Character Design Contest

Here's the entries for the character design contest. There were some great entries, good job everyone.

My picture was inspired by Nate’s story that he’s currently working on and the hardworking fairies in it. I’m not good at faces but I love costumes so I wanted to explore what they would wear.

Aubrey S

I wanted to work on giving my character emotion this time around and also see if I could create the same character twice in different settings and different angles and see if they really looked like the same character. I am happy with the emotions - one being quiet and focused, and the other proud and excited. I am not sure if they look at all alike though. Thank you for the book ideas. I am excited to learn more.

Kristi G

I was exploring the character design of the main character of a story I’m currently writing for my baby daughter. It’s all about the Tooth Fairy and how she becomes famous all over the world. I’m pretty happy with where I have gotten to, although it may not be the final product.

Nate S

Here are some quick sketches followed by explorations of the gestures applied to the character designs:

Scott W

Illustration Contest: Character Design

Great work everyone in the last contest. It's fun for me to see how everyone is progressing individually. Keep up the hard work. For this next quick draw contest we're going to center it around developing characters for a story. (Thank you Scott for the idea.) In this contest you're to come up with a character, could be for a story, and to work on developing who they are or how they look. Possible interpretations of the contest could include: various designs in appearance, different poses to explore personality, different clothes or coverings, or whatever else you come up with, just keep it centered on a character.

I'm excited to see what you come up with, so please start working. Our deadline is Saturday, September 18th, midnight. Good luck and happy drawing.

Story Backgrounds

Hey everyone, thank you for your contributions. I hope you felt good about what you got done. If not, well that's totally fine. That's what next time is for. Hopefully we all learned something about ourselves and the process and can get it working for us next time. I liked what we received. Here are our submissions.

Becca W

Kristi G

Liezl G - The Lion and the Lion Tamer

Nate S - Picture I wanted to paint, inspired by the mysteries of China.

Quincy G - Mommy and Daddy

Scott W

Scott W

Illustration Contest: Theme/Background

Alright everyone. The next contest is centered on creating a theme for a book, which can be interpreted however you wish. It could mean that your backgrounds have a certain stylized appearance or that you use words as part of each image sewn into the image itself. Use your imagination. You've got two weeks from today; get going.

Submissions due: September 2nd, Midnight

Backyard Neighbors

This newest contest was centered around the idea of all the crazy fun times you miss out on when you're not in your backyard or the park. I'm sure mythological creatures will take good care of everything though until you return. Great work everyone, here's the entries:

Kristi G. - The gnome brothers noticed their belts were fitting a little too tight around the middle, so they asked the Zen master flamingo to help them shed some pounds. By moonlight, we see them working on their downward dog and the standing, sideways split.

Liezl G. - Every night this color fairy makes sure all of the colors in nature are ready for the next day.

Nate S. - My idea centered around the games that fantasy creatures play when we aren’t looking, like this leprechaun, currently in the lead of the cat races.

Quincy G. - This silly clown performs for all of the animals in the forest to laugh.

Scott W. - So I was at a family reunion and saw Brock Guymon drawing this character (above). As he explained the drawing...I thought of a character made of stones and held together by fire. With his permission, I made these sketches:

Thanks everyone for your entries; they look great. All I can see is improvement and growth, aside from all the fun, creative ideas.