Industry Elites Added As Judges for Webcomic Contest
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Well that's made me a fair bit more confident, I got consistant quality throughout my four strips within 8 days, including time I took thinking up the idea and creating the characters from scratch...GamerPhate said:
Then again, those who know me here or on the Art thread know that I'm some-what quick abotu character designs.
I'm not trying to say "Hah! you guys are panicking while I'm already done!" I'm panicking too xD
As much as I impressed even myself with how quickly I managed to create my strips to a fairly decent maintainable quality I have doubts about how long I can carry a series doing it twice a week...
Although saying that I've been doing comics on-line as a hobby for nearly 7 years... So I guess I'm just more used to it than some...
I think what I'm trying to drive at here is, it's a worrying concept for a lot of people here about whether they can conceivably carry a series so consistently. But I'm sure once the winner is settled in, It'll become virtually second nature and the process of creating the strips will get so much easier as they develop short-cuts like everyone does.
It'd probably be a good idea for those who enter to brainstorm a few ideas that they can carry with them in the event that they win, so that at least have something to go with while they get comfy.
Is there any chance I could get the text portion of my entry reset? I was a little confused and I thought it was a Question Box for some reason... and I definitely need that to explain the concept for my comic... Please and thank you~
hello again everyone. well only a few more weeks to go, and the whole experience has been more about the planing process rather then the comics. oh I've done that too, but I've scrapped my previous work for a more traditional idea. my original Idea would have forced me to be a shut in, trying to make the dead line.
It probably would have been better if the employer would have asked for a balance in schedule. say if the comic is of simple design then two per week it reasonable, or One complex comic per week. This don't give you much options.
shamus young's work is more about the jokes then the art, so it's reasonable for him, but for someone like me who has to draw my work one comic per week is how I would have to do it, to prove my point, this is what some one like penny arcade or vg cats would do, and thats my style. I've just thought of an Idea were I can draw and produce 2 a week, and not kill myself, so I'm good. I just got to think of the last joke.
I've also had to plan a schedule for this job, I though up my time would be divided like this, two days of drawing, two days of computer art, then the last day would be for writing, or other stuff, this will also give me a two day weekend. VG cast scott said he spends roughly 9 hours on the art then another 9 hours of the computer art.
I've also come to a decision about this contest early on. to me it really doesn't matter if I win or lose this contest, I'm working towards my dream too have a job were I can draw all day, If I dont win then I'll find another way, most webcomic artist made it by themselves. I have my own site it's just a pain to draw comics and manage a web site at the same time. I see this more of a learning experience then anything else. I'm doing this because I love to draw and make people laugh.
It probably would have been better if the employer would have asked for a balance in schedule. say if the comic is of simple design then two per week it reasonable, or One complex comic per week. This don't give you much options.
shamus young's work is more about the jokes then the art, so it's reasonable for him, but for someone like me who has to draw my work one comic per week is how I would have to do it, to prove my point, this is what some one like penny arcade or vg cats would do, and thats my style. I've just thought of an Idea were I can draw and produce 2 a week, and not kill myself, so I'm good. I just got to think of the last joke.
I've also had to plan a schedule for this job, I though up my time would be divided like this, two days of drawing, two days of computer art, then the last day would be for writing, or other stuff, this will also give me a two day weekend. VG cast scott said he spends roughly 9 hours on the art then another 9 hours of the computer art.
I've also come to a decision about this contest early on. to me it really doesn't matter if I win or lose this contest, I'm working towards my dream too have a job were I can draw all day, If I dont win then I'll find another way, most webcomic artist made it by themselves. I have my own site it's just a pain to draw comics and manage a web site at the same time. I see this more of a learning experience then anything else. I'm doing this because I love to draw and make people laugh.
You don't have to watermark them.aeroz said:
Yup, Comedy or Action Comedy are perfectly acceptable.Gallimaestro said:
That will all be part of your contract if you win. Also we aren't going to make merchandise of any content on a whim, regardless of whether someone wins or not. It would look bad to sell merchandise and just leave the creator out in the cold.
No, it's still running. It's just not on the front page anymore because of the Aliens vs. Predator Battle that is taking place.kawaiiamethist said:I'm aware of this, which is why I am concerned to not see advertising anymore.Emerwyn said:The contest ends on February 28th. I highly doubt they'd change it without telling us.
Oh boy, tried to power through the thread to make sure I don't ask any more repeat questions, I think this hasn't been asked yet. Profanity, is it a problem? Simple cursing like cr@p, sh!t, d!ck, b@stard, etc. I'm not talking the whole comic is that, but I'm just wondering about stuff like that. Or even just words like pen!s, vag!na, f@ggot, etc.
Had a joke with a punchline that I wasn't sure if it was a gray area. It's not talking about sex, but it's still using words like those mentioned above.
Had a joke with a punchline that I wasn't sure if it was a gray area. It's not talking about sex, but it's still using words like those mentioned above.
How should we go about entering if we've teamed up with another person? Should we simply make sure to include their name in the description and say which part each individual is doing (along with their Escapist User Name if they're a member here)? Or is there some other way of going about it?
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~phew~ Many thanks to you kind sir~ You don't have any idea how worried that had me.paulgruberman said:
Thank you Spinwhiz for answer my question and the many other questions posted here.
Thank you for putting up with us all and our questioning nature. Looking forward to seeing the results of this contest! (and if the escapist will ever try it again!)
Thank you for putting up with us all and our questioning nature. Looking forward to seeing the results of this contest! (and if the escapist will ever try it again!)
I would assume, and this is just an assumption, that they'd probably only be able to really post people's submissions whom they gave permission to post: e.g. pretty much the winner who gets a shiny ironclad contract and nobody else because that could get them into some pretty weird legal trouble with people who don't appreciate infringement of a technical copyright they own over their work which they're particularly cranky about because they didn't win.LACKT said:
That's what I suspect anyway, I could be wrong.
Hey, sorry if this has been asked before, but the thread is huge now. I'm wondering about the size restrictions you put up on the front page (650 x 1280 or something like that). Is that the maximum size of the entire comic, or is that the maximum size of the individual panels?
Actually, as I interpret it, the contest rules give them permission to use anything submitted for purposes of stuff like advertising, so they'd completely be able to post the loosing entries if they wanted.AniMerrill said:
However, I have a suspicion they won't post the full loosing entries simply because that would give free advertising to anyone who wanted to try to take their loosing entry and try to make something of it anyway. Why give free advertising to potential new competitors of the comic that they want people to be reading here?