Trial by Comics winners for "Inktober" and new theme announced!

Good morning, Steemit Gladiators! It’s time for Trial by Comics. Our last theme was "Inktober". A few close Steemians warned me that I was crazy to pick this as a theme. I just spent three hours parsing all entries and admit, I may have gotten myself in over my head. Regardless, the art was top shelf, as always. The competition was fierce. Sadly, I haven’t been able to participate in Inktober, so I chose this theme in hopes of living vicariously through all of you. Without further adieu, here are this week’s winners of Trail by Comics!

FIRST PLACE! Hive account@jungwatercolor really set the bar this week with her entry, “Day 9/ Inktober / and entrance for Trial by Comics - Precious”. With the amount of entries for Inktober, to stand out took a great feat of exceptional talent, and Hive account@jungwatercolor did that. This inking reminds me of Michel Weyland’s Aria comic. One of my favorites growing up, so it found a soft spot in my comic heart. Congratulations, Hive account@jungwatercolor! 25.000 SBD coming to you.

SECOND PLACE! Hive account@jeffersom, once again, sitting on the winners podium with his entry “X /Entry 2/Trial by Comics / theme “Inktober”. I’m telling you, this entry almost took first place. I tried to not allow my Weapon X bias to influence my decision, but it seems like Hive account@jeffersom is becoming the Iron Bank of #trialbycomics winnings. Who is going to challenge this force of nature?! Does he have no equal?! Congratulations, my friend! 10.000 SBD coming to you.

THIRD PLACE! Hive account@eliu does it again! Third place this week for his entry, “Batman and the chair of knowledge trialbycomics # 2”. I’m currently reading Batman: White Knight and this was a welcomed compliment. What a great rendition of the caped crusader. Congratulations Hive account@eliu! 5.000 SBD’s coming to you!

MERIT AWARDS! As always, there are far more entries to #trailbycomics than the three winners that must be chosen. The comics and art community here flourishes because of the sheer volume of creators and I like to take time to showcase some of the merit awards winners. Honorable mentions. These are a few of the participants of Trail by Comics that deserve support and acknowledgment for making this contest what it has become. Follow, vote and resteem these talented artists. 

Hive account@jesusmedit

Hive account@akarantain

Hive account@yanes94

Hive account@razielmorales

Hive account@cryplectibles

Trial by Comics new theme is “Steemit Artist Interpretations”

A few months ago, I chose a theme, “Steemit Inspirational Artists”. It was an effort to get us to draw or paint in a style homaging our favorite Steemit artists. This is different. Now I want to see your interpretations of your favorite Steemit artists in your own style. Choose a Steemit artist and turn them in to your version of them as a comic book character. My example took Hive account@veryspider, who is well known to include her own cute rendition of herself with each Steemit post, and do my version of her. What did I discover? I can’t do “cute”. I could do a hybrid version of The Stalk, from Saga, as Hive account@veryspider in her dreaded sushi cave. You get the point, right?

Deadline for “Steemit Artist Interpretations” is Sunday, October 27th 5:00UTC 12:00a.m. CTS
 

Rules

• Up to three entries per trial round [weekly].

• Original artwork only [process documentation strongly encouraged]

• Winners will be chosen based on quality of work, submitted before deadline and ability to adhere to the weekly trial theme

• Must resteem the contest post you’re participating in

• Must include #trialbycomics hashtag

That’s it! Now it’s time to start drawing. Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you all for regularly contributing and making Trail by Comics such a cornerstone of the Steemit art and comics community. I want to take a moment to encourage all of you to head on over to Hive account@bryan-imhoff’s Hive account@fundition project for his comic, “I Thought It Would Be Zombies…”! Hive account@bryan-imhoff is one of the hardest working guys in indie-crypto-comics. If you can spare some crypto, make a contribution […because karma, and you never know when you’ll be do the same with your comic one day]. Join the Trail by Comics Discord channel while you’re at it.