[ Poll ] .:Catalytic Productions:. An Up and Coming Comic Studio!

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[Catalytic Productions]

.::Catalytic.Productions::.

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Hello, and welcome to Catalytic Productions! Feel free to take a look around.
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.::Who Are We?::.

Catalytic Productions, formerly Wired² Productions, is an up-and-coming comic studio. It was founded in January 2007 by -Linnie Chan-, and official ownership passed over to enchantedsleeper (in a manner of speaking) in April 2007. We're currently working on our first project (details and status can be found in a later post) and we hope to eventually get published.

.::Contents::.

Thread Rules
Positions
Applicants
Project Status + Announcements
Links, Banners + Affiliates
Miscellaneous
Reserved [x8]

[Catalytic Productions]

.::Thread Rules::.
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These are the thread rules. Obey them or we will kick you out.

arrow At all times, obey Gaia's TOS. That goes without saying.

arrow No flaming, spamming, harrassing other users, or acting huffy if you don't get accepted into the studio. We have standards: deal with it.

arrow enchantedsleeper and Emihaumut are the proverbial chiefs of this thread and of the studio in general (everyone else being indians x3), so they have the right to enforce the rules and kick people out if they disobey them.

arrow All of the above users have access to this account (Catalytic Productions), so this account also has the right to enforce rules. Anyone breaking the rules or acting out of order should be reported to this account via PM (although if they're harrassing you over PMs, we can't do anything in case you're making it up).

arrow Don't pester us if we take a while getting back to you about your application (though a tactful reminder is fine); we have a lot to go through and some may require more discussion than others.

arrow We would prefer it if you posed queries in this thread or PMed them to this account, rather than PMing any specific users.

arrow Be polite, be respectful, and above all, have fun!

[Catalytic Productions]

.::Positions::.
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These are the positions we have at Catalytic Productions; however, some we are more keen to have than others. So if you want to earn some serious brownie points, pick a position we have none of!

CHARACTER ARTIST - NEUTRAL Like the job title implies, a character artist will design the most important characters for a comic, according to a description decided upon by the studio members at large.

COLOURIST - FULL! At present, we have two excellent colourists. I'm not sure what the size of the workload will be, so I don't know if we'll need more or not.

COMIC ARTIST - NEUTRAL Basically, the ones who actually draw the comic using a storyboard (see Storyboard Development). Given that we're focusing on one project for now, there's not much need for other artists, unless they feel like drawing some short self-contained strips, in which case they're welcome to apply :3

COSTUME DESIGNER - FULL! Pretty self-explanatory: costume designers design costumes for each character. At the moment we’ve got plenty of costumes for our two current projects, so we’re in no great need of any more designers.

EDITOR - NEUTRAL These are people who will look over the comic scripts and storyboards and critique things like flow, pacing, dialogue, panel layout, speech bubble placing, and more - anything that you think needs improvement. Applicants for this position will need to know what they're talking about, so you will have to have read a lot of comics of different kinds, and preferably drawn/contributed to at least one yourself.

LETTERIST - WANTED! Couldn't be simpler: the person in charge of the lettering for each comic. A letterist would need to have access to various fonts and be able to decide which is the most appropriate for sound effects, headings, dialogue and so on, bearing in mind the genre of the comic. Letterists also need to be able to draw speech bubbles and decide on the best placing for them. We have two letterists, but both hold other positions in the studio, so an extra one or two would help ease the workload.

SCENIC/BACKGROUND ARTIST - NEEDED! As the job title says, this is the artist who draws scenery and background art. It's a pretty vital position, and so far we only have one!

TONER - NEUTRAL No, not the stuff you put in your photocopier. A toner (and I'm not even sure if that's the name for it) is someone who does shading, shadowing and screentoning on the comic, and basically turns it into a polished final version. We have now found a toner for our current project, but another one who can work together with them would help speed things up and reduce the workload, so applications are still open.

WEBSITE DESIGNER - NEUTRAL! Pretty self-explanatory. We've managed to get our site up and running, and we'd like some people to help with designing it, so applicants are more than welcome! But the current webmaster in charge is rather picky, so good luck.

WRITER - FULL! A writer is someone who writes up a script for the storyboarders and artists to draw. We've got plenty of these to be going on with, so this position is closed for the time being.

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HOLD IT!

If you've got this far and intend to apply, here are a few quiz questions for you to answer (just in your head, no need to actually write them down) before you go any further.

1. Have you browsed the rest of the forum to see if there are any other projects you might want to be involved in? Or considered whether you might prefer simply collaborating with an artist/writer instead of joining a studio? (Not to dissuade people from joining the studio, but it's much better that you consider this first instead of applying and then deciding that you'd rather do a collab project. It has happened, and it's annoying.)

2. Are you prepared to dedicate free time to the studio, perhaps above any other personal projects you might have? Obviously RL commitments like school and work always take priority over internet, but if you've got five other projects going on which you would prioritise over studio work, meaning that it might be ages before you get anything for the studio done, this isn't for you.

3. Are you capable of taking the initiative to see, or ask, what needs doing around the studio and do it, instead of waiting to be told or nagged? (You'd be amazed at how many people lack this quality.)

4. Are you prepared to spend some time just chatting in the recruitment thread (that's this) or guild, getting to know the members and helping to keep the thread alive, and generally being active in the studio outside of just comics? (That means taking part in things like anniversary celebrations or Christmas events).

