View Full Version : Round 1 Blog is Posted!
J. Torres
10-11-2007, 09:01 AM
Please go here for my blog entry for Round 1:
http://cbi.comicbookresources.com/
If you're playing at home, there's a download link for the script of the first assignment there.
It's on, people! It's on!
davidbovey
10-11-2007, 11:16 AM
Nice way to start the competition. It'll be interesting to see how each person handles reference for the car and the helicopter... as well as conveying the action in the script.
Also looking forward to seeing if there is any drop off from their portfolios while working with this deadline.
Good luck guys.
Round 1 leaps right into the action. I'm particularly interested in seeing how people will render water when Aspen is using her powers as well as the explosion of the beachhouse. I might give the Play at Home version a chance .. already sketched the first panel .. sort of.
Good luck with the assignment.
escapegoat
10-11-2007, 12:09 PM
Brandon
I'm hoping to part-take in the play-at-home thread and I have a question regarding the first round script. Hopefully this is an appropriate place to ask, and maybe someone who's a Fathom fan will know the answer (since I've never read the comic, with the exception of a glance at the preview from way back)...
On page three panel 1, it mentions Aspen returning to her flesh form after having to transfrom into water to esacpe the wreckage. Is there a costume/outfit that she can naturally bring up upon a transition from water to flesh form?
If not, then she's gonna have to fight helicopter in the buff! ;)
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 12:38 PM
escapegoat,
Part of the challenge is doing research on the characters, environments, and props used in the script. If you search around, you will find what you need.
escapegoat
10-11-2007, 12:52 PM
escapegoat,
Part of the challenge is doing research on the characters, environments, and props used in the script. If you search around, you will find what you need.
Oh, I know that. So far neither Wikipedia (obviously not the best resource)nor Aspen's main website provides anything to answer my question...that's why I figured I'd post my question here. I won't be able to check my local comic shop before Saturday, and I don't know if they'll have an issue that could give me a quick answer to the question in mind.
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 12:57 PM
I did a simple web search and found a bunch of reference on the way the character looks.
escapegoat
10-11-2007, 01:07 PM
I did a simple web search and found a bunch of reference on the way the character looks.
Sorry if my initial question wasn't quite clear. It wasn't a question of what costumes she wears, but rather a question of whether she would appear with clothing or a costume when she does a transformation from "naked" human form --> to water form ---> to human form again.
I know how to google for images too. :p
It was a concern, since page one indicates NO NUDITY quite prominently. However, being an image-stylized comic, I guess it should come to no surprise if she would transform back to a nude form if she was previously nude... ;)
davidbovey
10-11-2007, 01:22 PM
I'd say that there are ways of showing nudity without showing the parts.
Here's an example of the character phasing in and out of water form and flesh form.... and she is nude.
Edit, sorry try this link and scroll down to cover 1c.
http://members.tripod.com/~hell_hole/fathom/fathom1.htm
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 01:27 PM
The way I read the script is that Aspen is nude and that you have to draw it so that nothing is showing during the panels when she is in human form.
davidbovey
10-11-2007, 01:28 PM
The way I read the script is that Aspen is nude and that you have to draw it so that nothing is showing during the panels when she is in human form.
That's the way I took it too.
We'll just have to subtly place helicopter blades and debris ..
(tripod.com sucks, it has never worked once for me, all i ever see is the tripod logo)
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 01:38 PM
We'll just have to subtly place helicopter blades and debris ..
(tripod.com sucks, it has never worked once for me, all i ever see is the tripod logo)
That's a method to stop hotlinking.
escapegoat
10-11-2007, 01:43 PM
I'd say that there are ways of showing nudity without showing the parts.
Oh, I agree. I know how I can lay it out this way, if need be....
The way I read the script is that Aspen is nude and that you have to draw it so that nothing is showing during the panels when she is in human form.
That's how I read it for page one. Page three is a different story since I'm unfamiliar with how her powers work. It just struck me as a little bit odd that opening script of this competition calls for the main character to be running around the buff the whole time. I figured this competition would be designed to be more family-friendly than that. :D
(tripod.com sucks, it has never worked once for me, all i ever see is the tripod logo)
Ditto..I've got nothing coming up here for Dave's link. I'll haveta check it out at home.
escapegoat
10-11-2007, 01:44 PM
That's a method to stop hotlinking.
Ahhh...I see. Any way around that?
That's a method of stopping hotlinking.
Pasting the link in my adres bar doesn't do it for me either. Doesn't it kinda defeat its purpose to have a site for uploading photos if you can't hotlink them? I prefer Photobucket i guess ..
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 01:46 PM
Ditto..I've got nothing coming up here for Dave's link. I'll haveta check it out at home.
If you right click on the link, copy the link location and paste it into your browser, then the image should show.
EDIT: Looks like the links was switched to the main page.
davidbovey
10-11-2007, 01:47 PM
Changed the link to go to the HTML instead of the image. You'll have to scroll down and look at the cover for 1c.
