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QUIRKILICIOUS - Social Media
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Other Social Media that I'm active on, please check them out!
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MY PATREON
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Hey guys! After much encouragement and urging from my friends and better half I've finally decided to give the whole Patreon thing a whirl~
I'll be offering what most artists on there have such as Sketches, Progress shots and Full downloadable PSD's. You will also be able to affect what I draw in the future through a voting system!
If you're interested in how I work, or just want to see more illustrations from me please support my Patreon and I promise I won't let you guys down! :]
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SIN ART CONTEST 2015 (WINNERS ANNOUNCED)
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ART CONTEST INTRO
SIN has successfully moved and settled on Tapastic.com! With the release of Chapter 50 I've decided to host an Art Contest to celebrate how far the series has come!
This will be the 2nd Art Contest that I've held for SIN, the first one back in 2012 had over 60 submissions, let's try to beat that number!
CONTEST WINNERS
So a big huge thank you to those who participated in this year's art contest! SIN's been having ups and downs due to my busy schedule and I hope to hold more events like these in the future to keep the fanbase up and about! Anyway without further adieu here are the winners of the 2015 SIN Art Contest:
1st Place
1st Place
- KuroiChoucho
- I absolutely adore the stylization, and loving the vibrancy with the color choices. I've always planned to make Enyo an Anime/Manga/Gamer enthusiast so it's really cool to see her portrayed that way by someone else, I also appreciate the thought put into the Anime/Manga choices thrown in the illustration that reflect SIN as a series.
2nd Place
3rd Place
Early Bird
To claim the cash portion of your rewards please email me with the address associated with the PAYPAL that you'd like to receive it! For the other portion I will contact you all individually but it might take awhile since I'm going on a trip to Australia in a couple of days for two weeks!
- Shayola
- The fire and ice motif between Kaden and Zerus as characters is something I always wanted to play with and here it's done cleverly with the carving and juggling. Also really appreciating the traditional media and duality approach with the composition!
3rd Place
- dragonguard89
- When designing Hideyoshi I took some inspiration from GITS's Batou who always had a thing for "classic cars", I really like the idea that Yoshi also has a thing for refurbishing outdated vehicles and appreciating their old school technlolgy. Also really dig the garage-lit atmosphere/textures, glow off the motorcycle and ruggedly-handsome thing he's got going there, hahaha!
Early Bird
- imatumor
- This super clever idea to the "hobby" approach encompassing various characters really grabbed my attention. The thought put into each video thumbnail really shows the reader's passion for the series and what they know about the characters. Excellent stuff!
To claim the cash portion of your rewards please email me with the address associated with the PAYPAL that you'd like to receive it! For the other portion I will contact you all individually but it might take awhile since I'm going on a trip to Australia in a couple of days for two weeks!
UPDATES
June 10th
I was hoping to announce the winners to coincide with the release of Chapter 51, but it looks like I might have to work double time to make that happen... regardless winners will be announced tomorrow :]
If your submission is not in the submissions area at this point you probably haven't shared it on my Tapastic.com profile yet!
June 7th
Deadline for the Art Contest is today, any stragglers better work it! :]
May 6th
Hey guys! The deadline is quickly closing in and I'm having a few people ask for an extension and after much consideration based on submission turnout (scroll down to view what we have so far, btw!) I've decided to extend the contest for another month! As compensation to people who have already thrown in their entry I'll be adding an "Early Bird" Prize that only entries before May 7th are eligible to receive!
So keep them beautiful pieces of artwork coming!
April 28th
There's a little more than a week left to submit your Artwork for the contest! The deadline will be the end of May 7th! Take a look at the submissions so far at the bottom to see what you're up against! ;]
April 8th
Hey guys! The contest has been announced for almost exactly a month now, I hope you're all working hard on your submissions! My convention season has started so it looks like SIN will be sitting at 50 Chapters for a bit. With 1800 readers and growing I really hope the number of submissions exceeds the previous contest!
That said there are currently 4 submissions that you can check out in the bottom, good luck and most importantly have fun!
March 17th
So it's been roughly a week since the contest was announced and I've already got 3 entries! Which is surprising considering last time I held one of these I didn't get a submission until like the last week before the deadline, hahaha! Anyway you can check them out in the "Submissions" section at the bottom.
I'll be attending three conventions in the next few weeks (Toronto Comicon, Emerald City Comic Con, and Fan Expo Vancouver) so if you'd like to pick up some art or rather LIMITED hard copies of SIN come by and visit! Also can't wait to see more submissions!
