Off Life - Choice 3

The live Off Life brief is very similar to the Travelling man brief, as it works around the criteria of creating a comic, offering again, a good level of creative freedom.
They very often accept illustration that work in four-colour print formats.

http://inkygoodness.com/wp-content/uploads/Offlife.jpg < image reference at this link.

The comic can be based on such themes as love, equality, everyday life etc, basically anything that I want, and the publication should be between one and four pages in length.
The design area available to me on the comic is 160mm wide by 220mm tall, and my name and contact information must be included into the comic in someway.
The submission would need to be in the PDG or Jpg format, and ready to print at 300DPI, and in the CYMK colour format.

Off Life is the Uk's only street press comic, and they published magazines that I quote, "full of short comics from today's best artists".
The publication is available in such locations as cafes, bars, art galleries etc, as well as being able to be viewed online.

http://artjunky.net/wp-content/uploads/Off-Life-Magazine-issues.jpg < image reference at this link.

The magazine is free, and is published bi-monthly, so that means there are 24 issues a year.
The company has 100% creative freedom, which means that they aren't tied to such things as contracts or commitments with other publishers.
This brings some negatives, as without a major publisher behind them, the company has to finance the publication themselves.
However having a publisher behind them may make Off-Life lose their creative independence.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/01/self-publishing-showcase-off-life < image reference at his link.

The magazine provides upcoming artists/illustrators a platform for them to establish themselves as professionals, and allows a good level of exposure to industry.
Some already established artists such as Jack Teagle (image below), Kristyna Baczynski, Kyle Platts, Ana Galvan, Warrick, and Johnson-Cadwell, have provided work for the publication to date.

http://offlife.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/34-360x240.jpg < image reference at this link.

The Off Life brief will could act as a stepping stone toward industry, and they quote "bold voices in every art form deserve a place to shine, even comic slingers"

Interestingly, it states at the bottom of the brief, that all the work produced, even if it is published in the Off life comic, is the sole property of the original illustrator/creator, and Off Life claims no right to the intellectual material.
However, there is an approximate 2 month waiting period once the comic is in the publication, until it can be re-published/used again in a commercial setting.
This is different to the travelling man brief, as nothing about intellectual rights is stated, something which I may need to clarify.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/01/self-publishing-showcase-off-life < this article provides further information on Off Life, I have used small parts of information in my research, as reference.











Thomas.