Previous /icic/: >>7567906

You have until July 7th, 11:59 PM GMT, to illustrate stories from the latest “/lit/ Writing Competition” >>>/lit/24447613
Countdown timer:
https://countingdownto.com/?c=6362229

Replied below are all 7 stories, ordered by votes.

Rules:
• Image dimensions: 2550 pixels wide × 3300 pixels high.
• No AI.
• The image must be suitable for blue boards (e.g. /lit/).
• You must “submit” the image by posting it ITT as a .png or .jpg

After the submission deadline, two Strawpolls will be created, one called “Illustrations of Winning Stories,” and one called “Illustrations of All Stories.”
Only illustrations pertaining to the top third of the placing stories—the top 3 out of 7 (rounding up), marked with a ◊ below—are “Illustrations of Winning Stories.”

The /icic/ winner of “Illustrations of Winning Stories,” will grace the front cover of June’s compilaiton book;
The /icic/ winner of “Illustrations of All Stories” will grace the back cover.
Every submitted illustration will accompany its story of inspiration in this month’s edition of /lwc/+/icic/, just like last-last-last month:
https://files.catbox.moe/hhcojy.pdf
>38.4 MB
>128 pages
(^ “/lwc/+/icic/ March 2025”)

And a big thank-you to all who participated in last-last-last month’s /icic/—it was a very special collaboration.
Now let’s see what June has in store~

>◊ 1st —“There is a little man in my house” by PIGS +
https://rentry.co/6f9ssxk8
>◊ 2nd — “Vae Motoris” by JimmyTard
https://rentry.org/xudbk3xa
>◊ 3rd — “The Glare Off My Glass” by Nomenklatura
https://rentry.co/ofbxk9p6
>4th — “Noli Me Tangere” by ineptia (aka me, anoïsía)
https://rentry.co/Noli_Me_Tangere_by_ineptia
>5th — “That Ends Well” by Hogan
https://rentry.org/ttsf9t2y
>6th — “They Say Sav-Saba” by yodo
https://rentry.co/theysaysavsaba
>7th — “When the birds fell silent” by GreenShirt
https://rentry.co/kqem7xoi

And all were written with the following in mind:
>Theme Requirement: The madness of crowds.
>Character Requirement: Someone must have lost their voice.
Please peruse the /lit/ thread for more talk on each story: >>>/lit/24447613
Strawpoll results: https://strawpoll.com/ajnE1kjvMnW/results

I wish I could read

>>7609767
“There is a little man in my house”

C'mon /ic/, don't let a /beg/ like me win. /lit/ would make fun of us forevermore.

>>7612115
some of the ideating.
Was fun to draw, to be sure.

every time I give it a shot, the text I open makes me think what the fuck even is this and kills my drive to continue
why can't you guys write normal stuff
>Theme Requirement: The madness of crowds.
>Character Requirement: Someone must have lost their voice.
why not
>thriller
>betrayal
or
>18th century
>dangerous inter-class affair
or whatever
you know, something engaging with a plot and characters, where interesting things happen and the whole thing isn't just an exercise in introspection completely unsuited to visual storytelling
every goddamn time I open one of these it's the protagonist waxing poetic or talking to me directly like I'm their captive audience

Last month I promised to make some sketches, and I didn't. So here goes. I'm going to do each story. Rest of the week is quite busy. We'll see what comes up.

>>7609763 (OP)
I'll be honest, I am not a very literate person.

OP, can you summarize the visual elements which you think should be present in each short story in a bullet point format? Something like

>bat
>waterfall
>twilight

something so we can draw a cover without reading the short story...

>>7612660
Because they aren't low IQ YA slop readers. Instead they are misunderstood deep maestros who make you go hmmm.

>>7613235
You embarrass us

boring ass stories, dont wanna draw

>>7609767
>Vae Motoris
didn't like it. A good idea, some good ideas within. The execution of said ideas could be improved - I feel the author was either rushed, or like me: too lazy to iterate upon the work until it feels polished.

> “The Glare Off My Glass” by Nomenklatura
Weak motivation for murder, though as unprofessional as he behaves with his intern and the customer he did not yet know, he must be an exceptionally bitter narcissist, which perhaps lower inhibitions enough to be a psychopath.

>Vae Motoris
didn't like it. A good idea, some good ideas within. The execution of said ideas could be improved - I feel the author was either rushed, or like me: too lazy to iterate upon the work until it feels polished.

> “The Glare Off My Glass” by Nomenklatura
Weak motivation for murder, though as unprofessional as he behaves with his intern and the customer he did not yet know, he must be an exceptionally bitter narcissist, which perhaps lowers inhibitions enough to be a casual psychopath.

Yay.

>>7615032
>I feel the author was either rushed, or like me: too lazy to iterate upon the work until it feels polished.
You are correct. I wrote it, wanted to edit it a bit before submission, then realized that the chances of me actually having the time TO edit it was so low.
Ironically, I was stuck in traffic on the way home, and thus, no time to plan it.
>>7612660
I'll write an 18th century inter-class thrilling betrayal for you next time.

>>7617936
>I'll write an 18th century inter-class thrilling betrayal for you next time.
You'd better not be lying

>>7612660
It's the equivalent of going to /lit/ and asking them to write a story based on a bunch of hand studies. From an /ic/ perspective, the majority of us don't care about /lit/'s exercises. The only way to make these threads more active is to give us stories with broader appeal.

