Btw, it wasn't one of the questions for artists, but I'm also in favour of a pre-match-up draft due. Like you I've seen artists who got matched up with writers that didn't have much words written yet, and it made the artists unable to start on any work since there wasn't enough source for them available. To my knowledge they all made it in time for the deadline anyway but they were forced into a much shorter timespan to do their art than they were supposed to have and often ended with lessened enthusiasm for their own final pieces.