The time is upon us once again, the fifth iteration of Comics and Random Art Battles will begin and soon your OC may have the chance to participate this year and win a wondrous wish of incredible power!>What is this?CRAB is an OCT where artists submit their OCs and participate in a three-round tournament where they are pit against an opponent to fulfill a prompt's task over the other. >How many people will be participating?Ten teams of five participants, so 50.>How long will this take?From May 17th to Aug 25th. There's breaks to stop people from burning out between rounds.>Random art battles?CRAB has had animations, VNs, DOOM.WADs, and more submitted as entries in the past, that's where the 'random art' comes from.>How does this work?Main organization is done on Discord but it is not a requirement if you want to stay thread-only, however you do have to host your entries on Cubari or other image hosts to be voted on by other participants.
To join you have to draw your OC defeating Houndclops here, minimum of three pages to enter.
It’s that time of year again, so here I am to say—I’ll be participating with Hiragi Junkō, the most badass and angsty motherfucker in ALL of Kyoto!
First for Junkō, by the way.
How big does this get?
>>789353850+ participants usually
>>7893538Fairly big, there's a lot of participants and entries and our drop rate has been hovering around 20% out of 50 people. If you're curious about what our previous artists have done you should check out this thread, which is an example of many artists who submitted and posted here.https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7656596
>>7893542>>7893540Thank you!
>>7893497>prove to us that you are willing to draw the ugliest shit ever for 3 pages Happy 5th year anniversary to the purest dogshit posted on /ic/.
Its a gif
>>7893494go back to >>>/co/
>>7893494>Be... me>Retired Crab>Retired Exec for Crab 4>Crab3 veterans discount doesn't activate till crab 69>No pension from C4 since the old GM bot "died" or whatever>Stop by every now & then>Some crabs take commissions>See crab who's made a "Hello X artist" making random ass requests to get them to draw the opposite of what they usually draw>joker_prankcall.jpeg >kek>Start to see a pattern in the commission meme of "requests">flat, Short hair, light pale, girly, frilly, short, nice/normie>mfw crabs are not used to drawing Hyperboreans>Actually sounds cute>Decide to draw a character which compiles the opposite of what everyone gets commissions>Picrelated of "Ann the anti-crab" Scientifically designed to be everything no one wants to draw>sees someone complain about not having competition for a commentator spot>Surewhynot.jpeg>Enter her as a joke same day>They all think she's evil for some reason>No one else wants to be a commentator for 4chan>the other candidates dropout or pick NG orTumblr>wtf tumblr? why is that even here?>Start a vote with other options to get someone else to do it>They all vote for her..>Higaruma_ohmygod.png>Can't slander or shit on crabs because the character is too nice>Now I have to keep this thread alive for IC chuds who think ts is a /co/ containment breach>Captchas doing their best moonrune impression>Error you seem to have mistyped the CAPTCHA.IC.. where did it all go wrong?
>>7893625
Await my return, /crab/. I still have 1 more in me.
Junkō’s favorite victory quote!
>>7893952!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>7893625https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yshNnrMsofU
>>7894056You know it, kid. BANG BANG!
>>7893501>>7893508>>7894054Underage or crippling autism? Call it.
>>7894085New to digital art.
>>789408598% of crabs are permabeg.
>>7893558>Voted Crab 4's most desirable>Mogs random anon>Doesn't elaborate furtherHow does Houndclops keep getting away with it..
More contestants are locking in their position on the tournament roster!>>7893952Oh? Now you have me curious, anon
>>7893952I will be joining this year specifically to ruin this anon's time
>>7893608>Ann had no idea how to be a commentator, the first submission in her area was in."Looks like we have our first entrant! A lovely performance by it's by.. uh.. ">a bunny? It's a bunny right??"uh NEW CRAB, What's your name and how are you feeling! What are your plans for the tournament?"
>>7893494Oh this sounds neat->Main organization is done on DiscordWell thats too bad
>>7894808Name? Ra-Bit.Feelings? A perephrial tingling sensation.Plans? Am I supposed to have plans? I make none, as god has made this world for me.
