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ATC Speed Dating round 1

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Swap Coordinator:oblivionspin (contact)
Swap categories: Artist Trading Card (ATC)  Email 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:International
Type:Type 1: Electronic
Last day to signup/drop:March 17, 2015
Date items must be sent by:March 20, 2015
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

Hey guys!
A lot of us do ATC's differently, and that makes it difficult sometimes because it seems like people focus more on trying to please their partner than on making the ATC they want to make. So here's a way to maybe find a few people you'd like to privately swap ATC's with, or at the very least, here's a way to show off your work. (:

You will send an email to your 5 partners. (If you send one email to all of them please use BCC- blind carbon copy- to protect everyone's info) with photograph(s) showcasing at least 3 ATC's that you, personally have made. You will also answer the following questions:

1) How long have you been making ATC's?
2) Do you prefer to make free themed ATC's or ones with a set prompt?
3) How many ATC's do you like to swap at a time?
4) What's your favorite type of ATC to make?
5) What's your favorite type of ATC to receive?
6) What region are you from/ what regions are you willing to swap in? (i.e. if you're in the US but willing to swap internationally, indicate that.)
7) Do you mind receiving ATC's that depict nudity or vulgarity?
8) Do you enjoy creating ATC's with nudity and/or vulgarity?

This swap is sender's choice. 100%. So please pick ATC's that you're proud of to photograph and showcase. Since, however, I want this to be welcoming to all types of ATC makers, if you do like to use heavy nudity/ vulgarity please censor it a little. I suggest using strips of post-it notes ;)

Run down-
Photograph at least 3 ATC's you've made
Answer the questions
Send an email with these to your partners.

Rate when you hear from your partners and check your spam folder before assuming the worst.
Include your swapbot ID and name of the swap in the email
If you seem to click with someone you can message them and see about a private swap. No one is obligated to private swap with any of their partners and I am not responsible for how that goes. I am an OK Cupid admin today, that's it.

Please at least skim the following!!!!!

Minimum rating to join is 4.96 with at least 5 completed and rated type 2/3 swaps.
No new ones or threes unless you have a special circumstance in which case message me before joining.
No ones owed to active members.
Comment your favorite vegetable in the comments so I know you actually read the requirements because I'm sick of people not reading them and just signing up anyways.
No whining.

Discussion

oblivionspin 03/13/2015 #

beets

PookiePie1307 03/13/2015 #

^^really?! Acorn squash

eveyinorbit 03/13/2015 #

I love this idea!

eveyinorbit 03/13/2015 #

Oh and kale... Duh.

oblivionspin 03/13/2015 #

@PookiePie1307 I love beets. How can you not? The shocking red color is so dramatic and they's the noms.

@eveyinorbit not a fan of kale, personally, but the lizard loves it so I'll let you stay.
I'm hoping this swap goes well because there really ought to be a better way to swap ATC's than just joining a bunch of sender's choice swaps and crossing your fingers... I feel like it's more effort to find someone to send the ATC's I want to make to, than it is to make the darn things :/

PookiePie1307 03/13/2015 #

I really like beets but I have never heard of anyone having them as their favorite. Until now.

user2637 03/13/2015 #

Beets are my favorite because I can eat the root and the greens. :D

Watching for now.

stlouisphile 03/13/2015 #

Can we also scan them? Can these be ATCS that have been traded? Or only those we have in our possession?

stlouisphile 03/13/2015 #

Can we also scan them? Can these be ATCS that have been traded? Or only those we have in our possession? Cauliflower.

JessRoussos 03/14/2015 #

Spinnach I guess.

Minxy1964 03/14/2015 #

Brussels Sprouts, smothered in mint sauce....

Kimber 03/14/2015 #

Cucumbers!

oblivionspin 03/14/2015 #

@stlouisphile yes, a scan would be fine and any sort of pictorial evidence of ATC's that you made and traded are fine too. It's just to show a sample of the type of work you do, not to say this specifically is what I have for trade. So anything by you is good (:

JypsyJenifer 03/14/2015 #

SPAM!! jk I <3 cucumbers! I am excited about this swap. Seems everyone likes my collage/mixed media ATCs but I never really seem to get any back. (NOT that I don't love the hand drawn ones but some ppl really can't.) :)

PookiePie1307 03/14/2015 #

Dude, cucumbers. They are so good.

oblivionspin 03/14/2015 #

@jypsyjenifer I have an unconditional love for spam... And isn't that so funny, I get mixed reviews on my mixed media ATC's I think because they're fairly eclectic. My favourite one I did was a drawing of an ear that came away from the card with tissue paper made to look fleshy for the background- in the rating the person just called it "interesting" and went on to talk about the envelope I put it in. Not everyone's a fan I guess. :P

JypsyJenifer 03/14/2015 #

@oblivionspin HAHA. I have done some pretty strange ones too. It's all about the textures!! Thanks for setting this up. :)

TC 03/16/2015 #

Watching for now.

