Cicatrices Maximus

Sorry I missed the voting & I will come back & give proper crits & stuff but I just wanted to say very briefly, HOLY SHIT, JOHNNY! THERE'S PAGES!! (please don't murder me)

http://blindknight.deviantart.com/art/SCARMAGEDDON-AFTERMATH-160857807 Good battle guys <3

Fern - The heavy copper colored textures were a bit overwhelming and distracted a bit from the quality of the line art and the text. they are strong enough to stand on their own without the extra effects overlapping. Writing wise I loved the conversations between Mr. Awesome and Katka. Awesome's expressions were pretty vivid. RabbitRabbit - No doubt my favorite entry of them all. Willy D here took most of the words right out of my mouth so I can't say too much without parroting him. Your style has changed a little, or at least the way you draw faces seem more symmetrical. You also handled the other characters physical appearence very well, and the scars felt appropriate. There seems to be a bit of quality drop in some areas, like page 7 and in some places where the inks get really scribbled in. This entry was well worth the wait. You did an excellent job overall. Johnny - I'm pretty greatful that you managed to pull through and submitted some material. I know that if this stuff was finished it would've had even bigger potential, comparing to some of your finished samples i've seen offsite. I loved page 6, I can really feel the momentum of the fight with Mr. Kick and Fushigi and the dynamic perspective you used really helped assess that. I notice on page 3 that Katka eerily resembles Lady Gaga a bit. Was that on purpose? XD Thank you for submitting, and I hope that next fight you'll gain enough motivation to do a more finished entry. Fushigi - The whole concept of kicking ass for a slice of pie didn't grab my attention much. But hey you had some struggles along the way and it's been a few years since your last match so I can understand. Very crisp quality line art going on here, and I really like how you illustrated the characters. Andrea - Shame you defaulted. However, it would also help to re-prioritize yourself before deciding whether or not you're able to make time for events like this. You had a minimum of 5 weeks to chuck out at least a few sketch pages. Wolcik - Quality in coloring and line work fluxuates a bit. The lines will get blurry in some pages and then crisp on others. I prefer your flat shading over the air brushing as it defines your lines better. Over use of the air brush just makes your figures look gaudy like plastic. I do admit, your approach to scaring the other characters was a very interesting showcase. I like stories that have a bit of "wtf" in the beginning but everything gets tied in at the end, and you pulled that off well.

Well, Fern in all honestly I wasn't much for the texture. At first i mistook it as being some sort of artifact of scanning until I realized it was purposeful. I found it kinda distracting and not exactly a good mesh for your style. It was good inking don't get me wrong, but if you had drawn a more retro/Jack Kirby-esque kinda thing then I'd say maybe. But thanks for the complete comic and thanks for the rowdy story. I like this Katka story, sometimes simple and straightforward can be a nice breather. I see a lot of people complaining about the lack of connection with the cult of estrella, but the way I see it, you just wanted an interesting setting for the final battle. I think you gave too much exposition which made people expect it to be part of the plot. It might have been better to leave it with little to no explanation and perhaps more detail to make it seem grander. Though there's no great closure, I don't think I can hold that against you, there's alot here and it makes for an interesting read. Hm what I can say about Johnny. Dammit Johnny, dammit. You can see how awesome it is. The last page is fantastic in its composition but...Dammit Johnny. Fushigi, nice to see you trying to get back into the saddle but since this obviously isn't your full effort there's not much more to say. Please try again. Owlgem... What can I say? You're a self fulfilling prophet. You're so afraid of disappointment and judgement that you pull away and earn yourself those things. What can anyone say? Wolcik, kudos for the imaginative story. It's dark and the twist is pretty great. The romp through Mr. Awesome's disturbed mindscape is a lot of fun. Artwise though, I have issues with it. Anyone ever speak to you about the font? A lot of people focus on font and typography around here and that's cuz it is something to be mindful of in comics. So try something different next time. I'm not a fan of the soft cel shading, I dunno, I've never liked it unless you['re doing some multilayered painterly styled kinda thing. I mean the shading is pretty inconsistent. During the big flashback with Mr. Awesome, you shaded him and gave him different values but only him and nothing else. Wazzup wit that? Try out that angie coloring guide in the forums, see how that works out for you.

