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poddersundercoverDates:
01 March to 31 August
Signups post to come.
Rules:
What’s a bingo?
A bingo is a creative challenge where you get a card of prompts, set in a grid of squares (5x5 here), and you have to create stuff that fits the prompts in order to fill them. You win by either doing a line of 5 (horizontal, vertical or diagonal bingo) or filling all the squares (a blackout) or achieving some other pattern you’ve set as a goal. Once you’ve posted/crossposted all your fills to the dw community, you can consider yourself to have won!
You can start posting as soon as you have your card, no need to wait until the end.
How do I fill a square?
Create a cover/do something cover-related that somehow fits the prompt of that square, post it wherever, and if it’s not on this community, crosspost it here! We do not have a template for posting, but we’d suggest listing:
- cover, or a link to it
- caption (description of the cover)
- prompts you're using it for
- photo/fonts/etc credits
- notes about your creative process or anecdotes about the cover
- any other info you’d like to add
“Somehow” fits the prompt?
As long as you can make an argument for how your cover or what you did with it fits the prompt, we’re good. This is about stretching your limits and experimenting, but it’s also about having fun and not signing up for more than you can/want to do.
Also, our definition of “something cover-related” is pretty lax. Animations would count, as well as written or spoken meta about covers, or comics, or… As long as in the end, it’s about covers and experimenting! This is why this is called the “cover artIST bingo” and not the “cover art bingo”.
How many squares can I fill with one cover?
There is no limit. You could technically create one cover that fills all of the squares of your card. Please do. We want to see what that would look like.
Does that mean I have to record and post one podfic per cover?
Absolutely not. You can create covers for:
- old podfics of yours,
- podfics of other people: there’s the Podfic Cover Art Welcome and the Cover Art Welcome tags on ao3, then there are the blanket permission statements that include cover art, and also collaborations with other cover artists or podficcers, and to be honest, I feel like most people wouldn’t consider it necessary to ask for permission to do a cover anyway,
- podfics that already have a cover (alternate covers! Remixed covers!),
- potential future podfics, and then you can leave it open for someone else to use that cover for a podfic later, or just create it to create it, with no permission attached,
- general tropes, the cover could then be reused and adapted for a specific story,
- a story idea, the cover telling a story (a specific AU with specific characters, for example) that could or could not then be written or aural not!ficced,
- etc.
I have an old cover that fits one of my squares, can I use it?
No. What you use to fill a square has to be new. It can be for or go with another challenge or event, but it has to not have been posted before. Unposted WIPs from before you got your card are okay.
However, if it was posted already, you could remix it somehow, that would count as a new cover or work. For example, you could make a new version of the cover, use elements from it, write a meta post about it, animate it, … among others.
Are there cheats and challenges like for the podfic bingo? What do I do if I really really hate one of my squares?
There will be monthly challenges, however, they won’t be about creating something but about interacting with people. Every challenge you participate in gives you one cheat, which allows you to change one square in your card and swap it for whichever other prompt on the list.
Other options:
You can reinterpret the square in a new way, including something that plays on the words or stretches the intended meaning of it. Surprise us!
Or you can make it a collab, and let the other person deal with the parts you don’t like, take care of some other aspect of it. As long as that work wouldn’t exist or wouldn’t be the way it is without you, then you can claim it for a fill.
How do I sign-up? Can I opt out of such and such prompt?
To sign up, reply to the sign-ups post. Two options: request a card and we’ll reply with one, or make your own and show it to us. If you make it yourself, you can get rid of any prompts you don’t want or even make up your own. As long as it’s done in the spirit of the bingo, anything goes. We might even steal one of yours for the official list for next year.
I've finished my card, can I have another one?
Yes, of course! Same deal, just sign up again.
Are there prizes?
We’re thinking of doing a banner you can then post wherever you want, for example on tumblr or twitter, but we’re not sure about anything else. If you have ideas or would like to volunteer, please get in touch!
