Monster Bedtime

Thanks everyone for participating in this latest contest. This was one to move us closer to the group goal of producing a book together. Thanks for your ideas and interest. Leave comments for each other or for me if you so desire. Great work.





Becca W. - Worm Monsters getting ready for bed.




Kristi G. - More monsters

Nate S. - Just a little more work with the snowball monster from before. The idea was that the dad comes home to discover his son is stuck halfway into his pajama shirt.

Scott W. - Monster 'August' getting ready for bed, combing

Scott W. - Preparatory sketches.

Examples

Kristi G. sent me two more illustrators to check out. Their websites show their styles and work and hopefully will help you see what illustrators are working on today. Check them out. Thanks Kristi.

Amy Bates

Jen Corace

I FOUND IT!

Hey friends! After much searching I finally remembered the artist I wanted to recommend checking out. His name is Tony DiTerlizzi and he's illustrated many children's books, most famous being probably the Spiderwick Chronicles series of books that inspired a movie released by Nickelodeon. His website address is http://www.diterlizzi.com/. Check it out. I really enjoy his process and composition. He has strong artwork and has quite a bit on the internet to check out, although most of it is in flash so you'll have to be able to play flash. I hope all's going well with the monster designs. Keep up the great work.

MONSTERS IN PAJAMAS!

Alright everyone its time for the next contest. This next challenge will be moving closer as a group to the final project: that is making a group childrens book about monsters. The central idea to the book is that monsters are much like little boys and girls when it comes to bedtime, they wear pajamas. The difference is that they wear them in ways that would be unexpected.

The newest contest would center on coming up with a monster design that is similar anatomically to a little boy or girl; size, proportions, likability, etc. This would be similar to what Sesame Street has done for many years, make likable monsters. We had some great entries from our earlier monster contest and I suggest you start there for inspiration if you aren't sure where to start. We need a character or many that kids would look at and laugh along with as they wear their pajamas in funny ways. You could even use shows like Sesame Street for inspiration, but make sure the characters are original, originally yours that is.

I want to have the book printed this year so we need to start this project moving along quicker than before. The monsters from the earlier contest will be incorporated into the beginning part of the book but this next contest will be the latter half of the book. We need to get this ball rolling so lets make the deadline:

Due Midnight on March 31st, 2010.

Logo Ideas

Here's the submissions for logos for the blog. These are all just quick sketches of ideas that will need to be further developed for use on the blog. Thank you Scott for your input. Now it's in your hands workshop community. Leave a comment or email casting your vote for the idea that sparks your interest the best; although maybe not exactly there yet.

Entry sketches done by Nate S.

Entry sketches done by Scott W