Secret Santa 2008 - The Sign up is OVER + all PMs SENT!

[Panda]

So it is that time of the year again

The Secret Santa, for those who are not familiar with it, is an annoymous gift exchanging activity.
Basically, you will be making a present for someone and receiving another one.
The catch is that you know who you are giving it to, but not who is giving it to you, which makes it a very enjoyable and thrilling activity.
In our case, since we are Pixelation and all, we will be dealing with "pixel gifts".

Only those who sign up in this thread will be able to take part in it.
If you intend to do so, read carefully this thread.

First of all, here are some things you should be aware of:

• For signing up, you must reply to this thread with a post along the lines of "I sign up" or "Count me in".
  Any message without a clear response will be ignored.
• Also, when signing up, please put a couple of facts about you. What you like or dislike, hobbies, or whatever you think that would help the gift making.
• Please only sign up if you are 100% sure you will be able to make something for your partner.
  If you sign up and do not deliver anything by the due date, you will get a strike and won't be able to participate in the Secret Santa next year.
  Be considerate and think about your partner. How would you feel if you didn't get a gift yourself?

The sign up starts today (November 15th, 2008), and will be open until November 24th (Monday; so you have 9 days to sign up).
You can sign up until I temporarily close the thread, so don't miss your chance.
Once closed, no more participants will be accepted.

Shortly after the sign up is over, you will receive a PM (Personal Message) with the name of the person you have to pixel for.
Then you will have until December 23rd to finish your gift.

Once you are done with yours, please PM me the gift and your partner's name, so I can organize the whole thing before Christmas.

So remember:

• November 15th~24th - Secret Santa Sign up
• November 24th/25th - PM Send out (You will receive your partner's name in your PM)
• December 23rd - Last day to send in your gift

If you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread or PM me


Q&A

What is a "Pixel Gift"?
A pixel gift is basically a pixel art piece you will be giving your partner. It can be anything, from an animation, to an avatar or a full fledged picture.
Whatever you want, as long as it is pixelled.

I will be away on December 23rd, Can I still participate?
Sure. You do not have to deliver the gift exactly ON December 23rd. You can send it in as soon as you are done (actually I would recommend everyone to do this).
So as long as you can deliver it on time, you are good to go.

How are you going to pick the partners?
First I will be assigning everyone a number according to the order you sign up.
Then I will be running this random sequence generator and everyone will get a new number.
After that I will re-run the generator once again to pick the order.

I couldn't finish my gift... Can I send in a WIP?
Yes, but you will still get a strike, and you must finish it as soon as you can. Or else! 

Can I pixel a gift for someone that is not my partner?
Sure, feel free to make extra gifts, but before that focus on your partner's.


Wrapping



On the Secret Santa thread, all the gifts will be wrapped (hyperlinked) in one of these wrappers.
You can pick one for your partner (when doing so, address to them as A2 or B3 etc).
In case you don't choose one, a random one will be assigned.

Participants

• madPXL
• PASSOUT
• Reo
• shaheen
• Raytheon
• Willows
• Souly
• surt *
• Sherman Gill
• Rawsushi
• AdamAtomic
• Cow
• Panda
• Rosse
• huZba
• skamocore
• Opacus
• Draco9898
• SolidIdea
• Atnas *
• The B.O.B.
• Joe
• 8bitty
• Fool
• Chris2balls
• Quake
• Xion
• Sabata
• Larwick
• Fatalis67
• xhunterko
• Kazuya Mochu
• 32
• Doppleganger
• Dogmeat
• Jad
• Dokozai
• I Am Uh
• tehwexxl0rz *
• MashPotato
• JJ Naas
• vedsten
• chimico
• junkboy
• Zolthorg
• Dex
• Akira
• Indigo
• Overkill
• Ro83rt
• Mirre
• mjau

[madPXL]

I'm in!

Like the last year, I like Akira Toriyama and old school game as Mario, Sonic and Crocodingus of course
I like original pixel and 3D poly stuffs!

[PASSOUT]

Me too!