Fern: I enjoyed the textures/filter until it got a bit confusing in the end and lost a bit of its consistency. Still, a very good job. I loved the ink work a lot and good job on turning in a finished project. Kat: I love the textures and lines and I found yours to be the most cleanest out of all the submissions. As everyone else has said, I wish the story had more closure, but- time can always be an issue. Johnny: I'll simply give you a pat on the back for submitting! Good boy! Fushigi: For not barely having a functional computer and internet, you did a fairly good job. I wish you could've finished. OwlGem: See my comment above. If someone who has no computer or internet can submit something, so can you. JOHNNY submitted something. This is just plain ass laziness on your part and since I see other artwork from you and see you RPing in paintchats, I know you could've submited at least a sketch. Mr Awesome: Great build up. If I could remember what I voted, I'd like to say I gave you the strongest set of points. I'd say more to all of you, but toothache + annoyance with the shitty turn out of this = no bueno! GG to those that tried.

Fern (Lophii Formes): I would say that it isn't the filter that hurst the eyes but lack of consistency - every page is diffrent as if they were recovered from diffrent ancient thombs. This demon plot could work better if the demon would actually be some evil being, but just a powerful squirrel. Everybody seemed like a racist bully to him and he was just defending himeslf - if it was a woman instead of demon then it all could be failed rape scene. Some scars were pity - Bob got the most creative one as he was the hardest to hurt, and I like the imaginetive way that his hands got covered with diamonts very quickly making them easy to hurt others (it takes from interpretation of scar though). Everybody else got injury like he (or she) could get from a bar fight, and not a demon - being gutted or scarred with broken bottle. Rabbit Rabbit (Katka Katarina): Usage of event in Void is an event in Void things reminds me of old battles when it was nothing more than a battle - no chit chat, just simply two guys getting it on in a ring - but this is done with some satire and it's funny. But we didn't get to know what the prize was and that was anticlimatic. After seeing Mr.Awesome I was pleased that Katka wasn't the only one scarring - but Fushigi or Lophii should get a scar from someone else as well, I think. Introduction of some cult, and then quickly barging in with two "epic" showdowns one after another felt rushed. Unless scars can be interpretated like Bob's is (I'm not sure how to treat his arms being about to cut off - were they cut off, or just scratched before diamond edge blades broke, will it make the diamond skin to react like his back did - all left for me to decide which is very cool) Mr.Kicks and Lophii both got their eyes hurt. Plus Mr.Kick got left on the floor and got lost in the story. Johnny Blaque (Mr. Kick): It's all sketed so I won't focus on anathomy problems as they would probably be fixed. Love "crazy talk" par and I can see that you enjoyed drawning Bob's face. The whole deal with one bulled hurting a lot of people was a little odd, but I'm impressed anyway as it's not only something istead of default, but an actual quick entry. Fushigi (Fushigi): You're the one I'm most impressed with - your drawning style improved hella lot since your last battle - I guess you weren't sitting on your ass for all those years. Some panels are unclear on which is first - like on the second page with grabing the pie - maybe some arrows would help to solve that. The whole story doesn't hold too well, their fight seemed pushed. I liked how Bob was randomly cleaning toilet (that's why I think he was doing it - not becuase he was hired there) - his scar would also be an awesome one XD owlgem (Andrea): There seems to be always someone that deafaults on big event. Guess the hype can hurt as much as it can help. Wolcik (Mr Awesome): This asshole could've done much better. 2 weeks of work out of 5 he could work. Most coloring was done in the last 3 days. I'm a deadline whore. I got the idea right away and sketech all pages but left it for too long and had problem with drawnig it - that's why some pages were done with the tablet. I was fixing some of those anathomy problems but didn't finish all of them. While coloring I was thinking that burnd&dodge tools would make it as the quickes and most efficient but then I tried one layer of color on Bob and ended up loving it - too bad I couldn't redo all other pages because of lack of time. I could say that I wasn't drawning the battle because of too many work hours but that's a lame excuse. As for the story - I know that my grammar problems can kill the mood, as most of dialoques were written at last moment and weren't well contemplated. Some panels scream for dialoques (like when Bob freaks out girls - he should scream "Hail, mother of all things"). I was thinking about making some narrative monolog on all delusional pages and then making Bob sprout them all with his conspiracy voice (unclear to read, small letters). I wasn't sure if being raped, traumatised and impragnent counts as a scar, but I didn't ask anyone not to ruin the suprise XD I was going to use textures to make bland backgrounds less bland but because I left it to the very end I didn't learn how to do that Oo' It was an awesome experiance for me. I'm glad as always to see my character being portraited by someone else. I also hope that with this story I made Bob more attractive character for everybody. He will be aviable to battle as soon as I'm up-to-date with all my school stuff.

