Hello everyone!

Tide Pool / Starfish Discussion Form
 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsxdVXeGzcr53H392hEQ_UXLcJtAvCkjQezNAar4qEk1cziA/viewform?usp=sf_link

WHAT IS SECRET SANTA?

Secret Santa is a fun event where we anonymously exchange art pieces! Each member who wishes to enter will be assigned another member to create an art piece for! The identity of the gift giver is secret, and won't be revealed until the gift has been given. For our Waterdog specific event, you'll be assigned another Waterdog owner, and you'll have a few weeks to create an art piece of one of their Waterdog/Watercat characters!

GENERAL RULES

• Only official Waterdogs/cats can be entered for the event. This means they must have a masterlist entry on-site to be valid!
  
  
• Don't spoil the surprise! Keep your identity a secret to the person you're drawing for.
  
  
• Once you enter the Secret Santa, you cannot back out (except for very special circumstances.)
  
  
• All art must be completed and gifted by January 1st.
  
  
  

Please let us know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE if you need to drop out of the event due to an emergency so we can have someone fill in for you.
Note that this is only in the event of an emergency - if you do not tell us or drop out for reasons that do not qualify as an emergency, then you will be blacklisted from entering future events on the website.

HOW TO ENTER

CLICK ME TO ENTER!

Please enter using the Google form above. Your submission will be logged and entered into a spreadsheet which will become accessible by the community after entries close.

You can also check yes or no for whether or not you'd like to be a backup artist! We'll be compiling a list of backup artists and randomly assigning them via DMs to anyone who did not receive an art piece by the deadline (December 31st.)

Once entries close on December 1st, we will randomly assign you a community member to draw for, and you will receive a DM on Discord (or on here, in the case you do not have a discord account) with their username and a link to their character(s). Please be patient with us, this may take some time!

REQUIREMENTS FOR ART PIECES

Your gift art must follow these general guidelines

• It should at minimum be one clean art piece with clear effort
  
  
• Your piece must be decently lined and coloured
  
  
• Traditional and digital art are both allowed
  
  
• Backgrounds are not required
  
  
  

We strongly recommend that you draw a complete fullbody. The less of the body you draw, the more detailed the rest of your piece should be!

You are more than welcome to draw more little pieces for your community member, just make sure that you have one piece that explicitly fits the requirements above to be given as a main gift!

ART SUBMISSIONS

Once you have completed your gift, please send Waterdoge a DM on Discord with your piece (or your main piece if you have/plan on doing multiple!) We won't be uploading it for you, this is just so we can record your gift as done.

If you finish before Christmas (December 25th) DO NOT share your art piece! Once your art piece is finished, hold on to it and just DM us with your art. On Christmas Day, you may start posting your art! All art pieces must be posted or sent to their owner by 11:59 CST on December 31st, 2024. There will be a new gallery to share your gifts in here on the website named Secret Santa 2024 which will become available on the 25th.

Secret Santa gifts will be given an SD bonus! Your main art piece will be given a flat bonus of 300 SD on top of however much you gain on submitting it to the bank. Any extra gifts you make for your gift receiver will earn an extra 100 SD! 
NOTE: You will only be able to redeem your SD (and the bonus) for Secret Santa gifts through a special prompt on the website that will open up on the 25th of December. The first piece of art you submit will gain the 300 SD bonus, all other submissions you make after that will receive 100!

**Please don't try to scrape together something quick on the last day. We want this to be special for EVERYONE participating, and that means putting thought and effort into your art. Anyone who does not complete their art piece will likely be blacklisted from similar events in the future, without prior communication to the staff team.

BACKUP SANTAS

If you submitted your entry form with the offer to become a backup artist if necessary, we thank you very much!!
Hopefully, we won't need to contact you - if you don't hear from us, don't worry, no news is good news in this case. If we do require a backup artist, we'll DM you with the extra details after the initial deadline passes by. We can't have anyone going giftless this holiday season, can we?