colors_tcg | Colors Universe Open Fic and Art Submission (May 2013

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Here we are with a new media submission post! First of all let's round up all the submissions from the previous round. Thanks for all the contributions, guys!

ART

Aoi-sama
Aoi-sama fail!cosplay Grell by Bao
A Rather Cold Aoi-sama by Bao

Gin-sensei
untitled submission (grumpy gin-sensei!) by Bao

Kou-kun
Kou-kun Chibi by Netbug
Chibi-Kou by Gargant

Midori~n
Dwarven Midori~n by Kuri
'Tude by Netbug

Mikan-tan
Winter Mikan by Muri
Chibi-Mikan by Gargant
Mikan desu!! by Ori

Murasaki-dono
pixel doll! by Bao

Shirocchi/Kurocchi
Kurocchi doodle by Aru
Sleepy Time by Ka-chan
Kurocchi + Shirocchi by Ori
Shirocchi doodle by Aru

Tobi-han
TOB-I by Netbug

Group
chibi akai and chibi aoi by Chuu
Friends Forever by Meru
Colors Team Racing by Raven

FIC

Television (part 3) by John
Television (part 4) by John
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life by Chianna
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (2) by Chianna
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (3) by Chianna
Aoi-Sama's Sonnet by Fel

Not a bad selection! Thanks again, everyone!

October/November Open Fic and Art Submission!!
For each character's designs, please visit the website.

Art

Memes: As with the last two media posts, I'll offer to extra crayons for anyone who completes either of these art memes! Please consider it!
Art meme - various expressions
Art meme - cosplay closet

Guidelines for submitting art:
♥ Your artwork must be of Akai-san, Mikan-tan, Kou-kun, Midorin, Aoi-sama, Murasaki-dono, Tobi-han, Gin-sensei, Shirocchi, Kurocchi, or any combination of them!
♥ Your art must be in color.
♥ Your art must be at least 400 px wide. Larger sizes are lovely, as we might use them in banners or other graphics!
♥ You must save your art as either a gif, png, or jpg. Beware of transparency issues, as our gallery does not display transparency too well~.
♥ You may submit up to three pieces of artwork (you can submit more but will receive no rewards for them).
♥ Rewards are as follows:
-full body shot = 4 random cards, 1 random crayon
-upper body = 2 random cards, 1 random crayon
-two or more characters in the same shot = 4 random cards, 1 random crayon (regardless of whether or not we see all of them)

When submitting your art, please comment below, label the subject of your comment with ART, and then use the form below.

4-koma & Longer Comics
For the comic fans!

Guidelines
♥ Your comic must feature Akai-san, Mikan-tan, Kou-kun, Midorin, Aoi-sama, Murasaki-dono, Tobi-han, Gin-sensei, Shirocchi, Kurocchi, or any combination of them!
♥ 4-koma must be in full color. Longer comics don't necessarily have to be in color.
♥ You must save your comic as either a gif, png, or jpg.
♥ You may submit up to three pages of comic for rewards. Submitting more will net you no rewards, but we'd still love to see them. 8D
♥ Rewards are as follows:
-1 page of comic = 4 random cards, 1 random crayon

Fic
Although as demonstrated last round, poetry is fine too! Get creative, you guys :>

Guidelines:
♠ Your fic must be about Akai-san, Mikan-tan, Kou-kun, Midorin, Aoi-sama, Murasaki-dono, Tobi-han, Gin-sensei, Shirocchi, Kurocchi, or any combination of them together.
♠ Your fic must be at least 200 words long.
♠ Your fic may use one of the themes/situations below (even if it's in a very minor way) it's totally optional at the moment though!
♠ Post your fic directly as a comment. If your fic is longer than the character limit for comments, please reply to your first comment with the rest of the fic.
♠ You may submit up to three separate pieces. You may submit more, but you'll only receive rewards for 3 pieces.
♠ Rewards are as follows:
-over 200 words: 2 random cards, 1 random crayon
-over 500 words: 3 random cards, 1 random crayon
-over 1000 words: 4 random cards, 1 random crayon

When submitting your fic, please comment below, label the subject of your comment with FIC, and then use the form below.

Themes:
Here are some themes and situations you can consider to jog your creativity. ♥ They're optional for both Art and Fic (and Comics!). You are also free to use themes from previous open fic and art submission posts!

For this round, I feel like honouring the upcoming Anniversary! Sure it's a few weeks off yet, but this post will still be running when it arrives and we should celebrate that!

♥ Parties!
♥ Cake
♥ Balloons
♥ Gift-giving
♥ Memories
♥ Reminiscing
♥ Looking Ahead
♥ "This time last year/next year..."

