Drowtales Studio

Our annual Manga contest!

Deadline: Your entry must be submitted for december 10 2010. No later. This grants you 3 months from the posting of this contest announcement to come up with an idea and create it.

Theme restriction: None

Prizes:

First place: 500$usd, 3 months subscription to everything, signed Prologue and chapter 1 books with custom traditional art piece of your favourite character, a cameo of your drowtales-related character in moonless age .

Second and third places: 3 months subscription to everything, signed Prologue and chapter 1 books with custom envelopes, your story featured in the side story archives.

Everyone else: A link to your gallery or web site below each pages of your entries featured in the story archives.

What to do?

Create a manga set in the Drowtales universe. Write the story, decide what it is about, any theme is fine. In the end what matter is how you present your story that will affect your chances to win

How will the entries be judged?

This year the winning entry will be selected on the basis of what we beleive will be the most entertaining to the drowtales readers. Some art style/media are more difficult to use and thus give a more unique feel but will not necessarily make artworks that will be more pleasing to most readers. Same for the story, strike to please the existing readers with something accurate yet new.

SAMPLES OF ENTRIES :

To see the contest results of past years, visit these pages:
2004 manga contest results
2005 manga contest results
2006 manga contest results
2007 manga contest results
2008 manga contest results

2009 manga contest results

HOW TO SUBMIT:

To submit your entry, send your pages as an email attachment (Zip or rar) to kern@drowtales.com . The pages should preferably be 800 pixel wide in size . The vertical size does not matter. For examples, the drowtales standard is 800 by 1236px. you can send bigger and we will resize it down ourselves. If you are unsure about the JPG compression quality of your entry, submit your entry at the best quality possible and we will properly compress it.
Please include a text file that contain your name or nickname with your entry as well as your web site or gallery address for linking and credit.

FAQ:

-Can i use the past years stories and draw them?

Answer: No. Only new entries will be accepted.

-I do not know what the characters in the story look like, where can I get a reference?
Answer: Via moonless age and the other stories. Most of the characters mentioned in the stories are existing ones, but you may request concept arts of those existing characters. In this case you may email me (kern@drowtales.com) and request the concept art of the characters you need. Note that we do not have concept arts for everything. Also, any new characters or generic characters have to be made up by you, the artist, using the drowtales world setting as a base.

-What if I need an extension?
answer: You have to contact me and request the extension before the fifth december.

-Why are you doing this contest?
answer: To discover new talents. Drowtales need skilled and dedicated artists to grow. If you wish to get our attention for a job in the studio, this is definitely the best way to show your skill and creativity.

-English isn’t my native language. Will my spelling reduce my chances?
Answer: Drowtales is made of a team of international artists. Most of us do not have english as a native language, so we can understand the issue. If you worry about your grammar , you can request proofreaders help via our forums.

-I’m good at drawing but not at coloring. What should I do?
Answer: Go to our manga forum and request assistance from other artists. Or post your project information here in a comment along with your contact info so that another may find you. But, while coloring is a good thing, you can submit a black and white entry. One such entry won third place in the past.

-Can I create my own characters and make a story about them in this contest?
Answer:Yes but do not stray too far from Moonless age or your story may be unrecognizable to the judges. It happened in the past. In this case you’d be certain to lose.

-Can my entry have nudity and gore?
Answer: Yes, though we reserve the right censor it if needed. Moonless age featured its share of gore in the past and a limited amount of tame nudity.

-If i win, does that make my story canon?

Answer: No. It will remain fanwork and one day will be moved from the main archive to the side story archive.

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Please let your artists friends know about this contest. It will only help the web site.

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