Welcome to the "Academy of Fanart Artists", this group aims to support and honour the many fabulous artists in our community, and as such, hold an annual award ceremony to celebrate the art produced in each year. This site & the Academy is still relatively new, and yet we have held our first annual awards ceremony with amazing success and a fantastic turn-out. I do hope to see all of our members back nominating in our next edition of this event, and hopefully encourage some new members to join in on what could be a potentially huge second go-around. I'm sure those of you who attended our first event will agree it was particularly exciting and enjoyable for all! But, I bet you're wondering what this is all about still, right? Well, keep reading!

I’m sure that many artists would agree that 2007 was a breakthrough year in terms of the amazing artwork that was created and posted around the internet, with amazing new artists cropping up, and more experienced artists perfecting their styles, last year saw some awesome artwork, and fingers crossed that 2008 will be just as fabulous.

Anyway, in order to honour, the artwork of each year, I thought that it might be nice to create an “Awards Ceremony” and vote for our favourite pieces from that year. And since we will of course be having other award ceremonies early in the upcoming year, I thought it would be nice to follow the tradition of the Academy Awards, creating our very own “Academy of Fanart Artists”, or the AFA.

If you join the AFA, you will be permitted to submit one wallpaper to each category of the awards; and you will be able to vote for your top pieces in each category. However, in joining the AFA you are agreeing to vote – as these votes will be counted in order to find our winners. So, I must ask, only join up, if you are prepared to take the time and pick out your favourites in a number of categories.

For more information on this awards ceremony please take the time to browse around the site, and check out the rules before applying to join up. I will be closing membership in November 2008 prior to the nominating period, so if you do desire to be a part of the next event then sign up before then! Nominations will begin on the 1st of January 2009, so make sure you are prepared for the nominating period by checking our new and improved categories - you have plenty of time to choose next year's nominations! You can keep up to date with all of the the nominations, voting, and award ceremony dates by checking back regularly!

I hope that you enjoy this site, and its aims, and I encourage as many artists as possible to join in and be a part of our second venture into the AFA Awards Ceremony Events!
SJ
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To discuss the AFA, leave feedback, or ask question, check out the thread, here.
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