Fanwork & Fan Labor Examples

Want to participate in Marvel Trumps Hate, but don’t know what to offer? Think outside the box!

Stumped on what to offer because you don’t write fic or draw? Marvel Trumps Hate welcomes a huge variety of fanworks and fan labor (see our “How to Participate” page), so there are different ways you can contribute. You’ll be amazed by the breadth of skills, talents, knowledge, and types of creative expression found in fandom!

Here’s a smorgasbord of offers that we’ve either had before or seen people discuss as possibilities for this year or future years to help inspire you. What you can offer is not restricted to the list below; these are just examples to get you brainstorming about what you can auction off because trust us, even if you think you might not have something to offer, you probably do!

Art (Visual/Illustrative) | Audiovisual Works | Beta Services | Crafts & Merch | Digital (Graphic Design) | Fan Labor & Translation | Writing

ART (VISUAL/ILLUSTRATIVE)

• Drawings/illustrations
• Single-page and multi-page comics
• Pixel art
• Paintings (oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor)
• Mixed-media artwork on canvas
• Ink-on-bristol art
• Embroidery on canvas
• Pour paint/spin art
• Rotoscopes
• Digital coloring books

AUDIOVISUAL WORKS

• Fan music or filk inspired by characters, ships, or fics
• Podfics
• Videos (fic trailers, themed edits, vids set to songs)
• Animations (making original art/animation or turning existing art into animation)

BETA SERVICES

• Editing
• Cheer reading
• Soundboarding/planning/development work
• Fact-checking
• Culture-picking
• Sensitivity reading
• Knowledge about specific topics or experiences (e.g., identities, lifestyles, professions, interests, fields of study)
• Research

CRAFTS & MERCH

• Candles
• Lip balms
• Soaps
• Stained glass/suncatcher
• Scented beanbag-style sachets
• Candy/chocolate/baked goods/jellies/sweets
• Fic/character/ship/theme boxes (like book boxes)
• Pins, magnets, patches, charms, standees, key chains, ring holders, calendars, stickers, bookmarks, temporary tattoos
• Sculptures and clay figures
• Ceramic mugs and other ceramic items
• Apparel/wearable accessories (shirts, jackets, scarves, gloves/mittens, hats, face masks, regular masks, cowls, pajamas/onesies)
• Backpacks, tote bags, itabags with custom window shapes, leather dice bags, wallets, pouches/pencil cases
• Plushie animal or Tsum Tsum versions of Marvel characters
• Dolls (crochet, needle felt, matte board, hand-sewn)
• Embroidery hoops/wall art and cross stitch pieces
• Jewelry (diamond painting, macrame, metal, crochet, wire, beads)
• Woodwork/wood burning (cheese board, box/chest, USB stick, coasters, photo frame, alphabet blocks)
• Glasswork
• Custom Funko Pops
• Paper cut light boxes
• Pillow cases, quilted pillows, baby blankets, dishcloth/washcloths, potholders
• Handmade leather journals
• Linoleum stamps
• Dog/cat/pet toys
• Artbooks, paper doll books, and coloring books
• Hand-dyed yarn skeins
• Custom tea blends

DIGITAL (GRAPHIC DESIGN)

• Gifsets
• Graphics/edits
• Mood boards
• Photo manips
• Fic covers/posters/banners
• Icons and headers
• Webweaving
• Tumblr or website layouts
• Digital calendars
• Wallpapers
• Custom Discord emojis

FAN LABOR & TRANSLATION

• Typesetting
• Bookbinding
• Recipes based on characters, ships, or themes
• Names, tags, and summaries for fics
• Audio/sound editing and/or soundscaping for podfics
• Book cover design and printing
• Art/comic/fic translation
• Website/game/AO3 skin coding
• Fic rec lists
• Fic playlists/fanmixes
• Knitting/crochet patterns
• Art coaching
• Help with launching and organizing fan events

WRITING

• Fic
• Poetry
• Meta posts
• Social media AUs
• Physical letters written by characters to the reader or between two characters
• Remixes of your fic or an existing fic with the author’s permission