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[img]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/inkdrop/studio.gif[/img] [b] [align=center]Welcome to Karōshi Studios![/align][/b] Created on the 27th of January 2005, Karōshi Studios is a group of amateur comic creators who have the common goal to work together and publish their works. The studio is now focusing in the building of an online fan base and into bringing more people into our ranks. All updates will be announced here in the thread. Feel free to chat and ask questions about the studio, and please take the time to read the first posts before replying to the thread. Money News: If we sell books, our list of priorities will be paying for materials, web hosting, and finally paying the ones who worked on the book. [b]KAROSHI IS A MULE[/b]...he's not someone, don't ask him to marry/molest/kiss/grop you, he has no life of his own. He is used so that both managers of the studio can edit the main thread and Karōshi studio's private guild. Do not pm him, we hardly ever check his pms :sweat: [b]We are looking to form a small cell of 3 artist for faster production, we'd need an inker and someone to aply tones/shading/cell-shading. We need dependable people, who are able to keep up with the one week deadline. Upon submiting form, the ink artist should give at least 3 lineart samples and the colorist should show he/she can handle both cell-shading colors and tones. You'd both be working with freiheit. [/b] [color=red]1-Introduction[/color] 2-Staff 3-Forms 4-Events 5-FAQ 6-Banner 7-Links Out

Upon completing the form, please remove the explanation texts. We wrote them so you would know exactly what we want; we'd rather not to re-read it with each submitted form. :xp: [b]please do not pm karoshi with your aplications, post them direcly in the thread.[/b] [u][b]Illustrator's Form:[/b][/u] [code][b]User Name:[/b] (Gaia user name) [b]Samples:[/b] (at least 3 of your best works, including a picture with a character fullbody with tangible background (no abtract non-sens)) [b]Gallery:[/b] (Having a gallery and samples of comic pages will give you a GREAT advantage in whether or not you're picked. Comic pages will be judged on paneling, dynamism, and quality-- not on the story line unless you apply for both writer and illustrator.) [b]Past experiences:[/b] (Please let us know if you've worked with other artists before, or if you've been published.) [b]Your motivation on joining the studio:[/b] (Because we're more then interested in knowing what attracted you in joining our ranks!) [b]Are you major/legal:[/b] (Don't give us your age, all we need to know is if you are still under the responsibility of your parents/tutors because if you are, and are accepted in the studio, we'll need your guardian's permission for publishing. [/code] [code] [u][b]Writer’s Form:[/b][/u] [quote][b]User Name:[/b] (Gaia user name) [b]Samples:[/b] (We need to know you can write, so you'll need to provide samples of your ideas with at least one sample in script format. Your other works can be short stories, poems of considerable length, or descriptive summaries including beginning, middle and end.) [b]Past Experiences:[/b] (We'd like to know if you've worked with artists or in the comic genre before.) [b]Your motivation on joining the studio:[/b] (Because we're more then interested in knowing what attracted you in joining our ranks!) [b]Are you major/legal:[/b] (Don't give us your age, all we need to know is if you are still under the responsibility of your parents/tutors because if you are, and are accepted in the studio, we'll need your guardian's permission for publishing. [/code] [b]At this time, we have enough editors. We may need more in the future, so keep the link just in case![/b] 1-Introduction 2-Staff [color=red]3-Forms[/color] 4-Events 5-FAQ 6-Banner 7-Links Out

[size=18][color=red][b]FAQ[/b][/color][/size] Q: What if I don't want to get published, what if I just want to make a web comic? [i]A: Most of Karoshi's works will be web comic, only the best will be published, web comic that become popular may be published if the artist agrees.[/i] Q: Can I host it on my won web site? [i]A: Yes, bu it will also be published on the karoshi studio website and you will have to way 5 days of it being on the karoshi website before posting it anywhere else, [/i] Q: OMG, why? :gonk: [i]A: Because Karoshi is a studio, not a random webcomic host, so we want to priorise Karoshi.[/i] Q: Does Karoshi own copyrights of my works? [i]A: no, if you ever wan to take your comic somewhere else or get the chance to publish it with big time compagny fo for it [b]BUT[/b] none of the work you did with us will be removed from the karoshi web site, it's our way to show we're proud of having had you in our team and it help us showing to aspiring karoshi members who worked with us.[/i] Q: You refused me wen I aplyed but I'm better now, can I give it an other shot? [i]A: try as many times as you want, but please wait until you've improved for real so you won't get the sae reply.[/i] 1-Introduction 2-Staff 3-Forms 4-Events [color=red]5-FAQ[/color] 6-Banner 7-Links Out

If you wish to trade banners, add our banner to your thread and then post the code of your banner in our thread. Your banner will be added to our link section as soon as a manager comes by. If you've been waiting for more then a week, and you think managers might have missed your banner, please repost it. [b]Links Out[/b] [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16585131&page=1][img]http://usera.imagecave.com/mattsbabygurl624/banner1.gif[/img][/url] 1-Introduction 2-Staff 3-Forms 4-Events 5-FAQ 6-Banner [color=red]7-Links Out[/color]

Well, Freiheit and some of the other Karoshi crew know me 'n Steel pretty well. We'll probably join, as Graceful Reverie talked to me last night and could possibly help us.

[color=red][b]Writers and illustrators;[/b][/color] If I could know who your working with, the title of your piece, if it's a short story or a series, and a short description of it, I'd seperate the writing and drawing staff by projects instead of by category.