Here we go again! This will be the official thread for the Challenge Hunt (ATART) on July 26-29.
A list of special supplies you will need if you want to complete all the tasks: washi tape
polymer clay (or something similar)
postage stamp(s)
watercolors
black per
markers
text page(s)
a stamp
an envelope
I don't list any obvious items as normal papers, pens, scissors etc. You can use mostly whatever you have but some tasks are more limited.
Sniisk is hosting and counting points. If you have questions, please put them in the thread. Answering PMs may take longer. Other members may answers to your question faster than me (because of the timezones).
Start and end times: When ever it is starting to be Sunday in NZ. It is Saturday afternoon in Europe and Saturday morning in the US. You can start when you see the tasks. This a-thon will end when it will look like Thursday on the last timezone = when it is midnight in GMT -10. I will inform about the time in the thread. How ever, you cannot start officially before you see the tasks so no need to stress about it.
Here are some tips and "vocabulary" when checking the tasks: A creation means anything that you make. It does not need to be an ATC if not specified in the task. Anything handmade goes well and it doesn't need to be available for trade. Also, the media is free as long as not mentioned in the task. A card means an ATC, a chunky book page, an inchie or anything that can be called as a card.
Because we are creating different sizes and forms of art here, it may be useful to inform others if it is an ATC, inchie, chunky etc. so we know the size.
Very important: Mention the task (both the number and description so I won't miss it) you have completed when posting a picture. You can put max three tasks in one creation but remember to mention them all.
I will make marks in the thread to show you when I have counted points so far. When you see the mark, you know that I'm not going to look back anymore. If you change anything in your earlier posts, remember to send a message after that.
1 point per task if nothing else mentioned. Total 100 points. You can get points from one task once only.
If you do not understand a task, please ask. We all are happy to help. Don't take tasks too seriously. Everything goes as long as you can keep some kind of connection to the original task.
TASKS ARE IN THE NEXT POST
And remember, of course you can join this a-thon even if you don't join the hunt!
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General a-thon info (for all ATARTs)
What IS an ATART?
It’s an All Types of ART marathon where you can create art, made over the same time in each time zone. This thread is going to be our crafting room.
HOW IT WORKS:
Start creating art when it's time to start, then upload your lovely creations to your Athon gallery and post to the thread. Trading and chatting are going on all the time.
After all the trading is done move your creations OUT of the Athon Gallery and into their correct Galleries - 'Available ATCs' or 'Mail Art'
HOW TO ASK FOR A TRADE:
When you find a piece of art you would like to trade, please SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE (PM) to that person asking for a trade. Please DO NOT post requests for trades to the thread. It can get way too confusing.
Note: If you do make a trade, please be sure to send to your trade partner within two weeks. If you’re running late, communicate!
WANT TO COMPLIMENT AN ARTIST:
And you will… remember you can click the You Rock button and leave it there or just simply click Like button.
HOW TO POST YOUR ART TO THE THREAD:
From your atcsforall.com gallery:
It’s easiest to have two windows open.
1) Go to your gallery and copy the image location
2) Go to your post and paste the copied text
3) and then you're done.
Remember that images from the gallery can be small, medium or large. Find the word in the address and change it to the size you want.
From your computer:
1. Click POST REPLY at the bottom of the messages screen. Above the message box, click the paperclip next to the smiley face. Then upload as usual. This will upload your picture as a thumbnail.
2. If you go into the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the messages screen, click GO ADVANCED and you will get the paperclip above the message box.
NEW TO A-THONS? If you have any questions at all, feel free to pm me or post your questions to the thread. We have a lot of experienced art-a-thoners who are more than willing to help those of you new to this craziness.
