D&D Art Order Challenge

Recently I decided to enter the D&D Challenge on The Art Order. I only found out about the event a week before the deadline, so I didn't have much time to come up with something, but I really wanted to try something new. My entry is for Creatures, and I chose to do a tribe cook based on pre-done character references. Creatures are somewhat out of my comfort zone, but it wasn't as hard to do as I'd thought. In fact, I really had fun. I'm going to definitely enter more of the challenges on The Art Order. :)

[video] Illustrators of the Future Win

This was a nice surprise to receive in my inbox!



I entered the L. Ron Hubbard's Writers/Illustrators of the Future contest in 2008/2009 as just one of the many scholarship opportunities I'd gathered as a highschool senior. When my submission got enough kudos to move onto the next stage, that was cool enough for me. But then I found out I'd be illustrating the short story of another contest entrant and that I would, along with about 15-20 other writers and illustrators, be getting published in Vol. 26 of Writers of the Future. It's a pretty substantial science fiction/fantasy anthology. I feel extremely honored to be included with such a talented group of people!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to attend both the workshop and the awards ceremony for the vol. 26 winners. It was held in 2010 and I'd just begun entering my core classes at college--I didn't want to interrupt my schooling. (Plus, I couldn't afford to stay in LA for a week.) My parents and I didn't think too much of it until we saw this video last week and realized that no, this awards ceremony was actually a huge deal. And now I feel really bad for missing it. (I'm still broke, though.)

But here's the clip with Simon Cooper, whose amazing, enthralling short story 'Confliction' I got to illustrate, and my own segment that I was not present for. I was wowed that they actually showed my other submissions, too!