MM&L: Yokai ATC #4

Yokai ATC #4

Welcome back folklore fans, this is round 4 of everybody's favorite ATC series (well...mine anyway haha!) Yokai ATC! If you've never joined us before I hope you will jump in this round and have fun creating a little piece of Yokai art for your partner. As this is an ongoing and recurring series, you will be able to build up a collection of fun folklore themed cards!

Yokai is a broad term encompassing many different supernatural creatures and phenomena from Japanese folklore. Some are cute, some are scary, some are silly. Some are mischievous and some are helpful. They include ghosts, demons, spirits, goblins, monsters and more!

Check out this Yokai database to see many illustrated examples!
This site also has examples in different art styles. You don't have to use these references and are welcome to find your own resources!

For this swap, you will select any Yokai of your choice to use as the subject of your ATC. There are so many to choose from the possibilities are almost endless! Depict it in any manner you like using any medium created with effort. (meaning please put some time into this - sticker slapping or cutting and pasting a single image is not what we're looking for here.)

Since we'd likely get tired of swapping before we ran out of Yokai to choose from, this will be a series of free-theme Yokai ATCs that you can join as you please.

You can make your card ahead of time if you like as it's sender's choice, but moving forward I will be extending the deadlines to allow more time to create. If you do join multiple swaps in the series and want to make your card ahead of time, please make a different Yokai for each round or wait to see who your partner is to be sure you haven't already sent them that Yokai as this is a small group and we may end up with the same partners multiple times. This way we can hopefully all have a nice varied collection!

Swap rules are as follows:

• Create 1 ATC for 1 partner that depicts a Yokai of your choosing! The card may be hand-drawn or painted, collaged, mixed media etc, any medium acceptable. You may use ONE artfully placed sticker if desired (no sticker slapping; the sticker should not be the main focus); embellishments are acceptable.

• Standard ATC rules apply: 2.5" x 3.5" size, portrait or landscape, add a sturdy backing if you are not already using thick cardstock, write on the back the name of swap + your username, first name + last initial and sign it if you like, & put the card in a protective sleeve of some sort.

• Please include either on the back of your card or in a separate note - the name of Yokai you've chosen for your art. It may be fun to include a little bit of information about it as well, but this is not required.

• Please rate fairly once you've received your ATC - no one likes to chase for ratings so please rate promptly as well!

• Communicate with both your partner AND myself if you will be late getting your swap out for any reason. I will angel in the case of flaking after you have attempted communication with your partner and rated them a 1.

Message me if you have any questions, concerns, or other issues! Thanks for your interest and happy swapping! :)