seliph is asking and also, can we draw for more than one person, and would just one count for snowflakes? 🙂

From the Rules section:

  • You are welcome to submit more than one entry, but only the first will be counted toward the participation prize. Multiple submissions will still be considered for staff favourites.

Is there a minimum number of items to include for the stocking contents?

There isn't a minimum or maximum.
 
I understand that part of the task is to design a stocking, so I can't just take an existing Christmas Stocking and photograph it with items of my choice? What if I took a stocking and decorated it a little, for example with some stars or snowflakes?
 
I understand that part of the task is to design a stocking, so I can't just take an existing Christmas Stocking and photograph it with items of my choice? What if I took a stocking and decorated it a little, for example with some stars or snowflakes?
Decorating a plain (or simple patterned) stocking counts.
 
This was incredibly fun to do! It feels awesome to give some love to a fellow TBT’er!
 
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