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Book Cover Redrawing Contest
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Calling all CBers! This is a mission of gravest importance. Blab about Books is dying out, and we need to do something about it. From what I've seen, contest threads are some of the most popular, so I think we need a contest here on BaB!
Here's how this is going to work: I'll start by choosing a well-known book, one that I think has a lot of possibilities for cover designs. Then, you can re-draw the cover of that book in a different style. The idea is, if you were designing the cover for the book, what would you make it look like? After a few weeks (two seems to be the standard for contests of this sort), I'll judge the entries, and the winner can choose a book and judge for the next round!
Let's start with The Giver by Lois Lowry, and entries will be due in two weeks, on August 31. I'll judge the next day.
I'll judge the entries based on which one would make me want to pick up and read the book, and also on how well they represent the book. Artistic ability, while it will be a factor, is not the main focus of this contest, so feel free to enter even if you don't think you're an excellent artist.
Please enter and spread the word! Let's revive Blab about Books!
submitted by Kitten, Daydreaming
(August 17, 2020 - 5:23 pm)
(August 17, 2020 - 5:23 pm)
Awesome! I will try to enter. And BaB definitely needs to live. I could probably come up with another contest on here if that's helpful...
(August 17, 2020 - 7:58 pm)
(August 17, 2020 - 9:20 pm)
Totally gonna enter!!!!
(August 18, 2020 - 9:57 am)
I'll participate! I have an idea, now I just need to put it on paper...
(August 18, 2020 - 4:55 pm)
Heres my entry! I don't like it that much (the apple is VERY round),but I had fun doing the watercolor.
(August 19, 2020 - 10:34 am)
Ooh, intriguing! I like it!
(August 19, 2020 - 3:51 pm)
I’m not very good at drawing, digital or otherwise, and I don’t have a good drawing app, so I just used ‘markup’ in the photos app on a picture of a peice of paper and then edited it, but here’s my submission. I, too, want BaB to be revived.
(August 22, 2020 - 3:20 pm)
I’m not very good at drawing, digital or otherwise, and I don’t have a good drawing app, so I just used ‘markup’ in the photos app on a picture of a peice of paper and then edited it, but here’s my submission. I, too, want BaB to be revived.
(August 22, 2020 - 3:20 pm)
Surprise, surprise! Please welcome PygmyOwl, another amateur artist who decided to draw an apple because she is so bad at drawing people. I present to you:
An apple! Inside of Jonas's eye! How creative, am I right?
(August 23, 2020 - 2:02 pm)
Apparently apples are a big thing! Interesting...
(August 23, 2020 - 4:34 pm)
They are also very easy to draw.
(August 28, 2020 - 6:40 pm)
Not very good, but whatever. Also probably going to be sideways.
(August 29, 2020 - 12:26 pm)
I'll participate! (if I manage to work up the motivation in time :/).
(August 29, 2020 - 1:25 pm)
Okay, so here is my entry. I expected it to take many more tries than it did. Heh, I was so scared to ink it. I noticed a lot of people were doing the apple. I was considering doing the color thing (although not with the apple) but many people were so I decided against it. Oof, the shading is messy.
(August 29, 2020 - 2:23 pm)
Oh wow I mispelled "Lois" oops how embarassing heh, lets just ignore that (blocks misspelling of author's name)
(August 31, 2020 - 4:48 pm)