Comics and Random Art Battles /crab5/ - Round One Anonymous
06/06/26(Sat)06:49:26
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>What is this?
CRAB is an OCT where artists submit their OCs and participate in a three-round tournament where they are pit against an opponent to fulfill a prompt's task over the other. There are three rounds and thus three prompts that an artist must fulfill featuring their OC facing off against another OC using the theme and prompt as their guideline for content.
>How many people are participating?
40 people assorted into 8 teams with waitlisted contestants for spots that open up in-tourney due to dropouts or sudden departures.
>How long will this take?
From May 17th to Aug 25th.
>Random art battles?
CRAB has had animations, VNs, DOOM.WADs, and more submitted as entries in the past, that's where the 'random art' comes from.
>How does this work?
Main organization is done on Discord but it is not a requirement if you want to stay thread-only, however you do have to host your entries on Cubari or other image hosts to be voted on by other participants. Every voting round will have a provided list available with links to read every entry as easily as possible.
>Is it too late to join?
No, the tournament welcomes people who finish the entry requirements to join the waitlist bench to replace contestants who leave the tournament. You could also join as a Spectator.
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>ROUND ONE : HELL
>MATCHES AND PROMPTS
https://imgur.com/a/rCfloZd
Welcome to the first round CRABS! You'll be plumbing the depths of Hell itself accomplishing these tasks for your first round! Be careful out there, it's hot! Or...cold? Depends where you go, hoo hoo!
>RULES FOR ROUND ONE
-COMIC: 15 standard comic page maximum, or 5 'large' pages
-animated pages/gif count for two pages instead of one
-ANIMATION: limitation of 1:25 seconds in length
-NOVELLA: 3000 word maximum, 15 single illustration maximum
-GAME: GOOD LUCK.
Submissions open JUNE 13TH, 12:00AM PST and close JUNE 15TH, 12:00AM PST.
DO NOT POST YOUR SUBMISSIONS OUTSIDE OF THE SUBMISSION PERIOD, THEY WILL NOT BE COUNTED!
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>How big is a 'large' comic page?
Large comic pages are equivalent to three standard-sized comic pages. If you do the maximum 15 standard comic pages the content the large comic therefore should be equal to this work condensed into 5 large scrollable pages. The relative proportions should be considered.
>Does a cover count towards the total page count?
No, as long as it functions as a cover and not a page that holds story content.
>Can I draw just my character doing the task? Do I have to draw the setting or the opponent?
You must engage with the prompt, the opponent, and the setting in your entry.
>My prompt feels really vague, what am I supposed to do?
Prompts can be fulfilled in any manner that involves the prompt subject with some more straightforward than others. There is no one 'correct' way to engage with a prompt.
"Can I collaborate with my opponent?"
> Collaboration is allowed, you both may submit a continuous entry using your maximum pages or time to accomplish this (so instead of a maximum 15 pages for the entry, a collaboration may submit a maximum of 30 pages, or an animation that is 2:50 in length). Both artists must materially work on their own pages or sections in the collaboration for voting purposes (no one artist doing all the lineart and another the coloring, for example).
>Do I have to draw my character winning or succeeding in the prompt over my opponent?
Winning the prompt is not a requirement to win a round. If your character subverts or fails against their opponent they may still be able to win the round during voting, but this is dependent on the voters during the vote period.
>Can I have help with making my entry?
Material help such as another person doing the lineart or coloring is not allowed.
>I'm on the Bench, how does this work compared to a standard contestant?
Your prompt does not require a faceoff against another artist but to fulfill the conditions of your prompt.
>15 pages?
That's a maximum.
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Hey 17ling! Hope your first week of rendering Maple into a fine resin is going swimmingly for ya!
Cat Summer has been plugging away our entries and, while ever so slightly biased, I think our enemies will be facing SERIOUS recompense for their transgressions! Like, it's soooo over for them! ^_^
Keep up the good work, Ling! Excited to see Maple's demise on turn-in day! And as always, if ya need anything, let me know!
Warmest regards,
Locket!