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    6 or 12 hour Comic Challenge-Anyone interested?

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    • Eliana Bastidas
      Eliana Bastidas @PenAndrew last edited by

      @PenAndrew Yes, I am. So... our time difference is 12 hours? 😧 I guess I can start drawing at 9am, but it may be difficult to you if you are also a morning person.

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      • PenAndrew
        PenAndrew @Eliana Bastidas last edited by PenAndrew

        @Eliana-Bastidas Yes, my main issue this weekend is that our kitchen is being replaced! Maybe we can leave it for a few days or do it the following weekend. I can work from 9pm to 12 midnight, that's ok. That would also give me time to prepare the prompt for myself, and prepare a few blank pages and create panels.

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        • Eliana Bastidas
          Eliana Bastidas @PenAndrew last edited by

          @PenAndrew Good idea, I'm gonna try to work on it too, maybe some thumbnails and do the actual painting along with you.

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            A Former User @PenAndrew last edited by

            @PenAndrew @Eliana-Bastidas I am a little late on this but all of this sounds great. I am happy to join you guys on Sunday night at 9pm. I'm in the same timezone as China. 3 hours is a lot less pressure. I will try and pick up Lynda Barry's book from the library today.
            I have a few things to clarify.
            -I need to have some prompts ready, correct?
            -Should I prepare panels to work in?
            -The length of the comic is depends on me, right?
            -Does it matter how we are working? I will need to do traditional media. I am still so slow with anything digital.
            -Is the goal to generate as much material in this three hour time frame with tha quality of images not being the most important thing?

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            • PenAndrew
              PenAndrew @Guest last edited by PenAndrew

              @Stephanie-H Hi Stephanie as my kitchen is being changed and Eliana was a different time zone I said maybe we need to leave it for a few days or the following Sunday or Saturday- 2nd/3rd June.

              1.Yes we need a prompt you can use your own if you wish, usually it is the same prompt.
              2.Panels can be prepared in terms of the spacing, though generally no drawing is.
              3. If it is a three hour challenge then you should aim for 3 pages.
              4. Traditional or digital doesn't matter. (I will do mine traditionally)
              5. Your last question the main aim is to complete the amount of pages, usually over 24 hours the quality declines as participants get tired.
              6. Here's the link if you want to read up on the idea.
              http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/dare/index.html

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                A Former User @PenAndrew last edited by

                @PenAndrew Okay awesome, next weekend is okay. I can participate on July 2nd for sure if that becomes the offical day for it.
                I got too exictied and misunderstood the dates.
                I'm happy to do the same prompt with everyone and will read through the info on the webpage.

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                • PenAndrew
                  PenAndrew @Guest last edited by PenAndrew

                  @Stephanie-H Yes, I am sorry I was over enthusiastic and didn't know how much work was going on at my home, so I wasn't sure if I would be busy at 9pm putting things back into our kitchen! At least a week gives us all time to prepare some ideas, and if you can get that book that is so useful! I love it. I am really pleased that 3 of us will share a challenge.

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                  • Eliana Bastidas
                    Eliana Bastidas @Guest last edited by

                    @Stephanie-H yay! Another one joining! I’m not sure about finishing everything next week but I’m aiming to at least draw for those 3 hours πŸ˜…

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                    • PenAndrew
                      PenAndrew @Eliana Bastidas last edited by PenAndrew

                      @Eliana-Bastidas Yes, three hours of work is ok for me as I have been doing longer hours these days, but the hardest part for me is sticking to creating a storyline on the spot! And hand written type takes so long! Here's some of my work today.stylizing characters exercise.jpg posing characters assignment 5.jpg

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                      • Eliana Bastidas
                        Eliana Bastidas @PenAndrew last edited by

                        @PenAndrew looking real good! I always get stuck in producing a finish piece πŸ˜… so I think it will be really challenging for me next week. It may be better for me if I start this weekend and finish the next one πŸ˜‚

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                        • PenAndrew
                          PenAndrew @Eliana Bastidas last edited by PenAndrew

                          @Eliana-Bastidas @Stephanie-H Let me know which prompts spark your interest.

                          Places/Two worlds: the secret kingdom, into the unknown, the city below, the world above, the other side of the fence, oblivion street, rocket road, shark city, the magic factory, lake of dreams, lake of stars, eternity mountain, space hotel, Haunted House, Funhouse,

                          PEOPLE: The masked man, painted faces, Generation x, The last generation, The beast.

                          Environmental: The end of the moon, Last Sunset, The Fall of the last tree, The Ice Melts, Pole Reversal, The Stars Go Out.

                          Single word prompts:
                          Masks, song-line, underground, dreamscapes, cityscape, DNA, testing, Laboratory, City-Zen, Invasion, Labyrinth, Moonscape, Maze, Station, X-Treme, Balloon, Zeppelin, U.F.O, Zenith, Monster, Catapult, Copyright.

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                          • Eliana Bastidas
                            Eliana Bastidas @PenAndrew last edited by

                            @PenAndrew I like fantasy themes so what cath my interest is: dreamscapes, lake of dreams, lake of stars, the magic factory.

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                            • PenAndrew
                              PenAndrew @Eliana Bastidas last edited by

                              @Eliana-Bastidas Yes I like fantasy themes too, though I have made a few pages of the lake of dreams years ago.

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                              • Eliana Bastidas
                                Eliana Bastidas @PenAndrew last edited by

                                @PenAndrew Then that leave me with 3 choices. Now we just need to hear from @Stephanie-H 😁

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                                • PenAndrew
                                  PenAndrew @Eliana Bastidas last edited by

                                  @Eliana-Bastidas @Stephanie-H Yes, we need to hear what Stephanie thinks.
                                  I wasn't worrying about you as I thought you were doing your own prompt this time.
                                  I may do this as a weekly challenge.

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                                    A Former User @PenAndrew last edited by

                                    @PenAndrew @Eliana-Bastidas Hello! The fantasy prompts are okay with me. It will be a challenge for me.

                                    I like the single word ones: moonscape, underground
                                    Also like eternity mountain

                                    From reading the Scott McCloud website I understood it as going in without a prompt and just having materials to spark your interest on the spot. A book of objects ect. Maybe I misunderstood this.

                                    The library in Kaohsiung where I live does not have the Lynda Barry book 😞 So my prep in that way is no good.

                                    Are we doing this on July 2nd for sure?

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                                    • PenAndrew
                                      PenAndrew @Guest last edited by

                                      @Stephanie-H @Eliana-Bastidas Oh I didn't know that about the prompt when I did the 24 hour comic we had a prompt, but remember we aren't doing that so it doesn't matter if we have or don't have. Maybe we can choose what appeals to us. I am happy with the 2nd. How about you Eliana?

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                                        A Former User @PenAndrew last edited by

                                        @PenAndrew @Eliana-Bastidas I think I would prefer to go in without a prompt. Maybe I'll eat my words later, but it will ease the current stress of prepping for the art activity.

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                                        • Eliana Bastidas
                                          Eliana Bastidas @Guest last edited by

                                          @Stephanie-H @PenAndrew then are we going without a prompt? My focus this next week is going to be to work for 3 hours straight because I haven’t draw that long in a while, so I’m fine with whatever you guys decide.

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                                            A Former User @Eliana Bastidas last edited by

                                            @Eliana-Bastidas Let's let @PenAndrew decide πŸ™‚

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