Whilst watching Cartoon Network the other night they released a promo for How To Train Your Dragon DVD release...and announced there would be a contest to create your own dragon...the winner will be chosen and have their dragon used in cartoon...
#1. How To Train Your Dragon was probably the best movie I saw all summer of the 5 or so I went to...
#2. The contest is limited to those between the ages of 4 and 12...which makes me sad...I may not artistically have had a shot before but I'm definitely not passing for a 12 year old. So if you have a kid that hits that area have at it...
#3. They reserve the right to change and adapt the dragon created for their specifications and purposes because 'animation is tough'...I've seen some contests with that type of disclaimer before and the artist's original work is completely dismantled...so imagine Billy or Suzie getting picked and watching the episode and waiting for their dragon to appear...only to find out they saw their dragon but it didn't look anything like what they designed...
#4. James Gurney talked about doing a poster contest at the age of 13 and he was disqualified because they didn't believe he did it...so if you have a superstar artist is that a pitfall?
#5. I decided to do some dragons anyway...I received a new sketchbook from CCAD during their presentation so I'm going to fill it up with dragons...which means I have 4 sketchbooks going in different directions...and then there is the one I lost...at the park...when someone took it while I was playing with my kids...sketchy come home...so I'm going to do a dragon a day...until I get bored...
#6. Professional development for my job means that I get to actually do some stuff with this...sculpy...and Illustrator...and Photoshop...once I get it approved by our "Committee"...
4 comments:
I think that my favorite is the top one. I think that you should have one of your kids trace it on a lightbox and make it theirs. Do you remember that photographer that was going around taking photos of other photographer's photos and then calling them her's? Same thing really.
Somebody stole your sketchbook?! Awesome. What a great compliment.
Sweet dragons. Too bad about the age restriction. I like all your points. I enjoyed seeing all of your new work. I hope all is well.
Cheers-
What a shame you can't be in the contest. I think point #3 is enough to keep your dragons out of their hands anyway though. I think I like the top drawing best. It looks like it's skipping happily along :)
I love the bottom, aquatic one best. Something about the fins and the stance. Excellent work!
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