ascendant_angel

Day 14

In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm not sure what's in store for fandom in general, nor do I feel qualifed to answer. I hope to see an end to negativity running rife in some fandoms at present and a return to a more inclusive and welcoming fandoms. I'd like to see small fandoms find a place to florish and dying fandoms to be nurtured back to life.

For my fandoms

Buffy the vampire slayer

I think the oldist is actually the most thriving. To be fair I've been a fan, but not in fandom until very recently, but it seems thriving there are active message boards and coms, and new fics on a daily basis I don't see this slowing down. I'm not sure how the Buffy reboot will effect things but I'm sure there is enough room for fans of both the original series and the reboot to exist side by side. I'm not worried I dont think the buffy fandom is going anywhere.

Sherlock (BBC)

I fear the momentum for this fandom is winding down, and while there's been no offical word on the end of the show I don't think its coming back which will inevitably lead to a decline in interest . Things are far from over in this fandom though and it's not going anywhere for a while yet, but it is quieter and will get quieter yet. In good news though while intrest in BBC Sherlock  may peter out, The Sherlock fandom as a whole will probally out last time itself in some form or another.

Andromeda

This fandom seems all but dead, but I do have myself to blame for  this. I had a com, it was small but lively , but I was a bad mod,  I never dedicated enough time to it, then let it slip away compleatly. On the plus side the last new fic posted on A03 was just 2 days ago so there is a glimer of life, I could fan the flames and kick it up a gear.

I'm going to go back and do day's 9&10 later, today you get days 11& 12 before I get too far behind.

Day 11



In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I mostly make icons, my process if you could call it that is to cap and episode of a show, then turn as many caps as I can into usable  100x100 px crops and do very basic prep usally just brighten and sharpen and maybe minor colour corrections  to make icon bases out of all those caps.

Once I've made all my bases, only then will start turning them into actual icons. I always post icons in epidode batches,never random episodes or fandoms  enless it's for a challange.

I almost never write fic now but my process is for that is 100% winging it. I literally open up a blank document with no plan other than to write something and just let the muse go where it wants. 0 planning takes place, and i've no idea what the fic is even  goging to be about utill i've started writting.

Day 12

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm challenging myself to make some larger graphics than icons this year, I want to make banners and wallpapers too. I've also set myself I goal of leaning to paint.

Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you. (The recs from Day 2 might be a good place to start.) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

All in all I've not done badly for this challage when I thought I'd probally end up skippping it!  My friend came round to vist and brought  season 1 of The Orville which I'm really enjoying. I've  also brought a DVD 'Alice' (an alice in wonderland story)  based of a a rec from a prior challange.

 For reason unknown to even myself, on a whim I decided to lean how to paint and brought a set of watercolours. At first I thought this would be an out of fandom activity as I hightly doubut i'll ever be up to painting people  but I'm now thinking I could make simple watercolour washes and easy flowers to scan and use as backdrops for wallpapers and icons.

In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Fandom 10 in 30

Iconthat

I love the above as both are a low pressure ways to keep me motivated and partisipating in fandom, and I can post icons for any fandom.

Seasonal spuffy

I'm new to this community  but I've had fun so far and look foward to the next round plus it encourages me to comment and give feeback for all the partisipants  which I'm not that good at.

Day 2

Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm no good a rembering things but I can rec you what I'm reading now

Buffy the vampre slayer

Rote 66 by bewildered Summery from A03 below Link to first chapter here

Lorne needs to get out of LA. Spike has a car and no reason to stay. Can this Odd Couple survive the road trip from hell? And will Buffy ever catch up?

( The rest is under the cut )