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ZombieKilla
11-06-2008, 01:30 PM
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Each artist that wins will be published in the anthology.



Now that the stories for Writing Contest 42 - Throwback: Monsters (http://www.penciljack.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87203) have been decided we'll be moving on to the artist portion of the contest.

The way this contest will work is, each writer has chosen a page from their script for artists to draw. That way when the winner is chosen there will already be one page of the four page script completed. We'll only need a penciled page in these contests but if you're a full package artist and want to stay that way if you win the spot please let me know. Once the winner of the round is decided then we'll have a writer/artist team for the anthology.

One of the writers already has an artist for his script and another may have an artist too. So we'll have at least 3 if not 4 of these contests.

Each contest will run for a month and we'll only do one story at a time to keep everything as orderly as possible. After the month is up there will be a 2-3 week voting period in which time we'll start up the next round with a new page from another winning script. That way we can keep this contest moving along.

If I have missed anything or if you have any questions feel free to ask away.

The first story we'll be doing is "Why the Forest Lay Bare" by Tecknic. He has chosen Page 2 of his script for this competition which is pasted below.

Good luck to everyone and I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Please post your entries in this thread.




Page 1 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
Shot of a forest, with leaves colored for autumn, some still falling and other laying in mounds here and there. A dirt path runs through it, and upon that path walks a young woman in a black lightweight jacket and a blue skirt. This shot is taken from behind the woman, so her face is hidden, but her long brown hair hangs freely

Panel 2
This panel is a light brown color, and it is effectively a caption box. There will be one of these on each page, generally in it’s center.
There once was a forest, not far but not near,
A forest that many men had grown to fear.
That wood, it was home to the strangest of beasts,
Who would take passing folk and make them his feasts.

Panel 3
From an angled, downward view, the woman’s foot, in an old white and red high-top sneaker, steps by a small pile of leaves. This particular pile is notable due to the black almond-shaped eyes and crooked black grin that have formed upon it.


Page 2 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
A front shot of the woman, who is pretty but not beautiful. She has her hair parted down the middle, and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses on her face. Behind her some distance, the pile of leaves had sprouted a pair of long, clawed arms and is using them to pull itself up.

Panel 2
Another of the brown, caption box panels.
Such was one eve, near the end of one fall,
When a woman passed through there, one Mika St. Paul.
Oh what folly, for surely the beast would appear,
And devour her ‘til the sun showed it’s veneer.

Panel 3
The beast stands fully, and begins to stalk forward. It’s body is just a face with those almond-shaped black eyes and that crooked mouth, while it’s arms and legs are long and end in clawed fingers and toes. The entirety of the creature is made from leaves.

Page 3 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
The woman, Mika, has produced a silver flask from her pocket and is leaning back, taking a rather large swig from it. On the other side of the panel, the beast can clearly be seen growing quite close.

Panel 2
Yet another of the brown caption boxes.
But Mika was a strange one, a flask held in hand,
For she found the flavor of whisky quite grand,
She then turned back to greet the beast’s terrible hiss,
And returned, with great zeal, one fiery kiss.

Panel 3
Mika turns back toward the monster, which is incredibly near, her cheeks visibly puffed up. She holds a small, lit, disposable lighter up before her lips.


Page 4 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
The leaf beast rears back, clearly set ablaze. Mika is off to one side spewing a stream of whisky from her mouth, through the lighter, creating the torrent of flame that has set the beast alight.

Panel 2
The last of the brown caption boxes.
The beast was not seen ever more after that,
Not by man or woman or by dog in a hat,
In fact, that is the reason that the forest lay bare,
Though there is still debate who the monster was there.

Panel 3
Mika walks away, hands in her jacket pockets and a smile on her face, while the beast and the forest around it burns behind her.


Entry Deadline:
Friday, January 16th

InsertNameHere
11-07-2008, 08:30 PM
shouldn't this be in the proving grounds?

dfbovey
11-08-2008, 07:03 AM
shouldn't this be in the proving grounds?

Technically no. If the person who posted the challenge was also taking part in the drawing aspect of it, then yes.