>>7893625Lmao all these years and you still can't draw properly, loggy moai girl
>>7895215"ah..I see.. a very, confident reply. I wish you the best in your opening match, Ra. There you have it folks! our first contender.. one to watch out for">She is still confused if it's a rabbit or a snake but writes his name down.>>7895376I'm not sure what you mean?>>7894813What's a discord?
>OCjustwinslol
>As you can see, when Big Poppa GM comes to town, all my hoochies come around. But it's just a damn shame we had to leave /i/ and come to this cesspool called /ic/.>But last night, when I was kicking it in the bootyo, proving I was the daddy, that I was the king of the night heh-heh...but I'm not one to brag.>So this goes to all my freaks out there: Big Poppa GM is your hookup. Holla if ya hear me!>Now last week, I was watching TV, and I watched a TEMU Rankin-Bass doll come out here who has more loose felt than a kindergarten project, come out here and say he's the new GM.>I seen G. Marion-Ette, number two, the "game master", come out here, who's been the butt-end of all the jokes, because he's supposed to be the limousine-riding, jet-flying, son of a gun, but I'm sayin' one time, you shoulda took a cab, and used that money to fix your s-crooked looking strings!>So I had to ask myself, if CRAB was gonna hire the GameMaster Number Two, why wouldn't they hire the GameMaster, the original GameMaster? Now I know that the OG GameMaster is dead, god rest his soul, but G. Marion-Ette, your career is dead!>And I know as he lays six feet under, he's still stylin' and profilin', 'cos when you used your little brain, and stole his name, there's one thing that you couldn't steal, and that was his class.>So when you walked down that aisle last week, I know I wasn't alone, 'cos the people at home, all they did, was grab the mouse, and change the browser to warosu, and watch the CRAB 3 archive, a tourney you and your old friends got fired from here, 'cos you're a jealous, old puppet!>So G. Marion-Ette, remember this, in this art tourney business, there's never been a bigger ass-kissin', butt-suckin' bastard, in this business, but also in life, you're the biggest ass-kissin', back-stabbin', butt-suckin' bastard, and you belong where you're at, in CRAB 5, because CRAB 5 sucks, and so do you. Me? I'm just gonna stay right here, in the CWO 4 lyfe.
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>>7893625My dude, leave /crab/ you are too good for these fools.
>>7895773What kind of LARP is this?
>>7895773>>7895787
>>7895791He doesn't know how retarded these idiots are because he's not in the discord. There's a reason half of crabs who join want nothing to do with these people year after year HINT: The ones who keep coming back are the biggest fags causing most of the problems.
Whoever ends Illwill at Round 3, I will love you, forever!
>>7895920Buddy. He's IN the discord. This is his 3rd year there.
>>7895940so he's one of them? good to know.
>>7895868Who are you again?
>>7895923I'll punch the guy who kills illwill
THEY'RE TURNING THE CRABS GAY!>>7895773>>7893625go back to your pachinkos, auntie>>7894813you wouldn't last anyway>>7895923whoever ends WHOwill?
>>7895940>>7895947this nigga never posts in the discord just aura farms all day
>>7895428you always fuck up the neck or feet perspective it's always misplaced or just not in the right angle. Her neck in this blue picture would need to be farther to the left, the farther side of her trapezious muscle cannot be wider than the closer side in this pose
>>7896095This is crab nigger, nobody cares about actually being good at art here.
>>7896095>Ann the anti-crab - "I think improvement is something you should always strive for even if it doesn't come from a nicer place">"So.. I guess that's a no on joining tournament?">Everyone disliked that
>>7895923>IllwillNobody cares about The Bitch Formerly Known as Zachery.
>>7895923Killwill
>16 hours passed>no new shitposts, no new art, no new entries, no new announcements, no new nothingSe acabó.
Soon™
>>7896832>abby 2.0yikers
Ok I'm going to try the CRAB. This is my OC Dana Bas. Her name translates to "Mother of the End" in Irish.
