Hey everyone, I am looking to do a quick overview of who would be interested in this contest.

I will explain all the details below, and I want your feedback on whether or not you would enter, and what your expectations would be.



Here's how it works:



THERE ARE *THREE* TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS I WILL BE WILLING TO ACCEPT!

1) A 'MANGA' or COMIC STRIP ( I can offer an example IF NEEDED )

2) A SHORT STORY

3) A "BLUEPRINT" ( Will delve more into this below )


First of all, the MANGA submission

--Creator will be tasked with creating x amount of manga/4 koma/comic pages to create a story.
--Creator will also be tasked with designing their own art OR using various images from the internet to get their story told.
--You may NOT use an existing manga page, erase most of it, and start working from there. It must be ORIGINAL!


Second, the Short Story

--Must be 1 page in length, minimum.
--Creator should make good use of bold/italics/underlining/quotes and have a good understanding of the english language as well as basic college level writing.


Lastly, the BLUEPRINT

--Creator will offer up a BLUEPRINT for what could be a story/show/manga.
--Blueprint will consist of these things:
___A Setting (TIME PERIOD, OUR UNIVERSE OR AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, THEME)
___Characters (BACKGROUND, DESIGN, PERSONALITY, ETC)
___Goal of the story (WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW etc...Mostly WHY?)
___Vivid Descriptions of places/people/things mentioned
--Overall, a "BLUEPRINT"; there is no actual STORY required, but there should be a goal in mind (For example, in ONE PIECE, the goal is for the pirates to find a legendary hidden treasure)




Now for the nitty gritty:

You will be tasked with creating ANY of the submissions around some sort of anime or manga list of genres. Such genres might include: Romance, psychological, mystery, adventure, action, etc.

This is a CREATIVE task! I am NOT looking for fiction writers or english majors to participate solely (though they are free to enter)....I am mostly looking for a story or series that is ORIGINAL and INTERESTING.

This will be JUDGED by ME, and MAYBE a panel of 2-3 judges (depending on if the contest actually happens, and there are people I trust with the job)
--If I DO select judges, you will be given a present of X amount of fg for good will.


THIS IS A CONTEST! THERE WILL BE PRIZES! I am willing to use almost all the FG I have depending on how many entries there are. The more entries, the bigger the prize!

(Also, if the contest does get a decent amount of entrants, I am accepting donations for prizes as well! Special thanks will be given to donators!)

Again, and again, I WILL EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR ORIGINALITY. I understand most things manga/anime related are tough to curb around orignality wise, but just don't use the EXACT same formula or character personalities from some other work (Like if you made a character who is thought for thought the same as like, gutts from berserk)

You must be able to type in coherent english. I will not deduct a chance of winning from anyone for grammar, UNLESS it's to the point where I cannot understand what they are trying to convey. If you are having trouble, please PM me and I will see if I can help you.

Also, yes, this is most definitely ANIME/MANGA themed! Keep that in mind when creating it (and how japanese writers/artists do their work...there are certain culture themes and character archetypes used often in animes and mangas!) [An example of a character archetype would be the wise old man, or the moody/silent but strong willed main character, or a happy-go-lucky school girl etc]


If you have ANY QUESTIONS, POST HERE or PM ME!

**THIS IS NOT THE CONTEST ENTRY THREAD, JUST A PRECURSOR TO GARNER INTEREST**




IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, POST HERE PLEASE! IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR CRITICISM, POST HERE PLEASE. But PLEASE PLEASE stay on topic.


Thanks for reading,

-Eep


(CURRENT DONATORS: 100 fg by HOMURA)

This post was edited by Eep on Dec 12 2011 03:14am

"Basic college level writing"

Short story category is out.
Most of the english speaking people on this forum are either drop outs or degenerates.

Look at the D2 sections

Lol

While I would love to participate, I don't have a creative bone in my body and take hours to think of 1 idea :s
So I probably won't enter unless u accept paint stick art as manga

you have to start somewhere

I would entered for IRL $.

Goodluck to everyone who enters.

I donate because I will win

sounds interesting might do a 4 panel Cstrip if i have the time.

Well, I say that, but as long as people have taken some sort of english class OR can format a paper so it doesn't look like total ass....it'll be fine.



You are free to use stick figures, shadows as characters, or to use images on google or whatever to get the story across. For the manga/comic entry, it's a little open ended. I only say you can draw your own work for people who are graphic designers and want to use custom images to help get their idea across while showing off.

I won't deduct points if you do use stick figures :p....though I think shadow silhouettes will work fine.

(thanks WHALEFOOD for the 66 fg donation)

This post was edited by Eep on Dec 12 2011 10:30am

bump

hey can you maybe throw me a link or something with some 4Koma examples