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Howdy ho friends, I'm Cal :')

To put it briefly, I'm an artist with fairly decent drawing skills looking for a writer with fairly decent writing skills to make a short comic with! By "short," I mean about 30 pages (or the size of your average single comic issue...or so Google tells me lol). As for genre/content, I'm not big on horror, sci-fi, or romance, but I am a fan of fantasy, drama, comedy, and slice-of-lifey stuff (nothing too graphic...PG-13 max pls).

I've never made a comic before (though I know a bit about storyboarding, composition, and visual storytelling), so I don't wanna charge for my art...I'm partially here to learn more about creating comics lol. Because of that, I'm not really looking for a professional writer (I'm hoping this can be a learning experience for us both!). I'm up to draw your complete story (though I would like to see a finished outline first), contribute a little bit to the development process, or we could make one together! I'm not the best writer but I spent a few years studying story :sweat_smile:

To be a bit more personal, I've been in an artistic rut for a while, so I'm hoping that this collab will help clear up some creative problems I've been having! And hey, why not try something new?

(Quick warning: I'm currently working and am finishing up school, so I probably won't have the fastest turnaround times. I will try my best to provide quality work, though!)

Here's a link to my art on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hiii.im.callie/79

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Aw, your art style is so cute. I have a few ideas in mind, and I'll reach out when I get a solid outline.

Hey hiiiimcallie

Fairly new writer and I would love to get to know you and your art a little better. I have a pitch that sounds like it would be up your alley but I also like working with the artist from the ground up to create something that fits their style and are both happy with.

You can check out my my first author debut on tapas Preventing Ragnarok6 to get a sense of my style.

Hopefully you like and we can set up a chat sometime :slight_smile:

Heyo! I'm a comic writer and artist! While my current comic is a horror (see here)3 I'm able to write in other genres as well. (I enjoy writing fantasy and drama!) My comic shows off some of my writing skills but I'm happy to send over other stuff as well :slight_smile:

Since I write my own scripts, I have a decent grasp of how much writing equates to comic pages.

I have a very loose style of writing scripts, however I'm happy to change it to a page by page format if that's preferred (although it will be a learning curve for me)

I'd be happy to write a story based on whatever concept/idea you'd enjoy drawing! I'm not here to see a particular story of mine being told, rather to collab and challenge myself to make a short story for someone else.

An example of the way I write my scripts for myself: (if I were to write a script for someone else it would be much clearer)


LIU WEI
Everyone here is bigger and stronger than me. I don’t think I’ll be much help.

LIU WEI pauses.

LIU WEI
I could help everyone here instead. I’ll be much more useful that way.

ANOPHELES starts bandaging LIU WEI’s arm. He looks over to LIU WEI.

ANOPHELES
Ah, is that why you’ve been so anxious? I wouldn’t have assigned you to the mission if I didn’t want you there. You’ve been nothing but loyal and dedicated, so I trust you to be on your best behaviour. And, not to worry, 267 will be on the mission with you.

267 knocks on the door.

ANOPHELES
Speaking of which.


But yeah, if you're interested in working with me, feel free to send me a reply/message. If not- best of luck finding a writer, hope you enjoy making your comic! Your artstyle is gorgeous by the way!

Hi there I'm novice I've helped out here and there but never on a full comic. So I have an idea of how the process would go and how to work with people, (as well as I'm learning to draw).

For an example of how I write I have a cute slice of life story I wrote, I'm in school and I'll be graduating soon and I hope to be apart of the comic making industry. I feel this would be a great start for us both. Hope to work together. ^-^

As well as this a adventure horrorish story not fully more or a adventure story.

If not I still would love to talk with you about the creating process.

Hello! I'm Ram! I wanted to make this idea a reality for a while, but I feel like my art style wouldn't fit the story, if that makes sense?? I do love your art style and I think that it would fit the story! I'm not sure if your offer is still up, but I'd be happy to discuss the idea further with you. I do have an Instagram, so if you want to contact me, or me contact you, that's okay!

Two friends have to survive the final phase of the end of the world, finding remnants of the truth along the way. Did the humans disappear out of thin air, or did they become something else?

Hopefully that isn't too vague, but I'm sorry if it is!!

Very nice do you have comics out? I really do hope I'm able to snag this chance seeing as there are other people who made comics here already.

Honestly, I've always been too afraid to keep my comics up for more than a day. I always take them down out of pure fear... I have quite a few ideas circling inside my head, but I don't know how to organize them enough to get them on paper. Sorry...

Hey don't be sorry at all man, it's ok all ideas start as ideas. It's how you plan it out it what can make a great experience. If you don't mind I'd love to help you structure some of your ideas.

Takes years for some to be happy enough with something don't be afraid because you don't think someone else will not like it. On the same coin don't over look some good criticism to better yourself either. If you feel and truly know you have good content, then leave it out there other people will know too. I'll get off of this soap box now.

Thank you. I really needed to hear that today. I do have one idea that I want to make kind of long term, but I'll need help with structure and sketching out the panels. Would it be okay if you could help me structure the story? If not, that's okay!!

No problem man you can dm me and I can see what's up. My goal is to spread my creativity to the new generations I want them to see and enjoy all of my many stories. So until I have works out I'll help others doing the same.

Hey there!

I apologize for the late reply, the last week’s been pretty crazy! And I’m so sorry but I diiiiid already accept another request… :sweat_smile: That said, I would love to talk about the creation process with you! (if that’s ok lol)
I struggle a lot when it comes to actually writing and plotting out my ideas, so getting your take on the process would be awesome!

Side note, I read the rest of the thread and it’s really cool to see the community connecting and helping each other out!! :smile:

Howdy Ram!

Thank you so much for your kind words! It truly means a lot ~
I’m so sorry but I did already accept another request…BUT! If the whole thing turns out well, I might try out another collab! I think it would be pretty great to have the opportunity to work with different types of people (especially those who might not have the ability to pay for an artist…for as long as I can afford it lol)!

Your story sounds really interesting (especially the part about humans possibly becoming something else)! If I’m not eventually able to help you out, I really hope you’re able to make it a reality!

Hey there! I’m sorry but I did accept a different request, so I’m afraid I’m not able to help you out right now…
You’re writing style is impressive, and I think you captured that manga style incredibly well! I wish the best of luck to you for your future projects! ^)7

Howdy!

Thanks for reaching out, and thank you so much for your kind words! I did already accept another request, but I might try out another collab in the future if things go well!
I really like your style of writing & I hope you’re able to find another artist if I’m not able to help you! Good luck with you’re future projects :smile:

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