Blake Schwarzenbach

[Reo]

Im definetly in this year as well!
I like colorfull things, sarcastic/humoristic things and orignal stuff!
a mockup would also be cool 
and if you make a gift for me I would love if it came with a bit of poetry 
So looking forward to this!

[shaheen]

Count me in!

Lately I've been digging on the psychedelic, acoustic instruments, simplicity, bicycles, and people.
Hey, and robots are still groovy, too.

[Raytheon]

I'm in

my favourite games are fable 2 and age of empires 2
i like psychedelic obscure anti-christ monsters, rock music and cool shit


also Field Hockey is so rad i love it sooo

ALSO
My last.fm - http://www.last.fm/user/Raytheon
my sheezyart - http://verion.sheezyart.com
my da - http://mvraytheon.deviantart.com
My PJ - http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/17105.htm?pg=1&sec=icons

[Willows]

Count me in!

I'm a fan of stupid-happy creatures, scowling, and weapons.

[Souly]

I'm in.

I like:
Bersekers
Bones
Explosions
Excessive and unexplainable gore

Go for epic.

[surt]

I hereby express my acceptance of the above contract.

I request wrapping D5 (appropriately bland and insignificant).

I like moon-lit walks on the beach, snuggling by the fireplace, efficient use of bits, dark fantasy and hard sci-fi.

For further inspiration: RECYCLE!

[Sherman Gill]

I'm in I'm in I'm so in!
Wrapping E5 please!
I like dashes of magenta, hard sci-fi, plenty of gore, and abstraction and weird stylization.

[Rawsushi]

Count me in.

I like "odd" food, dapper attire circa the 1800s, curly mustaches, and hairless cats.

[AdamAtomic]

I'm in again!  B2 feels right this year.

I dig dinosaurs, adventure stories, crashed (and un-crashed) spaceships, zombies, pugs, and robots (preferably very large or very small)!

[Cow]

I SIGN UP: COUNT ME IN

I like colors, patterns, porn, snow, heavy metal, faces, realism, other things...

[Panda]

I'm in!

I like:
- Monsters, demons and all sort of bizarre creatures
- Chocobos and Slimes (from Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest respectively)
- Dinosaurs
- Kaiju (you know, Godzilla, King Ghidorah etc...)
- Blue skies with awesome white clouds
- Insects
- Cats
- Shiba Inu
- Chameleons
- Legends and Myths (particularly those with monsters)
- Awesome color combinations
- Games (esp. The Legend of Zelda and RPGs like Dragon Quest, Retro ones, etc...)


And uhm, tons of stuff, but anything original would be neat aswell.

[Rosse]

I'm in!

I like:

- Hayao Miyazaki (especially Nausicaa)
- Nature vs. Men themes
- Pessimism
- Nihilism (some aspects)

And wrapping nr. C5 looks fine.

[huZba]

I'm in!

Things i like:
-Robots! (especially giant ones)
-spaceships
-colorful and shiny things
-moody sceneries
-nature

[skamocore]

COUNT ME IN =3
      Box A1

Likes:

• Stuff that is C/F/W/I (Clever/Funny/Witty/Intelligent)
• Stuff that's W/A/E (Weird/Abstract/Experimental)
• Stuff that's M/E (Moody/emotional)
• Originality
• Cute stuff
• Nature scenes
• Interesting composition
• Interesting use of colour, colour conservation etc...
• Games: puzzle games, adventure games etc...

Does not want:

• Anything related to Christmas
• Anything related to religion
• Anything related to anime/manga

Links to stuff:

• listen to my last.fm station
• My favourites on pixeljoint

Also, my b'day is on Christmas day... (sorry for the massive list of stuff )

[Opacus]

Count me in for sure.
Box E2 please .

