Thanks To @qettleqorn Loaning Me Her Precious Kin, I Was Inspired To Make Some Fun Misadventures With

Day 1: Tetsuya

This year, we'll be changing up some things for the Naruto Calendar.

1. A shorter timeline schedule

This year, instead of going to mid-December, the final deadline will be at the start of November, likely November 1. This will allow time for final preparations and emergencies--and maybe even let us release the calendar earlier!

The schedule for the 2024 calendar has yet to be set in stone, but the rough schedule so far is: June for apps, Jul-Oct for creation, Nov for finalization, and Dec for release.

Apps will be opening in the first week of June so stay tuned!

2. Better Announcements/Reminders

We know not everyone uses Discord often. So to help keep everyone in the loop about deadlines and changes, we will be posting announcements and reminders here on this blog as well as sending out emails.

For Tumblr notifications, we will tag you in the post, and for email, we will be sending out notification emails through our email: naruto.calendar@gmail.com

Participating in these type of notifications will be optional. After you get in, we will send out another form that you may choose to fill out if you would like to be notified via these methods.

3. Calendar Templates

To streamline the final process near the end, this year we will be providing calendar page templates that artists will have to pair their art to, rather than the other way around.

4. Phone version of the calendar

If you're an artist who doesn't really want to collab with a writer, well you're in luck! Aside from the cover artist role, this year you can apply to work on the phone calendar. This calendar will feature its own collection of art, simpler in style than the desktop/printable versions that we've done in the past. And, of course, this calendar will be vertically formatted to better fit a phone background.

As the phone calendar artist, you will create art for all 12 months. Though the topics will be decided by the other calendar participants, you will have the creative freedom to interpret their chosen themes/topics as you see fit.

Since this would be our first time attempting such a thing, we do expect the way we approach the phone calendar will change as we go. Suggestions are welcome!

𝐴 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 @qettleqorn

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒅! 💐

Happy Birthday, Shino!

Been redoing his design slightly.

Cheers to 2024 ✨

Thanks for putting up with all my Akami art ~ maybe one day I’ll draw something else lol

I was having fun with the photo mode again!

Lai, Wen | Non-Binary (he/him, they/them)       >  Here is Kiku’s Baba! Her parent basically. They’ve raised Kiku since they found her!

Hey Q! I want to ask you abt questions 23., 24. And 25. pls!? <3

23. What are your life goals?

Just being happy. It's such a stupid answer to some degree but legit that's all I just want to be happy at the end of the day. Otherwise I guess... - Post a actual fanfic, the one I keep saying I'll do but the one I'm too nervous to share. I'm afraid it'll get nitpicked over by the Naruto/Aburame fans. I'm afraid it won't be good. - Move again. Living in this state has been hell. - I want to go see my friends in Europe! But also go to Japan at least once, I want to see the world in person and not just behind a screen. - This one is going to sound so silly...but, I do actually want to maybe like...set up a community- like you know. I want to house people and make sure they aren't freezing at night. But I know that's also difficult to do. So at the least just support those I can.

24. What's something you like about yourself that you wish more people recognized?

Answered!

25. What are your core memories?

- Age: 5 | Being a therapist to my mom in someone's house, this is my first memory- it's also the one I recall not wanting to be here - Age: 15/16 | That time I tried to tell my dad about what I was seeing in his girl friend but him just blowing me off, it was 5 am - Age: 12 | My dad saying how he did mess up with me yet there was no feeling behind it - Age: 10 | That time I embarrassingly "ran away" for the afternoon so I wouldn't have to see my mother and watch my half brothers for a week, still was made to go once I got back - Age: 10 | That time my grandfather told off my mother after she legit beat me in front of him Won't lie some of them don't get better from there. But short to say, the good times are so small but- - Age: 15 | That time me and my high school friends went to the beach for my birthday, I think that was my happiest day - Age: 10 | The day I first saw my dog, I had wanted her but I was like "No, older dogs deserve homes too." and then my grandfather still chose her and got her for me- she tried to sleep in my bed with that first night and I had accidentally rolled on her. Took me months to get her back up in bed and get that trust again.