The 'Site under construction' message we were getting for most of yesterday was caused by a hack or a configuration error on the server our site is on. We've still got all our data, but since this type of thing has been happening more often we're now shopping around for a new place to host the site. It'll probably be a few weeks, we'll post more info as that gets more concrete.
Summer Art/Writing Fusion: PHASE 1
Legend speaks of a legendary club whose skills in the arts were the stuff of legend! Flawless drawings were created blindfolded and masterful novels were written using only vowels. But as time went on the club fell into obscurity and its masters were lost and scattered to the four corners of the earth. However, before all was lost a lone sage prophesied of the day when the club would once again return to awe the inhabitants of the earth.
Today marks the return of this legendary club...
Luckily for you it doesn't involve blindfolds or limiting yourself to only five letters. This project involves the awesomeness of art and the radness of writing coming together to create something mind-blowingly spectacular! In summary, each participating artist will make a sci-fi or fantast-related piece of art. These pieces will then be posted on the website. From there each writer will personally choose one of the posted art pieces as a basis for a short story involving the art they chose.
Phase 1 will require all of you artists out there in Quark. Here are the basic guidelines:
Any art is acceptable as long as it is:1) easily identifiable as science fiction or fantasy art; 2) adheres to basic BYU standards; 3) Isn't fanart (because then that would mean thewriters would be making fanfiction); 4) e-mailed to Radman at dshbrain@aol.com. (Please do NOT post any art you're submitting for this project on the forums, as we want to release all of the art at the same time)
Please note that just because you want to write doesn't mean you can't submit something for the art portion. If you're daring enough, feel free to submit for both the art and writing portions. The only stipulation is that you don't write about your own art piece (what's the fun in that?).
The plan is to have phase 1 go for two or three weeks, at which point all the art pieces will be posted simultaneously in the forums for the writers (and anyone else) to browse. The writers will choose a piece of art and write a short story that involves the piece they chose. Art selection by the writers will be first-come, first serve.
So let the art begin, soon to be followed by the writing!
Remember to e-mail any art to dshbrain@aol.com.