Banquet OCT
S e a s o n 2
Now Open for Auditions
What is Banquet OCT?
Banquet is a 19+ horror themed, character-driven comic tournament where competitor characters face off in a series of parlour games that quickly devolve into unimaginable horrors.The prize? A very special House; a manor full of potential. A seat of dreams; the well of desires.
What is an OCT?
OCTs, or ‘Original Character Tournaments’ are year-long, collaborative art events held on Deviantart, Twitter, or Discord, in which you write and portray your own original characters against other people’s characters in a collaborative story. To put it simply, it is a cross between an art competition and a storytelling contest. The best story and art will determine the winner.
This OCT is R-RATED
Content rating is 18+. No minors, no teenagers. You must honestly verify your age before submitting an audition. If we discover that you are lying, we will remove you from the tournament.This is an OCT with mature ratings and themes of death, murder, and cannibalism in its story. As such, depictions of R-rated content are allowed. Regardless, entries will still be required to include content warnings for depicting or mentioning common triggers,
Welcome back for SEason 2
For returning artists, this won't be like your average OCT experience. Run by several past and current industry professionals, we want to create a space where improvement comes first. We will offer meaningful critique to contestants and offer a friendly community of likeminded, adult horror artists.
This season's theme is
ART NOUVEAU
It was during the Belle Époque that the style of “New Art” emerged as a response to industrialization in the late 1800s. As objects were being manufactured for utility with little regard for craft or decoration, the movement sought to return grace and joie de vivre to all aspects of life, including architecture, furnishings, sculpture, and assorted visual arts. Art Nouveau was a wave of style that introduced elegance and flow to everyday objects, leaving behind in its wake a unique era of refined taste in both Western and Eastern worlds.A number of painters, sculptors, architects, and furniture designers found their roles within this niche art style, including Aubrey Beardsley, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Victor Horta, Émile Gallé, Louis Majorelle, and the epitomizing Alphonse Mucha, whose poster art is the most recognized imagery in the movement.Key earmarks of the style include vegetal design in the form of vines, leaves, and flowers, pioneered by William Morris, a master of wallpaper, printing, and book design. Smooth, elegant forms, ‘whiplash’ lines, asymmetry, breezy, organic shapes, curvy women, and natural subjects including the delicacy of insects and animals, dominate imagery and content within the style. On a technical level, figures and hair are treated with bold, toony strokes and outlines, leaving faces and interior shading light, minimalist, and delicate. Detailed interior linework is also lighter, but leaves the hair and clothing curiously flat while giving faces a more volumetric treatment. Hair specifically receives a more graphical approach as well, contrasting vividly against the softer shading but complementing bold graphical background and midground elements. Sculptural elements exercise both symmetry and asymmetry, cleaving to bold shapes but elegant lines, highlighting natural forms and materials while remaining light, airy, and organic.In celebration of the Art Nouveau style, BANQUET OCT seeks to apply these stylings to the HORROR genre, creating a unique ‘horror nouveau’. May our offerings please your palate for the elegant, nuanced, and deliciously refined gore and horror.