FEBRUARY CONTEST

Lee White

Wow! I'm so impressed! over 90 entries this month which makes this our biggest contest. The only hard part is now I have to do the judging! This one is gonna be tough!

Jason Bowen

@lee-white good luck haha

Sarah LuAnn

So many cool entries! It was a really fun prompt so I’m not surprised.

lindasilvestri

@johanna-kim Brilliant! I can easily see a picture book from this one illustration. Great color palette, composition, pov, characters, environment and love the sweet, inspiring concept!

Durribie

@adameverafter I haven't really watched much of DBz but I have been playing a lot of Dragon Quest Builders!

Eli

THESE ARE ALL AWESOME. Amazing work, everyone!!

Jessica Jolicoeur

@johanna-kim I really like your interpretation of the Octopus Challenge.
You have really created a lot of context, there is a great story taking place in the illustrations in the background. I would love to see this as a book.

Eli

@april-s I really, really love this.

MOO

@lee-white I was just thinking that whoever is judging has a big job ahead of him! SO MANY entireis and some really nice ones too!

Hopper12

@chip-valecek Thank you for putting this together- it is SO much easier to see now!

April S.

@eli Thank you so much!

Johanna Kim

@jessica-jolicoeur Thanks so much, Jessica! I did spend a lot of time and thought on this concept and illo. And I'm always grateful for any suggestions for improvement.

bloodycnidaria

@lindasilvestri LOL this is amazing

nasvikdraws

All look great. Great array of styles and topics. Good job guys

lindasilvestri

@bloodycnidaria Thank you!!!

@johanna-kim Kim, I really like your illustration a great deal. It's got so much of "everything" that makes a story fun to read. The art is a perfect solution, IMHO. Congrats on coming in second place! -T

MOO

Congratulations to the winners! All of those chosen were so good!

Zavellart

I don't think it's fair to only have one judge, just saying. Too subjective. I'm honestly not too happy with this month's results.

Jason Bowen

@adameverafter Try not to see it as a competition, see it as prompts to create your best work for your portfolio. We are all winners haha... no seriously

evilrobot

@adameverafter I wouldn't take it so personal. The level of skill and dedication of a lot of members of SVS is super high.(these ARE going to be future illustrators of children's books and some of them already are) It's pretty hard to expect to place at the top. I look at who places and then use that to try and figure out why? Concept, skill, a combination of both. I then use that to try and improve on my next one. But for the most part it's about doing the best work you can and getting a great portfolio piece.
(For the record I thought the winning piece was pretty darn cool...)