LAST CALL for entries for my commission contest!

Attention, attention!

For all of you artists out there who are interested in participating in my commission contest, but for whatever reason haven't submitted your rough drafts (and at this stage, all I'm asking is for the rough drafts, not completed works!), then you have only TWO DAYS to submit them to me! 

And then this will be my

LAST 


COMMISSION  


CONTEST, 

EVER!













Well, at least until the next one in August.  LOL  >.<

Had you going there for a second though, didn't I?  ;-)

Here's a link to the initial annoucement of my contest.

Here's a link to a couple of rule changes.

And here's a link to a couple of questions that were asked the first weekend after I made my commission contest announcement.

Come Saturday morning, I will be e-mailing the boss all of the rough drafts that I've received so far, and once I do that, then the first phase of this contest will be over, and the second one begins, in which the boss looks over the entries and makes his decision on who will be the winner of my very first commission contest.  The third and last phase will be when he's made his decision, and I will notify the artist, and then announce it here on my blog.  And then soon after that, you will see the winning entry in glorious color, along with my gushing praise!  :-)

So there you go, true believers!  Stay tuned!  Good luck to all of you!

Weekly commission contest update - June 14, 2013

One week to go!  If you're an artist wanting to participate in this contest, then you better hurry up, bucko!  I'm dying to hand the rough drafts to the boss so that he can pick one, and I can be one step closer to having new art in my greedy little hands!

My precioussssss......!!!!

The way we have it planned so far is that come Saturday, June 22nd, I'll hand off all the rough drafts to the boss, and he'll look at them over the weekend.  Come Monday June 24th, he'll contact me on whether or not he has made his decision.  He has promised to not take any longer than Wednesday, June 26th, so it will be on that day at the latest when I make my special announcement of the winner of my first commission contest.  I'm so excited!  :-D

Anyway, after that, then the winning artist will GET FREAKIN' STARTED on making the art!

Oh, by the way, a note to the artists - be sure to let me know if you are on PayPal, because that's how the boss will pay you.  Very important!  If you have some other means besides PayPal, then we will need to know pronto!  That means, "right away!"

See you next week!

Weekly commission contest update - Friday June 7, 2013

I will be making these weekly updates on Friday afternoons, just to get you all caught up on the goings-on in my little commission contest.

First, here's a link to the initial announcement, along with the details.

Next are a couple of questions that I answered.

And last, here's a link to a couple of rule changes for the contest.

The main rule change, however, is that the due dates for the rough drafts has been moved up to June 21st, which is two weeks from today.  I'll make an exception if there's artists needing more time, but June 28th will be the final dates for submissions.

But again, the new due date is June 21st, 2013.

So far, I've had several submissions from two artists, and I'm enjoying this very much! Thank you to the artists who've submitted so far.  You guys rock!  :-D

Unless something comes up that I need to address right away, I'll try to save any future commentary about the commission contest to my regular Friday updates.  And now back to your regularly scheduled Internet surfing! 

Thanks all, and have a great weekend!  

BSC patch 2.2.2: Rule changes

I've made a couple of small but significant rule changes to my commission contest.

Last time, if you remember, I only answered a couple of questions that I got over the weekend.  This time, however, there's going to be a couple of changes that should help the artists to put their best foot forward when it comes to the boss selecting the rough draft that will get the commission and go on to completing the finished work based on the rough draft. 

* The due date for submitting the rough drafts is now moved up to Friday, June 21.  However, if we are still getting artists who wish for more time, then we will then go back to the original Friday, June 28th date.  June 28th will be the final, hard date to submit your rough drafts.  And dudes, seriously - this due date is for rough drafts, not the finished work, so you can put pencil to paper easy!

Anyway, come Wednesday, June 19th, I'll be putting out the "last call" for rough draft submissions for artists who are interested in participating in my contest, but for whatever reason, haven't submitted yet.  I'll be putting out this call both on my blog and on FB, and you can contact me via FB or my e-mail (bustyherochick@yahoo.com) to let me know that you are still interested in participating in my contest and will be submitting your rough draft very soon.  If I get enough responses to my "last call", then we'll move the due date from the 21st to the 28th. 

Now on to the next rule change!

* Initially, both the boss and I were going to look over all the rough drafts and then make the choice of which artist wins and gets the $125 commission.  However, I talked him into letting me make one small change, and that is this: He won't be seeing the rough drafts until AFTER the due date (whether it's the 21st or the 28th).  That's to allow me time to look over the drafts myself, and then to make comments to the artists on suggested small changes or tweaks to the rough draft to look its very best to the boss when it's time for him to look at them.

In other words I'm helping you to make it hard for the boss to pass you over and pick someone else!  I know the boss' thinking, and I can see into his mind (just think of Toon Town from the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", and you'll get an idea of what it's like in the boss' head).

Now, I know what you're going to say:  Your finished work is going to be awesome, and it will put your rough draft to shame.  While I don't doubt that, at the same time, you will still need to impress the boss with the rough draft.  That's because with all but one of you, the rough draft is all that the boss is going to see from you, so you can't afford to look past this stage! 