I really really like that Fern is the only one that really turned in a finished product. Wolcik was a close second. 5 weeks is a really long time guys. Its kind of a maturity issue at this point. People just need to budget their time better. I personally add an entire week to every one of my battles just for procrastination purposes. Fern, I personally loved the textures, it felt like finding a story on bar napkins, which kind of fit the story. I would suggest using the destroyed textures as part of the story, like putting a coffee stain on someone that's getting shot maybe. That said, the textures were really heavy so most people won't really like that. It's just a decision of who you want to make happy. Wolcik, I would just pay more attention and take more time and effort in drawing. The anatomy was more off than usual and there were a lot of little mistakes, like on the page where Mr. Awesome is holding his wife. He has one hand around her back, but its not attached to his body. Just pay attention. 5 weeks guys? Seriously? You could have done a page a week...

Jack Hates You: Reign: contribute positively or just keep quiet. You should really try this sometime. Are you really that embittered at life that you feel the need to post judgmental crap everywhere? 'stead of trying to project positivity, acceptance and some form of friendliness all I see is sooks and emos with nothing to do.

Mrnoitaull: LMBO Pong is still sore! Wouldn't you be sore if your shitty character had someone elses name carved into their forehead btw Pong how's the new design sheet coming?

Reign: contribute positively or just keep quiet. You should really try this sometime.

Ok transparency: The person I was looking for the most defaulted.... on both tourneys :( I can never knock Fern for the signature style, I must say it kinda lagged in parts. Like the demon was able to run ramped but still came off kinda calm....but the colors gave this an advantage. RobbitX2's story was feasible and it had me all the way to the end. Quality seemed to be something of a much shorter limit, but hey people have lives right? Kick once again denies us the satisfaction of finished awsomeness. Fush's was the cleanest but was too short. Urged me to want more! And sorry but I LOVED Wol's story THE MOST despite the glitchy dialogue we lose in translation.

why's this joint turned into a little bitch fight? From the comic comments to the forums it's all I've noticed. Gone are the days of actual useful critique and criticism replaced instead by pompous arrogance? Get off your horses and contribute positively or just keep quiet.

LMBO Pong is still sore!

Don't encourage him to speak about comics as though he knows something about them, phill.

Let's not go down that route again. Amazingdavid, I know you're really disappointed by the overall outcome of this event, but perhaps you could actually... um... share your other thoughts and opinions on the comics? It'd be really nice of you.

amazingdavid: Correction... i arm a retarded....

Correction... this is the most disappointing Scarmageddon battle Ever....

(sorry for posting two in a row, I didn't see these until after I posted my comic) Phillip C: Fern: Not bad, although the filters used were way too distracting, your comic would of been much better without it. I liked your scenario with the demon running around and things going batshit insane though. Avoid filters unless you know what you're doing with them EXPERIMENTING was what I was trying to do. Kinda wanted to make it look like a bunch of old prints, as it turns out it did no help. The One Dark Knight: Fern: Pretty good but the lines could get quite messy and the textures were a bit intrusive which broke the flow of the comic sometimes. Nice Fatka. Fatka? :?