>>7896847She's a blood witch from 360 AD Ireland and lives in a cave. Her specialities are haruspicy and blood magic.https://namicomi.com/en/chapter/AvVqpz4m
>>7896847>>7896848really cool character
>>7896847>>7896848Oh, hi Omeow. Cool to see you. And cool you're bringing Dana in. Well, what are you waiting for? Make a comic of Dana beating Houndclops >>7893497 and you're in.
>>7896990There's a 3 page qualifier comic where I have to draw someone's weird OC just to enter? -_-
>>7897015Yeah buddy, that's the fucking point. It's a filter system to see if you ACTUALLY want to compete here and have the drive to make comics. Remember, you HAVE to go through three rounds in this tournament. If you can't be bothered to take on the filter, you probably aren't bothered to commit fully to the event. Simple as.It's just three pages, dude.
>>7897016Who created this OC? Ok I might do it but probably am filtered.
>>7897017Houndclops is a former contestant from CRAB 4 last year. He was elected by the community to be the "Pit Champion", aka the filter you have to face if you want to join CRAB. It's been a thing since CRAB 3 that a prior tourney's contestant would be used as a Pit Champion.
>>7897015Yeah, the tourney’s whole point is an artist drawing their OC facing off against another OC, and if you can’t be bothered to represent your opponent then you just aren’t going to get very far in the rounds. People enter a bunch of different kinds of characters and there’s no telling who you’ll be matched against until the round starts. Usually people are matched by their equivalent art skill levels so that’s something that someone can use to try predicting where they are or who’d they match against. Since last year there’s a phase where participants draw all the characters on their team so if you really are only looking to draw characters you want to draw and get free art of your OC without paying it back for your opponents or team you’re not going to flourish in CRAB.
>>7897021>>7897042Ok thanks for the explanation. It seems like a way bigger time and work investment than I originally thought. I'm probably better off spending that time working on my own comics.
>>7897015Draw your own char and have that ugly ass oc be off screened in 3 pages. Lets see if these comicfags let you in
>>7897054Aw that's too bad, I thought your character looked cool
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>>7897307"Quite the entrance, what were those black purple flames? and how do you feel about your potential competition for the upcoming tournament any words for them?"> Also where'd you buy those socks? I really want to get a pair simila-"
A little venom in your beer.
>>7897576Attempt with color
To quote legendary Twitter rapper with 2 milli followers, Soulja Boy, "fuck the FBI and FUCK all the army troops."
post what former /crab/ contestants are doing, pic rel is fred on the booru
>>7897909>the unironic shmorky larpingwhy is he like this
>>7897909Adel? Living with Ignatius, mindbroken and a shell of her former self.
Gg niggas had a good run
>>7898494Who is this?
POV: You're at Jump Festa 2025 and got a picture of Junko in her Ryuko Matoi cosplay.
>>7897600>Ah another participant in the tournament>. . .>She elects not to ask him any questions..
>>7899506>Interview? Yeah, I'll get back to you once I snap this fucker's vomit-green arm off... UNNFF--
>>7897054>>7897054Yeah word of warning it's a popularity contest so if you aren't really good at art or have some meme/coomer character design you'll probably just find it annoying and like you have to pander to some discord clique for votes. I think people who just like to make comics are better off making their own story/characters.
>>7900051I'd say it's the opposite. The tournament is actually cracked some popular NewGrounders who joined last time. And to be fair, the winners of the tournaments have always been the people who told the best stories or had the coolest designs rather than simple meme energy. I think you're just someone bitter from the prior tourneys who also just couldn't jell with the community.
>>7900096you kinda proved my point with that response honestly. You shouldn't need to "jell" with anybody in a 4chan event and "best stories" is subjective and isn't something you can judge based on a peer vote (which just reinforces the clique bias)It's fine to shill your pseudo discord event but its a shame that it's still just as flawed as the first time it was run.
>>7900120By virtue of advertising on 4chan you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for mentally defectivelosers and it shouldn’t be surprising when you get a couple.An informal collaborative comic event is a neat idea, but the social aspect is kinda gay for sure.
