Artist Challenge: Inkstand Studios vs. Blakely Inberg (Patreon)

So in October, I asked for your help  in finding the best artists for future Patreon pin-ups.  You voted on two different pin-ups of The Young Protectors characters by two different artists, and let me know what you thought. Then we did it again with two new artists—Davi Comodo and RBDude—in December.

Well, now it's time to let you know what the results of those December votes were, and to share some more cool, new The Young Protectors artwork with you!

Voting Results

So, to remind you, there were two different pin-ups you got to download : a sweet Kyle and The Annihilator pairing pin-up by Davi Comodo, and a very NSFW pin-up of Kyle by RBDude. And then you got to vote on them with a 5 star scale (with 1 star being "meh" and 5 stars being "totally awesome!"). 

Well, the votes are now in!

Y'all definitely liked Davi Comodo's pairing pin-up art and gave it an average of 3.61 stars. Not bad!

But y'all liked RBDude's NSFW Kyle pin-up just a smidge more , giving it an average of 3.97 stars. (In fact, over 34.69% of you gave it a full 5 stars with an exact equal percentage - yes, 34.69% -  giving it 4 stars!) 

Thank you so much for your voting. That's super-helpful to me, it's really fun to find out what you think, and I will keep it in mind when making a decision about who next to hire for a Patreon pin-up!

And now I have some new art from new artists to share with you!

Inkstand Studios

Inkstand Studios is a team that manages many illustrators for who work in comics, manga, cartoon and concept art for games. Henrique from Inkstand Studios is a writer and comic penciler from Brazil and he wanted to create a Platinum Priestess pin-up for us. 

He did the linework and our own Alex Sollazzo applied his amazing colors to Henrique's work.

Here's the link for that. Check it out!

http://downloads.yaoi911.com/AMW_COMICS_TYP-ETE-Henrique-Platinum-Priestess-640x960.jpg 

Blakely Inberg

Blakely Inberg is a sequential artist and illustrator who loves LGBT comics, and loves to make them too! If they aren't busy working on thumbnails, they're online shopping to add to their ever-growing collection of a certain patriotic buff guy.

They asked to work on a Spooky Jones pin-up and here's what they came up with. Check it out!

http://downloads.yaoi911.com/AMW_COMICS_Blakely-Patreon-Spooky-Jones-Pin-up-640X960.jpg 

Now you get to vote!

Now you get to let me know what you think! Below is a survey link where you'll get to rate each of the pin-ups from 1 through 5 (5 being best). For comparison, look at the other pin-ups  I've posted here on Patreon—we want the art to be of the same quality or better.

After we've gone through all 8 artists, I'll invite the 3 top-scorers who received 4 stars or above to create more art for us!

Here's your voting link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XGLLLGC 

(Please don't share this link with anyone else -- it's just for Patrons like you. Also, be sure to get your vote in before the survey ends on February 10th!)

I can't wait to see what y'all decide! :)

High-res Files

Of course, on February 10th, along with the Flashback Friday pin-up , both of these images will be sent out to $10+ Patrons as high-res files with over double the resolution.  So, if you really love one of these pin-ups and want to own it in high-res, there's still time to make that happen.  :)

Thank you!

Thank you as always for your amazing support. I couldn't make my comics without you, or have the opportunity to work with such talented artists. 

You're all superheroes!

Please let me know what you think of these artist's work in the comments. :)

Alex

P.S. If there's an artist you love who you think would be great for making these pin-ups (and you have a way to contact them), please let me know in the comments! I'm always on the lookout for great work for y'all.

More soon!