Fancy yourself drawn into your very own comic?
What a great idea to promote yourself as an artist - creating individualised cartoons of people who would love nothing better than to appear as themselves in someone else's work, and integrating them into a comic format. The potential here is massive, not only could you use the same story over and over again, just swapping out the key character (thereby generating a production line kind of affair), but I would imagine you could also sell multiple copies to the more egotistical of purchasers - what better gift than the gift of creative art where you, the present giver, are the lead character.

This is a very unique and effective way of promoting a business, and also promoting an artist.

I keep harping on about TradeMe and other large online trading sites, but the bottom line is that they get a massive amount of recurrent traffic. If you can come up with a relevant application for creating a great auction that also promotes your business or online venture, you get instant exposure to a huge audience that you would ordinarily not have access to.

Check out this auction
< http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=317728675 >.
Here is the description from the listing.

Ever thought to yourself 'man id be mean in a comic book' well quess what...NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!

This auction is for a one of a kind comic of YOU (who ever wins the auction) fighting off zombies in the town you live in :D drawn by me woohoo.
Now if you win the auction i will have one week to draw , color and print off (on awesome paper not shit stuff) at least 50 pages worth of your zombie killing , survival spree and the comic MUST be completed.

I will need a picture of you and who ever else you want to be in it and for a question air filled out so i can get to know your character profile.

I really want to make comics as a profession SO here is a great start to get into the swing of things :) woohoo .

You can see my style of art in the photos provided. Good luck haha im hopeing people will bid on this , i promise a master piece!

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As of now, the auction has had 633 views, and the bidding appears crisp, already up to $150 with the auction ending tomorrow at 9pm.
I am savign their details as I want to see what happens next. I will keep you posted.