At 11/14/24 01:10 AM, LegolaSS wrote:'Tis the season, to welcome one and all again to the...

~ NEWGROUNDS SECRET SANTA 2024 GROUP E THREAD ~

Official thread link will be here when avalible
Currently there is this News Post giving you a taste of what is to come.

-= Registration for Secret Santa will be open from November 21st to December 1st =-

Not everyone gets to be included in the official secret santa, but here at Group E we look to make sure that every artist gets a chance to participate! So grab your original character and hop on in!
- - -
What is Group E?

Group E is for EVERYONE* that was unable to get scouted for the official event or perhaps just missed the deadline to join. well luckly you have a chance to take part in this mini - event.

What's different about this Group?

For a start, the rules are slightly different to allow unscouted users to join. HOWEVER it should be known that the majority of the official rules still apply.

GROUP E - Rules:


As this isn't the official event, Things will be done through private messages. I will be receiving your original character requests, checking it agaisnt the rules, putting you into skill groups and sending your request to another user to draw.

- - -

What is expected of me?

If you would like to participate:

Again, I remind you registration for Secret Santa will be open from November 21st to December 1st

Read the additional rules below and PM LegolaSS with your secret Santa in the following format:

- - -
Subject: GROUP E 2024

Message: Single link to your reference, either the art portal or NG image dump followed by information about your character, as long as it is all text.
- - -
- Be patient and respectful if your request is not allowed.
- Be respectful to whomever you're drawing for by not ruining the surprise or letting them know you're drawing for them
- You are required to create a piece of artwork for your giftee
- Relay all questions to me, NOT the person you are assigned to
- Read the rules over twice if you have any questions
- End of day, Dec. 1st (11:59pm EST) is when everyone must have their PM to me.
- If all goes according to plan, Secret Santas will be assigned on Dec. 2nd
- You have until the end of Dec. 20th (11:59pm EST) to submit your completed drawing back to me
(instructions will be sent out in the PM on the 1st, there is also WIP/Updates Required to make sure all users will receive a gift)

Please note: From experience, I am running a smaller window to get work completed and back to me with updates required. while i dont have an official backup artist supply for this group. I want to make sure everyone gets a piece of artwork, so this gives me time just in case people fail to respond or create gifts in time and some flexiblity.
- - -

The Goal

This gives users a chance to take part in the event even if its not official, you will still get to meet another artist through their character, have some fun and create pieces of art together here on Newgrounds.

Last year everyone made a piece for each other and I hope we manage to do the same this year!

* - Everyone is allowed unless they are already in the offical one, on the naughtly list AND/OR fail to follow the rules.
** - Only one reference picture to help keep private messaging run smoothly.

At 11/14/24 01:10 AM, LegolaSS wrote:'Tis the season, to welcome one and all again to the...

~ NEWGROUNDS SECRET SANTA 2024 GROUP E THREAD ~

Official thread link will be here when avalible
Currently there is this News Post giving you a taste of what is to come.

-= Registration for Secret Santa will be open from November 21st to December 1st =-

Not everyone gets to be included in the official secret santa, but here at Group E we look to make sure that every artist gets a chance to participate! So grab your original character and hop on in!
- - -
What is Group E?

Group E is for EVERYONE* that was unable to get scouted for the official event or perhaps just missed the deadline to join. well luckly you have a chance to take part in this mini - event.

What's different about this Group?

For a start, the rules are slightly different to allow unscouted users to join. HOWEVER it should be known that the majority of the official rules still apply.

GROUP E - Rules:


As this isn't the official event, Things will be done through private messages. I will be receiving your original character requests, checking it agaisnt the rules, putting you into skill groups and sending your request to another user to draw.

- - -

What is expected of me?

If you would like to participate:

Again, I remind you registration for Secret Santa will be open from November 21st to December 1st

Read the additional rules below and PM LegolaSS with your secret Santa in the following format:

- - -
Subject: GROUP E 2024

Message: Single link to your reference, either the art portal or NG image dump followed by information about your character, as long as it is all text.
- - -
- Be patient and respectful if your request is not allowed.
- Be respectful to whomever you're drawing for by not ruining the surprise or letting them know you're drawing for them
- You are required to create a piece of artwork for your giftee
- Relay all questions to me, NOT the person you are assigned to
- Read the rules over twice if you have any questions
- End of day, Dec. 1st (11:59pm EST) is when everyone must have their PM to me.
- If all goes according to plan, Secret Santas will be assigned on Dec. 2nd
- You have until the end of Dec. 20th (11:59pm EST) to submit your completed drawing back to me
(instructions will be sent out in the PM on the 1st, there is also WIP/Updates Required to make sure all users will receive a gift)

Please note: From experience, I am running a smaller window to get work completed and back to me with updates required. while i dont have an official backup artist supply for this group. I want to make sure everyone gets a piece of artwork, so this gives me time just in case people fail to respond or create gifts in time and some flexiblity.
- - -

The Goal

This gives users a chance to take part in the event even if its not official, you will still get to meet another artist through their character, have some fun and create pieces of art together here on Newgrounds.

Last year everyone made a piece for each other and I hope we manage to do the same this year!

* - Everyone is allowed unless they are already in the offical one, on the naughtly list AND/OR fail to follow the rules.
** - Only one reference picture to help keep private messaging run smoothly.

At 12/2/24 07:37 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 12/2/24 07:33 AM, Anamonator wrote:
I registered a couple of days ago and I got nothing back. Have I been rejected?

Hey Anamonator, no one has been rejected. The main event hasn't been activated and I was waiting to catch any stray artists who missed it (thus why I delayed the entry for this event by a day)

However it still hasn't been activated so everyone should be getting a pm within the next 8 hours!

At 12/15/24 05:40 AM, LegolaSS wrote:I am currently keeping track of all the event information but it seems at one point the updated information was not saved, leading me to belive some users had not sent the information to me when they had.

If you are one of these people just drop me a pm and I can resolve the situation

At 12/19/24 07:08 AM, LegolaSS wrote:I have just sent out the last reminders to the few artists I am still waiting on artwork for.

Thank you everyone who has been sending me WIP of how they are getting on, they are very much appreciated.

If you haven't had a pm then I have your artwork.

There is no need to do anything else once you have sent it to me.

I will be sending out PM's to everyone with their gifts when the time is right! 🎁

Any problems or questions feel free to ask here or PM me

At 12/19/24 07:25 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 12/19/24 07:14 AM, Anamonator wrote:

At 12/19/24 07:08 AM, LegolaSS wrote:If you haven't had a pm then I have your artwork.

Did you see my submission? Just wanted to know

As you haven't just received a PM I have your artwork

At 12/21/24 09:09 AM, LegolaSS wrote:Hey everyone!

I have Everyone's art in apart from Two people who signed up.

I feel one is my own fault as they had a sign up date the day of entry (this broke my own sign up rules and i didnt catch it)
and Im not sure why I am having radio silence from the other.

IF you are one of the unlucky two to not have artwork made for you, dont worry as i will be sorting something out!

What do i do now?

I will give it a day to make sure the last two are completely out and the secret santa artwork will be sent to you via PM!

Thank you everyone who took part, got the artwork done in the time frame and I hope you all look forward reciving your gifts!

If you have sent your artwork to me. I have it, it is logged and no need to stress.

At 12/21/24 03:52 PM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 12/21/24 03:01 PM, theschwa1313 wrote:Were supposed to post our secret Santa pieces publicly on the site on the 25th right?

Feel free to post your artwork once the event is over,

However, there are still two people who havent submitted artwork to me. in that case I will inform the artists who made pieces for them as i do not want to reward people for joining and not producing anything.