FINALLY! I couldn't wait to see everyone elses :D Katka -> I really enjoyed that. And you dressed Lophii like a hooker, which seems kinda right cos I did same to your character lol ;) Johnny -> I'm crap at reading other people's 'sketchy' stuff, So I'm not sure what it was about. I liked the "crazy talk" speech bubbes tho :) Fushigi -> High five on the Andrea scar ;D Wolcik -> OHHHH HARDCORE!!! I hope your wins, only cos the scars were so messed up :D I love Mr Awesome. I have a weak spot for psychos. It's not like my comments are useful critique in any way but I think everything has alrady been said.

The One Dark Knight: Fushigi: Sorry you didn't finish, this wasn't shaping up too badly either. Pie didn't seem like a particularly strong motivator for horrible violence. You obviously don't know shit about pie...

I don't want to sound like a dick but I was rather disappointed with this side of the battle, as compared to the other one =(. I don't have much constructive things I can give out since I'm still not good at doing that, plus my own comics need a bunch of work themselves, but it just seemed like a lot of this was rushed on a few peoples parts. Its not all bad, I think there is just a lot of potential there that wasn't used/finished, which is where I'm a bit disappointed. Now to vote!

feeling a little let down by some of the entries and lack there of but still fairly decent submissions. Good to see you submit something Johnny :) Have to say, although it's slightly below par quality wise, your entry Wolcik tops it in terms of actual scarring and violence ;P The story made little sense but made up for it in the end. Good luck to everyone :D

Fern: Pretty good but the lines could get quite messy and the textures were a bit intrusive which broke the flow of the comic sometimes. Nice Fatka. Rabbit: Decent comic, would have liked to see a little more out of the art and more closure to the story. Johnny: Those last pages didn't look bad man. Shame that this really doesn't amount to anything. Fushigi: Sorry you didn't finish, this wasn't shaping up too badly either. Pie didn't seem like a particularly strong motivator for horrible violence. Wolcik: Creative idea, could really have used some better execution. Also, please check your spelling.

You're right, it was used all the way towards the end, but here's how I saw it: Katka is leaping at Lophii, she gets the scar and is falling out a window *Scrolls down* Happy End...? So that's it? No closure? No mention about the tournament ending? Just the two falling out a window? As far as I see it, the whole tournament plot could of been dropped, and the story would of actually been better with another explanation as the whole Estrella thing just popped out of nowhere with no build-up whatsoever! What was the whole point other than "So and so fights everybody and scars them up nice and good."

Phillip C: I'll try to make this quick. Rabbit: When it comes to stories, if you introduce a plot element, you stick with it. There were two plot elements here that you just dropped. 1. Rofl Q's tournament. 2. The Estrella cult. Why did you introduce those plot elements if you were just not going to use them anyway? That's not good story telling, that's a fucking mess. If something is not important to the plot, then just drop it like a bad habit. Actually, the tournament was the entire basis for them fighting. He kind of used this element throughout the entire thing. It wasn't dropped at all. Anywhere. In fact, it was used up until the end.

I'll try to make this quick. Fern: Not bad, although the filters used were way too distracting, your comic would of been much better without it. I liked your scenario with the demon running around and things going batshit insane though. Avoid filters unless you know what you're doing with them Rabbit: When it comes to stories, if you introduce a plot element, you stick with it. There were two plot elements here that you just dropped. 1. Rofl Q's tournament. 2. The Estrella cult. Why did you introduce those plot elements if you were just not going to use them anyway? That's not good story telling, that's a fucking mess. If something is not important to the plot, then just drop it like a bad habit. The art was OK, but everything seemed to be very messy, hair and the cross hatching mainly. Not your best comic. Johnny: I wish you finished dude, I know you're a total powerhouse when you give it your all. Props for the punching the head off scar! Fushigi: Not bad, wish you'd put in some better backgrounds and actually zoom out, most shots were from the waist up. Story was OK, but it's nothing I haven't seen before. Owlgem: You could of at least submitted a sketch or something. Wolcik: Holy shit dude! Reading the first half almost made me hate your comic, the second half made me love you! Excellent build-up, and some brutal fucking scars! You've got my vote! Your art still however needs more time and effort put into it, I know I've seen better from ya! Not bad everybody, siding with Wolcik on this however.