Wo-Nellie
11-11-2008, 07:59 PM
It should be interesting to see what kind of response/turn-out this series of contests gets.
I'm quite interested to see how different artists handle Tecknic's script.

ZombieKilla
11-12-2008, 12:36 PM
It should be interesting to see what kind of response/turn-out this series of contests gets.
I'm quite interested to see how different artists handle Tecknic's script.

I'm with you Nellie, lets keep our fingers crossed for a great turnout like the writer side of the contest.

Tecknic
11-12-2008, 02:17 PM
There are a ton of talented artists on Penciljack, and I know that we'll get to see some great entries.

Manji
11-12-2008, 05:38 PM
I'm pretty stupid. I don't get the 2nd panel. Again I'm pretty stupid.

Wo-Nellie
11-12-2008, 05:56 PM
Well, it's unusual for a script in that it is written in verse, Manji, beautifully written albeit, but it may be somewhat confusing for an artist so I sympathize.
Alot would seem to be up to the artist as to how he/she wants to handle this panel. It would be better to have Tecknic himself explain, but when I read the panel I see a woman walking through a forest with leaves falling all around her and she is unaware of the crouched beast emerging from the foliage behind her.

Manji
11-12-2008, 06:09 PM
Cool. Could this be a painted panel?

ZombieKilla
11-12-2008, 06:33 PM
Manji you're free to do whatever take you want on this piece as long as it will fit in the normal comic book size formatting in the end :D Here is the full script for the story so you can get an overall feel for the story as a whole.




Monster Story – PencilJack Writing Contest #42

Why The Forest Lay Bare


Page 1 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
Shot of a forest, with leaves colored for autumn, some still falling and other laying in mounds here and there. A dirt path runs through it, and upon that path walks a young woman in a black lightweight jacket and a blue skirt. This shot is taken from behind the woman, so her face is hidden, but her long brown hair hangs freely

Panel 2
This panel is a light brown color, and it is effectively a caption box. There will be one of these on each page, generally in it’s center.
There once was a forest, not far but not near,
A forest that many men had grown to fear.
That wood, it was home to the strangest of beasts,
Who would take passing folk and make them his feasts.

Panel 3
From an angled, downward view, the woman’s foot, in an old white and red high-top sneaker, steps by a small pile of leaves. This particular pile is notable due to the black almond-shaped eyes and crooked black grin that have formed upon it.


Page 2 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
A front shot of the woman, who is pretty but not beautiful. She has her hair parted down the middle, and a pair of thick-rimmed glasses on her face. Behind her some distance, the pile of leaves had sprouted a pair of long, clawed arms and is using them to pull itself up.

Panel 2
Another of the brown, caption box panels.
Such was one eve, near the end of one fall,
When a woman passed through there, one Mika St. Paul.
Oh what folly, for surely the beast would appear,
And devour her ‘til the sun showed it’s veneer.

Panel 3
The beast stands fully, and begins to stalk forward. It’s body is just a face with those almond-shaped black eyes and that crooked mouth, while it’s arms and legs are long and end in clawed fingers and toes. The entirety of the creature is made from leaves.

Page 3 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
The woman, Mika, has produced a silver flask from her pocket and is leaning back, taking a rather large swig from it. On the other side of the panel, the beast can clearly be seen growing quite close.

Panel 2
Yet another of the brown caption boxes.
But Mika was a strange one, a flask held in hand,
For she found the flavor of whisky quite grand,
She then turned back to greet the beast’s terrible hiss,
And returned, with great zeal, one fiery kiss.

Panel 3
Mika turns back toward the monster, which is incredibly near, her cheeks visibly puffed up. She holds a small, lit, disposable lighter up before her lips.


Page 4 (Three Panels)

Panel 1
The leaf beast rears back, clearly set ablaze. Mika is off to one side spewing a stream of whisky from her mouth, through the lighter, creating the torrent of flame that has set the beast alight.

