#merchandise artist applications

[thatmooncake]

DCA Fan Zine - Organisers needed

(Please help boost this even if you can’t personally sign up as we very much need a mod team in order to make a zine happen - especially a physical zine which I know a lot of people were interested in! <3 Thank you :>)

Sooo the results of the initial interest check are IN and it seems like people are incredibly interested in the making of a DCA fan zine for artists and writers (thanks for all the DMs so far too, I will get back to everyone)!

Now me and @flinxypie are looking for proactive mods who are happy to actively contribute to the zine’s organisation and production!

(Note: Please bear in mind a fan zine will take several months to organise and put together so these will be ongoing roles requiring active participation and joint decision making as a team throughout this time period. We are only accepting applicants for moderator positions who are 18+ due to the responsibilities involved.)

Mods will be required to help pitch in and check details, review and approve contributor applications, and offer insight and suggestions to help with the schedule and organisation of the zine where necessary.

We are specifically looking for:

- Graphic designers who can help with arranging the zine layout, editing, and providing advertising materials for the zine

- A Social media mod who can help run our social media accounts and assist with marketing

- A Finance mod who can help with bookkeeping and shop running (this will be absolutely mandatory if we will be making a physical zine)

- A Shipping/printing mod who will be responsible for the printing and shipping of the physical zine as well as any merchandise if this is produced, including sourcing a supplier we can trust to make high quality products (US-based preferred - this will also be absolutely mandatory for making a physical zine)

Previous zine experience would be great but isn’t vital for all roles. It is vital however that we have a strong active mod team pitching in in order for this zine to work!

Please apply using the linked form if you are interested: https://forms.gle/Pvj3n2DXB8dsvGg57

Applications will close on March 5th at 10pm GMT/4pm CST!

[sunlit-mess]

Since your in multimedia arts is it okay if you could show one of your projects? It's totally up to you ofcourse I'm just really curious

UHM.... I UH.. I KIND OF.. I'M NOT REALLY.. GOOD.. AHHAHAA BUT I'M TRYING 🎀

Projects I'm proud of I guess?

1st year:

Was an art director, storyboard artist, background & character designer, lighting/colorist, and clean-up artist in a short 2D animation project for finals

Had done project exhibits

2nd year:

Part of Indy Films team as sound designer

Worked on storyboards and art lead ( VFX, E-games, World-literature )

Had done 3D modeling, rigging, and 3D animation (blender), as well as game dev/ minimal coding (GDevelop, unity, Visual Studio)

Lead Game Designer (project: puzzle platformer game)

Had done projects for photography & interactive media/novels

Passed the official license exam for Adobe InDesign

One of the Graphic designers for the school's Esports organization

3rd year 1st sem:

Storyboard Artist for an ad, Creative Assistant & Digital Media Tech for branding (advertising and brand communication project)

Had done mid-fidelity wireframes

Designed a mobile application for the school's merchandise store

2nd sem (PRESENT)

Currently working as a storyboard Artist and Makeup Artist for a music video for an Indie Singer.

PS: Yes, we work on real brands, local artists, clients, and more.

[hotelvalhallazine]

Hello!! We are SO excited to announce the official opening of our CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATIONS! If you're interested in a writer, page artist, comic artist, spot artist, or merchandise artist please feel free to fill out one of our applications. If you have another art form (cosplay, photography, recipes, music, etc.) please reach out to us via email or dm on one of our social media pages.

@all-zine-apps

[alongthewayfanzine]

Welcome to the official blog of Along the Way, a charity zine celebrating the Linked Universe as a comic, a fandom, and a community.

Preorders opening February 2025!

Final interest check open here!

FAQ | Project Timeline

Tags:

#along the way fanzine - Official tag for the zine!

#zine info - Important info about the zine itself, including the schedule, application forms, contributor requirements, and more.

#merch - Information specific to merchandise outside of the zine itself.

#sneak peek - Promotions of featured artists/writers. (Nothing here yet!)

#meet the mods - Introductions of our four mods.

[miraculouscoloringbook]

ML Coloring Book Apps Open!

Applications are open for The Miraculous World of Coloring, a Miraculous Ladybug coloring book!

