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Prince Lyre and his beloved ferret Milord

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FAQ and Guidelines

Alright everyone, its 2019 in the year of the lord Let’s get this thing moving!  If you would like to see your character printed in the first OC zine, this is what you gotta do:

1)  Draw your character!

They need to be drawn full-body at least once, so we can see them in all their glory.  If they have multiple forms/transformations, we would like to see that full-body too, but if you can only fit most of it, that’s fine.  While there is no requirement for poses, we have a few recommendations.

If you have a personality trait you want to emphasize, try showing it in their pose:  Maybe they’re super energetic, they might be jumping with joy, or if they’re not feelin’ it today, they may be slouching.  

One thing to be careful about is not to let the pose hide their features -- like a crybaby character huddled up in the fetal position:  We just can’t see all of them and their design like that.  

THAT SAID:  You can draw them multiple times for the page!  If you want your character curled up, draw a second picture of them!  Or a headshot!  Or 4 headshots with different expressions!  Just do whatever you feel comfortable fitting on the page -- which brings us to

2.  Page size:  

   This zine will most likely be printed on legal-sized paper, which will be folded in half.  Make your canvas size 8.55 in x 7.1 in.  The size of the actual zine will be 8.5x7, but it will be cut by hand, so just add a tiny bit extra to account for that.  Make sure that nothing incredibly important will be cut off by putting anything important on the edge of the page.  

You can fill the background with a solid color, or you can just leave it white.  You can also draw an elaborate background if you want!  Just know that if it includes other characters in the background, they need to stay in the background. your main HAS to stand out from them, no group pics.

3.  Write your character’s name somewhere on the page

If you want, you could write a description or bio as well!  Just try to keep it short.  There is no word count, but make sure your font is big enough to be legible without taking up more than about half the page.  If your character is accepted, but there is an issue with their bio, we will contact you and ask to edit it.

When you’ve completed your character’s page, send it to us through private message, and we will review it!  We can not guarantee that every submission will be accepted for print, because the stapler can only tackle so many pages.  If It Is Not Selected For Print, it will still show up in the digital bootleg.

4.  Add your name (or nickname), age, country/state, and any social media links you want to include, but limit it to 3 links (like, insta, tumblr, and twitter).

FAQ:

When are the things happening!?

We currently do not have a submission deadline, or set date to release the zine, but we are hoping to have it finished by Summer, so cross your fingers and send in a character as soon as you possible can.

Can I submit my OC for (this show/book)?

No fan characters will be accepted.  This zine is to show off original characters that are your brain childs.  Fan characters are great and super fun and can have really creative designs, but there are specific places and other more specific zines to submit them to.  Even Admin Lightning’s main avatar is an Adventure Time OC from 2011.  As much as we would love to see your gem-sona, or cuphead OC in the mix, we feel like fan characters would easily dominate the other OC’s, and we don’t want that. then again,   You COULD change them up a little bit and not tell us that it is a fan character though.  We won’t ask questions.  

What about DnD characters?

This one is acceptable because there is a lot more diversity within the DnD universe than there is in an average show/game.  That said, we know that there are A LOT of them, so we can only accept a limited number.

What about Furry characters?

Furry is a fandom, but it’s not a copyright brand.  Send us your wolves and lions and dragons!

I drew it on paper!  Can I send you a picture?

If you drew it traditionally, please please please scan it. That will keep your original quality and proportions the way you made them.  If you don’t have a scanner, please try to take the best picture possible without shadows, and without blurriness.  If you send us a picture, keep in mind that we may take liberties in editing/color correction to get it to fit with the zine.

Color vs. Black and White?

We want a mix of both!  Do whichever you want.  If it is a pencil sketch, tho, you should know that we’re gonna have to give it more contrast and it may turn out black and white.  If you do submit a pencil sketch and want it to be another color (like, make all the lines blue or something) just let us know.

I suck at drawing, but I have a good character!  Do I have a chance?

Definitely!  We won’t turn you away because you’re a beginner artist- we welcome it!  Just try your best!  We’re measuring on creativity, not skill. If You Have a friend who wants to draw your character and you write the bio, make sure you add both your names.

What if I don’t get accepted?

Everyone will get accepted.  While we can only have a limited number in the physical zine for printing purposes, there will be a digital bootleg containing all the zine submissions! (minus those that are inappropriate)

What is inappropriate?  Are you banning porn like tumblr did?

HECK. NO.  we love artistic porn here we’d LIKE to keep realisitc cocks out of the zine, but whatever.  We will do a vote later if you want the physical zine to be NSFW, but the bootleg will include EVERYTHING.  What we will NOT accept is the following:

Images depicting rape or incest

***overly Sexy kids: If your character is young and sexy, you'd better have a pretty damn good reason for it. A little bit is frowned upon, but potentially still accepted but it depends. Think Of Alois Trancy from black butler. Anything a step farther WILL be banned and likely reported.

Racist portrayals of stereotypes

Any antisemitic propoganda at all.

Any sort of hatred towards LGBTA. 

HATEFUL politics.  Idc what your affiliation is, just be respectful about it. You prolly won't need this anyways.

Can I have multiple submissions?

you can submit several, but we'll only choose one per person, so maybe just choose your favorite. We Will Only use one in the bootleg as well.

What Is The bootleg you keep going on about??

Think Of It As A director's cut. This Will include a PDF with all the submissions, including what we couldn't print.

if I submit a character, will I get a free copy?

no. Most of the people wanting these will be people who contributed. If I made copies for all of them, I wouldn't be able to afford printing.

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