Likes:
-Japanese Stuff
-Colourfull things
-Awesome sea creatures (Lobsters, Crabs, sea spiders, squids etc)
-Colourfull landscapes
-Atmospherical scenes
-Post apocalyptic stuff
-Steampunk stuff
-Robots
-Gundams
-Half-Life 2
-Electro/house
-Classic rock/modern rock/progressive rock
-Metal/heavy metal/trash metal/progressive metal (As long as more then half of the song exists out of SINGING. Not grunting.)
-Some bands and stuff: Justice, Dream Theater, Daft Punk, The Bloody Beetroots, Pendulum, Alan Parsons Project etc
(LastFM: http://www.last.fm/user/Shadowwwolf)
-Women (Breast man )
-Platformers
-Adventures
-Rpg's
-Zelda

[Draco9898]

Count me in - Box A2.

I like to program, do pixel art, 3d stuffs and play lots and lots of games.

I like games, swords, dragons, crows, toucans, owls, or anything strange or artistically eye-boggling.

[SolidIdea]

Sign me in!

(I'll update later)

I like:

Fantasy, creative concepts, humorous scenes, imaginative compositions, receiving gifts!

I dislike:

Anime, furries (but not animals), violence.

[Atnas]

  sign me up!

I like:

-Generic fantasy/rpg stuff
-Megaman (Classic, X, and Zero series)
-Thigh highs
-Cheery saturated colors
-Women
-Mecha
-Drills
-Blood
-Deadpool

[The B.O.B.]

"SIGN ME IN"

I would like present C4.

Likes:

*Heavy metal(preferably death metal)- favorite band is Dismember
*Comics-favorite is The Maxx series, not much for super hero baloney, but Captain America is my fav' in that genre
*half-naked women with nice booties and big guns    -especially love ladies with natural dark black hair, with either green or dark brown eyes as well...
*not much of a gamer, but if any, it's fighting games
*am a dog person, hate cats
*enjoy poking fun at my own culture(Mexican American)
*Movies-regular movie goer, fav's like Adaptation, Children of Men, There Will be Blood, but I'd rather have some pixeled form of my guilty pleasure b-movies like "Barry Gordy's The Last Dragon", the late 80's to early 90's remake of "The Blob", or "Killer Klowns from Outer Space"
*Artistic style-I like the classic stylings of Norman Rockwell's art...
*favorite colors are dark purple, yellow-gold, red, and white
Dislikes:

*did I already mention I hate cats?
*any other music than metal
*extremely perfectly built super heroes, with wooden personalities
*ANIME-keep it away from me, please
*HATES internet lingo

[Joe]

Sign me up, please. 

If you happen to get me as your partner,

I like insects, birds, surrealism, skies(especially with juicy clouds), PIRATES, or, if you think I'd like something better than one of those, go for it.

[8bitty]

count me in. A2 pweese!

i like... desolate landscapes.... westerns, horror, ZOMBIES!!! atmosphere!

[Fool]

I'm in. =)

E1 (feeling pinky, eh)

I like life in general to isolate anything particular, but do appreciate a humorous side of it the most.=)

[Chris2balls]

I'd like to join too.
LIKES: - http://www.last.fm/user/Chris2Balls       
          -Videogames           -Zombies
          -Women                 -Working out
          -Pixelart                  -Graffiti
          -Drawing                 -Looking at other artists' works, whatever style
          -Comics and Mangas (20th Century Boys, Ironman, Watchmen, those are my faves XP)
DISLIKES:-Hentai                -Being depressed
              -Adverts              -Google.

Thats' a long list... ^^"         

[Quake]

Count me in

I like:
- manga/anime
- Monsters (demons etc)
- snakes
- robots
- Chemistry
- Pirates
- Ninjas

[Xion]

I'm down like a Watership.

I enjoy geometry, wild architecture, distorted proportions, high contrast, high saturation, mockups and video-games in general, chess, complimentary colors, anthropomorphic beings, science-fiction, and fairy tales.

I do not like generic anime, or generic fantasy.

[Sabata]

I am in

I like:
Isometric stuff
Monsters...myth monsters..stuff like that
Games... umm final fantasy and similar is my fav
Cool Sci stuff is nice too...

Umm yea and much more...but that should give an idea

[Larwick]

Ah, my third secret santa! Yay!
Count me in.