1) every day you post a new creation in the thread (1p/day = max 4p)
2) make a trade (up to 3 trades, 1p/trade = max 3p, name the trader)
3) give reputation points to five people (remember to tell when you have done it)
4) invite someone to join the fun (tell us who did you invite)
5) use something from your incoming mail, junk or not
6) show in your card a famous landmark within 50 miles of where you live
7) theme: desert
8) check the oldest card in your gallery and use it as an inspiration when you make a new card (no need to be a copy) (2p)
9) create a mixed media card with at least 3 different media including Washi Tape (1p/card, up to 3 cards = max 3p)
10) theme: flamingo
11) use polymer clay (or something similar) in your ATC or make a mini clay sculpture (2p)
12) make a card that shows your favorite thing (1p/card, up to 4 favorite things = max 4p)
13) theme: leaf
14) use mostly color blue only
15) theme: Buddha
16) "if I could travel now, I would go to..." show it in your card (1p/card, up to 3 cards = max 3p)
17) tell something positive this Corona virus situation has brought to your life (something that probably wouldn't happen normally) (2p)
18) theme: poison
19) use mostly color red only
20) theme: dinosaur
21) find something positive from the news and use it as an inspiration when you make a card
22) make monochromatic cards, as similar as possible, but different colors NO BLUE OR RED (1p/card, up to 4 different colors = max 4p)
23) theme: tiger
24) theme: flower (1p/card, up to 4 different flowers = max 4p)
25) something whimsical in your card
26) theme: breakfast
27) send a message to someone new (check the memberlist) here in AFA (2p)
28) "in memorian", make a card to honor someone who was important in your life
29) theme: clouds
30) a human with wings (not a fairy or an angel) in your card
31) steel someone else's idea from this thread and use it (2p)
32) theme: tea time
33) show something from a European country in your card (1p/card, up to 5 different countries = max 5p)
34) make an abstract background and collage on it
35) make three different sizes of cards (inchie/twinchie/ATC/rolo/chunky/moo/coin etc.) with the same theme (3p)
36) make a twinchie
37) theme: lipstick
38) theme: superpower
39) use a key as a part of your creation (the key can be real, made of paper or clay, drawn or anything else)
40) make a chunky book page with an animal on the focus
41) theme: angel
42) mail a surprise (a RAK) to someone who has posted in the thread but do not mention the name (but show the RAK, of course) (3p)
43) use a postage stamp in your creation
44) use watercolors and black pen only
45) theme: chocolate
46) use text page as a background of your card (you can draw, paint, collage, sew, stamp or what ever you want to do on it)
47) make a card that tells something most of us didn't know about you
48) create black and white ATC
49) create alphabet cards (A is for apple... can be ATC, chunky page, rolo, inchie etc. up to 5 cards, 1p/card = max 5p)
50) use your name somehow in your card
51) something stamped in your creation
52) use blind drawing style (see examples in the gallery)
53) use text "vacation" somehow in your creation
54) give an art challenge in the thread
55) join a given art challenge (not your own, see task 54) (3p)
56) make a zentangle card that has an animal on it
57) use markers
58) theme: changing weather
59) list three random words in one post (no other text except this task number)
60) make an ATC where you use three words from someone's post related to the previous task) (2p)
61) make a beautiful envelope and use it when mailing one of your trades
62) use three colors (no more, no less)
draw 3 things (in one creation) beginning with the same letter (ie. apple, ant, astronaut) (given by Beverley)
create something by using ONLY scraps you had left over from other projects (given by prayer_at_night)
make a simple 3x5 ARTSY recipe card with an appetizer (given by wildholly)
make a 6 word story card (given by CastleQueen5)
use a recycled decorative box (ie kleenex) as the background for your creation (given by HHC)
make a mandala out of dots example (given by chaosatlanta)
Use paper strips to embellish an ATC (given by artistwannabe)
Random words for the task #60:
possum, teapot, bathtub (given by Beverley)
apple, ant, astronaut (given by wildholly)
octopus, shy, to visit (given by prayer_at_night)
hope, run, wild (given by CastleQueen5)
monkey, pineapple, sunset (given by chaosatlanta)
map, carnival, cow (given by nanvan)
windmill, encyclopedia, cougar (given by HHC)
knowledge, lifestyle, dreams (given by TrudiJ)
food, flower, butterfly (given by artistwannabe)
If anyone has any suggestions for tasks, just send a PM. I may not use those suggestions now but they will very likely appear in the future on the list of tasks.
Thank you for the invite! While I am taking a swapping break due to the very slow postage service in Canada right now, I will still follow along and perhaps do some of the challenges in my new gluebook!
I updated the list of needed special supplies:
washi tape
polymer clay (or something similar)
postage stamp(s)
watercolors
black per
markers
text page(s)
a stamp
an envelope
Thanks for the invite. I don't know how much I will be able to play. I just had surgery and recovery is a little more than I thought. I spent a week in the hospital, which was only suppose to be over night. Last night I got urinary tract infection. This has just turned out to be more than I thought. I will try and keep up with what very one is creating.
Thanks for the invite. I don't know how much I will be able to play. I just had surgery and recovery is a little more than I thought. I spent a week in the hospital, which was only suppose to be over night. Last night I got urinary tract infection. This has just turned out to be more than I thought. I will try and keep up with what very one is creating.
I hope you will recover very soon. I know how it's to be after a surgery and you expect things to go well but then you need to go throught everything unexpected even if the surgery itself went well.
still unpacking from our recent move but most of the art room is unpacked so im bookmarking this in the hope that i will be able to play. i love these challenges!
Dsign49,
Sometimes surgeries hit us with a bigger punch than we expected. I hope now you will heal well and quickly.
Your art may give you some healing vibes.
1. I just invited Helene to join this.
2. just sent a message to a new member Jamilla.
3. Here is my first card entry-using (3 themes: Breakfast, postage stamp and a tiger)
i am going to try to make something
looking forward for the task list
this is a stay indoors kind of weekend
and if i dont do art stuff i have to do chores
hard choice
art or chores
LOL
Originally Posted by dsign49