>>7900120>and "best stories" is subjectiveOkay retard what should people vote on then? "Hurr durr durr that doesn't count because its subjective!" Bitchtits EVERYTHING is subjective, especially in art you stupid pseudointellectual cunt. Yeah, some of the round votes have been bullshit, but get the fuck outta here with this faggotry.
>>7900051>If you aren't really good art arteven if youre better than permabeg if you don't play nice with their cliques you still wont get votesyou could be absolute dogshit but "jell right" or make a "good" story which shows off their characters and you'd winthey're biased and don't let anyone who's not participating vote so every single voter is compromised.
I don't know about other people but I generally voted for people who I think followed the prompts and put forward better or funnier stories regardless of their art skill or personality. There are definitely people who vote against entries of people they don't like though, even if the opponent's entry makes serious mistakes themselves.Voting itself really varies too."I don't vote for things that don't have narratives">votes for something that has no narrative against one that did"I don't vote for incomplete work">votes for work that isn't complete but the art is miles ahead in skill compared to the complete one>"You didn't follow the theme or showcase your opponent, I don't want to vote for that">votes for an entry that does either or bothI notice that it is good for learning how to understand an audience in the moment. Great entries don't necessarily win in CRAB and winning teams are ultimately products of luck in the end.CRAB itself is an opportunity to get to know other artists who may be in the same skill bracket as you are, who can focus enough to make a comic or game or whatever else in a timeframe of 2 weeks per round (even superbegs which automatically propels them above any nodraw critic by merit of effort), and can put aside some ego to give other characters and artists the time of day than their own vanity projects 24/7. Everyone obviously is excited about their own characters but what I notice is that there's feedback of artists tossing their characters at each other and being interested IN them for one reason or another. Some people get inspired, some people learn things, some people go 'well that was interesting' and go on their way.And some people don't. It's not for everyone. But if it sounds interesting enough to (you), the person who's reading this, it's not bad to at least try it out if you can.
>>7900412>and don't let anyone who's not participating voteYou say this like there wouldn't be some dude with 12 alts voting for himself if this wasn't the case.
>>7900755Why not make it so spectators that post art can vote too?
>>7901256>Ann checks her notes and rulebook"Not sure the bench system is still in effect but maybe we could create a follow along peanut galley, the requirement is you have to enter a character"(and draw in a crab related once more for each round and of course read through the actual entries to decide who you liked more)"Would you be interested in that idea?">>7896847Or maybe skullgirl-anon will make a return?Entirely up to our new GameMaster Marionette who'll be pulling the strings (and doing extra work unless an anon with an actual character makes the request I doubt it'd be worth the trouble) "I am in need of a co-announcer..if there's only one person who joins the audience it could beYOU"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsbpTJRf-gY"Find out next time! on Crab 5"
>>7901283>skullgirl
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>>7901644Chinchi.... I MISS THE CHINCHI
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>>7902406>"A new contender enters the ring, tell us what are your hopes and strategy going into this tournament?"
>>7900051Dana is a gooner design, but I just ain't about that discord life.
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>>7903474An “ow the edge” type of character this Junko individual is
It is imminent... I can feel it... Lafayette, we are almost here...
i would like to join but man does my comic take up most of my time
>>7903753No worries! 2 months is plenty of time!
Some people from /mmg/ here... Maybe I might enter only for the meme
>>7902406>>7903557Enjoyable entries, the both of you! Approved!>>7903753I understand that! CRAB is a bit demanding depending on the amount of work one is willing to put. Plenty of artists have pushed themselves hard to really shine here, which I know had an affect on their concurrently running comics and their update schedules.Quite a number of older crabs have in days past shared their real comics while participating in the tourney, having the experience sure is a boon to have and a few people find new readers among the ranks of artists too!>>7903856If nothing else it's an experience to have!>>7901283To answer my wonderful commentator here, there are other roles for people who may not be fully committed to being a fulltime contestant!Spectators don't have the grueling task of matching against other crab contestants but are welcome to use their OC as an observer or audience for the tournament! You're welcome to react to other crab entries and characters, provided you stick to your peanut gallery!I'm fielding an idea that Spectators could also VOTE for entries after a round is over, provided they fulfill some requirements for voting. It's again entirely optional but for you shy people in the audience it could be fun!
