AHF 'July Is Too Busy' Contest

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My schedule is going to explode this summer with a wedding and TFCon and I'm not going to have time to work on All Hail Flamewar - I can't update it during July.  ( Harbourmaster will remain on schedule or end up with a multi-page update, since I have a strip bumper finally.  AHF lacks this.  However, the current arc will wrap up before the hiatus. )

So we're going to ask you all for filler strips, come up with some prizes, and call it a contest.

It's All Hail Flamewar based, but doesn't have to take place in my continuity.  For All Hail Flamewar isn't about a series or a place or even Flamewar, it's about Transformers fiction that doesn't treat female-pronouned Transformers as Other.

Writing:

- It has to feature a female Transformer.  Give a canon character some love, show off one of your OCS, we aren't picky.

- If there's a male Transformer around, he is strictly supporting cast.  If you're writing Elita-One, she's not there as Optimus Prime's girlfriend, he's there as her boyfriend.

- 'And that is why there are girl robots' stories are forbidden.  Female Transformers do not need to justify their existence.

- Maybe gender is important to your chosen character for one reason or another.  But sometimes she's fixing a wall or setting a bomb or suddenly realising the building she's walked into is Trypticon.  Tell one of those stories.

- We do not allow the term 'femme' or any of its variations.  We don't even want to see the term 'female'.  If it sounds awkward with 'male' ( "Shockwave!  Optimus Prime and his male Autobots are attacking the Darkmount!"  "Silverbolt leads an all-male team of Autobot jets" ) then don't use 'female'.

Art:

- I don't care if you have to redesign your character of choice, I don't care if she's canon or yours, no robot boobs.  If her curvy chest becomes a legitimate part of her alt-mode, that's fine, we're not against curves ( reference: Antagony. )  If she's got boobs that are just there to be boobs, get rid of them, we are against the hypersexualisation of female characters and we reject the idea that breasts = female.  Yes, if Blackarachnia appeared in this series, she'd be flat.

- Photocomics are the exception to the above rule.  You don't have to alter your toys.

- Final posting size is 952x725 at 300dpi.  Basically, if you draw it all on an 8.5x11 ( turned sideways, ) the proportions should be fine.

General:

  Get it to me by June 21st.  I will pick the four that best fit AHF and post them at In Space on the assorted Tuesdays with full credit and linkbacks.  Please do not post your entry on your own space before this, though teaser-style images are fine.  If your comic is chosen, you may post yours wherever you want after I do.  If your comic is not chosen, please wait until after the final winner is posted to post yours wherever.

Prize:

  If you're going to be at TFCon, show up at my table for swag-claim.  If you're not, we'll come up with some sort of swag pack for you.

[ETA:] ... I should admit where I want these sent, shouldn't I?  Send entries to wayward at insecticons dot com.
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Fiarrella's avatar
I have a question, since I will be with the unusual combination of A4 traditional drawing with (probably) some coloring done with Sketchbook Pro (which is like Photoshop for Android ).

When you say 8.5 by 11 does this apply for A4 paper format? I know it's a dumb question but I usually fail at the formatting of whatever I need to get done ^.^