We're seeking artists to create line art and merch artists to create mechandise!

Miraculous World of Coloring Artist Application

Miraculous World of Coloring Merchandise Application

MWoC is a charity zine intended to be released as a print and digital coloring book! It is currently themless; anything related to Miraculous works!

Check out our other socials on our Carrd here: https://miraculouscoloring.carrd.co/

[justicesocietyzine]

Applications Open for Better Heroes: A Justice Society Zine

Better Heroes is a fanmade zine dedicated to the Justice Society of America. We are looking for contributors to help make this zine as spectacular as the team it's representing!

Better Heroes will be a digital zine, with a later physical release. We're hoping the physical release can be bundled with potential merchandise, but that will be dependent on applications and on fundraising.

Any proceeds that exceed our production costs will go directly to aid for Gazans and for Palestine. We are currently weighing different charities, and intend to be as transparent as possible if and when we reach our funding goal. We're hoping we can raise enough with your help!

Will you join us?

Read on for guidelines that will help with your contributor application. And if you have any questions, drop an ask! We're happy to talk to you.

What Are We Looking For?

Writers: obviously fanfiction, but ALSO, if you have an original essay (personal or academic) or a nonfictional historical piece, we are more than happy to consider it

Artists: we're looking for cover artists, splashpage artists, artists to be paired with writers, and general. splashpage and pairing might end up more hand in hand, but that is tbd!

MERCHANDISE Artists: we are CONSIDERING, based on the interest check, making merchandise to go with the physical zine, including but not limited to stickers, pins, charms, and prints. For the integrity of the zine, please do NOT submit any merchandise ideas for THIS zine. if we move forward with merchandise, we will work with you. this is NOT the same as applying to be a zine artist, but you can apply for both! however, if you apply and are selected for both, please understand artist and merchandise artist as 2 separate jobs.

Pinch Hitters: if a contributor defaults up to 1 month before the turn-in date, a pinch hitters will be tapped. this means a pinch hitter could have anywhere from several months (if the contributor defaults early in the process) to only one month. if you are chosen to contribute AND you want to opt in to pinch hitting, there is a VERY small chance you will be asked to do both - we'd like to include as many creators as possible.

Additional Information: We are heavily considering offering a smaller zine-within-a-zine of NSFW content. this zine is not automatically included with the regular one, and buyers will have to opt in. you are welcome to apply for only sfw contributions, only nsfw contributions, or sfw AND nsfw contributions. if there is a want for additional merch to go with the nsfw zine, or a want for an nsfw-only package, we will consider it based on finances. NSFW proceeds will be bundled into our charitable donations.

[ajthecrocodile]

⚠️ THE BILL CIPHER ZINE IS ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATIONS! ⚠️

HEY, YOU! I’M TALKING TO YOU, KID! NEED AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS YOUR DEVOTION TO BILL CIPHER??!?! I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE FOR YOU SERVED ON A GOLDEN PLATTER! �� @billcipherzine

APPLICATIONS & MORE INFO BELOW THE CUT

Zine Info Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/106ueblBW8_NY8KgTlWoSqIFBqzEkQjmibKgmxy9wuhk/edit

ARTIST APPLICATION FORM : https://airtable.com/appb9koL2lnijWMKH/pag0dRlnTTPPpyXUN/form

WRITER APPLICATION FORM: https://airtable.com/appb9koL2lnijWMKH/pagsbOyk5XxSjLyk4/form

MERCHANDISE APPLICATION FORM: https://airtable.com/appb9koL2lnijWMKH/pagIGiSVV7jissACH/form

[aoexcuizine]

Contributor Applications Closed!

It’s time! All application forms for the AOEX fanzine: The Art of AoEx Cui-Zine are now open! Applications will be open from January 20 until February 28, 2024, subject to change based on the number of responses we get.

-Must be 18+

-Zine is SFW, AU material allowed, and gen/no ships

-Theme: The various memorable cuisines expressed within the Blue Exorcist series.

For those interested:

[Artists Apply Here!]

This project will hopefully be accepting around 20-30 artists. One artist will be chosen to illustrate the cover, and a number of artists will later have the opportunity to make bonus merchandise/other zine graphics. For this application please have prepared a link to a portfolio or art hosting site of your best 3-5 pieces, as well as a few preliminary ideas for what you might like to draw for this zine. Find content guidelines here.

