QUASI-COROLLARY SEROKS "CONTEST" (aka COMIC BOOK ARTIST SEARCH)
Greetings, Earthlings.
In case you stumbled here apropos of anything that came before,
let me just say that if you’ve read my latest Visprint title, SEROKS
Iteration 1: Mirror Man, then
we’ve kicked off a contest involving character and costume design, and if you’d
like to see the details of that, hit up the Visprint Facebook page or refer to the earlier post directly before this one.
If, however, you’re really just here for this particular post,
then here it is:
If you happen to be an artist who may be interested in
collaborating on a comic book with yours truly, then here’s what I’d like you
to do.
Send in a 3 to 5 page comic book sequence based on any scene in
any of the stories contained in SEROKS Iteration 1: Mirror Man.
I’ll be looking at not just your art style, but also your
storytelling technique, how you utilize the sequential panels and their layout
to best execute the scene you’ve chosen.
If you’ve also decided to enter the “Paladin(s) Character
Design” contest, then preferably, you should use the character design you’re
also submitting, so I can see that costume design in action as well.
The completed pages should be fully inked. You have the option
of submitting, heh, Xeroxes of the
pages in their pencil form as well, so as to give me a better idea as to both
your penciling and inking skills.
I’d also like to see, aside from any superhero action in your
pages, some quiet moments as well if possible, so I can gauge not just your
fight choreography capabilities, but your ability to capture the drama of the
moment as well.
Also note, if you’ve decided to join this Artist Search as well
as the “Paladin(s) Character Design” contest, that passing the Artist Search
does not instantly constitute a win in the Character Design contest; I may
think your art style would be perfect for a comic book while not necessarily
being crazy about your costume design. Or, for that matter, vice versa.
So if you’re taking part in both, be prepared for that
possibility: that you win in one, but not in the other.
It’s preferred that all entries be submitted in 5.5 inches x 8.5
inches size (regular bond paper size, folded in half, or 1650 X 2550 in
Photoshop-speak), or any proportional size thereof.
The Artist Search opens up as soon as this announcement goes
online and will run all the way through until shortly before SEROKS
Iteration 2: Once in a Lifetime
will be released. (Or until we say otherwise. We’ll be making further
announcements as that date approaches; come right back to the Iguana for those. And yes, just to confirm, the Artist Search does not have the same deadline as the Character Design Contest, despite the notice at the Visprint Facebook page. Sorry about that.)
At the very least, you’ve got a whole bunch of months before
then, so there’s ample time to send us your entries. Note though that I will
also be taking into consideration the amount of time it took you to complete
the pages; the rate at which you can pencil and ink a page is also a vital
consideration should you decide to be the artist on a comic book.
Additionally, I stressed this in the previous Artist Search we
conducted, and I’ll say it again here: if you do decide to join the Search,
keep in mind that if we do end up collaborating on a comic book, there aren’t
any upfront page rates involved for any of the creative team.
No one (including myself) gets paid for the work we’ll be
putting into the comic. Any possible profit will come in only from royalties
once the comic has been compiled and distributed by a publisher.
Other than that, you’ll be getting co-creator credit for any
important characters you may end up designing.
So if you’re joining the Search, join because of your love for
the comic medium, because you believe you can make a worthwhile contribution to
it, because you feel you can do excellent work and you’d like to get that work
out there for people to see.
Another thing that you need to be reasonably sure of before
joining the Search is, should you be chosen, that you’ll be able to balance
working on a comic book with all the rest of your usual responsibilities
(family, work, etc.).
Having the talent and the urge to draw a comic book is well and
good, but you also need to make sure you’ll have enough time to devote to the
pages.
If you have any questions that I failed to address here, please
hit up the Comments section of this blog post and I’ll do my best to answer
them there.
While we will be accepting entries throughout the contest period
via email (address appears below), we will also be accepting them at this
year’s Summer Komikon (April 13 at the Bayanihan Center on Pioneer St).
Just come up to me--you should find me at either the Visprint or
Alamat tables--say “Hi,” and submit your entries to me.
If you can’t make it to Summer Kon (or would be too hard-pressed
to complete your entries in the time left), then email your submissions to bakemono68@yahoo.co.uk (Subject
Heading: ARTIST SEARCH) and you’ll get an email acknowledging receipt of your
entry.
Afterwards, you’ll only receive another email should I have
further questions regarding a possible comic book collaboration.
(And keep in mind, that’s dot-co-dot-uk, not dot-com, lest your entries end up in someone else’s bewildered
and befuddled Inbox.)
Please include the following information: Name; Contact Number
(Landline and Mobile); plus any links to online galleries of your art (like a
deviantart page, if you’ve got one).
And that’s that.
Best of luck to all the entrants, and for those of you who’ll be
dropping by, see you at the Summer Kon!
you can’t drink just six,
Dave
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