Do remember, though, that it is a ROUGH draft, so it's supposed to be quick and messy and without a lot of detail.  However, it's still very important, because it's meant to be a guide to how the final work will look; in other words, it will be how you "sell" what you plan to do.  So when I send my comments about your rough drafts, please take my suggestions to heart, because again, I am trying to help you make the best impression possible with the boss.

 Anyway, those are the changes.  Feel free to ask me anything else related to this contest, and good luck to everyone!  :-)

Update on commission contest

Yep, the commission contest is officially up and running!

Today I am going to answer a couple of questions that I got over the weekend in regards to the contest.

1.) Can I collaborate with others to make the art?

Yes, you may!  There is great fun in working as a team on something like this!  However, be aware that no matter how many of you collaborate in making your awesome artwork, there will still be only one $125 prize.  That is, if there is more than one of you making this artwork, then you will have to split the prize money among your associates. 

2.) Who owns the art after it's done? 

Well, you own the physical artwork.  That is, if you put pen and ink to paper, then that's yours to put to your physical portfolio and show off to others and display in a gallery if you wish.  Some artists are quite willing to send me the physical copies of their work, and I'm quite willing to accept them! ^.^

That's up to you though, if you want to send us the physical artworks themselves.  I cherish each and every one that I happen to get, but I will totally understand if you want to hold on to them.

However, because we are paying you for your services, once you've sent the completed work to us, then we will own the finished piece.  What this means is that we reserve the right to display it on my blog, on FB, and whatever means we have available to us later.  That is, if I get an official website or even a comic book, then we may use it in those as well. 

But understand this one very important note:  No matter where we display it, we will always, ALWAYS give you credit for it.  That's why I ask you for the URL to whatever site you keep your artworks, if it be deviantArt, Tumblr, or whatever.  I'm a big believer in giving credit where credit is due in regards to artists, so know that I will always give you credit for your hard work. 

In turn, wherever you display the finished work on your own sites (such as deviantArt), we likewise ask that you note something like "This is a commissioned artwork for a blogger named Andromeda.  Her blog can be found at: http://bustysuperherochick.blogspot.com/".  It's doing little things like this that will help you get future commissions.  :-)

As I get more questions in regards to my contest, I will post them here.  Thanks for the interest! 

BSC patch 2.2: Commission Contests!

Last month, I had my first-ever patch for my first-ever expansion!  Now I’m starting my second patch, otherwise known as:

BSC patch 2.2: Commission Contests!

The rules are basically this: I set the themes of the contest, and any interested artists will submit rough drafts of what they will do if they win.  After a certain deadline, the boss and I will decide which rough draft will win the prize.  The boss agreed to raise the prize from $100 to $125, just to give you artists a little extra incentive to make the finished project nice and pretty!  On top of the $125 commission, you'll also get an awesome review from me of how great your work is, and who doesn't want an awesome review from me?  :-D

This time around, we’re going to have two themes for you to choose from.  You can choose to submit your rough drafts from one or the other theme, or you could submit entries for both themes if you wish.  In any case, there will be just the one $125 prize.

***By the way, the boss pays by PayPal, so if you use something besides that, we’ll need to know that before you put in the grind for your awesome artwork. ***

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FIRST THEME:  I want an artwork of me punching a killer robot.  It can be a robot like one of the Terminators, or it could be someone in a killer robot suit. The angle/pose, etc. is up to you.  You're the artist!

For this artwork, I would like a landscape format, because I may use it for my FB timeline banner and maybe even my blog banner.  Because of this, I would like the action to be like so:

Killer robot on this side <----------> me on this side about to throw a punch, or me throwing a punch.  If it makes a difference, I'm right-handed, but I can punch with either fist.  

So if you’re going to show me about to throw a punch, then you will need to capture the tension of the moment.  I want to feel that I’m about to really, totally, and completely unload the Mother of All Haymakers on this killer robot.  That’s one of the challenges of being a comic book artist – to capture such tension-filled moments to increase the drama of the story.

If, however, you’re going to show me just after I land the punch, then I want to see the utter devastating results of my punch.  That is, I want to see robot parts flying!  Boom!  Bam!  POW!

SECOND THEME: This will be a nighttime scene, downtown in a large city.  I want this to be a mid-air fight with another flyer.  The bad guy can be male or female, but he or she will need to look like a bad guy.

As with the robot one, this artwork needs to be landscape, so that I can use it as my blog banner and also my FB banner.   And like the first theme:

Bad guy on this side <---------------> Me on this side

Now for this artwork, you can show us about to fly into each other and about to throw punches at each other, or you can show us having a mid-air war of words, or maybe the bad guy has some laser-eye power or can shoot energy bolts from his hands or something.  I just need to see that something’s happening!  Again, you’re the artist, so use your creativity to figure this out!

You could, of course, combine the two themes by depicting a mid-air duel with a killer robot.  That’s up to you, my creative friends!

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There will be two stages to this contest.

STAGE 1:

The first stage is where all interested artists submit a rough draft of what they might do.  At this point, just a simple pencil sketch will do, but I may ask for clarification if I can’t see exactly where the action is going.  If the boss and I are really tossed up about which submission to go with, we may ask you to add some color to help us decide between submissions.

