Artist Challenge: Ren Tu and David Lopez

Howdy y'all,

So, I've been wanting to work with new artists to create special, Patreon-exclusive pin-up rewards for y'all, but I need your help!

I put out a call for new artists over the summer, reviewed hundreds of portfolios sent my way, and have now started commissioning pin-ups from 8 new artists. They are all very cool, but since I pay all my artists, I can only choose a few of them to continue to work with. 

And that's where you come in. As a valued Patron, you get to decide who I will join our team!

Each month, I will showcase two of these artists, each one having created a pin-up for The Young Protectors character they liked the most. In that month's Artist Challenge post, I'll include links to digital wallpapers with their completed work, and then a link to a survey where you'll get to let me know what you think of their work. (And at the end of the month, $10+ Patrons will be send high-res versions of each of the pin-ups!)

Of course, all of the people I hired to create test pages are quality artists, and it's tempting to say yes to each one, but I only want to choose your favorites. So really the question you should ask yourself is, would you want me to hire them again if it meant me not hiring other artists? 

After we've gone through all 8, I'll choose the top 3 vote-getters (so long as they got more than 4 stars on average), and I'll commission them to make more pin-ups for y'all. You get to decide who I'll add to our team!

This month I'm getting to show off the work of two artists: Ren Tu and David Lopez.

Ren Tu

Here's how Ren Tu wanted to introduce himself to y'all: "I'm Ren Tu, a Malaysia-based artist. I provide artworks for trading card games, pin-up illustration, cover and comics coloring."

He really wanted to paint the youngest member of The Young Protectors team, Flyboy. Here is a digital wallpaper of his painting:

http://downloads.yaoi911.com/AMW_Comics_Ren-Tu-Patreon-Flyboy-Pin-up-640x960.jpg

David Lopez

David Lopez didn't get back to me about his bio, so he'll remain an international man of mystery for now. But one thing that's not a mystery is what he wanted to paint: a very NSFW Kyle in the nude!

Below is the link, but first my usual disclaimer.

DISCLAIMER: This image shows an uncovered weenie and is, of course, very NSFW. Please do not click on the link if that would be bad for you in any way.

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Available Right Now for $10+ Patrons at itch.io. To find out how to download, please check out the Patreon Rewards FAQ: https://youngprotectors.com/faq/patreon-rewards-faq/.

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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/tu-and-lopez

(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 November 2nd!)

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

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!

More soon!

Alex