Have an idea for a challenge?

[newkidfan]

The month is almost over, and I have yet to find an interesting idea for a new challenge. No matter how I rub my braincells together, I still come up blank, so I thought it was as good a time as ever to create a post where you could suggest challenges

Comments

[elli]

Maybe something that doesn't highlight the medium, but a theme. Like say, flim noir.

[newkidfan]

You know, I had thought about something like that. Give a theme or a picture. I just have to figure out how to add a team twist to it so that it's not too similar to picfor1000 and sga_flashfic.

[starrylizard]

You could do a round robin style thing... though the time limits might prove a problem.

So what I mean is, the writer maybe starts a story and passes it to the artist, who draws/vids something and then the author finishes their story based on ideas from the art. It could be up to the pair as to how many times it goes back and forth or who starts.

Hopefully that makes sense. :)

[newkidfan]

Oh I like your idea. It could be really cool if done correctly. But you're right, the time limit would be a problem. Mmm. I'll have to think about it some more... I could always have a two month challenge.

It could work very well with comics for example:
1. The writer writes a few lines of dialog.
2. The artist turns it into a comic, and then add a few extra pictures with empty speech bubbles.
3. The writer completes the speech bubbles, and then continues the story further.
4. And so on...

[starrylizard]

Yep, or the artist just sketches a few small illustrations or makes an artwork with elements that are yet to appear in the fic. Or even the artist makes a 30 second vidlet with imagery... etc.

[jadesfire]

I'm possibly the equivalent of the person wandering in off the street, but I really want to take part in the next challenge, so thought the least I should do is start to contribute.

I tend to play word association to come up with ideas, so what about "dual" - a piece where you need both art and story to make sense of it. Either it kicks off with the art, which sets up the story, which is concluded by the art, or the art provides the pivotal plot point or conclusion or makes sense of something that was obscure in the story.

The other word that sprang to mind was 'balance' but I have no idea what to make of that, so we'll put that down to random neuron firing...

[newkidfan]

Eeee! I love the way your mind works. I'm really, really liking your idea of needing both art and story to make sense of the story. Mmm, me thinks you've come up with the next challenge. *start brainstorming*

[jadesfire]

*grins happily* I'm glad someone can use the contents of brain, since they're of little enough use to me most of the time...

Looking forward to it!

[kristen999]

I love your idea! I commented on my LJ last night how I wanted to do something with this com for August! Jade your idea sounds awesome!

Can't wait to see whatever the com comes up with. I've been wanting to do something really different for a while now.

[mecurtin]

My suggestion is "classic". If the art re-works or incorporates classic works of art, frinst.

[sheafrotherdon]

what about something that repositions the POV of a piece? I'm hoping this wouldn't be exactly like remixing a story in the last challenge - maybe it would? I will leave it to your modly powers to decide. But I was thinking of the artist taking a scene from a writer's work, illustrating so as to emphasize whomever is *not* the major protagonist / POV person, and then the writer exploring what the newly foregrounded character saw.

I don't even know if I'm expressing that well . . .