Hi all,

This will be short as I want to get to work, but I wanted to let those of you who follow the Choose Your Own Romance Comic that I have completed the pencil/lineart for Pages 8 and 9! Yeah, this vacation has been SWEET for my art! So much time to work on things! Page 8 you'll see some subtle angst coming from Rom, now why could that be? Hmmm... Also, it seems the girls have something in mind that the guys aren't too pleased about. Page 9 will be the next choice page where as some of you know from past experience you guys get to vote on how the story progresses! There won't be three choices this time, just two, but I am hoping that they will get you guys excited to see what happens next - now I don't wanna hype it too much and then have you guys disappointed I'm hoping to draw some peeps back that maybe were put off by me taking so long between pages

Speaking of which... I was wondering what you guys thought of the story continuing but in color? If I did this in color it would of course take a bit longer most likely - depending on the complexity of the page. Also, I wouldn't start the colors until page 10. I'll post a poll so you guys can vote but also leave a comment here if you like too

Now, I mentioned a contest which I meant to post about sooner but got distracted (sorry!). The contest is simply continuing one of the choices whether it was one I continued or not. What I mean by continuing is creating one comic page (and must be uniform with the CYOR comic such as having the black borders, dialogue balloons, etc - there are templates all over the net for dialogue balloons whether you are using photoshop or drawing everything by hand - if you need help I'll help you out with those), so you can leave it open ended if you like, but simply continue the story by 1 page. Of course if you'd like to create more than 1 page that is great, but won't guarantee that you'll place in the contest. It must also be in black and white and toned in some fashion whether you use authentic tones (traditional) or brushes (PS) that replicate them. Also, please keep it PG-13

The reason that I am so particular about the rules is that the 1st place winner will receive a full one year DA subscription (sweet deal!) 2nd place will receive a 3 month subscription, and 3rd place will receive a 1 month subscription.

Winners will be determined by poll results. In the event of a tie I will post a 2nd poll and should THAT be a tie, then I will vote to break it. Otherwise whomever wins will be completely in your hands as I don't want anyone to feel I'm biased

The DEADLINE will be Tuesday, December 15th. At that time I will create a poll (if there are somehow too many entries to fit on a poll, then I will create a journal where you may reply with 1 vote only) that will run until Christmas Day. In the event of a tie, a 2nd poll will be held for 1 week. And again, if that poll is a tie I will add my own vote to break it. If there are no ties I will announce the winners Christmas Day and winners will receive their subscriptions by Jan 1.

If you have ANY questions about this contest please feel free to ask. I 've read over this a few times but I may have forgotten something important so don't be afraid to send me a note or post a reply.

That's all for now, thanks everyone and until next time take care!
Danni

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