HEY GUYS! First i would like to say thank you for those who replied to my messages. I did them late that night so I hope they were coherent 
! If you are seeing this simply because of the thread, then feel free to stick around and be apart of what we are trying to accomplish.
Ok now to the nitty-gritty.
=== The Inspiration to Colors Comic Community
For the past month or so, i have been preparing myself for cartooning and art, and i was searching for art/cartoonist communities and i had a hard time finding any. So i decided that once i get my own cartoon up, i should work on making my own community.
So here i was, thinking about what it could be, and during that same time my brother was making a music video for a song called "Colors" by Trocadero (you can listen to the song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Jy-E0_st8) and so naturally i heard the song many times. In the song, one of the lines goes "When we're together, colors don't matter much to us" and that line is what inspired me the most.
Ever since then, i have had ideas of Colors (that is what i will be referring to instead of saying "Colors Comic Community" a thousand times) and what i would like it to be. Eventually, i decided that the main motif would be people having fun with paintballs/water balloons. Because wouldn't that be fun? I would like Colors to be associated with the idea of paint globs and splashes and having our characters in our separate series having fun coloring each other with these globs (because "When we're together, colors don't matter much to us" )
That kind of mentality and idea is what helped me set the foundation of what i would like to see colors become, somewhere fun and carefree.
===Our Goals
When coming up with Colors Comic Community, I have planed for it to become two things:
First, I would want it to be a place where a creator can advertise his/her series. I realize that people are very busy and can't always do things for the fun of it. So anything that they are apart of will have a link in the description to there series (kind of like a credits section). I also hope that readers could see Colors and find creators through Colors.
Second, I would like it to be a place where creators can come together and draw together. Obviously we all love drawing and cartooning so Colors will focus on getting people to do that together. I want Colors to be a stress reliever for people, so if there is ever a deadline, it will be one discussed with the creator(s) prior to the start of the project.
I believe that these two concepts should be happening almost simultaneously (there is one exception that will be addressed). Colors should be advertising creators while still keeping a sense of fun and "togetherness" amongst the members.
===The Series Published Under Colors
Colors will have 4-5 series that it will publish (at first):
1.) This series will be a simple introduction to Colors. It will address things like what we are/do, how to join (easy, be a cartoonist and just ask to join, we could also have a simple thing asking them to agree to the code-of-conduct just so that they know what is expected) and the code of conduct (will be addressed later). It should be inviting and encourage the readers to check out the creators that they find under Colors. I feel that this is self-explanatory to why it'd be good.
2.)The second series will be dedicated to cartoonists advertising each of their series. Each series will have one page reserved to them, and it can be updated once a month. On that page, they can post anything to promote their series, its really just up to them on what it will be. The reason why this would be a good idea to have is because people need a reason to be apart of the community. Free advertising would be a great incentive to join us, because not everyone has time to just throw around. We should consider the fact that a person might join, throw in their free advertising, and then never be active again. As a response, we should say that a member must be active once every month (is that too short of a time?) to stay a member (along with their free advertisement). Being active doesn't have to be posting cartoons and pictures all the time, it could be as little as contributing to ideas, supporting other creators, or the putting their own personal touch to cartoons/pictures that are put up on the page.
3.) Here is probably one of the main series for Colors. This one is still in development on what exactly it will be, and it is something i would like to specifically address in the comments with you guys. But what I am thinking is that we create a character that symbolizes what Colors is and this person interacts with the different cartoonists characters. I'm not sure if it should be something that has a loose plot and the artists get to define what specifically happens (ie we tell the artist that "person 1 gets from point A to point B with the helps of persons 2,3, and 4," then the artist chooses how this happens) or if it should have a very defined plot and artists artists fill in the holes. This comic is meant to bring many artists together and have a large spectrum of talents contribute to one story. This is when a cartoonist gets involved with the story, we would set up a schedule/deadline for what ever they end up doing. DISCLAIMER: You don't have to contribute to this story to be apart of Colors (but it will be encouraged).
Also, i'd like to consider the possibility of not every cartoonist apart of this story should be doing everything in one little section. If a cartoonist would like to contribute, but they don't have a lot of time on their hands, they could offer to color, draw the scenery, etc. It might make it easier for people to be apart of it if they didn't have the responsibility of making dialogue, drawing and finalizing the characters, coloring, environment, etc. Also, one cartoonist can be as much, or as little, involved in it as they would want to. If they want to help in every strip, then awesome! If they just want to help once, thats also dope! Each cartoonist that contributed to each page will be included in the description with a link to their profile page.
Again, i would like to revisit this.
4.) This last series would spotlight any project made by two or more artists. This is something that should be included because it would be another way for an artist to advertise themselves while still being connected and participating with other creators. The creators would be encouraged, and asked, to post the creation with their subscribers so that, in turn, they will be advertising both Colors and the other artists involved in the piece. As a result, the two creators will have just shared their fan-bases with each other, opening them both up to more readers.
5.) FAQ series? This could just be incorporated in the first series.
If you have an idea of another series you think could work, please, don't hesitate to say so. Im all ears!
===How Will Colors Comic Community run?
