Brainstorming: ARTS & CRAFTING

[fanworkscon]

The Art & Crafting programming track focuses on digital and 2D art, cosplay, and fannish crafts, including:

• Drawing, painting, and other 2D art in digital and physical mediums
• Manips, gifs, icons, and other digital manipulation of images
• Graphic design for websites, merchandise (including stickers, pins, shirts etc.), and more
• Cosplay
• Knit crafts, clothing design, and textile arts
• Design and creation of dolls, custom figures, models, prop replicas, and more
• Jewelry, buttons, and other accessories
• Fannish home goods and home design
• Fandom-inspired food and drink

Please brainstorm in the comments below!

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Comments

[theletterelle]

I would love to do a fannish fibercraft panel, if there's interest for that. There are so many ways to do fandom in knitting and crocheting-- using patterns designed for a fandom, recreating costume pieces, or interpreting fandom through color and design elements. I have some pieces I could use for show and tell, and maybe others do too?

[trelkez]

I would love this!

[trelkez]

I would love to have a panel on gifs - not so much how to make them/what software to use (though that could be a good topic too!), but gifs as tumblr art form, as scene recap, as character essay or ship manifesto in miniature, gif sets as constructed reality, and so on. All the different ways we use gifs to squee over or critique or tell stories about our favorite characters/fandoms.

[bessyboo]

I absolutely intend to submit a Cosplay 101 panel.

[scribe]

yaaaaaaay I was hoping you would! :D

[trelkez]

Another panel I would be excited for (that I think by track description fits here, rather than community): a panel on fannish decorating - how do we incorporate fandom into our homes? Some people put fannish decor everywhere, some have fannish bedrooms vs. non-fannish living spaces - do you keep your fannish decor away from guests, or is all over? How do roommates with different fandoms compromise on decor choices? What are some fun ways to fandom up our living spaces, especially DIY/craft project ideas?

[fairestcat]

Ooh, I'd love a panel like that.

[cherry]

I have no idea how it would work - or if the idea makes sense outside of my head - but I'd love to see something about people convey mood and personality across different mediums.

With people having such wonderful and disparate styles, and each medium having its own limitations and benefits, what is it that people use to bind or blend their work to a fandom? I'd imagine it varies significantly by the artist.

[cherry]

I'd also kind of love to see something like Fan Art 110 - So You Do Art, and You're Thinking of Trying Fan Art. Or maybe everyone but me finds that transition straight forward.