Some concepts

Hey! I hope everyone's summer is going well. 8D

Here are a couple of thingers that I doodled up. The first one... There's something about it that's not quite right to me. Any help would be awesome. 8D And the second one, I dunno. XD It randomly came to me... I guess because dragons are awesome and I'm excited for Up! I thought it might be cute. Something like "In a world where everyone knows dragons are extinct, how can Boris* expect to survive?" except more... RIVETING.




















*The name is also a work in progress.

Molly S. Wood IN Demon Crypt

Welcome to the Competition!

Animation Magazine announced their annual Pitch Party for ideas for new shows. They sell you a spot on their page to pitch your idea.

Commercial Animation is buying a full page (six "pitches") and we need your designs to fill the space. Each pitch would normally cost you $375 US but we're going to cover it because it will get the word out that we have such an awesome group of artists.

So this is a mini-competition whose winners will have their work submitted to Animation Magazine's competition (and be published).

Capilano's Pitch Party Procedure

1. Important: email Don and ask to be a contributing member of this Pitch Party Blog (and then accept the invitation) so you can post!

2. Post as many designs as you like. Read the instructions to make sure you know what the magazine is looking for. Though it would be nice to have six different students represented, there's no rule that says the same person can't win two out of the six spots.

3. The Capilano competition deadline is Saturday, 11PM, June 6th (the Anim Mag deadline is the 10th) Judging will take place on Sunday, June 7th and winners will be announced on this blog.

You may post early and get feedback from people. Only invited blog members will be able to visit the blog until the judging starts.

4. Judges will be selected from the industry and include graduates of the program (TBA).

5. The winners will then have a couple days to tighten up their designs and we will submit them to Animation Magazine for publishing. The Animation Magazine rules for last year (and great advice about what to design) are at this link.

6. Submit:
a) An image, 2.25 inches wide by 4.875 inches high
b) Up to 30 words (part of the artwork) to pitch the idea or character
c) A title (optional)
d) Contact information (email address and maybe your blog address if you've got a killer blog)

Important! Check out past entries (below) to research why pitches won and which designs looked crappy! When designing, watch out for: text too small to read, bad composition/negative space, cramped layout from trying to get too much in, unappealing characters or ones that lack personality, sick colours or too many colours, boring concept or one that's been done to death or one that's offensive or too adult....they're looking for "fresh" and "kid-friendly".

Want to see how last year's blog looked? Click here: http://pitchparty.blogspot.com/

Want to see last year's entries? Click here:
http://www.animationmagazine.net/pitch_party_08_vote.html