The rough draft needs to show enough so that I can see what you'll be doing if I select your artwork for the commission. You don't have to go all out on the detail - I need just enough to see what you plan to do.  Also helpful are links to any sites of your other works.  I suggest using the site that you will want me to link to if you are the winner.  This will serve as a little promo for you.  :-)

Here’s the e-mail address to send them to: bustyherochick@yahoo.com

* Submit as many entries as you like, but remember to make them rough drafts.  Label your entries in this format: “yourname_robotrd1” (or “yourname_downtownrd1”, for the second theme).  So a rough draft by Jack Kirby would be labeled thus: jackkirby_robotrd1

Sorry... I nerd-drooled on myself for a second there at the thought of actually receiving a rough draft of me by Jack Kirby.  To continue...

* Refer to this link for how my costume looks, but if you need further info, ask me.  One thing to note, though: My boots do not have stiletto spike heels!  Simple flat heels please.

UPDATE: The deadline to submit rough draft entries is now Friday June 21, 2013.

STAGE 2:
I will notify you if you're the winner.  If you are the winner, then you agree to provide a full colored finished awesome artwork based on your rough draft.  I prefer a PSD or JPEG format for the finished work, but other formats are fine so long as it is high resolution so that it will show up nice and pretty on my FB timeline and on my blog banner.

I would like the finished colored work by the end of July, but if you need more time, I'll be agreeable up to a point.  Hate to go a little negative here, but this comes from having dealt with artists before.  ^.^

If you're going to dawdle until December, then I'll award the commission to someone else.  It's why I won't award the commission payment until I get the finished artwork into my greedy little hands.

But wait!  There’s more! 

Did I happen to say above that this is BSC patch 2.2: Commission Contest*s* – that is, more than one contest?  Yes!  If this works out, then I might have other commission contests with different themes. For example, I may do the commission contest for October to have a zombie apocalypse theme!

Whoohoo!  It depends on how this contest goes, and the awesome artwork that I get out of it, so do your best to impress me so that I'll want to do more of these contests!  Oh, and the boss too, since he’s funding this little operation.  :-D

Good luck, everyone!

New Damo artwork of me! WHOOHOOO!!!

And now I present to you the latest artwork of me by the aweseome and creative hand of Daemion Elias George-Cox!


Excuse me while I engage in several minutes of happy, girly-giddiness noises!

(several minutes of happy, girly-giddiness noises)

Whew!  Okay, I'm back! 

A year ago today, my FB friend Daemion Elias George-Cox pleasantly surprised me with a portrait that you see to the left above.  Today, he surprises me again, with the portrait to the right.  Over the time I've known Damo on FB, his artwork has evolved.  He was already very skilled and talented when I first came across his artwork a few years back, but he just keeps getting better and better, and it's a real treat to watch his creative talent develop. And yes, I said this last year, too!

Now check out these two portraits and look how his style has changed in just one year. A year ago, I had mentioned that the first portrait looks like he captured me in mid-animation.  Today, it's a softer look, like I'm sitting across from a friend sharing a meal.  It's those eyes, though - they have a "come hithery" look to them, don't they?  :-D

This is so awesome.  Thank you very, very much, Damo.  I'm very flattered and honored that you'd do this for me. 

By the way, if you're going to make this an annual thing, you won't have any complaints from me, buddy!  :-)

I'm a troll - for truth!

Here's the situation: On FB, one of my FB friends posted this article.

In response, I posted this article.

In short, I had to respond to the article, because according to American history, it was the Democratic Party that had defended and fought for slavery during the Civil War, and it was the Democratic Party that fought against civil rights for another 100 years. 

Of course, my FB friend (and her friends) responded by saying that those same Democrats are now Republicans.  After that, the conversation devolved into regional discrimination and elitism, and it went downhill from there.  During that devolving conversation, I got called a troll. 

A troll?  Moi?

For those of you who might not know, a troll in this Internet age is someone who causes problems for the sake of causing problems.  That is, they're not out for debate and discussion, but simply to be a pain in the ass. 

Technically, I wasn't trolling; I was simply pointing out historical facts.  Everything I said is exactly as I said it was: the Dems were the racist haters for all that time, and not the GOP. 

Let me also add here that while the Dems fought for the institution of slavery, the current crop of Southern Republicans - the "former Democrats" - are not like the Dems that had dominated the party for those years leading up to the 1960s.  I challenge anyone to find a prominent member of the current GOP who wants to bring back slavery.  I don't mean some backwater extremist nutjob, I mean someone in leadership who is on the record in saying that he or she wants to bring back slavery.  Find me ONE.  

While the current GOP certainly has its 99 problems (give or take a few), wanting to bring back slavery is not one of them, and if the GOP is ever stupid enough to adopt slavery in its platform, I will be the first in line to protest that stupidity. 

So with that, if a person telling the truth is now going to be called a troll, then so be it - I'll be a troll for truth!  And as I said on FB, I will stand with my Horde brothers and sisters and carry that banner of truth -

 - FOR THE HORDE!!!!