general rules:
Be respectful. Follow the Gaia ToS. Duh.
I don't think these should need expanding. Just be on your best behaviour! (:
when ordering...
Please be patient. These artists have lives too, and they're spending time to create your lovely art. The least you could do is wait.
If an artist says they're not comfortable doing your order, please respect that. That being said, the artist has the right to refuse an order.
how to order:
Wait for the artist to accept your order. Remember that they have the right not to.
Once accepted, send a trade to Annual Ball Artist Mule, labelled with your artist's name. Once you've sent the trade, the artist will begin your order.
We will accept our half of the trade, but do not accept yours until you have received your art.
Once you have received your art, you may accept your half and we'd have completed the order!
New rules can and will be added if necessary. They will be in italics.
The Annual Ball is one of the longest running user-run events on Gaia. As a user-run event, it is put together piece by piece by users just like you - yes, you, the one reading this right now! Whether as an artist, providing art for rooms either through graphics or character art; or as a writer, planning the plot of each event and the ball itself; or simply as a friendly, helpful member, assisting anywhere and everywhere, each participant of the ball is a valuable part of the collaboration of the community spirit in Gaia.
Once a year we come together to celebrate what makes Gaia Online one of the best online communities on the internet by proving its sense of community among the users. A subforum is set aside for us by the Gaia admins each year, and official ball threads that are the culmination of a year's worth of hard work and planning are stickied by moderators. Once the subforum is ready, we invite all of you to party and roleplay with us!
It is a Role-play event, but everyone is welcome even if you don't enjoy role-playing. You can hang out and chat with us, discuss your favourite animes, music, or books, or enjoy the entertainment. There are also numerous games and contests in each room to be played all weekend long! For three days the Annual Ball invites all of Gaia to celebrate, well, Gaia!
Click the spoiler below to read the (rather long) history of the Annual User Run Ball!
In 2003, Misao made the 1st ever Annual Ball. The admins were so impressed with what she'd done that they released the red rose corsage and black bow tie for her ball. Note that these were the first non-store items on Gaia ever!
In 2004, Misao refused to make the next annual ball convinced that the greed on Gaia was far too much to yield it. In light of that challenge, Setzer appeared. He made a topic in QnF calling for people to help out and make the 2nd Annual Ball. This year, instead of one host there were many each with their own distinct rooms. It gained so much popularity amongst the users that Setzer decided to ask for our own forum to party in. As some of you know, the answer was yes. This was the first time Gaia had ever opened a Forum up for a user run event. Really this ball is extraordinary. Not only that, but again the admins seemed to be impressed and decided to release the G-pins (much to everyone's surprise since we (the hosts) didn't think there would be ANY items involved.
In 2005, it was that time again. Setzer passed the torch onto Razumi Yazura to host the 3rd Annual Ball since Setz thought that it would be best to change the main hosts every year (a very wise decision). That year we developed a theme which was planetary. All the rooms were based off of planets, but they each had their own underlying themes. Again the ball gained popularity and of course we asked for a forum. But this time we were getting the mansion! This of course was the first and last time the mansion was going to be opened for a User event. No items this year, but it was still a HUGE success!
In 2006, the 4th Annual Ball was hosted in a guild, due to unforseen complications, and the fact that the admins didn't want to open up the mansion for the ball. The slim staff of 16 worked day and night a mear two months before the official date of the ball, to keep this seemfully dying tradition alive. No official host was named this year, and command was shared between all those who were involved. Needless to say it was a quiet year that year, but it was the first ball that had a plot totally made by the users! Quiet, but still a success and fun!
In 2007, Leyna hosted this year's ball and the moderators allowed the ball to have its own forum for the 5th Annual Ball for the public to join in on the fun. The Ball's theme this year was Elements and it was quite exciting being able to make it public once more to a new generation of Gaians. It was a huge success and helped to open up the Ball to more people to help.
In 2008, with the Ball so successful as the year before everyone wanted to make this year's the biggest and best of them all. This year's host was chosen to be Freaksrus! Again for the 2nd time in a row the Ball was able to successfully gain a forum for the 6th Annual Ball. The ball was able to gain new ideas with the publicity of the last year and the ball's theme was chosen to be Time Periods after a quick change. Despite being a previous theme chosen for the 2nd Annual Ball all that participated had a ton of fun especially with a fun twist on the plot and the Ball's first time have it drawn out Manga style!
