Hello friends,



I have hosted the Exalted Secret Santa art exchange for four years on deviantArt and for three years on tumblr. We have had nearly 30 different participants through the years and a few who have come back year after year, so I am happy to see both returning artists and total newcomers (to the event, or to Exalted itself!) If you are a tumblr artist and interested in participating, please reblog or send me an ask! You would be required to do the following:

1) Post a journal to tumblr by December 3rd, containing the descriptions of at least two characters you would like drawn. These could be your own characters, friends’ ones, canon characters, alternate designs if you only have one character; it’s just nice to provide the person drawing for you with more than one option in case they are not comfortable with your first. The journal should provide all the physical and otherwise relevant details needed to draw your character, though please provide a picture reference if at all possible. (In case you want a template, this post from last year is a great example.) In addition, if you have any relevant squicks or phobias that might come up in the course of a stranger drawing your character, please note it in the journal. (For example, “Kejak always has his emerald spider on his shoulder, but please don’t focus on it and keep the spider cartoony, since they freak me out a bit.”) Make it as easy as possible for your gifter to draw your character!

Feel free to post it up as soon as I’ve confirmed you’re in! The longer you go without posting the journal, the less time your sender will have to draw for you, so try to get it up quickly. Please tag these with #exalted or #exalted secret santa so that I can find them (or feel free to message me with a link to it). Once they are all completed, I will make a full post with links to every journal, and tell you through asks or the message system who you will draw for.

2) Have your asks or submit box open for your assignment, or make sure to check your messages. Please let me know if you are going to drop off the grid at any point during the secret santa in case the person drawing for you needs any further details beyond what is in your journal. If there are any emergencies that will render you unable to complete the trade, please let me know as soon as possible so I can work out an alternative.

3) Submit a piece of finished artwork by December 31st. (you will have over 3 weeks to work on this. if you think you cannot make this due date, please do not enter the secret santa. It always sucks to be the one who doesn’t get a present or who gets it weeks after everyone else. do not do this to someone.) Tag your submission with the secret santa tag and with your giftee’s name if you want, or I can notify them it’s up. Once most of the gifts are posted I will begin to collect them in a big awesome post for posterity.

Let me know by December 3rd and I will have your assignments to you within 24 hours if at all possible. Again, before you respond, please consider if you will have time for this trade during the busy holiday season and get back to me if you are sure. Feel free to message me with any questions you have!

Sorry, I do not accept writing or mechanics submissions for this Secret Santa (though you are welcome to accompany your picture with some text, and totally welcome to host a writing exchange of your own!)

-Path.