I have a question or a suggestion or a concern, how do I get in touch?
If it’s about cover art, you can hit up the help wanted post (for help with a cover of yours) or the resources post (for a more general question). If it’s specific to this bingo and you’d be comfortable sharing it publicly, please
comment on this post. If you’d prefer to do it privately, your mods are Growlery (Leisha, she/they) and Annapods (Anna, she/they, annabelle.myrt@gmail.com). We’ll always be happy to hear from you.
Prompts list:
Elements
colourlovers.com/palette/520464/inside_this_moment
unsplash.com/photos/T9Gsevu_N8Y
Sparkles/glitter/shimmer
Stickers
Comic sans
archiveofourown.org/works/18215045
Hair
(n)sfw
Censored
Bird
Shoe
Icecream
Pantone’s color of the year
bitesfrombooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ofmice-men_680.jpg
i.ebayimg.com/images/i/261841738633-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
bloomsandfoliage.tumblr.com
Design and art theory
Art nouveau
Dadaism
Ancient art
Rule of thirds
Monochrome
Analogous colors
Complementary colors
Triadic colors
Minimalist
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Chiaroscuro
Pattern(s)
Perspective
Movement
Negative space
Incorporate famous artwork
Styles
No text
Imitate someone else’s style
Anti-you cover
Texture
Social media
New genre (for you)
Reverse
Words only
Vintage
Abstract
Lonely
Joyful
Yearning
Deliberate fail
Xkcd
Technique
Photography
From scratch
Hand drawn
New software (to you)
Filters and masks
Arts and crafts
Multimedia
New technique (for you)
Details
Grid
Self-portrait
Meta
Remix
Meta
Collaborate w/ 1 or more podder
Collaborate w/ 1 or more artist
Cover cold (no knowledge of the pod)
No podfic
Someone else’s podfic
Done in 15 minutes
New take on an old cover
Beta/artistic director
Reuse/recycle
Cover first
Series of covers
Different versions
Template
General
Wild card
Try something new
01 March to 31 August
Signups post to come.
Rules:
What’s a bingo?
A bingo is a creative challenge where you get a card of prompts, set in a grid of squares (5x5 here), and you have to create stuff that fits the prompts in order to fill them. You win by either doing a line of 5 (horizontal, vertical or diagonal bingo) or filling all the squares (a blackout) or achieving some other pattern you’ve set as a goal. Once you’ve posted/crossposted all your fills to the dw community, you can consider yourself to have won!
You can start posting as soon as you have your card, no need to wait until the end.
How do I fill a square?
Create a cover/do something cover-related that somehow fits the prompt of that square, post it wherever, and if it’s not on this community, crosspost it here! We do not have a template for posting, but we’d suggest listing:
- cover, or a link to it
- caption (description of the cover)
- prompts you're using it for
- photo/fonts/etc credits
- notes about your creative process or anecdotes about the cover
- any other info you’d like to add
“Somehow” fits the prompt?
As long as you can make an argument for how your cover or what you did with it fits the prompt, we’re good. This is about stretching your limits and experimenting, but it’s also about having fun and not signing up for more than you can/want to do.
Also, our definition of “something cover-related” is pretty lax. Animations would count, as well as written or spoken meta about covers, or comics, or… As long as in the end, it’s about covers and experimenting! This is why this is called the “cover artIST bingo” and not the “cover art bingo”.
How many squares can I fill with one cover?
There is no limit. You could technically create one cover that fills all of the squares of your card. Please do. We want to see what that would look like.
Does that mean I have to record and post one podfic per cover?
Absolutely not. You can create covers for:
- old podfics of yours,
- podfics of other people: there’s the Podfic Cover Art Welcome and the Cover Art Welcome tags on ao3, then there are the blanket permission statements that include cover art, and also collaborations with other cover artists or podficcers, and to be honest, I feel like most people wouldn’t consider it necessary to ask for permission to do a cover anyway,
- podfics that already have a cover (alternate covers! Remixed covers!),
- potential future podfics, and then you can leave it open for someone else to use that cover for a podfic later, or just create it to create it, with no permission attached,
- general tropes, the cover could then be reused and adapted for a specific story,
- a story idea, the cover telling a story (a specific AU with specific characters, for example) that could or could not then be written or aural not!ficced,
- etc.