Easy, Wei. He actually HAS something this time.

I sent an email way back too, to Angie. Like 2 of them

before the deadline Johnny....

email sent to Toast

yay Johnny did do stuff! Huzzah!!

As a reminder to everyone since I got a bunch of emails last night, please email your pages to Toast if your upload fails. Because while I can manually upload your pages, I can't really do anything with them because your comic will show up as a default for some reason if I do it. Always send pages to toast@entervoid.com and post a comment here about having upload problems.

short delay due to artist upload problems

I'm sorry everyone, this came at a bad time and i was way in over my head joining the battle. i couldnt think of anything decent and i had commissions many commissions to do. sorry i let everyone i was up against down.

Johnny, send your entry to Angie at angieness@gmail.com.

Can I email my entry to someone? My computer is not going to upload this thing in time.

Uploaded! To all who default: I will give to you in real life the scars I gave your characters in my comic.

I was going to express surprise and joy when I saw Johnny Kick in the mix but when I read through the comments I ripped my heart out and stomped it. SIF DEFAULT JOHNNY!

5 hours to go everyone! Get whatever you have in! A 1 is better than a 0!

Yeah, I'm going to assume that Johnny totally forgot that April Fools was 5 days ago.

Johnny Blaque: I'm defaulting. Sorry maybe it's a funny funny joke? :D

Uploaded whatever shi't I've done... like I said before - can't wait to see what others did :)

Wait. Maybe he is not defaulting and will surprise us and turn something in?

HELL. You even told me you had AT LEAST 5 pages, so just fucking turn those in! Why the fuck would you default when you at least have stuff to show? Damn you, Johnny.

Johnny Blaque: I'm defaulting. Sorry God dammit... You better fucking apologize your ass off to Toast after letting you in.

Do-do-do-do-do-do-doooone! I my hands haven't been so stiff for ages. And I can even get som sleep now... Oh yeah. Can't wait to see everyone elses :)

I'm defaulting. Sorry

Deadline... will post something by the end of it. Can't wait to see what others did XD

GearZero: I wonder what Johnny's doing right now... Who are you?

Let's get Scarred peeps!!!!

I wonder what Johnny's doing right now...

1 week to go! Good luck everybody.

9 Days! The tension mounts! I hope everybody does a great job.

So, You can sumbit deafault? XD

9 DAYS LEFT, DO YOUR BEST ALL OF YOU. SUBMIT ANYTHING BUT A DEFAULT.

Though I think for some a worse penalty might befall them @.@ coughcoughJohnnycoughcough

RoflQu: "Just a reminder. Those who default wont be able to battle again until June 30th

Sweet. My first battle in about two or three years. I hope I won't mess up too hard xD Good luck everyone! <3

DESTRUCTIOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!! KICK SOME ASS DUDES!

ffffuuuuuu-

UHHH OOOOOOOOH Scar-gettios

best of luck guyz!

GO GO FUSHIGI! GO GO OWLGEM!! PLEASE DO GOOD JOHNNY! PLEASE PLEASE REDEEM YOURSELF! caps is deh best.

Everyone do your best! But Johnny don't give up! This is your "I can't fuck up here" opportunity. SO DON'T FUCK UP.

Let's blow this powerhouse XD Good Luck and strong wind from the back XD

DO YOUR BESTS. ESPECIALLY JOHNNY.

Good luck everyone! I'm itchin' to see some beautiful scarwork from you guys! ( but All my bets and first borns secretly go to Katka. Meheheh. <3 )

Yeah yeah yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah! DO AMAZING GUYS! I wanna see some fine ass comics! And to Johnny: YOU BETTER FUCKING TURN IN A FUCKING AMAZING FUCKING COMIC! ... FUCK!