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Upcoming story thread.

Posted by TheDaveAngle - July 27th, 2009


I've been thinking of making my own story thread for a while now, and recently user Memb submitted some space-themed shots to The Never Ending Journey 2, so I felt inspired to start it up, I feel that if I leave it for too long it may just feel like a spin-off or rip-off of the direction TNEJ2 is taking currently, So I will begin production of this Story thread that will be called:

Leviathon: Space adventure (old name)

As I've been developing story I've come up with a more suitable title, it will now be called.

Sentinels: Operation Leviathon

It will feature a protagonist called Alex Brooke, the theme will be fairly serious and possibly somewhat adult.

I encourage users to join in, however I do ask that anyone who wishes to contribute offer their utmost best input, the purpose of this thread is to help users better themselves as artists by showing the height of their skills and what they can do with a situation to help expand plot, characters and work to improve their own artistic skills.

I should have the beginning up in about a week or two, first of all though I have to improve my own skills, it may be up sooner, But only once I've made a few first shots to establish the beginning of the story and hopefully interest potential contributors.

Oh yeah, and once it is finished completely I'm considering making a graphic novel, which I will then have printed and then I will send a copy to each of the devoted contributors if there are any.

Note: I will be employing some very experimental methods in this story thread, I have some story intended for the main character, that will take place amongst the action, So therefore I will steer events and story to compliment the main character, but not so drastically that it affects or diseregards the input and creativity of other users, Another instance is how the "Character party" will only have a maximum number of three members, with new potential party characters being introduced after an exsisting character hs left or been killed, with a character concept piece and a bio, detailing their past, qualifications and abilities. And also, if they are Alien there should include a description of their race, culture, racial abilities etc.

There is a chance however that I could end up doing this in the Style of ScottMale24's Epic Quest, not as likely, but if extra contribution is low or low quality I will simply do the artwork myself and allow other users to suggest what actions the team will take in the next frame.

Here's a little teaser pic. So we all know what kind of results to expect :D

Upcoming story thread.


Comments

I must say, this actually sounds like it could work. You got an interesting theme (unlike TNEJ) and you seem to have some good plans on keeping the story on track. I can't really spend much time on these kind of threads at the moment, but this is one I will certainly follow and try to join in every now and then.

And it's nice to hear I inspired you. ;)

Yes, however I'm beginning to wonder how effective this will be, worrying that the thread will end up with juevenile-minded people clogging up the story, since I won't be able to maintain any real control, other than telling people to ignore the rubbish that would inevitibally be thrown in, the obvious answer seems to be just to make a comic and post up a page at a time, but that's not what I really want, I want to see if members can develop a well-structured creative story as a whole, while steering away from the usual aspects of a story thread.

Adult like porn or adult like the holocaust?

Unsure, I reckon the Art forum rules will tell us what to expect in that area, Nudity and sex should only really be used in very artistic instances HOWEVER I will not allow anything that is very graphic, whereas violence doesn't really get as much restriction around here, but I don't want to see anything that would cause someone to feel unwell.

I will contribute to that!! No doubt!
(BTW, I suck at Photoshop but I need practise, or just improve in my MS Paint drawings :P)

perhaps you could use this as a means to improve your photoshop skills?

Yeah, I know what you mean. Even reading the comments to this story thread makes me worried that this will be filled up with crap, sadly.

Yeah, it's quite debilitating to the determination of any dedicated contributors, we'll all see how it goes.