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

<b>♥ Your name:</b> <b>♥ Link to submission:</b> <b>♥ # of submission:</b> (how many pieces have you submitted for this round?) <b>♥ Title of submission:</b> <b>♥ Description of submission:</b> (If you'd like, I can put a short blurb underneath your submission on the site. Feel free to talk about your thoughts while drawing and other miscellaneous stuff.)

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

<b>♥ Your name:</b> <b>♥ Link to submission:</b> <b>♥ # of submission:</b> (how many you submitted for this round?) <b>♥ Title of submission:</b> <b>♥ Description of submission:</b> (If you'd like, I can put a short blurb underneath your submission on the site. Feel free to talk about your thoughts while drawing and other miscellaneous stuff.)

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.

<b>♠ Your name:</b> <b>♠ # of submission:</b> (how many pieces have you submitted?) <b>♠ Title of submission:</b> <b>♠ Characters:</b> <b>♠ Word count:</b> <b>♠ Theme used:</b> <b>♠ Author notes:</b> (not required~) <b>♠ The body of the fic:</b> (please post your fic directly in the comment, threading if you go over the character limit)

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 :>!

Comments

[tempestuously]

♠ Your name: Nayami
♠ # of submission: 4
♠ Title of submission: Mikan-tan's Helpers
♠ Characters: Kurocchi, Shirocchi, Mikan-tan
♠ Word count: 611
♠ Theme used: Food
♠ The body of the fic:

Kurocchi couldn't be happier today. Mikan-tan was in a baking mood, which meant plenty of delicious bowls to lick clean or spills to pounce upon.

Shirocchi had told her that he would wait until the food was properly served to have his taste. The snowy dreamer was still doing his best to imitate his idol, Akai-san, even though Kurocchi was fairly sure that she had seen Akai-san lick his share of bowls and spoons when offered. But Shirocchi was absolutely convinced that it was uncivilized

No matter. Kurocchi still intended to enjoy herself to the fullest as she flapped around Mikan-tan on her tiny wings. Thick mouth-watering scents of baked pumpkin and cherry wafted around them, sending Kurocchi's tail into an excited sway.

"If you're going to stay up there, you could at least be more helpful," Mikan-tan said teasing, waving a plastic spoon at Kurocchi.

Kurocchi responded with a gentle purr and flapped up to the spice cabinets to seize some nutmeg in her teeth and offer it to Mikan-tan. Mikan-tan giggled and accepted the spice to add it to her cooking.

"That's better. Do you think you can find me some vanilla next?"

Kurocchi nodded eagerly and went back to the cabinet to sniff out the flavor. She remembered the word from treats Gin-sensei gave them from time to time, usually during the winter. But the other baking smells made it harder to separate one smell from the other. She would need Shirocchi's keener nose, if she could convince him to crawl along the countertops as he used to do before the start of his infatuation.

Shirocchi refused, as expected, and instead suggested they use one of the dining table chairs like everyone else did. An attempt to do so quickly reminded them of how much smaller they were than their companions. Mikan-tan just watched their antics with an amused smile. After several failed jumps at the cabinet, Kurocchi decided to take matters into her own paws and seized Shirocchi's nape with her teeth. Shirocchi let out a surprised squeal, as Kurocchi carried him up to the cabinet.

It took a few moments for Shirocchi to calm down enough to sniff out the vanilla bottle, but the tasty task soon won him over. The rest of the hour was spent with Kurocchi ferrying Shirocchi around the kitchen so he could sniff out whatever Mikan-tan needed. Mikan-tan could hardy stop laughing and rewarded every delivery with a hearty scritch for both of her furry assistants.

When all the pies were finished, Mikan-tan shooed the two of them away so she could clean up. Kurocchi flopped on her special pillow, a bit disheartened at the thought of no more dropped treats. Even Shirocchi kept giving longing glances at the kitchen, suggestion that he too had gotten into the excitement. It was just too bad that their two-legged companions always said their desserts were two rich for Kurocchi and Shirocchi.

That evening, when Mikan-tan brought out all the pies she had spent the afternoon preparing, she also brought out a much smaller pie and set it down on a smaller raised platform on the floor. Confused, Kurocchi investigated the pie to find it smelled of both carrots and fish! She had never smelled a pie like it before and was sure she had not smelled anything like this while helping Mikan-tan.

"I thought you two could use a special treat for helping today," Mikan-tan said, with a big smile. "This one's just for you."

As Kurocchi and Shirocchi dug in (Shirocchi having forgotten to mimic the humans' mannerisms in his enthusiasm), Kurocchi decided that Mikan-tan definitely had cooking assistants from now on.

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