I like pretty ladies, my favourite games are LOZ:OOT, Diablo 2 & Fire Emblem 7 ... i think.
I like chunky things, imaginary creatures and fantastical, beautiful scenery.
I like lowish-sat brown, rich oranges and green and RUST. I don't really like #FF00FF.

You don't have to put all that into one piece tho hahaahahahahaa.... 

Most importantly have fun and improve your skills. 

[Fatalis67]

I'm in!

I like:
Heavy Metal (preferably death metal)
Zombies
Gas Masks (this is essential)
Ninjas

[xhunterko]

Ookay, take a deep breath and...I'M IN! I do not have a wrapping preference.

(Will update with a list later

What I like

-Command and conquer series (including the red alerts), Age of empires series (and some spinoffs)
-a little of the Sonic comic book universe and Sonic universe in general (closet fan)
-Super Mario Brothers Z fan movies by alvin earthworm, Cave story, some other indie game art
-Homeworld 1, Chris Foss illustrations, the Mech Assault universe, Civilization series, Sims, Halo
-Super Smash brothers series, shmups (in process of designing a shmup rts simulater screen saver)
-video game music, instrumental music, relaxation music, upbeat music, RPG handbooks art work
-Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Narnia Chronicals, Dinotopia (don't laugh, the movies sucked),
-Legos (don't laugh on this one either, its creative), Star Gate (original), Star Trek, Runescape, steampunk, Megaman + x series
-Garfield (always wanted to make some traditional rpg/game with that guy), Get fuzzy, Dilbert, BC, Real Life, Non sequiter,
-Mallard, The Far Side, some parodies, the original Pokemon games + Gale of darkness,
-Bone by Jeff Smith, the Myst/Riven games and books, cryptozoology myths and stories, fireworks/explosions
-camping, bike riding, Paintballing, swimming (when I can do these activities)
-i also like cats as well
-christianity

What I dislike

-Nudity (i will make a burn animation of it)
-Barny (same as above)
-Spongebob (double burn with explosion execution style shooting)
-anything vulgar or obscene
-dystopia's
-Harry Potter (will send it to hell)

But, what I would like most importantly, is to go "Wow".

I noticed this is a bit long. So I'm going to work on cutting it short a bit.

Since, most of you aren't done yet. Here's some more ideas.

-Platform/RPG mockups
-Isometric
-Large, full scale battle mockups

[Kazuya Mochu]

I sign up. Why not?

I like:
Rock  music, Gibson guitars, girls, boobs, Video games, more boobs, more guitars, getting presents, seing stuff get built, building stuff, drawing, modeling, and playing guitar.

[32]

im in 
likes:Metal (black Doom and heavy is best) iron maiden, dissection, graveworm and draconian to list a few
      Punk (old stuff) sex pistols, the ramones and iggy pop are good
      Underground music scene
      art wise i enjoy anything out of the ordinary, love crazy palletes. enjoy surrealist paintings the most.
      and love ancient architecture and mountainous terrain (south america for example)
     

[Doppleganger]

Count me in!

Likes

• foliage/green things
• seasons
• cute things
• color
• mockups
• elaborate scenes w/ stories to be told

Dislikes

• anime
• robots

[Dogmeat]

Sign me up please!

Some facts about me:

I've been pixeling since 03'
I live in a craftsman house in San Francisco, I love SF and I love craftsmans.
I love dogs
I have a japanese wife and a japanese last name.
I'm a big fan of the abstract expressionism painters ( i suggest the book bluebeard for some interesting reading )

Things I like:

Monsters
Steampunk
Fallout
Lich Lords
Ogres
Mushrooms ( magic ones too )
Muscles
Tactical outfits
Mad Max style stuff
Magic and Fantasy
Distand Landscapes you can get lost in
Robots
Ninja stuff
Infinity machines ( like an endless loop )

Dislike:

Religion based stuff

Pixel wise I really like widepixels and the C64 palette, I'm also a big fan of EEGA and CGA.

Yeah, that's me.

[Jad]

Okay. Deep breath.

I'm in.

