So if you’ve been following me for a while you may know that last year all of my free time was eaten alive by this comic competition/OCT (original character tournament) over on deviantart called Artists at the Ready. The premise is you, the artist, are brought into a world called the Real where you summon two of your ocs to do battle with other artist/oc teams. I lost in round 3 (out of a total 5) by one vote after my back caused issues and I couldn’t finish.

HOWEVER, the winner undertook the insane and herculean task of giving all the participants cameos in their final entry. Rex even made a friend with one of the monikittens tasked to keep watch over the events!

Artists At The Ready Audition (part 2)

so, there’s a thing on DA called Artists at the ready - it’s a big OCT that pops up every once in a while, and is pretty popular. It’s on again, started up at the end of last year, and I figured I’d try out for it.

Now I know a lot of folks who watch me here don’t really know what OCTs (Original Character Tournaments) are but I spent a LOT of time on my round 1 comic which I finished today. This is the very beginning, and all the links are in the dA description ;w;

Context: OCTs are tournaments you make an audition for, then if you get in you are pitted against another artist and you both have to depict the conflict between the two. Better comic moves on, rinse, repeat.