>>7619175
fucking retard. Better you don't respond at all

>>7619488
He's 100% right. You'd have to be absolutely braindead to argue against wider appeal when the last thread died with zero (0) drawings.

>>7619488
>nooooo you can't make a logical connection between the content of the short stories and why these threads are always dead
You really did say that

>>7613147
'off my glass' not 'of my glass'.
Really cool encapsulations btw.

“There is a little man in my house”

>>7622092
Devastating interpretation.
Really well done.

>>7609767
has anyone who's read all these want to recommend their favorite

>>7609763 (OP)
What is this shit? Win what? Do people do this for fun? Why will I do this? Is there monetary incentive? Fame? There's no incentive to even do this, we are all anonymous here. To dox yourself? For fuck sake why even. Steel man your argument.

>>7628200
poo in the loo

>>7628191
I read most of the ones from last month, but I was late for this one and I only read 2.

>>7628200
This is a thread for people who like to draw, not a thread for nodraws who like to bitch and moan.
Why draw in any thread?
Why draw at all?
Justify why you're even on this fucking board if you find it so hard to lift a pencil and get so defensive over the friendliest little push to do so?
Maybe a pencil is less suited for you than a rope is.

“When the birds fell silent”

>>7612115
>>7629021
>Image dimensions: 2550 pixels wide × 3300 pixels high.
Is the dimensions up-to this size, or have these anons just goofed up?
It'd be ironic to read through the stories and then flub because you didn't read the rules, ha!

>>7630208
They're fine.
The dimension "rule" just makes the PDF-ication of the images easier on my end, and makes me feel less weird having to adjust/adulterate your art for it to fill the page.

>>7629021
I laughed so hard when I saw this, btw, and the hazy-gray background is pitch-perfect for the scene.
VVhimsical.
A tribesman named Bull's Eye would have a hard time against the Sap Drinkers indeed.

>>7630208
My bad. I wasnt planning to post, but after reading few stories i wanted to do something.
>>7630280
Thanks!
I envisioned the Sap Drinkers like picrel (modern lumbermill workers but meanier).
Was Bull's Eye the best shooter in the tribe? I believe if it was not by Strong-Shaft betrayal the tribe would stand a chance to survive.

>>7628191
I liked
>“Noli Me Tangere” by ineptia (aka me, anoïsía)
and
>“That Ends Well” by Hogan
the most. Though others gave me more interesting ideas for an illustration, so whether I do more than one, and try to do one for one of these will have to be seen.

Already a great success, and still over 2 days left.

The prompt for July's /lwc/ (>>>/lit/24520262) will drop in a few hours, for anyone wanting to participate.

>>7632897
that Isaac Newton story is going to have multiple entries, I guarantee it. Someone could do a whole silent manga on that one tbqh

“Vae Motoris”

I meant to be more ambitious and make an entire forest with the tree air fresheners and such - in particular I had an idea for "Noili Me Tangere" that I was hoping to bust out today as well, but of course I woke up with a terrible fever today.
Ah well, my own fault for dawdling and procrastinating on doing something for this thread, haha.

>https://countingdownto.com/?c=6362229
Technically, time is up, but I’m going to wait a whole bunch of hours (maybe even 24) until I make the Strawpolls, in case PIGS + is running late >>7613147.

>>7636009
This is fantastic!
>I meant to be more ambitious and make an entire forest with the tree air fresheners and such
With just the single tree, by contrast, the array of ducks seems all the more vast, but I get what you mean.
And whether intentional or not, zoomed out, the composition looks like a person smiling, which tracks with the story.
I love all the mini-narratives going on with your clogged-up flock.
>but of course I woke up with a terrible fever today.
That sucks and I hope you feel better!

>>7634171
Assuming that someone was Japanese, of course, which nobody here is, and thus can't

Can't anyone on lit just write a decent story? What's up with all the pretentious shit?

>>7637610
I know right? These aren't like Harry Potter at all!

Front Cover Contest:

https://strawpoll.com/40Zm4NXokga

(Poll ends Friday @11:59pm GMT)

Back Cover Contest:

https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXv4MBye

(Poll ends Friday @11:59pm GMT)

>>7638437
>>7638440
Wish we could see results after voting, I think it'd be fun to see how you're doing, but maybe that's just me.

>>7639497
I like leaving people with antici
pation

4.5 hours left!

>>7642110
voted, thanks

Ah! I didn't vote for myself and I could have won!
Well, I voted for Motoris 2, so I hope you win!

>>7642845
>I voted for Motoris 2
Haha, thanks! Good luck to you too.
I didn't vote for myself either, for what it's worth - I kind of think doing so is a little unsportsmanlike.
And since it's a tie for both the front and back, I guess it's still anyone's game.

24-hour tie-breaker polls:

Front cover—
https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXvEGDye

Back cover—
https://strawpoll.com/Qrgew2jXLyp

Even though this month’s winners have not yet been crowned, I already made the thread for July’s /icic/:
>>7642931
>>7642931
>>7642931

I know I’m supposed to be good with words, but what some of you are able to accomplish really has me at a loss.
You guys rock.