If the answer to all of the above questions is 'yes', then please go right ahead and fill in the form below. ^^ Otherwise, you should reconsider applying to the studio because this is what we expect of our members.

Application Form

Please use the following form to apply and either PM this account or post it here.

[Make sure to delete everything within the brackets after reading and before submitting.]

Name: (Real name, username, nickname, we're not fussy. Whatever you want to be called. Though nothing along the lines of Lord and Master or anything x3 because no matter how good you are, we still pwn you.)

Position you would like to request: (Positions are listed on the front page. Make sure you read the whole of the front page to find out what positions are open before you fill this in. Otherwise you may just get ignored ^^)

About: (Tell us a bit about yourself. How long have you been writing/drawing/making websites? What kinds of comics, if any, do you like to read? What makes you want to apply here? Stuff like that.)

Gallery or Example: (Whatever you need to show us to show that you can do your requested position well. For example, a DA account, a fanfiction.net account, a website you designed. If we like what we see, we will ask you to produce a more specific example, e.g. a comic script, or some character art using a description we give you).

N.B.: PLEASE DO NOT POST ACTUAL IMAGES IN THE THREAD! Have some consideration for those with slower computers and link to them!!

Contact info: (Basically, how you prefer to be contacted. Email, Gaia PM, comments on your LiveJournal account, whatever. Just give us your username/address/journal link.)

Other: (Whatever other random stuff you feel like adding ^^)

.: Pending :.

-Editor: Scai Rayburd
-Comic Artist: kittykatkay08, Darklordprophecy
-Writer: Scai Rayburd
-Storyboard Development:
-Costume Designer:
-Colourist:
-Toner:
-Website Designer:
-Scenic Artist:
-Character Artist: Qui_Bears3, Darklordprophecy
-Letterist: Darklordprophecy

.:Accepted:.

-Secretary: Emihaumut
-Comic Artists: Naito Yuki, Z o k u R u m b a
-Writers: enchantedsleeper, GrimBen, Z o k u R u m b a, Qui_Bears3
-Editors: Mjem, Scai Rayburd
-Colourists/Toners: Emihaumut, Naito Yuki, Scai Rayburd
-Character Artists: Naito Yuki, Emihaumut, Z o k u R u m b a, Michi-san405
-Letterists: Emihaumut, GrimBen
-Scenic Artist: Naito Yuki
-Storyboard Development: Emihaumut, zankaaz
-Website Designer: Emihaumut, Naito Yuki, Z o k u R u m b a
-Costume Designer: kittykatkay08

[Catalytic Productions]

.::Current Project Status::.
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Below is a list of our current projects and their statuses.

Title: Domino Disaster
Genre: Comedy
Subject Matter: Dominoes :3
Status: The script is officially finished! Now all our efforts are going towards storyboarding the whole thing and pencilling the pages.

Title: Untitled
Genre: Fantasy(?)
Subject Matter: A girl is trapped inside her own novel by her own characters, unable to get out until she finds the inspiration she needs as a writer.
Status: Formulating plot and writing scripts

.::Announcements::.
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Significant events or information; maybe contest announcements at a later date.

19/6/07 - The thread is officially open!!

11/11/07 - Catalytic Productions is still alive, and I'm going to do my best to get it back on its feet. (And it's Remembrance Day xD Well, here at least) Thanks to all who hung around; if you hadn't, I wouldn't be bothering to type this right now.

25/12/07 - Merry Christmas to everyone at CP!! biggrin

6/1/08 - Catalytic Productions celebrates its first anniversary! blaugh Happy Birthday, CP!

24/2/08 - We've reached page 100! Many thanks to all who contributed biggrin

30/3/08 - Our first comic page is officially complete! Thanks to everyone who's worked on that; you can all give yourselves a pat on the back :3

4/5/08 - The guild has reached 1,000 posts! Once again, thanks to everyone who's contributed. C:

25/12/08 - Wishing everyone at CP a very Merry Christmas! Let's get those Secret Santa gifts bought/made and delivered!

6/1/09 - The studio is celebrating its 2nd anniversary! Also, Happy 2009 everyone~

30/3/09 - Happy Massive Clearout Day XD Let's try and get our first comic finished!

9/4/09 - The script for our first comic is officially complete!

2/7/09 - Our very second comic page has been completed xD Hopefully we'll start doing this often enough that I won't need to make an announcement each time. For the moment, though, it's still a Momentous Event.

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The code for this thread, should you wish to link to us.

The Catalytic Productions Guild

To be a member of the guild and thus allowed to post, you need to be a member of the studio.

Wired² Productions

Our old recruitment thread, from back when we were Wired² Productions. Ah, the history.

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If anyone would like to be affiliated with us, go ahead and ask :3

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Uh... random stuff that doesn't go anywhere else.

Any and all Donations, whether they're gold, banners, or clothes for our mule, are appreciated, and donators will be thanked in this post.

Donators

[Star Dust] - 5.5k + Various Items
White_ribbons_and_gothica - Various Items
Just Sing Your Heart Song - 1.3k + Various Items
Captain Shinji - 0.5k and an awesome banner :3
wasted_dawn - 2k
GrimBen - 2k and a CHYAKU NORISU SCARF!! eek (Special thanks to him for enabling us to complete our guild quest ^^) Edit: And 850g to the guild :3
-Linnie Chan- - 63k eek
zankaaz - 900g to the guild :3

Special thanks also goes to Emihaumut for coming up with our new name! ^_^

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