STAB II

As some of you may know (probably not), I have an affinity for art tournaments on deviantArt. I entered quite a few back in 2011, all of them were Pokémon-related, and I even managed to win one of them! That tournament happened to be STAB. And now they're holding a sequel tournament, and I'm totally entering it again.

Before I get into the comics 'n such, I think I should first explain a little about how these things work. For the most part, they follow this general format:

The tournament is single-elimination, accepting a typical number of participants (16, 32, 64, etc.). Entrants create a character of their own design and submit it along with a reference page and audition. The judges examine the auditions to select their roster, pair the artists with each other, and begin the games.

Each round usually lasts about a month or so (art takes time to make! ._.), and each artist is charged with the task of creating a comic showing their character overcoming their opponent's character in whatever way that might entail (you can, and should, be creative about it!). When the deadline passes, the judges look at the submitted entries, decide who won, and those artists advance to the next round. The champion is declared when only one artist remains.

For Pokémon tournaments, it's a little trickier, since you also have to make a Pokémon team to go with your trainer character. There are plenty of guidelines to follow, but it's pretty simple otherwise.

The tournament I won was something of a unique case. It allowed both comic AND written entries, and it started with only 48 members. They decided to let two people back in as wild cards after the 3rd round to make up for it. I lost the 2nd round, but performed very well as a spectator in the 3rd, earning my way back in for the 4th. After that, I went on to be victorious over the whole thing. Given that this tournament is a sequel to the last, reading my story for the original is advisable, as it's considered tourney canon. You can find the start of that here.

All that said, here's my ref and audition for STAB II. The pictures are too big to fit on the forums, so I'll leave links to them and put 'em in hide tags.

Ref Sheet!


Audition start!


I've tried to share my comics on these forums in the past, but they were all kinda really shitty back then, so I hope things can go differently now. I'll keep this thread up to date with my progress in the tournament, and I hope you guys enjoy it enough to see it through to the end.

If you have any questions or comments, I'd be happy to hear them. :3