Hello!
The desire to do this has been nagging me for some time, so I figure it's time to put myself out there and see if anyone is interested!
What I'm looking for:
A dream collab partner!
As an artist and writer myself, I like to be involved in both parts of a project, but I also grow tired from doing an entire project myself. I'd love to work together to create a script, then divide up the art portion of it (currently my least favorite part is inking, so if you like that - woo!)
Someone with a similar root in art style would be preferred. Example being - if you have a very round and cartoony style, or a hard marvel comic style ... we'd probably clash a bit artistically. Examples of my art below!
Timeline:
I have my own comic going on atm, so I'm not looking to dive into a big project right away - but I want to still invest time into brainstorming/writing together and not just make this an indefinite project.
Ideally we'd figure out the concept we want to work on together and brainstorm that, move onto creating a script together, and begin doing the drafts. Get a good distance into the story in draft phase, then move onto making buffers before launching. I'd like to reach the art portion of the collab by Winter. If we hit it off well and can get further into the planning before then - awesome!
The Goal:
To have fun haha
I'd love to be featured obviously but that would just be a bonus.I just have the desire to develop something that is different from my current solo project. I enjoy brainstorming with people! I'd also love to be able to learn from working with someone else, and hopefully teach them some stuff too.
The Idea / My Genres of Interest:
I have a few concepts that I'd love someone else's fresh ideas for that I can bring to the table, but I'd also be interesting in hearing yours or creating something entirely new together!
I'm interested in working on a romance, but that doesn't have to be the main plot. I also like fantasy and supernatural elements. And magic, I'd love to work on something with magic!
Some of the ideas I'd be down to develop together:
- A story with cupids as supernatural beings among us. It's a BL, comedy and pokes fun at some shoujo tropes.
- A fantasy setting. Soulmate marks. Follows a lost princess who had her memories stolen. More to it but the concept is messy and very open to changes!
- A fantasy setting. MC has a map on their body. The treasure is unknown. Pirates!
I'm also a big fan of manga ( cough// shoujo) that follows a demon or magical being being summoned / some sort of contract / urban fantasy stuff. I have a few vague concepts for those written down somewhere.
Project Size:
My ideas are admittedly on the longer side, i've never been good at coming up with short stories.
If you'd like to work on a shorter work, I definitely understand and would still be interested!
I'm also open to trying a small "pilot" comic (a couple scenes perhaps) with our characters/concept before we dive into it further.
My Experience:
I worked on a previous comic called "Not So Mortal" as practice and to see if I enjoyed making comics. I didn't plan it well though, so it was eventually scrapped and removed from sites. I can message you the files if you'd like to see them though.
My current project:
Examples of my art:
^ What my drafts can look like.
^ What my fully colored work can look like.
Programs I use:
- Clip Studio Paint Pro (Main drawing)
- Photoshop CC 2015 (Some lettering effects, slicing the comic, editing backgrounds)
- Google SketchUp (Backgrounds)
- Google Docs (Script and notes)
Additional Notes:
- I've proposed a collab over on a webcomic IG chat as well, so this is cross posted.
- A big requirement is that we click well and can bounce ideas off each other and have fun. This is basically a chemistry thing, so I'd love to just chat for a bit about what we'd be interested in making and see if a collab can grow from it.
- LMAO sorry this is a long ass thread, thank you if you've read it all!
- Any questions or info needed, please ask!