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by **Lil-Decepticon** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:33 pm

ooooooo I'm looking foreward to judging these comics good luck contestants

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:07 pm

Duke of Luns wrote:Also, this is how comics in general used to be written I believe, or pretty close to it, with the writer giving a brief overview of what he would like on a page, and then putting dialog in once he saw the finished page.

Really? Hmm. I know that when I write I normally tend to think in prose, in that I love wordplay, and I tend to write just enough description to give necessary props and a mood rather than being detailed. Most of my storytelling is through dialogue and internal thoughts, with imagery secondary.

So writing Mosaic scripts at all was tricky because suddenly I had to make specific imagery (or at least more specific than I usually write) part and parcel of my stories. And this contest was even further new, since I had to write a story around already established imagery and props. But, hey, trying new stuff is what lets you grow as a writer.

Thanks for the opportunity, First Gen, I hope you'll let us read all of the entries after the contest is over.

by **christron101** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:46 am

Small problem First Gen, my Email appears to have stopped working so I can't send you my Email address yet so I could be some time as I didn't set my Email up and I won't see the person who did until Saturday.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:09 pm

christron101 wrote:Small problem First Gen, my Email appears to have stopped working so I can't send you my Email address yet so I could be some time as I didn't set my Email up and I won't see the person who did until Saturday.

Oh, um I'll try to send them through here if I can then.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:37 pm

Bump since the contest runs through January 30th.

by **christron101** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:57 am

Email's working again First Gen. Entries please.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:47 pm

Still plenty of time to get your entry into the contest. Up for grabs is your choice of a MOSC Deluxe Movie Arcee figure or a Commemerative Reissue G1 version of Grapple.

Send your entry to sserrano03@yahoo.com.

News Credits: 1 · by **Repair Bay** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:42 pm

Awesome! I just finished mine! First Gen, you should be recieving it in your inbox shortly.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:58 am

Only 4 more days left and the competition is DONE!!!

Get your entry in soon.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:10 pm

Tomorrow is the last day to get in on this competition. Judges will confer and a decision will be made by Monday, February 4th.

Good luck to all entrants, and thank you for your help.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:00 pm

The contest is officially closed. Thanks to all that entered.

Judges, please email me again to confirm the winner and make sure you got all the entries as we had one come in not long ago.

sserrano03@yahoo.com

Winner to be notified by PM.

I will post full color versions of all the scripts once the winner has been notified.

Thanks and good luck to the entries.

News Credits: 1 · by **Repair Bay** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:06 pm

Oooh! The suspense is killing me, I hope I win! Good luck to everyone else!

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:25 pm

I can't wait to see what everyone came up with, myself.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:05 pm

Winner posted in original post. Congrats Duke of Luns!!!!

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:06 pm

Any other entrant wishing to see your script on the comic, let me know and I will post it customed to your story. Thanks again to everyone that entered.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:36 pm

Whoo, congrats, Duke!

Any chance of getting to see the other stories too, in text format, maybe?

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:42 pm

Jeysie wrote:Whoo, congrats, Duke!

Any chance of getting to see the other stories too, in text format, maybe?

Yes. I can do one with your script if you like. I can either send it to you or post it. Your choice.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:52 pm

I've placed it on the chopping block at IDW Publishing Forums. To cast your vote on whether or not you like the art, go here:

http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3421

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:05 pm

First Gen wrote:Yes. I can do one with your script if you like. I can either send it to you or post it. Your choice.

If you wanted to, sure (I wouldn't mind posting it to get some feedback, after all), but I was more really just curious to see what everybody came up with. I like fanfic, and it'd be interesting to see how all the writers interpreted the same setup.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:25 pm

Here's Jeysie's submission. I do like it so. Thanks for letting me post it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2296931362_3ce6679c24.jpg

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:59 pm

Heh, cool.

I have to admit that if this was the final artwork I probably would have written the third and sixth panels a bit differently, but otherwise it still works.

Also, you did some editing of words and punctuation, hmm. (Mostly to avoid using bolded type, it looks like.) The sixth and last panels should really just be regular questions, then, not exclamation ones. :>

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:03 pm

Jeysie wrote:Heh, cool. I have to admit that if this was the final artwork I probably would have written the third and sixth panels a bit differently, but otherwise it still works.

Also, you did a bit of editing, hmm. (Mostly to avoid using bolded type, it looks like.) The sixth and last panels should really just be regular questions, then, not exclamation ones. :>

Yeah, without text boxes I couldnt fit the whole script in. I dont have the ability to do that, no program, but if you do, I can send you the textless version and you can plug in text boxes to make it look better.

I changed the last two panels slightly to more fit Dukes script. Plus it took awhile to draw as I took my time to make it look better than my first attempt.

News Credits: 1 · by **Jeysie** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:16 pm

First Gen wrote:Yeah, without text boxes I couldnt fit the whole script in. I dont have the ability to do that, no program, but if you do, I can send you the textless version and you can plug in text boxes to make it look better.

Sure, I could give it a go (or, more likely, try to bribe someone else to do it for me XD ), but other than that quibble the editing's fine enough.

First Gen wrote:I changed the last two panels slightly to more fit Dukes script. Plus it took awhile to draw as I took my time to make it look better than my first attempt.

Ahh. Well, I do like the new art for the most part (I admit I liked your Ariel in the first one a little better). Just instinctively thinking about it from a writer's perspective. :>

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:19 pm

Jeysie wrote:
First Gen wrote:Yeah, without text boxes I couldnt fit the whole script in. I dont have the ability to do that, no program, but if you do, I can send you the textless version and you can plug in text boxes to make it look better.

Sure, I could give it a go (or, more likely, try to bribe someone else to do it for me XD ), but other than that quibble the editing's fine enough.

First Gen wrote:I changed the last two panels slightly to more fit Dukes script. Plus it took awhile to draw as I took my time to make it look better than my first attempt.

Ahh. Well, I do like the new art for the most part (I admit I liked your Ariel in the first one a little better). Just instinctively thinking about it from a writer's perspective. :>

Yeah, she was better the first go round, but I tried to emphasize Dion more in this one. I think I failed to do that the first time. And my art in the first one was horrible. :grin: