SCBWI monthly DRAW THIS contest

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

Draw This! Admire

(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.

Draw This! Royal

(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.