The Alternate Universe Event sign ups start today. "What is this event" you ask? Well, this event will have you drawing a possible version of your character(s) based on any genre you are given by me. There are five different genres to get, random of course, which are vague enough to keep your picture your own.
The Five "Universe" are:
Film Noir: This universe is based on the gritty cop films mostly from the 1930's/1940's. Of course there are modern takes on film noir, so you aren't limited to that time period. Though fedoras and trench coats are fun to draw. The key is in the heavy use of black-n-white. Also most noir's take place in large cities.
Fairy Tale/Medieval: A universe based on ye ol tales of dragons and castles. You can either base your drawing on the tales from the Brothers Grimm, or take a more realistic approach and have your character exist in 1400's Europe. These are only two solutions, as you can base you pics on anything medieval-related (like the Lord of the Rings)
Steampunk: A popular universe, this genre has late-19th Century technology designs on large "Hi-tech" machines like robots and flying ships. These machines consist of large gears and smoke valves and are very much based on the look of the Victorian Era. Browns and Golds are usually used the most here.
Dystopian Future: A bad future can be many things. It can be a dictatorship state like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451. It can be a crime ridden future like The Dark Night Returns or Robocop. Or it can be post-apocalyptic like The Terminator or The Last of Us. Or it can even be strictly important to your story, like a main character dying. My advice is to age your characters.
Different Culture: This is probably the most tricky. This universe has you draw your character as if it was made from a culture/style not your own. This can be Silver Age (1950's-1970's) American Superhero comics or modern Japanese Anime, or even past civilizations like ancient Greek gods or Egyptian hieroglyphs. You don't need to change your drawing style per-say, but it might help.
In terms of the picture itself, there three ways to make it that I thought up. One way is to make a character turnaround/model sheet, focusing on one character. The second is to make a poster. This way you can include multiple characters and a background. The last method is to take a page from your webcomic and alter it to fit the genre you were given. Keep in mind you might have to change the dialogue to fit the time period of certain genres like Film Noir and Medieval. You should definitely change your character's costumes as this will be the largest change from your main universe. Style wise, you only need to change it if you feel like it.
If you need a visual example, here's my character "The J" normal and with the Noir Universe
Prime
Noir
Now on to signing up. It's simple. If you have 3 or more subs and think you'd like to join, then leave a comment with your name and a link to the comic you''l be using. Also, if your comic already falls under any of the Universe Genres, please state so in your comment so that I don't accidentally give you that genre (otherwise this event will be kinda pointless for you).
Sign ups will be held from March 21st to March 28th. After that I'll post what genre each person got on the forum by April 4th. Then you will have all of April to finish the picture. And finally, I'll post the pictures (by genre) on the forum on May 2nd along with links to all comics featured in the event.
When you finish your picture, email it to me at jonnyalekseywashere@gmail.com. Save your images as "(comic name)-(genre)", for example mine would be "Jonny Comic-Noir.png". Also make sure it's either a JPEG or PNG.
I'm hoping to see some great images from you guys!