
Before we begin, let’s review some facts about the graphic novel right now…
WHAT IS TSGN?
The Trailing Stars Graphic Novel, abbreviated to TSGN, is a graphic novel based on the Blogclan fanfiction, Trailing Stars! You can read the completed Trailing Stars story here, and view the parts of TSGN so far here.
WHERE IS TSGN RIGHT NOW?
The most recent TSGN part was drawn by our very own Liv, and it wraps up Chapter One of Trailing Stars! To clarify, every chapter of Trailing Stars is broken down into several parts; for example, the first chapter had 12 parts. Future part signups will be released with more information!
What changes are coming to TSGN?
A bit of blog history: the most recent TSGN chapter was drawn in…2021! Yep, it’s been three years 😛 So me and Liv will be revamping TSGN lots!!! The biggest news to announce, though is…
Signups for artists will open on June 15th!
More details on the changes will be announced in a post on that day, including information on specific artist roles, communication, and schedules. Look forward to that!
Until then, however, we have some other exciting news to share…

WE’RE HOSTING A DESIGN CONTEST!!!
That’s right – YOU will have the chance to create a character design for some important characters in TSGN! We thought this would be a great way to kick off the project again, as well as provide an introduction to one of the new artist roles coming soon for TSGN – Character Designers! (which, more details will be available soon of course 😛)
For now, though, do you feel like trying out your designing paws? Have a love for creating and drawing OC designs ? This contest’s for you…
THE CONTEST
For this contest, you will create a design for any of the characters below! You may use this base drawn by @scribbleibble on Instagram (though make sure to leave the credit in when you use it!), another free-to-use base, or draw the design completely from scratch. Both digital and traditional submissions are allowed.
The lucky characters who need designs are Rainbowheart, Hazelburrow, and the one and only Cakestar!
RAINBOWHEART – …actually doesn’t have a physical description! We’re leaving it up to you guys to design her character based on her personality 😀 Rainbowheart is:
- A warrior who is observant and good at tracking (Chapter 3)
- Defiant and outspoken (Chapter 11)
- Uses she/her pronouns
HAZELBURROW – a hazel colored cat with white legs and turquoise eyes. Hazelburrow is:
- A senior warrior and Cakestar’s child, and close with her mother; also good friends with Dawnmist
- Innovative and comes up with many ideas, such as finding food in Twolegplace (Chapter 6) and building underground dens (Chapter 10)
- Upbeat and eager to keep her paws busy and help out
- Though in the Trailing Stars story she uses he/him pronouns, she now uses she/her pronouns
CAKESTAR – a red tabby she-cat with long fur, a lion like mane and amber eyes. Cakestar is:
- The leader of BlogClan 😛 A strong but caring leader, who takes charge quickly after the clan finds each other; good at uniting the clan and inspiring everyone to work towards the same goal, and able to make decisions for the whole clan, even in difficult times
- Brave and organized, even attempting to lead the clan while she was sick
- Trusts Copperclaw, the deputy, with helping to care for the clan, and is also close with Dawnmist and Hazelburrow
- Uses she/her pronouns
THE RULES
- You may create a design for any number of characters that you’d like – whether you want to design one cat or three cats!
- About the design itself:
- Please keep in mind that these designs are going to be for a graphic novel! That means that they’re going to be drawn over and over and over again 😛 so stay away from super complex and specific patterns and designs!
- Avoid giving the characters accessories – since these characters are directly from the Trailing Stars story, they are set in a place similar to the original Warriors books, where the cats don’t have accessories.
- Follow the written descriptions that we provide! They’re pretty vague, which allows flexibility for creativity, but we’d still like these characters to be recognizable in the graphic novel 😀
- Entries must be submitted before 08:00 am UTC+1 (BlogTime) on the 14th June 2024 (this is midnight in PST, and 3am in EST to name a few common timezones; here’s a timezone converter for your convenience)! This gives you about two weeks to do your design – we know that’s shorter than the usual contests, but we considered that you all will probably have more time since it’s summer, and base designs don’t take as long as full drawings. Especially since the TSGN timeline is pretty tight, it’s important for you to turn in your entries on time!
- Entries must be submitted through the form. (this removes any risk of copying etc. as no one can see anyone else’s entry)
- The content of your entries must still be in line with the BlogClan rules and be BlogClan appropriate; in particular, they may not be plagiarized from other artists, or use artificial intelligence.
SUBMIT HERE!
The contest has concluded! Results and signups are posted now 😀
TROUBLESHOOTING
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If problems persist, you can post your entr(ies) in a comment, and we will let you know we have received it and leave it unmodded.
AND THAT’S A WRAP!!!
I’m super-duper-oober-goober excited to see all your entries, and to be kicking off this project again and finally doing my government-assigned mod job shhhh 😀 We can’t wait to see the best creativity and talent that BlogClan has to offer, and we hope you get hyped for TSGN through this contest!!! If you have any questions, comment down below and we’ll answer them speedy quick 😛 Have a fantastic day, and get designing!
I dont have enough time to do it tho
but good luck to everyone!
I suck at drawing, so I’ll pass :’>
;v; I might not have enough time to color and upload my artwork tonight but I’ll try! anyways good luck to everyone!
OMG NOOO I DON’T HAVE TIME!!!! well anyways good luck everyone ;-;
Did y’all get my Hazelburrow design?
We got it!
CAN I STILL ENTER!? its the 14th In my counrty (does that count?)
YES YES YOU’RE ALL GOOD just make sure it’s in by the 15th if possible :))
are we allowed to add little things to their desgin? for example a whit tip to hazelburrows tail??
yeah absolutely!!!
Darn I’m too late ;-;
Help why did I make literally every character fluffy— 0.O
Oh well I like it 😛
Wait, where can I find those artist signups? I would like to look at it! (Idk if I could sing up since I am pretty busy, but it depends on how much time I would get to draw something (if i would get picked ofc))
signups are now out in another post!!
Was there a post for the signups yet??
signups are now out!!
why is there still no artist sign ups????
signups are out!!
HI HI HELLOOOO EVERYONE
Pine and I were unexpectedly super busy over the weekend so we haven’t been able to judge quite yet, but we plan to get the results out to y’all tomorrow :)) thank you for your patience ily all!!!
okay! thanks for letting us know <33
No rush! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s designs 🙂
Alr! Take your time :3
No rush <33
Okidoki! Take as long as you need!