I like:

16 bitty console thingies

Super awesome fantazy

Orange

Pastel

Robots, death, murder and mayhem

No problems with anime, go ahead, you weeaboo you!

Laser!

Rockets!

Explosions!

I also love cafés, tea, hot chocolate (but not coffee ): ) and cute girls with clothes on.

I also like naked girls so if you really feel the need to do one, I won't say no. Make sure you include some explosives though. Or a cuppatea. Or both.

If you still have no idea, make anything, put a ' u ' -face on it and I'll have fuzzy feelings inside all christmas. I just can't get over that retarded happy face.

[Dokozai]

I'm IN!

I like
skulls
robots
imps
sketching,
funny/cute looking creatures
monocles
Ocotopi
pandas
various OTHER mythical creatures,
winged thingies
Platform games
adventure games
RPG's with a real-time battle system
Daft Punk
GoldFinger
Steely Dan
Gorillaz
AND THIS FACE:

I HATE
Fangirls, specially' those Naruto ones.
 

[I Am Uh]

Okey, I think I want to be a part of this, this year.

I like:
-
Gears of War
Fable / Fable 2
Brown and White
Blood
Machinery
Hot girls
Stuff along those lines.

I don't like:
-
Purple and Yellow

[tehwexxl0rz]

SIGN ME UP!

I like:
- Sci-fi/fantasy motifs
- Anime aesthetic (but not vacant, cookie-cutter rendering please)
- "Grungy" aesthetic, I guess?
- Dark/moody color schemes
- Tasty color ramps
- Pretty girls
- Electric guitar/rock music
- Specific anime: FLCL, Haruhi Suzumiya, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion
- The entire Legend of Zelda series

I dislike:
- Religious symbols (although Santa is A-okay)
- Obscenely proportioned girls (NOT HOT)

[MashPotato]

Sign me up, please!

Things I like: fantasy creatures, fairy tales, cute things, animals, gothy aesthetic, fashion illustration, food

A4 packaging, thanks!

[JJ Naas]

I'm in!

I likes:

to eat:

Instant (Thai) noodles with shrimp and lime flavour.
Carrots for snacks
Pea soup
Meatballs with mashed potatoes
Raspberry pudding with vanilla sauce
Liquorice
...and anything served in Wagamama

to drink:

Tea: Earl grey, 1 sugar and a drop of lemon
Orange juice
Beer: all lagers (they all taste the same)
Wine: Australian wines (Hardy's, Jacob's Creek)

[Panda]

ROUGHLY 3 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE SIGN UP IS OVER!
Don't miss your chance if you want to participate.

[Raytheon]

damnit i had a msn window over the top and thought it said the sign up was over and i was like YAY i can start now

[vedsten]

Sign me up!

I've been a good boy this year Santa, so

Mockups
Restricted palettes
Fallout (1&2, NOT 3)
System Shock
Darwin

would be appreciated

[chimico]

i sign up!
i like eyvind earle, india and china, yoshi's island, cute and violent things, people, sweets...
... and anything you'll draw

[junkboy]

I'm in like Huckelberry Finn

I like pinball games, greasers, cowboys, dinosaurs, rockets and hamburgers. Band-aids are also fine.

[Zolthorg]

I need to enter this   
I have played hooky for like 3 years now.   
" sign me up "

edit:
# Also, when signing up, please put a couple of facts about you. What you like or dislike, hobbies, or whatever you think that would help the gift making.
whoops; video games: animal crossing, maple story, kirby, professor layton, the last couple advance wars games, the smash brothers series. The jumper series, TF2 and cave story. FiInal fantasies 4, tactics, tactics advance and 6.
The color green is the best color (any variety of it :3)
apple juice
anything you put your heart into :3

[Dex]

I'm totally in. D2 please!

I like music, soccer, humor, and fantasy stuffs.

So sign me up!

[Akira]

I sign up
Things that I like:
my pixeljoint favourites
my LastFM profile
mock ups
pancakes
chocolate
orange juice
revolvers

But really, make what you wanna make.