Illustration Contest Mark II (One week to go!) by JZLobo, journal
Illustration Contest Mark II (One week to go!)
:new:4.23 The deadline approacheth! For those of you still working on your entries, better get a move on!
This was such a success last year that I'm doing it again for my 25th birthday!
The Challenge:
Pick your favorite story from the list below and draw a scene or characters from it! I try to be diverse in my writing; Action, drama, science fiction, romance, humans, robots... There should be something in there for everybody. This year's pool has some old classics and some new favorites. Some characters have reference pictures already, but some have never been visually depicted before. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Some stori
"In the end we'll lie awake And we'll dream of making our escape..."
At the moment I'm a shepherdess in Scotland (but I'm American) with three small kids and a handsome husband. In my spare time I'm attempting to draw from my many adventures and experiences as a firefighter, military helicopter mechanic, war vet, medic, science major, musician, world explorer etc etc to write a Transformers novel. (Hopefully the first of many novels of various fantasy/sci-fi subjects, TF included. Yay!!)
Current Residence: Stone Farmhouse, Scotland deviantWEAR sizing preference: You shouldn't ask a lady her size! lol Favourite genre of music: All sorts of genre Favourite photographer: Anyone that takes good photos! Favourite style of art: Classic as well as truly Abstract MP3 player of choice: Just bought an iPod Shell of choice: uh... crab? Wallpaper of choice: eh?? Skin of choice: this is getting weirder by the second... Favourite cartoon character: Ratchet from Transformers Personal Quote: Give. Me. Coffe. (Please)
Favourite Visual Artist
DonFig, and now also Alex Milne
Favourite Movies
The Red Violin
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Nightwish, Njord, Within Temptation, Creed, Snow Patrol
Favourite Writers
Emily Dickenson, Jane Austen
Favourite Games
Chess
Favourite Gaming Platform
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Tools of the Trade
Drawing pencils, paper, laptop, bottles and diapers
Not literally, of course! But between some seriously annoying technology problems (99.9% due to my computer ignorance) causing me to fall behind, and me frying endless brain cells as I try to finish typing up six 22 page comic scripts for my pretend mini-series... I have not done well with "Intro to Comic Book Art." But that is no judgement on the class or the instructor. It's alllll me and my wretched luck lol!
I think what I need to do is back off of art for now and focus on this 6 issue mini-series comic script. This is a continuation of what I have been learning in the "comic book writing" classes at Comics Experience. Since I am a hands
This Comics Experience place rocks! I've just finished the Advanced Comic Book Writing class (I'm going to re-take both writing classes in the future) and now I've signed up for the Intro To Comic Book Art class. Which starts August 30th so I have a month to do some serious perspective practice before I have to dive in...
Wow I've never done this before! It has been a very crazy birthday today: starting in France and ending in Scotland, celebrating my birthday in two countries LOL!
On a cool note: I share the same birthday as the Transformers artist Casey Coller. That's rather cool! :-)
Ok, I'm sitting here in a hotel room in Edinburrrah (Edinburg) and starving. Time to go find some food. I sleep the night here and then tomorrow I am finally home with my dear husband and kids. Yay!!