Illustrated stories...

[wishfulthinking]

I am submitting a story for Earth Day, and am wondering about illustrations:

1. As there is no hangout for these talented people [suck suck], how do I go about asking if they would be interested in doing a drawing?

2. Or does the illustration have to be my work, and I can't put at the start of my story who the drawing is done by?

Cheers, WT

 

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[wishfulthinking]

Odd in a good way or a bad way?

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Odd in that there are two different threads here on the AH (one is stickied) for erotic artists, lol.

 

[wishfulthinking]

Ok, it may be considered odd that I never look at the sticky items...

 

[Weird Harold]

2. Or does the illustration have to be my work, and I can't put at the start of my story who the drawing is done by?

This question was asked recently, and we got a definitive answer from Laurel.

Art for illustrated stories can be somone else's work IF you have explicit permission to use it from the copyright holder. The restriction in the FAQ is to prevent copyright violations, not stifle creativity or collaboration.

The FAQ says illustrations must be "the author's work" but including the artist as co-author solves the exact wording of the FAQ.

Edited to add Softouch911's reply from Laurel nd link to her thread:

As promised, here is Laurel's explanation:

Out of respect for artist copyrights, we generally require that photos be created by the person who submitted them. However, if you can provide written permission from the photographer - and the photos follow the guidelines in our FAQ - there should be no problem. If you do add a credit to the photos, please limit it to the author name - we don't allow URLS or anything that could be construed as advertising in anything submitted to the site. Thanks again, and let me know if you have any other questions!

 

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I wouldn't add an illustration to a contest story. I had a thread on this a while back (too lazy to search for it), but I contended that having an illustration that was not explicit, caused my story to be low voted. It remains my lowest scored story, but with over 42,000 views. Maybe the story sucked, but I really think the Illustation Cateogory drew a lot of viewers who voted low when the single illustration was of a clothed woman.

It is the "Cloudy on a Sunny Day" story mentioned in my signature.

 

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As soon as I hit submit, it occured to me I should have added, :

I think an illustrated story is a wonderful idea, and I often wish I could draw so I could create a wonderful multimedia story. But I would have reservations about doing it for a contest story. If it won, I'd wonder how much was the illusttrations, and if it was not explicit imagery, I'd wonder if that didn't drag the story's score down.

 

[angelicminx]

I wouldn't add an illustration to a contest story. I had a thread on this a while back (too lazy to search for it), but I contended that having an illustration that was not explicit, caused my story to be low voted. It remains my lowest scored story, but with over 42,000 views. Maybe the story sucked, but I really think the Illustation Cateogory drew a lot of viewers who voted low when the single illustration was of a clothed woman.

It is the "Cloudy on a Sunny Day" story mentioned in my signature.

You are kiddin' me, Ted. "Cloudy on a Sunny Day" is such a beautifully written story! I'm in shock...

 

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[wishfulthinking]

Art for illustrated stories can be somone else's work IF you have explicit permission to use it from the copyright holder. The restriction in the FAQ is to prevent copyright violations, not stifle creativity or collaboration.

Thanks Harold. I didn't know if I was stepping on toes by asking. I hadn't seen any threads about it, and didn't know if it was the done thing at all. Threads come and go so fast that unless you were there that day, you miss it. But having looked at the stickies, I notice the archive thread is taking shape!

Hi Ted and Rhino - seriously, who enters the comps to win? And votes - you are trolled so much, it isn't even a consideration. The reason most people enter is to expose their work to a wide audience than usual, and that would apply to anyone doing illustrations.

But I realise the idea of collaborating with an illustrator might not work. I have a fairly good idea what I want whereas a lot of illustrators might prefer to be inspired by what comes to them. I would have been willing to let the illustrator read the story to see if the saw something different to me,and to see what transpires.

Rhino - I will check out those threads now that I know they are there! And good luck with getting your own forum. If I can lend my support, let me know.

 

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[doormouse]

Only because I can't be assed searching through pages and pages of threads...

HOW do you post an illustrated story? Do you write them on notepad? Word?

How do I attach the pics and have them where I want them to appear?

Eg:

blahblahblah
blah (pic)
blah blah....

I don't want a big ugly space between paragraphs, I want the text to surround the pic.

Anyone?

 

[Weird Harold]

HOW do you post an illustrated story? Do you write them on notepad? Word?

How do I attach the pics and have them where I want them to appear?

You write them just as you would any other story in whatever word processor you want.

You can write the story in Word and embed the pictures in the Word File and e-mail the submission, but it will take a LONG time for it to post that way.

It's simpler and faster to put a statement like {picture one goes right justified here} and submit the story as you would any other and tell Laurel where to find the pictures to place in the story. They need to be somewher elaurel cn access them -- whether it's a Yahoo Album that you give Laurel the password for, a group of attachments in an E-mail or a series of attachments here in the Forums as long as you give clear and unambiguous directions on where to find them and where to place them.

 

[doormouse]

Thank you, Harold

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Illustrated stories are so popular that Lit is about the only site I know that doesn't charge people to look at them.

Porn stories are pretty cheap, cost-wise (~$60/3000 words or so). The illustrations aren't, and can cost anywhere from $60 apiece for a sketch or cartoon, on up. A 3K word story with 4 illustrations will cost about $300. That's why most illustrated sites charge for access.

--Zoot

 

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[dr_mabeuse]

Dr. M

oh!?
do they have to be GOOD?

Better than I can do. The hands have to look like hands and not feet, which eliminates my efforts. They wouldn't even look at my effort, "Mona, the Foot-Handed Slut".

 

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[yui]

Whew!

*laughing deliriously* I'll bet, with a certain set of clients, Mona is very popular...

Rhino, you are too cool for words.

 

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[wishfulthinking]

I've started going through Rhino's thread, and it is brilliant.

I love the fairies, particularly the delicacy of their wings against the solidness of their form. I enjoy colour, and because of that the cock fairy has to be one of my favourites. The dragon and the maiden series is enough to inspire me to write something. Do you have a website I can look at?

Cantdog's sketch where she has lifted her skirt with a sense of disinterest makes me laugh. I think she is in for a surprise, and will soon lose the disinterest.

I guess I take lit for granted in that we don't pay. And I know lit is devoted to stories, but I am surprised there is no category just for erotic illustrations now that I think about it. I might think about a website for free erotic drawings where people can post theirs and discuss them in a forum or something. Hmmm...will google first!