[Writers Apply Here!]

This project will be accepting around 10-20 writers. For this application please have prepared links to 2 or 3 posted works or links to fic hosting/writing sites that you feel illustrate your skills and your writing style. Find content guidelines here.

[Cosplayers Apply Here!]

This project is looking for 5-10 cosplayers. Cosplayers may work alone or collaborate with another if you have someone you work with! Content guidelines here.

If you’re interested in this project, please help out by reblogging or sharing on our AoEx Cuizine social media! Links are on our Carrd. The more creators who get a chance to participate, the better!

Any questions? Reach out to our ask box.

@zineapps

@zinefans

@zine-scene

@zineforall

@welovezines

@zinesubmissions

@fandomzines

@all-zine-apps

@faneventshub

@fandomzines

@zinesunlimited

CONTRIBUTOR APPS ARE NOW CLOSED!

As of March 5th, the forms are no longer accepting entries and mods are now going through to select contributors.

Thank you to everyone who applied!

[konbartzine]

Konbart Zine Contributor Applications will open on March 11!

Applications will be open from March 11 through April 11, and contributors will be selected and contacted no later than April 21st. We're looking for:

Artists and illustrators

Writers and poets

Merchandise designers

Textile artists, cosplayers, and other creatives

Candidates for moderation positions

If you're interested or think someone you know might be--reblog this post! The interest check is still open until the 10th of March, if you haven't filled it out you can do so over here.

[arimiadev]

(you can read this article down below or on my blog!)

How to Sell Visual Novels at Conventions

Or, “how do you table at an anime convention and actually get people to stop by your booth and actually get interested in visual novels????”

Picture this – me, someone who’s never been to California nor flown alone arrived to the Hyatt at the San Francisco Bay, being greeted by several online friends I’d known for years but never met in person. After a great time walking around the surrounding Burlingame area and meeting back up with the rest of our group, we had to actually put in some work for the day.

That is, setting up our booth for the convention starting the next day.

We unpacked box after box, taking turns standing around with our hands on our hips and heads tilted wondering “how the hell are we going to set all of this up?”. I decided to make it my job to set up our keychain display. All I had to do was get a copy of each keychain we had and pin them up – we even had a box from prior conventions that had a single copy of (most) of our keychains, for displaying. But as I opened more boxes, I found more and more keychains…

After threatening to change the password on their Vograce account, I found we had 10+ boxes of merchandise for niche visual novels that we were trying to sell at a vtuber convention. Not an anime convention, not a gaming convention, a vtuber convention! Going to bed that night, already tired, I was sure there was no way we would make a profit…..

…And yet, we made more on Friday than they had for the entire convention in 2023. By Sunday, we had made more than double that, having sold items to over 100 customers with most purchases around $40 each. We weren’t selling fanart, we were selling a majority completely original art.

We lived the dream of a lot of indie developers – we sold physicals of our indie games and people bought them. But how did we do it??

a little context

Some background – OffKai Expo is an annual vtuber-oriented convention in Burlingame, California, a suburb of San Francisco and just 15 minutes away from their airport. If you don’t know what a vtuber is, just go watch my oshi Gavis Bettel. In 2023, Studio Élan had a booth at the convention as it’s somewhat local to some of our members. We decided to have another booth at the convention for 2024 and I offered to work at it (what’s a booth without a marketer?).

The only anime convention I’ve ever been to was the local one in Memphis, namely Anime Blues Con, but those are….lacking, to say the least. Not much to do, very limited artist alley, waning attendance (which was already small to begin with), barely any new artists nor sights year after year… I’ve always wanted to go to a convention outside my area, to say the least.

But how did we manage to make the weekend successful?

conceits

What we did won’t be entirely replicable for most devs reading this, but there will be some insights and takeaways that I’ll highlight that are applicable to anyone wanting to table at conventions and sell their games.

