UPDATE:
The Brand-new-and-improved Script Challenge has arrived!

This weeks theme is:
Forgotten Fortress

Please write a five-page short story script and share it with us within the next 7 days

At the end we'll open a poll for who's was best

Okay bambinos! The mystery is no more, please grab yourself the script here - I recommend you focus on the first 1-3 pages, just for your own sanity (it'll make more sense) but if a different array of pages appeal to you, go wild! :
http://www.comicsexperience.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BITCH-PLANET-3_Kelly-Sue-DeConnick.pdf

Kellys instructions are pretty forgiving and leave loads of room for exploration, but also present some interesting challenges for you the artist - as you'll see!

Remember, these are just for fun and practice, so please have enjoy working with them over the next couple of weeks. There's really no need for secrecy or spoilers here as there is with battles, so discussion and asking for feedback "in situ" in both in this thread and on the Discord chat are encouraged!

If you want to shake things up and do parodies featuring yours or others void characters, then heck, that'd be neat to see too!

Thanks Shen and Heathen for making selections.

Jiisuri asked me to pick for him, so since a energy was the first person to request Jii by name, Jii will mentor Energy.

Fearn is MIA right now, but as the deadline has passed, I'll pair Fearn with Yarn witch, and Yarn was the first person to ask for Fearn by name. Fearn will mentor Yarn.

You'll be put into two battles, which I've randomised as below:
ASTRO VS ENERGY
ARTS VS YARN

You have 1 day to decide between yourselves if you want to use characters, and who you'd like to use and post in here letting us know. If we don't hear by then, then the mods will set these up as artists battles.

Thanks and good luck!!

Thanks to everyone who signed up to be a mentor!
Potential trainees, now it's your turn!
Fearn, Jiisuri, Heathen and Shen have offered their guiding hand in battle - please post on this thread if you'd like to be a trainee, and who you'd ideally like to have mentor you!

First post updated as below:

MENTOR AND TRAINEE REVIVAL:
The purpose for this scheme is to have more confident members share their abilities and knowledge directly with members who want to level up their comic-making game. A mentor will take on a single trainee - every person teaches and learns differently, so each process will focus on being tailored to the needs of both teacher and student.
Mentors and Trainees get paired up based on what each individual expects from the process. Ultimately, Mentors are going to have the final say on who they take on as their Trainees, but Trainees can apply to the mentor of their choice. Each trainee will only be able to apply to one mentor at a time.
Once the process has started, you will be entered into a mentor/trainee-specific rumble roulette. This means both mentor and trainee with have a common goal to work towards. Only the trainee is formally entered into the tournament but - mentors: you will be expected to guide your trainee to victory!
After this, we’ll review the process and ask the participants to let us know how they got on with an open discussion in the thread, or an anonymous review for both mentors or trainees.

TIMINGS:
25 July to 8 August - mentor sign-ups
9 August to 16 August - trainee sign-ups
17 August - mentors must decide and announce any accepted trainees no later than this date. Mentors can formally accept trainees any time they like before this. Please post in this thread to confirm.
20 August - Roulette tournament starts (deadlines as follows):
1 week drawing time
1 week voting period
5 September - debrief and discussion in thread

MENTOR SIGN-UP APPLICATION FORM:
1-How much work you would expect to be doing: (Realistically, how much of your time can you offer them?)
2-How much work you would expect from your Trainee(s): (Will you be forcing them to work x amount of hours a day, or will you allow them to dictate the workflow?)
3-What you would like to see from your Trainee(s) when they apply: (to help you decide who to take on. Think about: their skill level?
 how long have they been on Void? Do they have a character? Have they battled before?)
4- Your preferred method of communication with your Trainee(s): (Are PMS or discord the best way to contact you? If they're going to need a microphone or webcam to work with you, let them know!)
5- Do you have an area you consider your speciality?: (EG self-promotion, inking, writing, colouring, composition, time management
etc?)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah everyone looks so cool <3
LOVE the worm familiar!

Waaaah thank u so much to everyone who voted ;;;;;;, this was super uplifting and unexpected especially considering the incredible artists and comics in the mix this year.

Congrats to everyone featured above, it's all well-deserved and it's been so nice to reflect back on the good comics and characters of 2017 <3

I'll... keep... doing my best to give you good stories in 2018 OTL <3

Hahah yeah Fearn that was like the first drawing I ever did of him

Latest reply ever tho! Sorry! OTL

I nipped by to share this with you guys - the 'making of' for REAL

PLUS the working script for anyone who's curious:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-t1xyu3OvmNUfRa6aP9VnrNFuEeuGNwgK1ZM-mz-4NQ/edit?usp=sharing

these 2 gonna b along


cool background work Tay!!

In answer to your question Energy, it would be fine if you feel confident you can learn a new skill while being in a battle at the same time. Doing this as a bb would give you more time to get to grips with the process without the pressure of a deadline, so you'd get more from it that way.

lookin good pv

latest contrib:

Jiko and Merrik <3


Shift and Trixie <3