Competition time!
I am officially starting a contest to design a new Harkovast character!
The contest will run for two weeks (though I might extend it if people are having trouble getting their work done.)
All you have to do is design a new character to appear in the Harkovast comic.
It really is just that simple.
Draw a picture of the character and send it to me and my favourite one will be declared the winner when the contest ends!
Prizes
The winning character will earn their creator a cool Sir Muir Mug from the DD store, but more importantly the character will appear IN THE COMIC!
That's right, they will actually get a part in the story. Not just a walk on part either! They will have a minor role, but they wont be stood in the background or wandering passed, they will be involved in the story!
They wont appear in the story for a while, as I have to wait for a good opportunity to include them, but the mug will be sent out ASAP.
What I am looking for in a character?
You don't need to be a master artist to win this contest. As long as you can draw reasonably well you are in with a chance.
What I am really looking for is cool character concepts and designs, so if your art isn't amazing but you have a good idea you can still win. The character will be redrawn by me and coloured by Julie anyway, so how perfectly you draw it wont mean much when the character appears.
If you want you can give your character a name and a back story, but be careful. Don't give the character a huge amount of back story, as this will be hard to fit into the story and might make the character difficult for me to include. A short description could be useful though, like "A cunning merchant" or "a berserk warrior who serves the West".
Most importantly, make sure your character fits into Harkovast!
If the character is a human or comes from outer space or something, you aren't going to stand much chance!
The character should be anthropomorphic and come from one of the races and cultures of Harkovast (remember, you can also make them a half caste, if you want.)
And PLEASE don't invent your own races! If you do you will just make it impossible for you to win! If you want to use an animal that has not yet featured, drop me a message and ask if there is a race like that and I can give you some info on them to help you out.
What I really want to see is someone who has paid attention to the comic, been inspired by its contents and wants to add to it. The more smoothly the character fits in and the more they show that you have paid attention to Harkovast the more chance you have of winning.
You could make the character a villain or a good guy, or just a civilian that the characters can run into. Anything from an evil agent of The Enemy to a friendly Junlock Bard is possible, so just let your imaginations run wild.
Any questions, please let me know!
So get those entries in before the 17th of May 2010 and GOOD LUCK!
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On a more serious note, I'm tempted to do a Junlock, since it seems that they're nothing but fodder/pincushions/low level mobs at the moment, and all that wonderful tribal stuff in their race description is being overshadowed by their playing lackey to the Nameless.
I'm curious about the yet to be unveiled races as well. But without their making a solid appearance in the comic thus far, I can't feel for them enough to want to draw them. (I can't even imagine what an Ivos is at the moment).
Ivos are a race of militant wild boar people whose culture resembles ancient Rome.
So now you know, and according to some people that is half the battle (according to the Ivos staying in formation is half the battle, stabbing barbarians being the other half.)
I still need to work out exactly how their helmets will look….
I am guessing you are refering to Quinn-Tain, whose race are known as the Wiards of Eldex (or just wizards for short.)
If you think you've seen enough of them to be able to draw one, then go for it.
The only problem you may have is that not much of their culture or style of dress has been revealed so far, so you might make something that doesn't fit with the story.
It could be Panda-monium! (Damn, I'm good at puns!)
I am guessing you are refering to Quinn-Tain, whose race are known as the Wiards of Eldex (or just wizards for short.)Even if it wouldn't fit in, I could easily just title it a renegade, or outcast.
If you think you've seen enough of them to be able to draw one, then go for it.
The only problem you may have is that not much of their culture or style of dress has been revealed so far, so you might make something that doesn't fit with the story.
It could be Panda-monium! (Damn, I'm good at puns!)
I cant really comment too much, but you might want to leave wizards alone.
While technically you could make it work, there is a much higher chance of it not fitting into the background (which has yet to be revealed).
But go for it if you are truly inspired, maybe you can win me over with something awesome?
My Ideas so far are:
- Muir's little brother.
- Another Nymus, an old crippled assassin that can't fly anymore, still attempting to fullfill his duties but due to his weakness is no longer able to.
- A young junlock, once living in a village that Muir visited. Muir promised to help it's citizens but soon after that forgot to actually do anything. Because of this the young junlock's parents died, making the young one swear to kill Muir.
If anyone comes up with anything that even remotely sounds like any of this it was MY idea. :)
The image is coming up once I've decided which one I'm going for.
Well, since i draw considerably well (I'll even try adapting your style of anthrophomorphic, so it isn't so hard to transfer it artwise) I might as well try for this contest…
Are there any second place prizes? third? etc…
And i only have one idea… Some man (still deciding on species) who was once a Nameless but after seeing more blood than he can handle (let's say he's just afraid of blood), he leaves the nameless and perhaps has some of their secrets to share with the others…
and i think if i won the mug… it'd be a hassle to send it all the way to my house in south america, anyway >.>
I am officially extending the contest another week, due to a couple of requests, so you have until the 24th.
When I update next, the contest will officially extend.
There will be NO more extensions, so if you haven't got it done by then, you've missed your chance at Harko-glory!
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