Our table was for Studio Élan x VirPro – it was a joint table between our yuri visual novel studio and our indie vtuber friend streaming group, Virtuality Project. We sold some merch for VirPro, but I’d estimate that was no more than 20% of our sales – we still would have made a profit even if we weren’t selling that merch.

this table held our limited VirPro merch. we were able to hang our Élan prints on the wall behind it thanks to our friends at Studio Nekomata allowing us to tape our prints to the backside of their display. we also had a Miho cutout, but she didn’t want to stand up this weekend…

However, it is important to note that Studio Élan is not a new studio. We’ve been around for years, have 15k followers on Twitter, and have several visual novels released. We’re not extremely well known, as we are within a niche within a niche, but we aren’t unknown either. Some people actually cosplayed our characters at the convention! It’s definitely possible some locals came to OffKai Expo just to see our booth & panel (we also held a panel on Saturday where we announced 2 new games).

Another thing to note is that we have a stock of merch from running an online store and having held Kickstarters before. Specifically, we have physical copies of almost all of our games as well as artbooks, soundtracks, clothing, and more. We had tons of keychains and 11×17 prints, sure, but we also sold a lot of merch that is much harder and more expensive to produce.

So, tl;dr, things we had going for us:

We are established developers with a following & released games

We have a sizeable amount of merch already made for our online store, including physical games & artbooks

We were boothing with our indie vtuber friend group and selling their merch on the side

But our main problem:

We were boothing at a vtuber convention, not an anime or gaming convention

Now, with all of that out of the way….

convention standards

First off, let’s look at some basic things you can expect while tabling at a convention. (for the purposes of being specific to visual novels, when I say “convention” I’m only referring to anime & gaming-adjacent conventions—OffKai falls under this as vtubers are both anime & gaming-adjacent)

At a convention, you will typically be selling in either the artist alley or the dealer’s room, which are both referred to as the vendor’s hall. For small conventions, these two may be the same area. The artist alley is typically for artists selling keychains, prints, and more. The dealers room is for vendors that sell larger merch or have more items to sell – this can include artists but also includes people selling imported items (such as anime figures) and companies.

Conventions have a set amount of hours that the events go on and the vendor’s hall is usually not open the entire time. These rooms will usually open in the morning, around 10AM or so, and allow vendors an extra hour for fixing things before opening every day. For OffKai, we had to stay at our booth for about 8~ hours every day, except for Sunday. Sundays are always the shortest days for 3-day conventions, as the convention will usually wrap up around dinner time (if not earlier).

Vendors get time the night before the convention starts (usually Thursday night, with most conventions I’m referencing being Friday-Sunday events) to set up their booths. It took us around 3 hours to fully set up our booth, with 4 of us working on it. Setting up your booth will go a lot smoother if you do a trial run before the convention.

Every convention I’ve tabled at or known a vendor at provides vendors with at least 1 table and a chair. More chairs are usually easy to get, you just need to ask staff before the vendors hall opens up.

tip 1 – bring a friend

Conventions provide tables and chairs, but they don’t provide helping hands! You’re probably going to need help unpacking and setting up the table, but you’ll definitely need to take breaks during the convention for the bathroom, food, and more. You can’t just ask staff to sit at your table and you can’t just hide everything while you’re gone. Bring a friend to help out!

If you have to go alone, make friends with the people boothing next to you and ask them to watch over your table if need be. Be sure to keep your money and payment processors with you if you ever have to step away. And bring snacks & water!

our merch

Like I said, at Élan we have typical merchandise for our visual novels like keychains and acrylic standees, but we also have physical copies of our games for PC & consoles, artbooks, soundtracks, and more.

We had these types of merch:

Acrylic & wooden items

Keychains

Standees

Pins

Print media

PC discs

Console discs & cartridges (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5)

Artbooks (game artbooks, limited edition anniversary artbooks)

Soundtrack discs

4×6 prints (CGs, key artworks)

11×17 prints (key artworks, exclusive convention artworks)

Clothing & fabric

T-shirts (4 designs, 1 color each)

Hoodie (new collaboration design, for all of our games)

Scarf (new collaboration design, for 1 of our games)

Fabric flags (key visuals)

Misc.

Grab bag (misc small items)

$5 bin (misc small items)

Pencil bag

Mousepad

Enamel pin

Plushie (limited Makeship leftovers)

Some of these were items we’d never sold before such as the hoodie, scarf, and 11×17 prints. Some of them were also much more of a hassle than others.

