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Rorschach Entertainments Submissions Guidelines
What to include in your Submissions Packet:
Each submissions packet should always include a cover letter, letting
us know who you are, your intent, how to get a hold of you and if you
have any prior working experience in comics or some other artistic mediums.
Include a self addressed stamped envelope if you wish a reply, which we
will always do one way or another. Only send photocopies of your best
work, never originals for we will not be held responsible for their return.
Send all submissions to:
Attn: James Taylor
Rorschach Entertainment
15806 18th Ave. W, #F-203
Lynnwood, WA 98087
At this time we are not accepting submissions over the internet.
Why you ask? Because we are working in a print medium and seeing the samples
on paper is a better representation of your capabilities.
What happens after we've received your Submissions Packet:
If we have an immediate interest and need in your work we will contact
you by either email or phone.
All other submissions will be kept on file as well, which means that at
that point either we don't have a current opening for you but like your
stuff or you have some practicing to do. As long as you send a SASE we
will always reply back to you in a reasonable amount of time.
Just because we don't hire you does not mean you don't have a future in
the comic book industry, there are many truly gifted artist out there
that struggle to find work in this business. It takes years of practice
and patients in order to develop the skills truly necessary to work in
this field. No matter what, never give up hope. As long as you enjoy drawing
and/or writing keep at it.
Creator Owned Projects | Writers
| Pencillers | Inkers| Colorists
| Other Mediums
Creator Owned Projects:
We are always looking for quality creator-owned projects in all genres,
though we do shy away from traditional superhero books.
The ideal submission should include a cover letter, a brief
overview of the story, 5 pages of script and 5 full size copies of pencils/art
of continuous pages. We prefer to work with a pre-assembled teams, with
limited manpower it would be hard for us to find the time to put together
artists and writers on a regular basis.
We are interested in mini-series, at a maximum of 4 issues,
and one-shots. We are not interested in an ongoing series or a maxi-series.
Though if your mini-series can continue on in additional mini's in the
future we would be perfectly happy with that.
Writers:
Show us that you can tell a good story with a strong beginning and end.
Send one page of a plot sample and
3 pages worth of full script. Don't hold yourself back thinking that we
only want to see one or two things. Your script should be able to tell
the penciller, with clarity, what is happening for an easy translation
while at the same time giving them artistic freedom.
Pencillers:
Send us up to 6 full-sized, 11x17, copies of sequential art with no more
than 1 cover/pinup piece. If you also ink your own work feel free to send
copies of your inks in addition to the pencils.
We are looking for clarity in your storytelling abilities
and your overall design of panels/pages. Don't show us only action panels;
throw in some slower paced samples as well. Make sure that your samples
include women, men, facial expressions, mood, buildings/backgrounds, depth,
and different points of view. You should be able to take a script, adapting
it to pictures to the point that words are almost not needed.
We are very open to diverse styles; we will not limit ourselves
to one style or another.
Uniqueness is al
Inkers:
Send up to 6 full sized, 11x17, copies of inked sequential art and include
copies of the pencils. If you are looking for work solely as an inker
then please work over samples of someone else's pencils. Remember we are
a black and white publisher, so please ink any samples that you would
send to us as if they were to be printed as such.
Show us your ability to produce clean and printable work,
which includes both clarity and depth. Keep in mind that we view inking
as an art form, where you work with and mesh with a penciller in order
to bring out a better product. If you can't make the pencils better then
you need to keep practicing.
Letterers:
Send up to 6 samples at print size. Show us diversity and your sound effect
capabilities. Many people may not say it but lettering, typography, is
an art form.
Colorists:
Truth is, we are a black and white publisher so other than covers, and
on occasion greyscale interiors, we don't actively look for colorists.
Now that doesn't mean that it's a total waste of you time, we just don't
hire colorists too often.
Please send up to 6 samples of your work on cd, color copies
or printed.
Other Mediums:
We are always interested in seeing something different than traditional
comic book art. So please send us copies of your work whether it be painting,
digital work, mixed media or anything else you may do.
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