In the Description of Colors (the profile description) will include a small bit to cover who we are, our email for publishing, and the admins (maybe). Also, it will say that questions, comments, and concerns about Colors should be sent through PM (so that we can split the jobs a bit easier). If a question is asked and we feel that it is important, well post it on the wall (and possibly a FAQ series)
=Publishing Art
1.) Email system: Since it would be a terrible idea to let every member have access to Colors account, a creator wanting to publish their piece will email Colors (i haven't set an email yet, but i will) with all of the information and pictures needed (and wanted) to publish it, a long with which series to post it to. Then we would simply transfer everything over.
=Responsibilities of Admins
As much as i would like Colors to be more community driven rather than leader driven, there will be the need of admins to make sure everything is running smoothly. Hopefully, this will only take a small team of only a few people (especially at first). These people will have the username and password to Colors so that they may use the account for their purposes. The admins will have power over running Colors, and they will be asked to do a minimum of one these things.
1.) Forum threads: Having a strong presence in the forums will do greatly for getting more creators to get interested in what we are trying to accomplish. Here, we could start threads on the forums to invite people to our community. We could use it to start mini-events hosted by Colors. Also talking to others on different threads to create a presence around people. The admins apart of this won't have to be spending hours upon hours on the forums, but if they could post a new thread maybe once every week or two, that would help a ton.
2.) Code of Conduct: Everyone is encouraged to report something that could go against our Code of Conduct (see below) and the admins in charge of this area will asses the situation and either reprimand, suspend, or ban the person from being a member of Colors. Unfortunately, if it is a reader that is going against our code, all that we can do is reprimand them (unless they are breaking a Tapastic rule) (i will be apart of this)
3.) Publishing Content: I do believe i will be able to take care of this for the most part, but i may ask someone for help if I know i will be away, or some unexpected even happens. But basically, creators will email Colors the content that they wish to publish. Then this admin will simply copy/paste the information into the publishing operation.
4.) Community Q and A: If readers or creators have any questions, these admins will be the ones to answer them. I don't expect there to be too many questions once we get things rolling, but incase there are, we should have one or two people be prepared to answer them (i will also be apart of this)
5.) Community Presence: Much like the forum threads, these admins will simply be there to talk with people on our walls and comments. Any of the admins can be apart of this, as long as they are friendly and supportive to the community.
I know this does seem like a lot of things to do, but really, none of them will take up too much time. The two that i can see being most time consuming would be the Forums and Community Presence. Both of those shouldn't be taken to large scales anyways, and if there are even four or five admins, this should be no problem.
===Code of Conduct
Im the type of person who assumes that people aren't jerks, so this is going to be weird for me, and feel free to add to this if there is stuff i miss.
1.) No Spamming: If you are found spamming, you will be suspended, and possibly banned, from being a member at Colors.
2.) Don't blatantly say that some ones art/comic/etc is bad. If you disagree or think that you could help them improve as a cartoonist, by all means, give them ADVICE. Don't be rude and destructive, be nice and constructive!
3.) Don't advertise when inappropriate. The appropriate times to advertise is the series specifically for advertising and when credited for helping out on a project in the credits. If a person feels that there could be another time appropriate, they would have to talk to one of the admins.
4.) This one should be obvious, but follow Tapastic's rules, we don't want to get reprimanded by them.
5.) If you are an admin, and you are found breaking these rules, you will be put up for a suspension and possibly a ban from being an admin and member of Colors.
=== What need to happen to get started
Before we get Colors rolling, there will be multiple things that WILL need to happen.
DISCLAIMER: You don't have to be an admin to participate in the following activites.
==Thumb Nails, Banners, and Profile picture
With each series we will need a thumbnail and a banner. For each of these, i was thing that we could all contribute in a way to the different things. For example, in one of the series' banner, we could have the colors logo in the center with our characters on each side throwing paint globs across at each other. This type of brainstorming can come after we have discussed the issues and ideas above.
== First Series Intro
This will be a mini project that doesn't require every one to be apart. Probably three people could work together on this together but more are welcome. If anyone is interested in this after we have talked, then contact me and we'll get things rolling.
== Pre-Launch Advertisement
Now with this, i don't want to make anyone advertise if they don't want to, and i don't plan on asking anyone to do it again but it would help a lot if we got word spread around through forums and to your subscribers pre-launch and when it does launch. We don't really need "hype" but it would be nice if when we launched, people would already know about Colors and be interested in being apart of it.
== Posible Character Design
With the idea of having some sort of story special to Colors, we would need a character that is special to Colors. Right now, i have not come up with a specific design but what i was thinking was that what ever we do make, it should be simple enough were any cartoonist could get the key features and be able to draw him/her in their own style. I don't want this character to be so complex that someone (like me) couldn't get everything down, but instead have one or two major features that anyone could make him and their own style and that any reader could see it in any style and know who it is. I hope this is making any sense, if not, do say so!
Everything that has been said is up to change. Nothing is permanent so if you got an idea, do tell!
Thank you guys for reading all the way through and helping me out. If this boat is ever going to float, there will be some work need, so i understand if you can't be apart of the setup process. Again thanks! Your guys rock!
