At the moment, we do not accept artwork alone on the archive. We sometimes have stories posted that have accompanying illustrations, and I've done illuminations of Silmarillion-based poetry, but those works all have accompanying pieces of writing.
What we mods are hoping to do, once we polish off our to-do list, is to add a separate gallery for Silmarillion-based artwork. We have a lot of artists in our community and want to be able to share art as well as writing. I realize that the artists are kind of the red-headed stepchild in the group right now, and I don't like that one bit. :) If it doesn't look like the gallery is something that we can finish in the next few months, my comods and I may open the question of using the writing archive as a temporary home for artwork as well.
And in that case, what happens with artwork based on stories posted at the site?
It's early morning here, my brain is still on vacation, and I'm interpreting this question two ways and not sure which you mean, so I'll answer both and hope I hit it. :)
Artwork posted as part of the birthday compilation (i.e., up on one of the pages at http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/birthday/) will remain where it is on the birthday page. We accept artwork for our compilations; we just don't accommodate stand-alone artwork on the archive itself right now (for technical reasons that I won't get into unless you or someone else wants to hear them. ;)
Second answer: If you've done an illustration for a story on the archive (your own or someone else's), that piece is welcome on the archive as part of the story it illustrates. What we can't really accommodate right now (for the administrative/technical reasons alluded to earlier) is stand-alone artwork. So if, for example, I wrote a story inspired by "Young Turin," and you agreed to allow me to post your artwork along with my story, that would be fine. What we can't do yet is to post "Young Turin" on its own.
If I've managed to miss answering something (totally possible! :) please just let me know! :)
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Date: 2010-09-13 01:29 pm (UTC)What we mods are hoping to do, once we polish off our to-do list, is to add a separate gallery for Silmarillion-based artwork. We have a lot of artists in our community and want to be able to share art as well as writing. I realize that the artists are kind of the red-headed stepchild in the group right now, and I don't like that one bit. :) If it doesn't look like the gallery is something that we can finish in the next few months, my comods and I may open the question of using the writing archive as a temporary home for artwork as well.
And in that case, what happens with artwork based on stories posted at the site?
It's early morning here, my brain is still on vacation, and I'm interpreting this question two ways and not sure which you mean, so I'll answer both and hope I hit it. :)
Artwork posted as part of the birthday compilation (i.e., up on one of the pages at http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/birthday/) will remain where it is on the birthday page. We accept artwork for our compilations; we just don't accommodate stand-alone artwork on the archive itself right now (for technical reasons that I won't get into unless you or someone else wants to hear them. ;)
Second answer: If you've done an illustration for a story on the archive (your own or someone else's), that piece is welcome on the archive as part of the story it illustrates. What we can't really accommodate right now (for the administrative/technical reasons alluded to earlier) is stand-alone artwork. So if, for example, I wrote a story inspired by "Young Turin," and you agreed to allow me to post your artwork along with my story, that would be fine. What we can't do yet is to post "Young Turin" on its own.
If I've managed to miss answering something (totally possible! :) please just let me know! :)