This round will end July 31st 2013 - so a little longer than two months! Let's get creative :>!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

♠ Your name:Ouji
♠ # of submission: 1
♠ Title of submission: A Time for Cookie
♠ Characters: Everyone, pretty much
♠ Word count: 1059
♠ Theme used: Food (POG bonus)
♠ Author notes: (not required~)
♠ The body of the fic:

It was getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and the Colors Household had spent several weeks decorating accordingly. Mikan and Kou were tasked with decorating the outside of the house (a task Akai-san came to sorely regret giving them, more for the fact that they seemed to favor brighter, non-Christmasy colors than anything else), Midorin and Murasaki were in charge of decorating the interior of the household (another mistake, again, because their sense of fashion clashed in such a heavy way that Akai half-felt he had single-handedly started a civil war), Kurocchi and Shirocchi were doing who knew what, Gin-sensei and Tobi-han were tasked with setting up the tree, and Aoi-sama and himself were taking care of the Christmas cookies.

Or, to be fair, it was Akai-san that was taking care of the cookies, and Aoi-sama was simply watching. He would have complained if not for the fact that he hadn't really expected anything less from him, but even so...

Well, perhaps he was being a bit too hard on him. With that eyepatch, it was possible that Aoi-sama found some things a bit more difficult to do than others. Depth perception was a funny thing.

He was making a simple batch of Christmas cookies at Mikan's insistence, though part of it was himself wanting to do something that they could all do together. He rolled out the dough and, under Aoi-sama's watchful eye, began to place cookie cutters in at various places. He spaced them enough so they wouldn't overlap and pulled the dough out from under them, leaving behind several dough-shaped cookie men in their wake. He had made sure to stop by the store earlier and buy several tubes of icing in their respective colors, along with different decorations that they could use.

It would be an understatement to say that he was a little excited. He was actually humming as he put the cookies in the oven, and Aoi-sama gave him a strange look when Akai continued to hum as he swept up the kitchen and his mess.

"You're in a good mood all of a sudden."

The serious tone made it hard to determine whether or not Aoi-sama had made a joke. Akai-san was normally in a good mood, so he played the safe route and simply gave Aoi-sama another smile before pulling out the tubes and icing they would use to decorate the cookies.

"It's the season for holiday cheer, isn't it? When was the last time we did something together like this, anyway?"

Aoi-sama made a "tch" noise in his throat, and turned his eye to the window where Mikan-tan was running in circles around Kou-kun, stringing him up in Christmas lights. He had his arms held out like a scarecrow and they were both laughing, until she tripped on the grass and ended up yanking him down hard enough to give him whiplash. It got alarmingly quiet after that, but when Akai-san leaned over to check on them they both jumped up and began running across the yard again.

From the living room, he could hear Midorin and Murasaki squabbling even more, and several large thumps like they were moving furniture? Or maybe that was Gin and Tobi. That couldn't be good. He shared a look with Aoi-sama, silently communicating with him, and the man got up with a sigh and went to go check on the rest of their group.

While Aoi-sama was gone, (it got even more quiet, but Akai-san didn't worry much. He could handle himself and the rest of the group pretty well, which was probably why he'd become somewhat of an unofficial mediator for the household) Akai-san finished baking the cookies and took them out. He removed the cookies from the tray and placed them on cooling racks just as Aoi-sama came in, Midorin, Murasaki, Mikan and a still-strung up Kou in tow. Murasaki and Midorin still looked like they were about to go at each other's throats, but the moment they saw the cookies their faces began to light up.

"They smell soooooo good!" Mikan cried, and ran around the edge of the counter with her end of the lights. Poor Kou was forced along, but he looked just as excited and joined Mikan as she began to grab tubes of icing and candy decorations. Well, rather, he attempted to, but considering his arms were still bound up he could only get what Mikan handed to him.

They spent a good while decorating their respective cookies, and it warmed Akai-san's heart to see how well they came together. Even despite their differences in the beginning, Murasaki and Midorin were starting to chat with another amiably, bonding over the icing as they made each of the members of their little family in cookie form. Though maybe not as much as he'd thought, Akai-san realized when they took cookies of each other and viciously bit their heads off. Oh well.

Kou and Mikan were doing fairly well on their end -- Kou was still strung up, so he held a tube in his mouth and had Mikan decorate his when he got too tired, which she was all too happy to do for him. Kurocchi and Shirocchi even came down from wherever they were hiding, snagging two cookies for themselves before running out of the room, and doing it again, and again until Aoi-sama glared at them hard enough to make them squeak and sit nicely in corners.

And Tobi and Gin... well. He wasn't sure exactly what it was they were trying to do, but they had gathered a mass of cookies and were glueing them together into some kind of Gundam Wing... thing. Attack on Cookie? He had no idea, but it looked like a giant experiment gone wrong.

Akai-san put the last touches on his own Aoi-sama cookie, and turned to offer it to the man. He was surprised, though, because somewhere during their cookie decorating session Aoi-sama had managed to squirrel away ten cookies for himself, and had painstakingly decorated them into near-perfect replicas of... well. Everyone. When he looked at Aoi-sama, though, Aoi-sama only looked away, and even though Akai wanted to say something he figured it best not to.

Besides, one of the others beat him to it soon enough.

"H--ey, Aoi-sama, my head isn't that fat!!"

Colors Universe Open Fic and Art Submission (May 2013 - July 2013)

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