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Umbagog is a zombie focused creative writing and illustration group modeled after :iconwindsonde: and :iconmoontouched:.

Members create characters that explore Umbagog's world, completing challenges to advance and explore their imaginations. There are minimum standards so that each artist or writer improves their storytelling skills according to their current level.

There's no time limit to normal challenges, so Umbagog is a lower stress roleplaying environment than the usual chatroom or forum media. Instead the emphasis is on quality, personal advancement, and group character development.


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Hey folks! We've created a Youtube Channel for Umbagog called Umbagog Official. It has playlists for certain groups and characters (including user created ones) so you can share your sources of inspiration with fellow club members.
The playlists were compiled from a suggestions document found here. Both members and watchers are free to either create a list for their own characters or provide suggestions for other people's (under the suggestions lists).

If you folks have suggestions for inspiring videos also, feel free to suggest them in this journal. We'll create a whole inspirational playlist for those things as well.

Thanks so much for contributing and please, enjoy :D
Hey folks! I've been getting a few challenges of late that needed some touchups before they could be accepted. Sadly most the work was done before it came to us, so it's that much harder for corrections to be applied.
If you're attempting something ambitious or just want more advice to advance, especially if you've had a few rejections already, DO feel free to contact ESDA06 or Silenced-Dreams for redlines and advice. We'll happily walk you through anything needing work, it is our job as admin/moderator. Both of us will respond to notes readily!
This also is the purpose of the Sketches folder. It is not just for rough work, but for challenges in progress. Submitting to the Sketches folder helps us see your work and give you suggestions for improvement before too much has been done.
We will push you, but towards a more positive place.

Additionally if you are writing and aren't certain how it's turning out, contact CPereira for advice. He'll give you a walkthrough of writing techniques to keep in mind and he's a trained teacher. So don't be afraid to prod him for help, no matter how silly you think it might be. Same goes double for us art mods :D
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:iconaazhie:
I just uploaded some real bear skull refs for anyone to check out/appropriate. Before you search they still have meat and gore attached!
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:iconkarakanatmelek:
~karakanatmelek Mar 17, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
So, uh, how long is the expected wait time for someone to get back to me about joining?
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:icondanielawesome:
Mood: Wow! ~Danielawesome Jan 19, 2013   Traditional Artist
this world and the characters would make awesome comics!! :=
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:iconzombieless:
This looks really cool! I'm going to try and apply :>
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:iconsaburu91:
~saburu91 Sep 25, 2012  Student Digital Artist
Gosh I want in on this but there is just so much ;A;
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:iconesda06:
~ESDA06 Sep 25, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Welp you're still welcome to apply. We just need two examples of your work when you submit a join request which follow the guidelines in our rules (basically, making sure you're able to complete a full composition with backgrounds, colors, lighting, characters, etc)
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:iconwyco-turmoil:
question do people in umbagog wear full body
armor?
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:iconleitakree:
~LeitaKree Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
For the most part, it would likely be very uncommon. Umbagog is set in modern times, relatively, so most types of 'armor' are obsolete and out of production. If your character was a member of a SWAT team, then perhaps, but they'd be restricted by how full armor would be hot and tiresome to work in. Same for something like a shark suit. That's not even counting trying to keep the armor maintained and usable. In this kind of environment, you probably couldn't afford to sacrifice the speed for the protection of body armor--particularly since if overwhelmed, a group of zombies could easily pull it off your body.

TL;DR: You could, but it would be way more trouble than it's worth.
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:iconwyco-turmoil:
Good point but i was thinking if the persons wearing only used it for heavy engagement i.e clearing out a small or medium horde with heavy weaponary like a machine gun or flame thrower.
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~LeitaKree Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
In practice, heavy machine guns are really, really bad to clean out hordes, particularly since you need to destroy the brain and the scattered bullets simply aren't effective enough to do that. Assault rifles like AKs and combat weaponry are far more precise, which enables you to get the kill shots you need.

Flamethrowers, on the other hand, are very effective at murdering undead at the cost of them being very big, very heavy, and very bulky. Between the flamethrower and the armor, a person on their own would be badly at risk of being overrun, partially due to limited scope of effectiveness due to loss of dexterity in the limbs and exhaustion from carrying the heavy armor/weapon around, particularly heat exhaustion if there's any sort of sun. Hopefully, though, they'd have backup in the first place, but their best bet for staying alive and unbitten is to ditch the armor and be able to use that energy to keep the dead at bay.
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