I love All The Vegetables. Except for lima beans, which taste like dirt. And okra, which tastes like pond scum.

Loonstruck 03/16/2015 #

Cucumber. Definitely. Goes with everything.

Also cooked vegetables are gross.

oblivionspin 03/16/2015 #

Note to self: do not invite @Loonstruck to Cooked Vegetable Lovers Anonymous.

user2637 03/16/2015 #

DUDES, cucumber is is fruit!

oblivionspin 03/16/2015 #

So is squash... I suppose that makes sense that cucumbers are too...

they're clearly vegetables in a fruit's body

Loonstruck 03/16/2015 #

Snowpeas? Snowpeas are yummy.

So are green beans fresh out of someone else's garden.

oblivionspin 03/16/2015 #

So, technically fruits but ruled as veggies...

Loonstruck 03/16/2015 #

Fine! I didn't say avocado cause it is technically a fruit...

Spinach leaves with a little bit of salt. Very yummy.

breathingoxygen 03/16/2015 #

Asparagus (with beets as a close second).

PookiePie1307 03/16/2015 #

EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE

JypsyJenifer 03/16/2015 #

@PookiePie1307 LMAO!!!! Cashews are also a fruit!!!! LOL ( *wonders how this even got started..looks to @oblivionspin ....;/ )

libertylithium 03/16/2015 #

Everything that makes up a salad or wrap haha :)

oblivionspin 03/16/2015 #

@JypsyJenifer I was ranting in a group forum about how mad it made me that people sign up for my swaps, clearly not reading the requirements and then message me to complain when I ban them so I joked from now on I'll throw in a test to see if people are reading. It's clearly working as I have not had to ban a single person yet, people with 3s have actually messaged me and the ones who didn't post a veggie still meet requirements. knocks on wood
But @user2637 was the fruit brute ;)

michellegarrette 03/17/2015 #

I'm with @Minxy1964 on the Brussels sprouts. Sooo delish. Especially with BACON! (don't tell me that's a fruit too....)

What a cool swap @oblivionspin and I have to say this is the best, funniest comment thread ever. Ever.

oblivionspin 03/17/2015 #

Bacon is not a fruit... but did you know cilantro and coriander come from the same plant?! I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that one.

I like that brussel sprouts are like teeny tiny cabbages. Adorable. And they grow on like a weird tiny tree thing.

I'm happy enough people joined that everyone should get different partners to send to than they receive from- hooray!

user2637 03/17/2015 #

Heh. :)

oblivionspin 03/17/2015 #

I'll double check participants and assign partners sometime tomorrow morning after I've had the chance to eat some veggies. I'm PST so don't panic if they're not assigned super early <3

JypsyJenifer 03/18/2015 #

LMAO bounces to her email

oblivionspin 03/18/2015 #

You are some speedy fast artists. I assigned partners, made a cup of tea, came back and halfway through my email I already had 3 from you guys! Excited to find some ATC love, are ya?

michellegarrette 03/18/2015 #

Dang on the bacon. I did know the cilantro/coriander thing. Only because I tried to grow cilantro once and it immediately went to seed and I was so upset but my Gram said to harvest the seeds as coriander!

That picture makes me love Brussels sprouts more @oblivionspin

oblivionspin 03/18/2015 #

I would really like to know how everyone does, and if anyone ends up setting up a private swap with their partners. I've already gotten a few swaps set up. (: Also if there are any questions you would like to see asked in a future round.
If this round seems to work for everyone as well as it has for me, I will very likely host a repeat at the end of April (with a few different questions, so as to keep it fresh if you hear from the same people)

TC 03/22/2015 #

I think all of my partners were mostly collage artists, and they prefer to swap with other collage artists, so I didn't "make a match." But this was still a good idea for a swap; I really enjoyed seeing the work of others.

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