Panel 2
The last of the brown caption boxes.
The beast was not seen ever more after that,
Not by man or woman or by dog in a hat,
In fact, that is the reason that the forest lay bare,
Though there is still debate who the monster was there.

Panel 3
Mika walks away, hands in her jacket pockets and a smile on her face, while the beast and the forest around it burns behind her.

Manji
11-12-2008, 07:02 PM
Cool I like the concept for this so I will put something together for it.

Tecknic
11-12-2008, 07:43 PM
Yeah, the confusion was really on me. I should have moved over the caption box explanation so that it would be easier to understand.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you have up your sleeves, Manji.

ZombieKilla
11-18-2008, 02:36 PM
Monster Patrol by J. Alexopoulos now has an artist so it will be taken out of the artist contest rotation. Meaning that there will be 2 more contests after this one for Cryptic and First Aid. Just wanted to update everyone.

J. Alexopoulos
11-18-2008, 07:52 PM
Yoyo ma!!!

Wo-Nellie
11-19-2008, 02:04 PM
Cyptic ?
What a silly title. :D

ZombieKilla
11-19-2008, 02:06 PM
what mistake? ;)

ZombieKilla
12-09-2008, 08:00 AM
Well since there was no participation this round, I guess I'll be expanding this contest out of the PJ realm. I was really hoping to make this a PJ release and I was even more surprised not to see at least one entry.

Tecknic
12-09-2008, 07:12 PM
I think the problem may be the placement. It seems like a number of people skip over this particular portion of the forum in favor of the Laboratories section.

It's a shame though. I was really hoping I'd get to see some interesting takes on this piece done by some of the great talent we have assembled here on Penciljack.

Wo-Nellie
12-10-2008, 10:18 AM
I think it also may be helpful to mention what the artist will get out of it, if the artist has not been following the previous Throwback contests in the writing portion they may not know they'll get a book deal out of it.
I carefully read back through the first post in this thread, and though it says a lot, it doesn't actually mention the ultimate prize for the winning artist. It does make mention of an anthology, but that may be a bit vague for the uninitiated.

salmonguy
12-11-2008, 04:47 PM
I agree. I know you said you and the other mods agreed that the appropriate place for the competition was in the community projects section, Zombiekilla, but the fact is it just doesn't get the traffic that the proving ground does.
Would it really hurt to let the rules slip just once and chuck this comp in proving grounds? With a big flashing mention in the first line that the winner will get published, and a full copy of the script being drawn?

ZombieKilla
12-16-2008, 01:19 PM
Sorry for the delay, just got home from Vegas early this morning. I've updated the contest and added a new shiny graphic plus the aforementioned winning prize.

Salmon - I understand where you're coming from but there were still 600 eyes that saw this contest and not one pair of those eyes produced anything. So, promote, promote, promote, on any boards that you belong to. Hopefully with this relaunch we'll get better results. I'll be putting up a new link in the bulletin board section as well, which does get a lot of traffic.

Wo-Nellie
12-16-2008, 06:45 PM
Ok, now that it has been rebooted and given a new deadline date I'll be able to speak about it with a bit more authority. I've been telling artists they should get into the contest, but I wasn't sure when it would reboot. :)
BTW, the cover looks :omg: in a good way. Who did it and was it based on one of the winning stories, or was it a pre-selected image before Throwback began? Just curious.

Wo-Nellie
12-16-2008, 07:59 PM
My friend Jerry snuck a link to the contest in his signature over at Imagecomics.com.
They've slapped him around for posting ads there before (certain kinds aren't allowed) but hopefully his ad will attract artist attention without attracting unwanted mod attention.

ZombieKilla
12-17-2008, 08:44 AM
BTW, the cover looks :omg: in a good way. Who did it and was it based on one of the winning stories, or was it a pre-selected image before Throwback began? Just curious.


This is more of a promo pic for the contest rather than a cover, the logo will probably stay the same but the actual cover could be different. Brad is the artist of this piece, he is the artist I'm working with on my short for the anthology :D

Wo-Nellie
12-17-2008, 11:23 AM
Cool. Can't wait to see the final cover image then.

salmonguy
12-17-2008, 05:12 PM
I really like the cover myself. Somewhat reminiscent of Dave McKean's work on the Sandman covers.
I've always meant to ask, why did you choose Throwback as a title for these anthologies?

