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Yes, it's really been that long since the book was published.
And, as the gallery put on a contest for the 20th Anniversary, it seems only right to do another contest for the 25th Anniversary. However, there’s simply not enough time for me to arrange something in April (I’m currently packing to move house at the end of March), so we’ll switch the start date to May.
The biggest problem is… I've been running the group alone for a very long time, and coming up with everything all by myself has become just about impossible.
So I'm opening up the floor to all members of the Good Omens Gallery. Here's what I need:
IDEAS FOR CONTEST THEMES. Starting today, send ideas to me by private note. In one week, I will put themes up for a vote by the entire group.
HELP WITH PRIZES. I'm asking for volunteer artists, or alternatives to artwork as a prize.* Send that to me by private note as well.
* In the past, I did all the artwork for contest winners, but I damaged my hand last year so it’s more challenging to draw for long periods – I could manage in a pinch but I’d rather not be doing all by myself this time. And no, I can’t afford cash prizes out of my own pocket, so don’t ask.
And, as the gallery put on a contest for the 20th Anniversary, it seems only right to do another contest for the 25th Anniversary. However, there’s simply not enough time for me to arrange something in April (I’m currently packing to move house at the end of March), so we’ll switch the start date to May.
The biggest problem is… I've been running the group alone for a very long time, and coming up with everything all by myself has become just about impossible.
So I'm opening up the floor to all members of the Good Omens Gallery. Here's what I need:
IDEAS FOR CONTEST THEMES. Starting today, send ideas to me by private note. In one week, I will put themes up for a vote by the entire group.
HELP WITH PRIZES. I'm asking for volunteer artists, or alternatives to artwork as a prize.* Send that to me by private note as well.
* In the past, I did all the artwork for contest winners, but I damaged my hand last year so it’s more challenging to draw for long periods – I could manage in a pinch but I’d rather not be doing all by myself this time. And no, I can’t afford cash prizes out of my own pocket, so don’t ask.
GOOD OMENS 30th ANNIVERSARY!
Today is the 30th anniversary of the publication of the Good Omens, the book, and I would love to be celebrating in a more significant way. But my mother is ill with COVID, so I'm having a bit of a difficult time right now coping with the potential implications and not in a very celebratory mood.
Meanwhile, here is a wonderful gift brought to everyone by Neil Gaiman, Michael Sheen and David Tennant, which should brighten our day. It definitely made even me smile right now.
GOOD OMENS LOCKDOWN
Everyone be safe out there, stay home if possible, and definitely wash those hands & wear a mask.
Alteration to Rule #1
Since the beginning, the Gallery has rejected stock photos and screencaps, since our focus was on original artwork. Another reason was having no canon character designs, unless you count the myriad book covers (even now, neither Book nor TV versions will reign supreme, and the Gallery respects both). The biggest reason was too many copypastas of people's favorite pre-TV Series actors with a character's name slapped underneath, which was neither original nor artistic.
But seeing just how many memes have sprouted in the internet's fertile soil in the 15 years since this group was created, and after such great Good Omens memes in the last few m
Alteration to Rule #5
8/30/2019
Otherwise known as "The Strictest Rule". But, as I say at the top of the Rules page, I'm willing to reshape just about any rule if there is reasonable dialogue.
In the beginning, I wanted to keep the Gallery more humorous, in keeping with the Book. But things change, hopefully for the better. I've actually changed Rule #5 twice before. The first time was allowing ANYTHING graphically disturbing because, after all, there are scenes in the book itself that would be disturbing if illustrated properly, so canon scenes were accepted. The second time was adding fanfic illustrations, because non-canon work can get very graphic indeed.
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Possible submissions glitch
I'm largely back to normal, health-wise, and am mostly caught up with memberships & submissions. Except a couple of times, with a couple of members, their submissions were rejected or possibly failed to submit properly after I hit the "YES" button.
One thing I can promise all members is that if a submission is TRULY being rejected, I always send a note along with that rejection to explain the reason. So if your submission is rejected and you DON'T hear from me at all, then you can happily assume it was the same glitch as before, and just resubmit the item.
In fact, I think the last time I outright rejected anything was about four years ago,
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