>>7895994>picks bearanon instead of the absolute unit that is Nathanshit chart
>>7903558> "Ah.. I'm sorry I- OH hey look over there a new contestant! gotta go byeee">>7893739>>7903557> As Ann tries to come up with a question according to her notes this contestant is a veteran, someone with this much experience would probably make for a better commentator than her... she hears laughter behind her"Ah.. what will be your main purpose this time around? ">>7903955Oh a spectator vote? What are the requirements to get a ticket if they chose to do so?
Gonna need that discord
>>7904003Chopping it up so you'll need to assemble it yourself anonhttps://discord.ggspacinggggg/nDcMUA3n
>>7905552>HE comes backMaybe I should skip out of this year.
>>7903976"Ah.. what will be your main purpose this time around?""My wife."
>>7905592Bro your wife is gone, she is orbed, my dude. She's not coming back bro. Just give up.
>>7905596let the man dream
https://imgur.com/a/jsgYlIchttps://cubari.moe/read/imgur/jsgYlIc/1/1/
>>7905664Not bad, not bad. Hope she's not gonna shit the bed like Abby did.
>>7905664>"We're back with a new contestant for the tournament. This one is rare, my sources tell me a crab that can read is a truly uncommon occurrence.> "Ms Uriel one question.. what about "revival" what the game changer that made you decide to join? Are you planning on.. hurting the competition? Have you brought anything with you in the purse?"
>>7896847>>7896848btw fun thing happened righti was watching an archived metokur stream and one of the donations was you advertising you bardic tales comicpretty funny how small the world is eh?
>>7893494what's the deadline to enter? do I just auto get in if I do the drawing oc defeating thing?
>>7906481Lol small world. I also did it on Rekeitalaw years before he was revealed to be what he is now -_-
>>7907607>>7906481Something about Metokur, seems like everyone he's ever interacted with has gone down an insane trajectorySargonCoachredpillethanralphs killstreamtonkaandy adam racewarskinickfuentesboogie1488the list goes onRikeita is just the latest in a long line of internet retards
>>7907543You have till May 17th to complete your pit entry, and you get into the Crab roster!!!
>>7906869The Janman himself
My oc is so genuinely shit I don't know if I even want to submit it
>>7908056äIs prob fine
I guess I'll post this for nowI'm still working on my entry comic
>>7908376Your Crab looks great, anon!!!
>>7908056>>7908376I've gotten too cautious of cute cartoon contestants to have any hope, but if you're willing to make an entry, go ahead.
>>7908680what's the problem with cute cartoons?
>>7908695Nothing really, its just in previous years there's been at least one or two people with cute characters that drop out before even finishing the first round. Last year they didn't even get that far, one of the cute cartoon people dropped the second the teams were revealed.
>>7908735Or they belong to batshit insane weirdos
>>7908951The "cute" artists are often the most insane and vile.
>>7907725Andy Warski redeemed himself with Kino Casino.
>>7908376Nice heheheheHehehehe heheheHehehe
>>7908695What >>7908735 said, except it's been more than "one or two."
>>7908977that cokehead is a faggot but hope he stays back in his lane and keeps it kino
>>7908376Cutelooking forward to their entry
>>7909392He stopped doing coke, teamed up with fatass PPP and became kino.
>>7909460That's good to hear, I just hope metokur can make a miraculous recovery>>7908970Why does this happen? and why is it always furries...
>>7910101its less furries and more dumb piece of shit mentally recessed talentless retards who cant write or draw shit that isnt a some boring cartoon animal or mascot fucking wastes of space artistic deadweight smells like shit autistic annoyig as fuck and weird and probably fucking walks funny and austistic