Wo-Nellie
12-18-2008, 02:06 AM
After the great turn out for WC 41, it became apparent to me that 'to be continued' sagas of today's comics are stagnant and usually a letdown. The Western stories that showed up were complete and enjoyable with no obligation to continue on. That is what I want to set out to do with these anthologies, common themes with no to be continued obligations, exactly how comics started out. You picked up an issue with your favorite kind of stories in it and were entertained by multiple complete stories. Of course, some popular characters were brought back time and again but there was always a complete story without the obligation to carry on to the next issue, which could lead to a potentially huge letdown like a lot of arcs do these days.

This inspired the name Throwback for this comic sized anthology. ..........

ZombieKilla
12-18-2008, 07:43 AM
Thank you Nellie :D

brokenhill
12-23-2008, 08:32 PM
I might get in on this if i can figer out what i need too do.
started drikkn eraly}

Adam Masterman
12-27-2008, 05:18 PM
wow, am I the first entry? Whipped this up over a long weekend stuck in a hotel room, hope you like:

http://fc49.deviantart.com/fs39/i/2008/365/8/d/Monster_Throwback_Trial_Page_by_Mahasiddha.jpg

Wo-Nellie
12-27-2008, 07:14 PM
Awesomesauce Adam.
It matches what I had in my head upon reading Tecknic's piece, except the monster was a bit less silly looking in my vision. :D
But it's all good, it probably actually works better this way, and as long as Tecknic thinks it looks cool, right.
It's my favorite piece thus far, ok so it's the only piece, but it's my favorite. I wonder if you automatically win if no one else enters? ;)

J. Alexopoulos
12-27-2008, 10:17 PM
That looks cool. The smile in Panel one seems a bit comical though.

ZombieKilla
12-28-2008, 06:40 PM
I wonder if you automatically win if no one else enters? ;)

Adam will have the spot if no one else enters. Thanks for entering Adam!

Adam Masterman
12-30-2008, 07:55 AM
Thanks for the feedback, all. I went back and tried to make the leaf monster more creepy. How's it look?

Adam

J. Alexopoulos
12-30-2008, 12:08 PM
looks better.

salmonguy
12-30-2008, 05:22 PM
Wow, Adam. I absolutely love it.

Adam Masterman
12-31-2008, 10:55 AM
Thanks, Salmonguy. I just realized I missed the skirt and hightops mentioned on page 1. Doh! Oh well, its a small figure on this page, easily fixed if I get the story.

Wo-Nellie
01-06-2009, 09:39 PM
Thought I'd give this a friendly bump for the sake of everyone who's involved.
Even though I'd be happy to see Adam as the artist for Tecknic's piece, there is still ten days for any artist who may want to compete for the winning spot in this contest. ;)

N.O.D.
01-13-2009, 03:49 AM
Are you only looking for black and white entries?

ZombieKilla
01-13-2009, 07:41 AM
I'd like to see the pencils but if you want to include a fully inked or colored submission feel free :)

N.O.D.
01-15-2009, 09:14 PM
Ended up away from my scanner for a few days. Is entering on the 16th too late or is the end of the 16th the deadline?

ZombieKilla
01-16-2009, 08:31 AM
You've got all day and actually until tomorrow morning to get your entry in.

N.O.D.
01-16-2009, 05:39 PM
Pencils:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk246/humblefish/ForestLayBarePage2.jpg
Colour, such as it is:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk246/humblefish/ForestLayBareColourPage2.jpg

Wo-Nellie
01-17-2009, 04:09 AM
It looks like we have an actual contest now. ;)

ZombieKilla
01-17-2009, 09:03 AM
Sure do! I'll have the poll up soon :)

adultbraces
10-05-2009, 12:21 PM
How's everyone's status on this project? I noticed that the Yahoo group hasn't been updated in a long time.