On another note, here is Kevin Libranda's first place entry from the 2012 contest!:
I was hoping to announce the winners to coincide with the release of Chapter 51, but it looks like I might have to work double time to make that happen... regardless winners will be announced tomorrow :]
If your submission is not in the submissions area at this point you probably haven't shared it on my Tapastic.com profile yet!
June 7th
Deadline for the Art Contest is today, any stragglers better work it! :]
May 6th
Hey guys! The deadline is quickly closing in and I'm having a few people ask for an extension and after much consideration based on submission turnout (scroll down to view what we have so far, btw!) I've decided to extend the contest for another month! As compensation to people who have already thrown in their entry I'll be adding an "Early Bird" Prize that only entries before May 7th are eligible to receive!
So keep them beautiful pieces of artwork coming!
April 28th
There's a little more than a week left to submit your Artwork for the contest! The deadline will be the end of May 7th! Take a look at the submissions so far at the bottom to see what you're up against! ;]
April 8th
Hey guys! The contest has been announced for almost exactly a month now, I hope you're all working hard on your submissions! My convention season has started so it looks like SIN will be sitting at 50 Chapters for a bit. With 1800 readers and growing I really hope the number of submissions exceeds the previous contest!
That said there are currently 4 submissions that you can check out in the bottom, good luck and most importantly have fun!
March 17th
So it's been roughly a week since the contest was announced and I've already got 3 entries! Which is surprising considering last time I held one of these I didn't get a submission until like the last week before the deadline, hahaha! Anyway you can check them out in the "Submissions" section at the bottom.
I'll be attending three conventions in the next few weeks (Toronto Comicon, Emerald City Comic Con, and Fan Expo Vancouver) so if you'd like to pick up some art or rather LIMITED hard copies of SIN come by and visit! Also can't wait to see more submissions!
On another note, here is Kevin Libranda's first place entry from the 2012 contest!:
PRIZES
Incentive! All cash components are in USD and will be distributed via PAYPAL.
1st Place
- $100
- An opportunity to visually design a character that will be in SIN!
- $75
- Sketch Commission
- $25
- Sketch Commission
Early Bird (Before May 7th entries)
- $20
RULES
- Draw ANY character(s) from SIN performing a "hobby" that you may think they would have (video games, cooking, reading etc.)
- I will be judging all applications based on both Concept and Technical Skill.
- All submissions may be uploaded on Deviantart or any external websites.
- All submissions MUST be shared on my Tapastic.com wall, making an account is easy and free!
- There will be a limit of 3 submissions per person.
- All submissions must be in before
May 7thextended to June 7th!
HOW TO SUBMIT
Send an email of your image attached to Dwakey@gmail.com
- Subject as "SIN Art Contest 2015"
- Artist Description: (Optional, talk about your work!)
- Tapastic Acc: (URL of your profile)
- Deviantart/External link: (Optional, URL of your submission)
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SIN is now on Tapastic!
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Well February is here and SIN has officially moved over to Tapastic.com, to commemorate the occasion I have recreated Chapter 1! If you're a fan of the series this is a crucial moment to show it, as the sponsorship from Inkblazers.com has ended!
Currently there are 42 Chapters available, I will release the latest updates (up to Chapter 49) once I enable the Supporter program that requires 500 Subscribers!
Long story short, please share/like/subscribe SIN on Tapastic if you would like to see more content! As always I encourage fans to leave comments and be as vocal as possible! :]
Currently there are 42 Chapters available, I will release the latest updates (up to Chapter 49) once I enable the Supporter program that requires 500 Subscribers!
Long story short, please share/like/subscribe SIN on Tapastic if you would like to see more content! As always I encourage fans to leave comments and be as vocal as possible! :]
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Those of you who follow SIN closely may have heard the unfortunate news that Inkblazers will be shutting down completely in a couple of months and are curious as to what I'll be doing with my comic/manga series from here.
To be honest, I'm not sure! The announcement came quite sudden for artists/authors as well. It's a good thing SIN started out as a side project for me and although it has grown rather substantially over the past 5 years under inkblazer's sponsorship I'm not quite as devastated as some of the other premium authors who relied on the income.
So where do we go from here? Well... I'd like to continue working on it regardless so I guess SIN will be moving to another comic-hosting-community like smackjeeves or taptastic. I don't know what the best options are out there though, so I'm open to suggestions!
Frankly, if inkblazers shut down 2 years ago or even last year I would've been like "Welp, that's it. No more SIN!" but quite recently I've gotten back into writing and the series has become my only tangible creative outlet for original artwork which I think is something I just need to have. That being said I'm very interested in making SIN a success, find an actual credible publisher to take it like Onipress, Darkhorse or whatever! I have no experience with the publishing scene either though so I guess it'll be an adventure? Hahaha, wish me luck!
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