In 2009 Dolly14 was the host, and she created a fantasy world, with a fairy tale themed 7th Annual Ball! The ball brought in a ton of new guests and featured some of the prettiest layouts! Each room embodied a different genre, from a magnificent castle to a wild underwater scene!
In 2010, hosting responsibilities were passed between Valiae, xTrueBlissx, and Psycho Sabs due to real life complications and generally busy lives! The 8th Annual Ball was greek mythology themed! It featured a highly interactive plot with evil chaos goddess Eris going into rooms and messing with guests and NPCs.
In 2011, Princess Angelishia hosted the 9th Annual Ball, and the theme was the Seven Deadly Sins. Each of the seven rooms embodied a sin and its virtue counterpart. Though the sins and virtues were often at odds with each other, the guests had a blast restoring balance, and keeping the tower where they were held from falling.
2012 presented a story about dreams. With Broken_Bleeding_Angel as the main host, playing the Dream King, and LilChibiUsa as her CO and the Dream Queen, all the rooms were tied together with one plot about the failing worlds of dreams. Each room's plot resolution was one more step towards saving all of the worlds from being lost. This was the 10th Annual Ball and a milestone for the AURB.
In 2013, the Annual Ball was hosted by the lovely Robayn, and featured our favourite classical literature, with characters that you've only ever read about running wild. With the help of the legendary Merlin, the guests managed to convince the characters to return to their books, restoring balance. This year was the first year to feature floating cohosts!
Now we're at 2014, a year of surprises just waiting to be unravelled!
MAHOU SHOUJO USAKO - GRAPHICS
I am the magical girl usako, with my magical computer I can make you many different graphical signs and banners. These wonderful banners will shine and sparkle, and I have also heard tell that they may even move surprised
Why, just the other day, I swear I saw the eyes of a painting following me across the room. What trickery is this? hidden text suddenly appears before me as well? I must be going mad surprised
PARAEEEEE - DIGITAL ART
Hello! I'm Para, a suffering college student. 2010 is when I started getting more serious about drawing, but I've been doodling since birth. I draw really slowly.
Be aware I won't do anything above PG-13, or full mecha/anthro.
PRICES
Headshots: 1 mil
Waist-up: 2.5 mil
Add color: +1 mil
Colored Chibi: 1.5 mil
CADENZA OF THE HEART - DIGITAL ART
I've been drawing for ages, first with traditional and then expanding into digital about year ago with a mouse, then I got my first tablet for last Christmas. I'm a dumb university kid who is taking a drawing course this semester, so let's hope for improvements in my anatomy and shading! most of my examples are from using a mouse so they aren't the greatest, and unfortunately I haven't done much with the tablet. I put a lot of work into my art though, and it's not finished until I am satisfied.
Be aware I don't do anything NSFW or gore that goes above some blood splatters/freshly bandaged wounds.
PRICES
headshot/chibi :: 500k
bust/waist-up :: 800k
fullbody :: 1mil cause those suckers take a long time
add color :: 600k
VIOLET THE MAESTRO - GRAPHICS
Most people in these parts call me Violet. I've been making super fancy graphics using GIMP for a little under a year now, but I've made some not so fancy ones over the years as well. I started creating graphics for the same reason that most people I know have. I'm a roleplayer who easily gets bored. Despite being a crazy busy music major, I always take the time to finish my orders within three days of being placed.
I can do forum and guild layouts, just be sure to tell me which you'll be using my work for so I know how to code it. I can do just about anything, just not GIFS and I refuse to do anything offensive, disgusting, or otherwise unsuitable for this site.
STUPIDPSYCHO - DIGITAL ART
i'm that crazy cat hoarder that lives down the street from you O3O. who can draw and lives offa eating paint while spending all his money on his cats.
if i feel you are too cluttered i will strip clothing offa you WOOO.... O3O so if you think you are cluttered but have specific items you want in the art feel free to mention it. other then that i dont do giant robots and if i'm drawing any animals/pets in there they may or may not look kinda funny. anthros should look fine though cuz i love those... specially ones with cat ears. My art style changes all the time =D cuz i like to think i'm improving everytime
PRICES
100k to 1mil+ depending on bare bones lineart, colour, or full body, ect. its easier to just ask
Please fill out completely and post in the thread!
When the artist accepts your order, send a trade to Annual Ball Artist Mule so the artist can start your order. We will accept half of the trade, and once the artist finishes your art you may accept your half.
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