Tripod and Geocities have always sucked.
willustrator
10-11-2007, 01:50 PM
Aw that looks fantastic. A great assignment and a great prize. Good luck to all
Changed the link to go to the HTML instead of the image. You'll have to scroll down and look at the cover for 1c.
That works, thanks.
R Santos Jr
10-11-2007, 03:26 PM
Brandon
I'm hoping to part-take in the play-at-home thread and I have a question regarding the first round script. Hopefully this is an appropriate place to ask, and maybe someone who's a Fathom fan will know the answer (since I've never read the comic, with the exception of a glance at the preview from way back)...
On page three panel 1, it mentions Aspen returning to her flesh form after having to transfrom into water to esacpe the wreckage. Is there a costume/outfit that she can naturally bring up upon a transition from water to flesh form?
If not, then she's gonna have to fight helicopter in the buff! ;)
The way I read the script is that Aspen is nude and that you have to draw it so that nothing is showing during the panels when she is in human form.
Thanks, guys! I was wondering about that myself after reading it. Although, the Blog says that questions should be addressed to Mr. Hernandez himself via PM... but, honestly, I don't even know his screen name on this forum. ^^;
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 03:35 PM
Although, the Blog says that questions should be addressed to Mr. Hernandez himself via PM... but, honestly, I don't even know his screen name on this forum. ^^;
That is mainly for the finalist.
EDIT: Curses. Foiled again by posting quicker than a comic editor.
Vince Hernandez
10-11-2007, 03:35 PM
Ask away.:) It's no problem.
Ed Cunard
10-11-2007, 05:57 PM
Aspen isn't my thing, but I finally got around to checking out the finalists this year and, hot damn, this is easily the most talented group of contestants the contest ever had--I actually want to see these pages just to see what gets done with them.
This year, I'll be following things more closely than usual.
R Santos Jr
10-11-2007, 06:25 PM
EDIT: Curses. Foiled again by posting quicker than a comic editor.
WOO HOO! Score one for the underdogs! (j/k):P
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 06:38 PM
I merged the opening Round post and Comment thread into one to streamline the threads.
There will be a separate Public Comment thread for views and critiques of the finalists' assignments by non judges.
J. Torres
10-11-2007, 07:13 PM
I merged the opening Round post and Comment thread into one to streamline the threads.
There will be a separate Public Comment thread for views and critiques of the finalists' assignments by non judges.
Thanks, Brandon!
Hieu Le Bui
10-11-2007, 07:38 PM
three pages in four days? GOD SAVES THE QUEEN.
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 07:41 PM
three pages in four days? GOD SAVES THE QUEEN.
No one ever said this was going to be easy. We warned people many times that if they got to the finals that they would have to do many pages on a short deadline.
Hieu Le Bui
10-11-2007, 07:46 PM
No one ever said this was going to be easy. We warned people many times that if they got to the finals that they would have to do many pages on a short deadline.
touché :D
anyway I'm dying to see the results on Monday.
Brandon Hanvey
10-11-2007, 08:26 PM
The way I see it is people have one day to research and to do roughs/sketches and then do a page a day. I'm not saying that is easy. I'm just saying it seems like a doable schedule.
Physicdesigns
10-11-2007, 10:40 PM
a page a day isnt that bad, that is if you dont have like 300 things to do that weekend
mytymark
10-12-2007, 12:24 AM
no more excuses folks, its either we're in this, or we're not. lets show them finalists and judges what the Play at Home peeps can do...let's kick major arse, people!!!:))
or to put it lightly...IT'S GAME ON!
Nick Pitarra
10-12-2007, 05:29 AM
no more excuses folks, its either we're in this, or we're not. lets show them finalists and judges what the Play at Home peeps can do...let's kick major arse, people!!!:))
or to put it lightly...IT'S GAME ON!
I can't wait to see your stuff man!
best,
nick
polystyleneman
10-12-2007, 11:11 AM
Just to be clear, when we are finished, do we post our work in this thread?
polystyleneman
10-12-2007, 11:34 AM
Just to be clear, when we are finished, do we post our work in this thread?
Those of us playing at home, that is...
Brandon Hanvey
10-12-2007, 11:36 AM
Just to be clear, when we are finished, do we post our work in this thread?
Those of us playing at home, that is...
Nope. Play at Home people post their artwork in the thread on the Artist and Writer Showcase Forum.
polystyleneman
10-12-2007, 05:35 PM
Thanks! Sorry, I'm new to these forums. I've got a page done and am anxious to get the other two done and posted. We should attach a link to an external site, right? I'm sure you don't want the pages uploaded to the forum...
Brandon Hanvey
10-12-2007, 05:42 PM
Thanks! Sorry, I'm new to these forums. I've got a page done and am anxious to get the other two done and posted. We should attach a link to an external site, right? I'm sure you don't want the pages uploaded to the forum...
On the A&W, (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=193773) you can insert the images in your post, post a link to your samples, or handle however you want. There are no rules except the standard forum rules.
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