In terms of storage and cheapness to make, prints and stickers are by far the winners (we didn’t sell stickers at OffKai but plan to in the future). Prints are basically the best thing you can sell for production cost:profit, as a 4×6 print can cost you $0.20 but sell for $5+ and an 11×17 print can cost $0.60 and sell for $15-20.

On the other hand, t-shirts can be some of the most difficult merch to work with. They take up a lot of room (we had at least 2 boxes of just shirts/hoodies) and require you to have multiple different sizes. The plushies were great & easy to sell, but at the same time they cost a lot per unit and take up even more space than shirts.

The physical copies sold great, but the cost to produce & room to store them makes them unwieldy for most developers. I would recommend them over more bespoke merch like clothing, though—several people came to our booth, having never heard of our games, and left with a physical game. CD discs rather than DVD cases are much easier to store and can be handmade, although ours are manufactured.

tip 2 – be selective with what merch you make & bring

Unless you’re lucky enough to have a convention down the street from you, chances are you’re going to have to travel to the convention. That means packing everything up, possibly shipping it, etc…. You need to be picky with what you bring if you don’t have multiple cars to throw it all in.

My merch recommendations:

4×6 prints

Ours were $4-5

Dirt cheap to print, easy to store

Easy for people to buy because of the low price point and ease of carrying

Idea – these are so cheap to print, at the very least print some of your key visual & logo to hand out to people for free

Stickers (die-cut or sticker sheets)

Dirt cheap to print, easy to store

Easy for people to buy because of the low price point and ease of carrying

Idea – some conventions won’t allow you to hand out free stickers. For conventions that don’t, I would sell either singular die-cut stickers or sell them in packs

Keychains

Ours were $12-15

Cheap to print, not very hard to store

At this price point people want to have an attachment to the characters before buying

Idea – if your game is relatively unknown but you still want to print keychains, consider packaging them with something else like the game or a sampler CD of the demo / soundtrack

Physical CD disc games

Ours were $30

Not cheap to print, not very hard to store

People will buy copies of games they’ve never heard of because it’s an interesting item to own and seen as more value than a digital copy (even if physical is more expensive)

Idea – it doesn’t cost much to get a 50 pack of CDs, the cost comes from the packaging and time to make the entire thing. If you don’t have a finished game yet, consider printing your demo out on CDs in paper slips to hand out for free

our booth

Now that I’ve talked about basics for conventions and what merch we sold, what did our booth actually look like?

We didn’t have a pre-convention trial run, so we were essentially winging it. With all of the merch I outlined, could you believe we crammed all of the display copies on 1 table, 2 shelves, and 1 clothing rack?!

Our main focus was making sure each of our physical games were visible. After all, we were at a vtuber convention where most attendees didn’t know us, so we wanted to have a way to show off our games. We spent a lot of real estate on showing individual game copies and having brochures spread out.

tip 3 – have an idea of how you’re going to display things before the convention

We also brought several items to display merch. For keychains & pins, we had a simple corkboard leaning on a photo stand / easel. For acrylic standees, we had a clear nail polish stand. For physical copies, we had photo stands and bookends. For clothes, we had a small clothing rack. For physicals, we had 3 small bookcases. These were all extremely helpful, but they are added costs and more things to carry to the convention.

here’s a better look at our 2 bookshelves. the purple ladder one was at the back of the booth highlighting some items and storing various artbooks & bundles and the smaller one was at the front left of the booth by the VirPro merch, basically in the walking aisle

The corkboard and various photo stands were must-haves, regardless of what you’re selling. A corkboard makes it easy to display anything on it, whether it’s keychains, stickers, mini-prints, announcements, posters, and more. Photo stands were also super helpful for propping our corkboard on but also showing off individual physical copies.

this was me trying to arrange the corkboard and acrylic stands. photo stands and art easels can in handy!

Along with the display stands, we also brought some decorative items like pink table clothes and flowers. These aren’t required, but help make your booth more noticeable.

