Competition: [GJW XVII Event Long] Graphics/Multimedia - Comic Book

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[GJW XVII Event Long] Graphics/Multimedia - Comic Book
This competition is in the [GJW XVII Event Long] Graphics/Multimedia Bin. Participating in a competition in this bin for the first time awards 7 points for your Clan. Cumulatively, the placements in this competition are worth 10.0% of placement points in this Phase. See the parent competition for detailed rules.

Sitrep

While Brotherhood and Collective forces battle for the last time, many events take place that are otherwise overlooked in the grand scheme of things. It is your job to bring one of these events to life.

Create a comic of at least five panels and at least two pages (Letter or A4 format) showing a scene featured in (choose one):

  • Your GJW RP
  • Your GJW Fiction
  • An official GJW fiction update

Rules

  • How to Submit: Through the site. Formats: .pdf, .png, .jpg. ** No Google Drive folder/document links or word document files, please download as a .pdf using "File" -> "Download/Save as" -> "PDF Document (.pdf)" for submission. ** Entries may be compressed into a zip format for easier upload: .zip, .rar
  • A minimum of three colors must be utilized (black and white are not colors)
  • Teams must be formed of anywhere from 1 to 4 members from the same clan.
  • If your entry is based on your own RP post or a fiction entry, you must include a link to the RP or the Fiction in question (PDF is preferable, you can put it in the same zip as the images).
  • Each team must create a transcript of who did what in the team. You can submit this list, along with team details, into the entry text box.
  • The graders may require you to hand over any e-mail or chat correspondence after the competition is over. Please keep both saved
  • Only one team member needs to submit the entry through the site. Participation records will be adjusted manually.
  • Mediums: Any traditional or digital
  • This competition offers double clusters
  • Reminder: AI-generated entries are NOT allowed

Grading

Valuable tools

  • Photopea: A web-based editing software based on Photoshop
  • Some great info in this article for those who struggle with layouts: Easily Format Comic Pages
Competition Information
Parent Competition
Great Jedi War XVII: Animus
Organized by
Captain Morgan Sorenn, Master Kamjin "Maverick" Lap'lamiz
Running time
2026-05-23 until 2026-06-27 (about 1 month)
Competition Tier
Tier 1 - Promoted Activity
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Graphics/Multimedia
Difficulty Class
Regular
Awards
Novae and 12 Clusters of Graphite as per Herald guidelines
Participants
38 subscribers, of which 21 have participated.
Results
Member
Velira Morvane
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
1st place
1st place
Praetor Seals
Member
Praetor Seals
File submission
GJWComicKav+Seals.pdf
Textual submission

Team No Sleep
Kav /Velira Morvane and Seals -- Clan Odan Urr
Kav: Line art, composition, reviewed and offered suggestions and changes.
Seals: Layout design, coloring and shading.
Both: Scene planning, words and speech bubble placements.

This was based off of the official Prologue fiction.

Placement
1st place
Member
Wuntila Arconae
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
2nd place
2nd place
Orv Dessrx
Member
Orv Dessrx
File submission
submission-wally-wuntila-mune-orv.zip
Textual submission

Wally (https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/members/10214) - Storyboards, resource gathering
Orv (https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/members/8431) - Lines, inking, touch-ups
Mune (https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/members/3607) - Colors
Wuntila (https://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/members/8533) - Dialog, text placement

Placement
2nd place
Member
Mune Cinteroph
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
2nd place
2nd place
Legend Wally
Member
Legend Wally
Textual submission

See Orv for Entry

Placement
2nd place
Member
Infiltrator Kitty Reign
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
3rd place
3rd place
Yeyu
Member
Yeyu
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
3rd place
Member
Pontifex Azler
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
3rd place
Member
Blade Mistress Kora
File submission
Comic Book.zip
Textual submission

Character Art - Kora Ad Vizsla, #17294
Colors - Kitty Reign, #17362
Backgrounds - Yeyu, #17377
Text/Text Bubbles - Azler Ad Vizsla, #3411

RP session: https://discord.darkjedibrotherhood.com/rp-sessions/w5N.html

Placement
3rd place
Member
Shadow Lord Nora Olen
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
4th place
Member
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
4th place
4th place
Dr. Ben
Member
Dr. Ben
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
4th place
Member
Blade Mistress Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae
File submission
GJW XVII Event Long - Graphics Multimedia - Comic Book - Team Comix.zip
Textual submission

Team Comix

Shadow Lord Nora Olen #16574
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos #12648
Dr. Ben, di Tenebrous Arconae #14294
Blade Mistress Tahiri Thorn Morte Tarentae The Crystalline #14400

Unanimously agreed to use a scene from the [GJW XVII Animus: Chapter 2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18V35IU-OZN2IdV4wRMj6Cl_64Awr2JbB/view)
Nora made a mock up of the panels and made a rough draft describing what each panel was to show.
Tahiri draw and cleaned up the linework, using site and wiki references for the Legacy, Pride and Collective ships, along with Uji and Renatus. Did in Sketchbook
Nora did the base colors on both comic pages.
Socorra did all the final details and edits to Page #1
Dr. Ben did all the final details and edits to Page #2

Placement
4th place
Member
Master Alaris Jinn
File submission
Comic.zip
Textual submission

Refer to page 16 and 17 for the relevant content of the comic.

Placement
5th place
Member
Envoy Zuza Lottson
File submission
COMIC - JENNI AYLIN ZUZA 9.13.pdf
Textual submission

Storyboard/initial sketch/script - Jenni
Lines art and final panel placement - Aylin
Colouring/Shading and final prep - Zuza

Placement
6th place
6th place
Duchess Jenni
Member
Duchess Jenni
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
6th place
6th place
Aylin Sajark
Member
Aylin Sajark
Textual submission

Manually added by Captain Morgan Sorenn

Placement
6th place
7th place
Raeken
Member
Raeken
File submission
Uji Comic.pdf
Textual submission

Sources used:

main source image for uji's apartment came from:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/80/74/7b/80747b482365652e142591bc31bcd909.jpg
bed is from: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/d9/f6/ebd9f6134071aa8db51acd692067145e.jpg
head is from: https://wallpapers.com/images/hd/samurai-jack-and-aku-standoff-zips38epi5yp6igi.jpg

page 2 window
https://media.wepg.online/public/images/user_75322/1697017119_1110231710383900000065266d1f1d58d.jpg?x-oss-process=image
page 2 jack https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/80/aa/8c80aa96a0bbc263d585494de5c63e93.jpg

page 3 jack https://cinepop.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/maxresdefault-2-1024x576.jpg

page 4
top datapad
https://i0.wp.com/www.legendsofthejedi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/datapad.png?fit=300%2C229&ssl=1
bottom datapad
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/4/41/Imperial_datapad.png/revision/latest?cb=20161204113618

Placement
7th place
Member
Research Director Kadrol Hauen
File submission
GJW-XVII-RP-Comic-Kadrol.zip
Textual submission

Solo Entry.
Based on the Event-long RP.

Placement
8th place
Member
Padawan Tisto Kingang
Submission
Padawan Tisto Kingang opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
9th place