SCBWI monthly DRAW THIS contest

tallbridgeguy

First Concept for this month's contest.

The word is "Borrow"

Edit: Added second concept (click for better view)

Edit: Added a different version of the robot dragonfly, with sparkles!

borrow dragonfly.jpg

magfly mount small.jpg

tallbridgeguy

Another concept idea for the word "borrow".....

The problem is, the image has to read at a small size because of the way they are posted. Too little or too much stuff may cause confusion and I have to keep in mind it is for kids.

Is there a story in this image?

BORROW nielsen.jpg

tallbridgeguy

Okay nobody at work understood the last image, so here is a really straight forward concept.
(And my first Dino)

(Btw if I have worn out my welcome with this series just tell me...)

Edit: well I can't use this one. Someone else shows two octopus (octopi?) sharing sweaters.
if you tweet you can check out #scbwidrawthis where illustrators past images early.

Back to the drawing board.

Edit: I added another image. I thought "borrow" a time machine, ya it didn't work. So sometimes you have to post mistakes!

blue time pop sm.jpg

tallbridgeguy

Good or not, this is what I submitted.
I will try not to bug you until the end of the month when the winners are announced!

Maybe I should make a dinosaur book?

tallbridgeguy

The May contest is now live.
http://drawthisborrow.blogspot.com/

I didn't win but Miranda Ireland and Vashti Harrison did.

The word for June is not yet posted.

tallbridgeguy

SCBWI decided to discontinue the monthly DrawThis contest. Then a funny thing happened, one of last month's winners got a book deal. Now it is back for August.

The word for August is "ADMIRE".

I started thinking about it (not that my style can win) and here are a few thoughts.

Remember to check out my free books on bridgerobots.com (shameless plug)

Any thoughts on these?

admire emma croc fin.jpg

admire fire fly.jpg

Admire_Stuart_Nielsen 2.jpg

admire statue.jpg

tallbridgeguy

Submitted this one for "Admire"

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tallbridgeguy

The contest for August is now live at

http://www.drawthisadmire.blogspot.com

The word was "Admire"

My entry is waaaayyyy different from everyone else.

The winners have not been announced yet and I wonder how they are actually chosen?

I was going to enter this one but my wife thought it was creepy.

tallbridgeguy

Just a quick update. The winners from August were Nancy Lemon and Kirk Parrish.

The word for September is "Royal"

And now a meaningless image.

tallbridgeguy

The winners of the August contest were

Nancy Lemon
Kirk Parrish

Tried a different style for my "Royal" entry. (I was going to make it "with cheese" but I doubt they would get it.)

The Spider King

tallbridgeguy

The latest contest for the word "Royal" was posted.

http://drawthisroyal.blogspot.com/

Seems my entry did not make the cut. I thought my spider was okay but apparently not..

Bryan K

How are the books doing?

tallbridgeguy

Hi Bryan, the books are okay. No big sales yet, I think my style is soooo different from the soft focus illustrations typically found in children's books. It is really tough to break into the market.

Here is a rough copy of my latest book. It might be the last one for a while until I figure out how to market my stuff.

Pirate Spiders of Lars (best viewed full screen)

http://www.bridgerobots.com/test/PiratespidersofLarsStuartNielsen.pdf

Oh well maybe back to watercolor. Thanks for asking!

Bryan K

I like your watercolors.

Hang in there with the books. You may just be ahead of your time. I think they are perfect for children books.

tallbridgeguy

Thanks Bryan, I will keep working it.

Here is a coffee break watercolor. Made the rough idea in sketchup, painted a vanilla version of it.

"Cow in Sunshine"

wc kerk 1.jpg

tallbridgeguy

The word for September is "Swift". I made this.

Mike Amos

I'm sorry if this is going across as if I know it all but Sara, my ex, is a speach and language therapist and she uses games and children's books as a way of encouraging children with language (speech or cognition) and learning problems. I think you could slightly change your focus and do something good while getting a reasonable return. With your permission I would like to pass on your email so you can talk direct and get pointers direct from the horses mouth. Is that OK? NOT time to give up and I believe in your idea. I hope something can be worked out.