A few miscellaneous items I plan on bringing to our next convention are a hand sanitizer dispenser, a small air purifier, and fliers. I always keep hand sanitizer on me, but it’s easier to use it when it’s in a convenient bottle and place. Several of us got sick after the convention (despite me wearing a mask), so I’m also bringing a small air purifier to keep some germs away from the table. I also want to bring small fliers for our upcoming games—while brochures are wonderful, I want something that’s easy (and cheap) to hand out to anyone who looks at our booth, not just the people we talk to.

tip 4 – be aware of merch thieves

We arranged our table in a way that we didn’t have to worry much about people stealing merch, though that is a problem at some conventions. As you might’ve noticed from the pictures, our smaller items like the keychains are at the far back of the booth, right beside where we sit. That allowed us to keep a better eye on it.

Rather than sitting behind our tables, we arranged our booth to be where people would walk inside it. This allowed us a way to talk to people easier. We also made sure to hide our card readers, phones, and more when any of us left the table, though this was easy because we almost always had 2-3 people at the booth at any time.

my advice

If I were an indie dev looking to booth at a convention and had the time and spare change, I would if it were close enough to drive to and the booth cost under $500. Unless you’re an established developer or have a popular artist working on your project, it’s hard to justify that cost.

tip 5 – don’t forget to budget for…

booth costs

extra badges (most booths come with 2 free badges)

hotel

travel

food

merchandise manufacturing

any shipping fees (your luggage, merch, etc.)

display items, extra things for your booth

While you may find a booth for $250, you also have to remember the travel fees, cost of food, all of the extra items you’ll need aside from merchandise, and more. A $250 booth for a 3-day convention could easily end up costing you $2,000+, and that’s if you don’t pay yourself or coworkers for their time at the booth!

If you’ve never been to a convention before then definitely go to one as an attendee before becoming a vendor. Get a feel for the place and have some fun, even if it means you won’t be able to booth there for months or a year.

tip 6 – be sure to bring…

Some kind of handout for people with your game & logo on it (fliers, business cards, brochures, etc.)

Small stationary merch for your game (4×6 prints, stickers, etc.)

Corkboard to display things on and something to prop it up

A way to take card payments and cash for change

Hand sanitizer

Pen/pencil and sticky notes

Clamps

Tape

this is the inside of our old brochure! it details our different games and highlights some upcoming titles

I’d also try putting your demo on CDs to hand out to people who seem really interested if you can. CDs are pretty cheap to get now, and even if you just get a 50 pack that can run you around $12, which ends up being $0.25/CD. Not a bad cost for getting a potential fan, if you hand them out only to people who are really interested or package them with other merch and sell them.

Your main effort if you’re not an established developer, however, will be awareness. Talk to the people who stop by your booth. Tell them hi and explain to them what you make. I had several people clearly not understand what visual novels were, but I had many more who became interested once I mentioned we made these games. “Wait, you actually made them?!”

tip 7 – talk to people!!!

People at conventions think art is cool. They think indie games are cool. Be honest with them and show them your hard work. Yeah, this means you have to put on your extrovert cap for the weekend. Just don’t treat it like you’re a car salesman—you’re a game dev first and foremost and enjoy this line of work so much you want to share it with strangers at conventions. Let that shine through in your words.

All in all, conventions are stressful, tiring, and a lot of fun when they’re run well. If any of this sounds interesting to you and you find a convention close enough to you or one that will be relatively cheap to attend, I recommend trying it out.

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OffKai Expo was so, so much fun and I’m so happy I was able to attend. It was a well run convention, our booth did amazing, I got to meet actual fans IRL, and I was able to finally see a lot of my online friends in person. I was scared leading up to it but I’m so glad I pushed myself to go. Having an in-person panel there where the room was almost full absolutely blew me away—I kept asking “do they know what room they’re in? Did they get lost?” If you came to our panel or booth, thank you!!

— Arimia

read more of my articles on tumblr here!

[triguncookbook]

Contributor Apps Open!

🍩 Official notice to all the fine artists, writers, and merchandise makers of the planet Gunsmoke: Contributor Applications are OPEN!!

🌵 Check out the guidelines in our Info Doc or the applications for more info!

🍎 Fill out a Contributor Application below!

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[womenofthearchiveszine]

Interest Check Results!