I have an old cover that fits one of my squares, can I use it?
No. What you use to fill a square has to be new. It can be for or go with another challenge or event, but it has to not have been posted before. Unposted WIPs from before you got your card are okay.
However, if it was posted already, you could remix it somehow, that would count as a new cover or work. For example, you could make a new version of the cover, use elements from it, write a meta post about it, animate it, … among others.
Are there cheats and challenges like for the podfic bingo? What do I do if I really really hate one of my squares?
There will be monthly challenges, however, they won’t be about creating something but about interacting with people. Every challenge you participate in gives you one cheat, which allows you to change one square in your card and swap it for whichever other prompt on the list.
Other options:
You can reinterpret the square in a new way, including something that plays on the words or stretches the intended meaning of it. Surprise us!
Or you can make it a collab, and let the other person deal with the parts you don’t like, take care of some other aspect of it. As long as that work wouldn’t exist or wouldn’t be the way it is without you, then you can claim it for a fill.
How do I sign-up? Can I opt out of such and such prompt?
To sign up, reply to the sign-ups post. Two options: request a card and we’ll reply with one, or make your own and show it to us. If you make it yourself, you can get rid of any prompts you don’t want or even make up your own. As long as it’s done in the spirit of the bingo, anything goes. We might even steal one of yours for the official list for next year.
I've finished my card, can I have another one?
Yes, of course! Same deal, just sign up again.
Are there prizes?
We’re thinking of doing a banner you can then post wherever you want, for example on tumblr or twitter, but we’re not sure about anything else. If you have ideas or would like to volunteer, please get in touch!
I have a question or a suggestion or a concern, how do I get in touch?
If it’s about cover art, you can hit up the help wanted post (for help with a cover of yours) or the resources post (for a more general question). If it’s specific to this bingo and you’d be comfortable sharing it publicly, please
comment on this post. If you’d prefer to do it privately, your mods are Growlery (Leisha, she/they) and Annapods (Anna, she/they, annabelle.myrt@gmail.com). We’ll always be happy to hear from you.
Prompts list:
Elements
colourlovers.com/palette/520464/inside_this_moment
unsplash.com/photos/T9Gsevu_N8Y
Sparkles/glitter/shimmer
Stickers
Comic sans
archiveofourown.org/works/18215045
Hair
(n)sfw
Censored
Bird
Shoe
Icecream
Pantone’s color of the year
bitesfrombooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ofmice-men_680.jpg
i.ebayimg.com/images/i/261841738633-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
bloomsandfoliage.tumblr.com
Design and art theory
Art nouveau
Dadaism
Ancient art
Rule of thirds
Monochrome
Analogous colors
Complementary colors
Triadic colors
Minimalist
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Chiaroscuro
Pattern(s)
Perspective
Movement
Negative space
Incorporate famous artwork
Styles
No text
Imitate someone else’s style
Anti-you cover
Texture
Social media
New genre (for you)
Reverse
Words only
Vintage
Abstract
Lonely
Joyful
Yearning
Deliberate fail
Xkcd
Technique
Photography
From scratch
Hand drawn
New software (to you)
Filters and masks
Arts and crafts
Multimedia
New technique (for you)
Details
Grid
Self-portrait
Meta
Remix
Meta
Collaborate w/ 1 or more podder
Collaborate w/ 1 or more artist
Cover cold (no knowledge of the pod)
No podfic
Someone else’s podfic
Done in 15 minutes
New take on an old cover
Beta/artistic director
Reuse/recycle
Cover first
Series of covers
Different versions
Template
General
Wild card
Try something new