Crazy Idea---So You Think You Can Draw A Super-Hero?

aschroeder's picture

I have a crazy idea for my webcomic, Mindmistress, at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com, that might aid EVERYONE...
I would be the first to admit the weakest part of MM is the art, and an odd idea has occurred to me. Would anyone be interested---in exchange for a link, for praise, for publicity---in picking the page of their choice, and drawing it in their style? I'm not going to put it in Guest Art, but instead put a link in the page redrawn, that would say, "Alternate page". If we have several people redrawing the same page I'll have a referral page that will give you several artists to choose from...
Imagine Neal Adams redrawing the Galactus Trilogy. Then Frank Miller. Then someone doing it in a manga style. Imagine Alex Ross redrawing major Spider-Man battles---oh, wait, he did, didn't he? *Grin* Imagine John Byrne drawing "Crisis on Earth-One/Earth/Two".
Look at it as an art challenge, like done in many forums. I can give you proven experience in drawing super-hero art, in an online comic that draws hundreds of readers a day....and a guarenteed link to your site, along with my own personal thanks. No money, but what the hey... I wouldn't replace my old pages, but I'd give people alternates to go to...
Most comics go through a variety of artists over the years. This will give you a chance to show out. Look on my pages as storyboards, nothing more....and show us what you can do. I would prefer you keep the words, but if you'd rather not, it's just a preference, not a rule.
This is something webcomics can do that print comics CAN'T---or at least not as easily---give others glimpses of how others would portray the same scene with just a click.
Interested people contact me, at

, or just draw the thing and send it. Look on it as an art challenge to end all art challenges. Appreciate your interest.
Any style, from the cartoony to the ultra-detailed, from manga to Kirbyesque will be considered and most probably used. The more the merrier, as it were. Contact me if you have any questions about the characters, their general look, etc.
---Al
PS. Suggestions of other places to post it, besides, "artist wanted" in Talk About Comics, which I'm about to do, appreciated.
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aschroeder's picture

Crazy Idea---So You Think You Can Draw A Super-Hero?

I have a crazy idea for my webcomic, Mindmistress, at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com, that might aid EVERYONE...
I would be the first to admit the weakest part of MM is the art, and an odd idea has occurred to me. Would anyone be interested---in exchange for a link, for praise, for publicity---in picking the page of their choice, and drawing it in their style? I'm not going to put it in Guest Art, but instead put a link in the page redrawn, that would say, "Alternate page". If we have several people redrawing the same page I'll have a referral page that will give you several artists to choose from...
Imagine Neal Adams redrawing the Galactus Trilogy. Then Frank Miller. Then someone doing it in a manga style. Imagine Alex Ross redrawing major Spider-Man battles---oh, wait, he did, didn't he? *Grin* Imagine John Byrne drawing "Crisis on Earth-One/Earth/Two".
Look at it as an art challenge, like done in many forums. I can give you proven experience in drawing super-hero art, in an online comic that draws hundreds of readers a day....and a guarenteed link to your site, along with my own personal thanks. No money, but what the hey... I wouldn't replace my old pages, but I'd give people alternates to go to...
Most comics go through a variety of artists over the years. This will give you a chance to show out. Look on my pages as storyboards, nothing more....and show us what you can do. I would prefer you keep the words, but if you'd rather not, it's just a preference, not a rule.
This is something webcomics can do that print comics CAN'T---or at least not as easily---give others glimpses of how others would portray the same scene with just a click.
Interested people contact me, at

, or just draw the thing and send it. Look on it as an art challenge to end all art challenges. Appreciate your interest.
Any style, from the cartoony to the ultra-detailed, from manga to Kirbyesque will be considered and most probably used. The more the merrier, as it were. Contact me if you have any questions about the characters, their general look, etc.
---Al
PS. Suggestions of other places to post it, besides, "artist wanted" in Talk About Comics, which I'm about to do, appreciated.
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sethtriggs's picture

I'd be willing to have a go at it... I'll try on the weekend I think.

-Seth

alschroeder's picture

Outstanding, Seth! Thanks a lot!---Al

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xerexes's picture

That's an interesting idea Al.

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Anonymous's picture

Thanks...it's a way to vary it without having people having to worry about what to draw...at least from the ground up. (They still have to pick which page they prefer to use...)---Al

alschroeder's picture

(Crossposted from another forum, because I'm lazy...)
I've mentioned this before---but I have a new example, and I just want to share it with you as an example of DIFFERENT fan art. I encourage people to send me in alternative pages---pages drawn in THEIR style ---of pages I've done. The latest example is at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/altsiege67.htm, a redrawn version of http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/siege67.htm (notice that either clicking on the image or the link at the bottom will take you to the original artist's home page at http://headdoctor.keenspace.com/, and that both pages link to the other---the original to the alternative, and vice versa.
I REALLY like this idea, and it's something webcomics can do easily that print comics really can't---giving "alternative" pages in different art styles of pages. Imagine reading the latest BATMAN, and able to click and see a version of the same page by say, Adam Kubert or Alex Ross or Neal Adams or whomever.
I have a page set up for such pages at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/mmalt.htm and I'm putting this here, not just to hawk for new alternative pages---although I LOVE getting them, and if anyone's interested, please do---but to encourage others to try this for THEIR webcomics. It's something we can do that the print guys CAN'T, and it's even more engaging than the usual fan art for the webcomic owner, and for the fan artist, it gives them something they can draw without worrying, "What to draw? What to draw?"
A sprite comics version? Black and white, when you do it in color? Why not? Any genre or style---it's all good.---Al

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alschroeder's picture

Just a note---got a new alternative page at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/altbloodl12.htm by the excellent artist/author of http://isahn.keenspace.com/--beautiful stuff!
---Al

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