Thank you so much for replying to our interest check! We had 87 responses (wow!) and are grateful for all of the interest. Here is a quick summary of our results:

Of the 87 responses, 84% of you are interested in contributing, whatever medium that may be. We can't wait to see all of your lovely applications.

People are most excited to see stickers, prints, buttons, Discord emotes and digital wallpapers from our merchandise ideas.

The characters people are most excited to see are Agnes, Melanie, Sasha, and Georgie. For those of you who listed obscure or one off characters, we love you.

After lots of great suggestions, we have decided that proceeds from this zine will go towards Her Justice which provides needed legal services for women in New York City. You can read more about Her Justice here: https://herjustice.org/about-her-justice/who-we-serve/

We have not made any decisions whether this zine will be digital or physical. There is a lot of interest in both types. The mod team has decided that our final format of the zine will depend on who we take as a designing mod and what they are comfortable designing. Thank you all for applying! Mod applications will be going up shortly. We will be reaching out to potential contributing writers and artists very soon!

[dangerdaysbigbang]

Good Morning Motorbabies!!! If you saw our general application and weren’t able to go all in- our merchandise is in need of designing and we are looking for more artists ☢️ More information is on the application here(GO!!!) 🚨

We have lots in store for this zine -it’s our mission to allow all kinds of creative assets ⚡️ Tune in for an important guest announcements this week ‼️

[neondownpourzine]

RAIN CODE ZINE - Interest Check Results!

Hello! After a week, we've gathered an encouraging 88 responses! With that in mind, I've decided to go through with the zine 🎉🎉🎉

Here is the full results report:

In terms of participating, we have an overwhelming majority wishing to participate as artists! There's a fairly even split between writers and readers only, and just slightly less on anyone willing to take on either writer/artist roles. With this in mind, I've considered having this zine include 24 artists, 3 digital merch artists, and 6 writers, not including the moderators.

Here are the results regarding the zine's theme. We will be focusing on a general RAIN CODE zine! However, there will still be a theme so the zine can remain cohesive.

The theme is: A Trip Down Memory Lane!

For this theme, I'm hoping for a variety of pieces focusing on each chapter of the story, from the prologue to the epilogue. I'll permit some pre-game and post-game works as well, but would prefer a major focus on the canon story.

We have a staggering dominance of people preferring to be an art moderator. Even with this in mind, we will be accepting one art moderator and one writing moderator. I will handle scheduling. Applications for both will be sent out soon.

Most people have agreed on a writer/artist collaboration, which means that 6 of the artist participants will be paired with a corresponding writer to draw art that accompanies their writing.

Most folks would be willing to have digital merch attached to the zine! We will accept 3 artists to make digital merchandise. The merchandise doesn't need to fit into any one chapter, so the rules will be a bit looser on what the art can portray.

And those are the results!

Regarding some suggestions and questions asked in the interest check:

You should add keychains/physical merch/ physical copies. Full disclosure, this is the first zine I've ever run, so this zine will be a free, digital only PDF. This is to keep it as simple and manageable as possible.

A cosplay section? I would count cosplay under art. When I release artist applications, cosplayers are welcome to submit cosplay photos and even create them as entries to the final product.

Artists should make promo art! Once I have co-moderators and participants, any artists who are willing to offer simple doodles for promotional material are welcome to contribute.

Link contributor's Ao3 accounts in the zine? The zine will offer full credits for all participants in the zine. This includes any preferred social media accounts for sites such as Ao3, Wattpad, Twitter, Tumblr, and anywhere else.

How will this be scheduled? I intend to drop a full schedule post soon, but the basic rundown will be: 15 Jan - 22 Jan: Moderator Applications 24 Jan - 25 Jan: Moderator acceptance/rejection emails sent out, mods invited to the zine's discord server and emailing list. 1 Feb - 20 Feb: Artist/Writer Applications 25 Feb - 29 Feb: Artist/Writer acceptance/rejection emails sent out, participants invited to join the discord server and emailing list. 1 March - 15 Jun: Production period, with monthly progress check-ins for all participants 16 Jun - 29 Jun: Countdown period 30 Jun: Zine releases

I assure you, Vivia Twilight will appear at least one time in this zine!

As an additional note, I'd like to thank @rararazaquato for coming up with the title of the zine!

