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About Surprise Baptism!

Surprise Baptism! will be a sfw project showcasing our shared love for Mondstadt's very own pink twink, Deacon Dahlia. This is going to be a very small scale production. The number of contributors will be limited.This won't be like the typical "fanzine" that you're probably used to seeing within the community! With Surprise Baptism!, I'm hoping to make a project that returns to the original roots of zines, with everything printed at home in a simple folded booklet.Art does not need to be fully rendered pieces. Sketches and doodles may be accepted! If you think you are great at sketching but never render, or if you would like to contribute a dozen doodles for the margins, you are WELCOME to apply as a Spot Artist.Note
This zine will resemble a "junk journal" or "art zine" more than the professionally produced fanzines generally seen within the community. Please keep this in mind!

FAQ

Some answers may change as a result of our Interest Check. The FAQ will be updated before Apps open to reflect any changes resulting from IC results.

Are AUs going to be included?
Yes, AUs are allowed, but limited. We'd like to keep the zine primarily canon, canon-compliant, or canon-adjascent, but will have space to allow AU content, depending on pitches.Will ships be allowed?
Yes! SFW ship content will be allowed. Contributors are free to portray Dahlia in all kinds of relationships, including but not limited to platonic, familial, and romantic relationships.How old do I need to be to apply?
Anyone can apply. This project will be strictly SFW, so there is not an age restriction for contributors.Is this zine “Pro-ship?"
This zine is meant to be a cute SFW zine, so "pro-fiction" and "anti-fiction" terms really don't apply to the project. Applicants will not be rejected on the basis of identifying as pro- or anti- fiction. However, the Head Mod is proship, and any applicants who have 'proship DNI' in their social media bios may be rejected out of respect for their DNI's. Otherwise, anyone is welcome to apply and contribute sfw pieces for the zine. Discourse won't be tolerated in the Discord, and contributors must respect the "Ship-and-let-Ship" stance of the collaborative space.Will contributors be compensated?
All contributors will receive a physical copy of the zine, as well as physical merch if any is made. This zine will not be professionally printed or produced. This will be printed and bound by hand, by the Head Mod. Physical copies sent to contributors will each be unique and contain minor flaws. Contributors will be expected to pay for shipping, but nothing else.

Production

This zine will be available physically to contributors only. The physical zine will not be professionally printed or manufactured.Each product will be printed in full colour at the local library, hand-bound by the head mod, and shipped out to contributors at Shipping Cost.These books will have imperfections. Pieces of art may be cut off or obscured by decorative elements.There will not be A, B, or C grade items, since each piece will be inherently imperfect. Damaged or improperly made items will not be sent out intentionally.Any merch items will also be handmade.A digital scan of the zine will be made available, for free, to everyone.No two books will be exactly the same.

Zine Guidelines

There will be four primary types of art accepted into the zine.
Page Art: Fully rendered illustrations. Can be digital or traditional, but any traditional pieces must be scanned.
Spot Art: Small illustrations paired with a writer's story, displayed alongside the story. It does not need to be fully rendered!
Merch Art: Art used for printable merch items, such as: planner inserts, bookmarks, paper dolls, paper games, colouring sheets, etc. with the possibility of stickers.Art may be slightly obscured by:
i) Trimming and cropping edges to fit the zine pages
ii) Decorative elements such as stickers, washi tape, decorative art, pasted or written lines of poetry or dialogue, etc.Writing
Writing within the zine can be fiction, non-fiction (character study, gameplay guide, lore theories, meta, etc), recipes, epistolaries, poetry, etc. There is no minimum wordcount (you could submit a one paragraph poem). The maximum wordcount for submitted pieces is 1500 words.Other
Other contributions are welcome! Whether that's cosplay, photography, crafting, or anything else. Feel free to submit your creations in your application, with a note about what you would like to create!Note
This zine will resemble a "junk journal" or "art zine" more than the professionally produced fanzines generally seen within the community. Please keep this in mind!

Application Guidelines

🦇 You must provide three examples of your best work. A portfolio is encouraged but not required.🦇 One of your samples must be from Genshin Impact. It is highly suggested, but not mandatory, that one sample feature Dahlia.🦇 Please, no NSFW samples.🦇 All application pieces should be complete pieces, not excerpts or WIPs.🦇 Samples must be accessible to the mod team. All links should be active, valid links with viewing permissions shared. Any applications with broken or unviewable links will be disqualified.Page Artists
🤍 Art is expected to be fully rendered and reflective of your style. If you work in greyscale or abstract backgrounds, this is acceptable, but your piece must not look unfinished.Spot Artists
🩷 Spot Artists will be paired with writers, and expected to create 1-3 pieces of spot art per writer. Spot artists will be creating art based off the stories they are paired with, and not their own creative pitches.🩷 Art should be "complete," but does not need to include backgrounds. Rendering can be whatever you consider finished. ie: WIPs are not allowed, but sketches and doodles are okay! Art can be any style or medium.Merch Artists
🖤 Merch Artists are expected to produce 1-3 merch items based on their own creative pitches.🖤 You may provide digital files, or photographs of physical merch items.Writers
❤️ Writers will be expected to create one fanfic for the zine with a maximum wordcount of 1500 words. Alternately, writers may create multiple pieces (poetry, flashfiction, etc) with a maximum wordcount of 1500 across all pieces.❤️ Application pieces should be below 2k words.Disqualifying Conditions🦇 Any applications containing generative AI will be disqualified.🦇 Any applications with broken or unviewable links will be disqualified.🦇 Any applicants with any form "proship DNI" on their profiles will be disqualified. You do not need to be proship to apply, but some moderators are, and out of respect for DNIs, will not accept any applicants who are uncomfortable interacting with our mod team.

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