And thank you everyone for your responses!

[transapollozine]

Feeling lost, fellow traveler?

Not to worry, we are here to shed some light on the path ahead!

What is a zine? A zine is a small book created and distributed by fans on a particular subject that they really care about, for other fans. They usually contain art and writing, and many come with fan-made merchandise sold in bundles of various sizes. In this case, this zine is themed around the character Apollo Justice and his journey as a trans-man!

Why 18+ only for contributors? While the zine itself will be SFW, the topic of gender transition cannot be completely severed from discussions of anatomy and sexuality. This can make it awkward and tricky to have minors in the Discord where discussions about these topics could pop up.

Are ships allowed? Shipping will be allowed as long as the focus on your piece is Apollo and his relationship to transmasculinity. Some ships may not be allowed, and are up to the Mods’ discretion.

Are AU’s allowed? AU’s within the universe of Ace Attorney, such as characters meeting at different points or canonically dead characters staying alive, will be up to Mod approval during the pitching process. AU’s like a crossover with another property, superhero/sci-fi, etc. will not be accepted.

What kind of trans headcanons are allowed in the zine? Transmasculine headcanons can come in many flavors, and all are welcome! The point of this zine is to celebrate Apollo’s journey of self discovery, where his destination is the man we meet in the series.

Will this zine include spoilers? This zine will contain spoilers for all games Apollo Justice is present for, including AA5, AA6, and the Seven Year Gap of AA4.

Can we explore moments outside of canon? Contributors will have the chance to explore the moments in Apollo’s life in the gaps we don’t get to see between the canon, like his life growing up during the 7YG, or even post canon.

Can I apply for multiple roles? You can apply for as many as you’d like, but you will only be selected for one within the zine. There may be exceptions to this, such as a page artist also being a merch artist, or tasked with making small supplementary social media art depending on the number of applicants.

What are the rules on AI art and writing? As stated previously, unless you own all of the training data the AI used, any and all AI writing or art is strictly prohibited from this zine.

Is your question not answered here? We'd love to hear from you! 🩵💗🤍💗🩵

[cdapduozine]

C!DAPDUOZINE - FAQ!

What is a zine? 🦆- A fanzine is the union of pieces of art made by fans for fans of a specific topic, different collaborators contribute content such as texts, illustrations or any other type of creative material.

What is this zine about? 🦆- C!dapduo baby!, This zine is about telling the story of the relationship between c!quackity and c!slime. From the moment they met, until the tragic ending that we all know-

Is this zine for charity or for profit? 🦆- This zine will be completely free and published for everyone. We would like to contribute to a charity but we don't feel able to manage something like that at the moment. :( What is the schedule? How long does it take to finish the zine? 🦆- While I'm answering this the schedule is being planned, I want to apologize for this lack of information, we'll publish a carrd along with the schedule as soon as possible for y’all. The project will take approximately 5 or 6 months to complete. We make sure that all contributors have enough time to complete their artwork!

Where will the zine be published? 🦆- It hasn't been decided yet where it will be published for everyone, but we'll make sure to announce when and where the zine will be released.

Can I switch from consumer to collaborator at any time? 🦆- sure!, everyone can apply as collaborators when the applications are open. Once the application process closes, we won't accept any more collaborators.

Can I contribute to more than one work simultaneously? 🦆- Yes, If you decide to contribute two works (art, text, merch), you can do so. However, we recommend that you consider the time needed to complete both and ensure that you can meet the check-ins. ;]

What kind of merchandise would be there be? 🦆- As already mentioned, this zine is not for profit, however, it has been decided to create exclusive merch for the contributors. The type of merch will be completely digital. These will be exclusive for a limited period of time. Once this deadline has passed, the merchandise art will be able to publish and even sell their work. Will there be a limit on participants in each segment? 🦆- Yes, a limit on the number of works per chapter will be implemented to ensure an appropriate balance in the content, 6 participants for each chapter. Whats the difference between layout artist and illustrator? 🦆- The role of the illustrator is to create drawings or visual representations that will be integrated into the zine, while the layout artist is responsible for the overall presentation and design of the zine.

Remember, If something is still unclear or you have a specific question, our direct messages are open!!