The Slothicorn Art Contest ends tonight and I almost missed it. I wasn't sure if I was going to have time to sit down and actually bang something out.
Here's my comic book styled slothicorn — it was digitally illustrated using a graphics monitor (paid for by Steemit earnings, I might add!) It's in response to this great idea and project spearheaded by @stellabelle : https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@stellabelle/win-this-crypto-survival-kit-in-slothicorn-s-first-art-contest
The beauty of this contest is to provide art that is creative commons licensed to be used by any one in any way at any time, so have at her, and wish me luck!
I need a drink. Can't wait to look through all of the entries now that the mad panic is over! Here's a gif showing the layers stacking up for this simple process. It's a bit messy, but it feels really amazing to have a reason to sit down and actually just produce a bit of art again, even if it's a bit sloppy. There are a lot of little things I'd love to change, but what else is new? Perfectly imperfect. I was seeing a lot of sloth based animals, so I ended up with... whatever this thing is. Sloth claws and nose and markings, and then all of its horsey limbs stretched out grotesquely; I ended up having to colour it super perky colours, as it was actually a little bit terrifying when I made it red and black.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
WOWEE, neato! I actually have made it into the top 30 for judging. The top 24 will be included in an anthology. If you like my weird nightmare hlothiscorse, would you go consider giving it your smallest vote? I would be so thrilled!
Click here to go to the contest and the comment where you can vote~
These photos and words are my own work, inspired by travels all over this pretty blue marble of ours. I hope you like them. 🌶️
My favourite part has to be the comic book stylings. Am I the only one who noticed the half-tone dots? I wouldn't mind if they had been a lower line screen for larger dots. Dots that "grab your face" as my Greek designer acquaintance would say.
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I totally agree; also, I just read that in a boisterous, Greek voice and it was amazing. It's partially why I included the closeup. When I was illustrating, they were huge to me, but when I was done, I realized they really got lost overall. Whooommp. Thanks for looking so closely~
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I run into situations like that, good enough but could stand a little tweaking, I'm really glad most people aren't as observant as I am, I'd be ultra-self-conscious :D
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Those look really nice! Awesome style and execution!
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hey, just a reminder, your art and all slothicorn entries are being voted on by the community, so cast your votes: https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@slothicorn/vote-for-the-top-24-slothicorn-entries-in-the-comments-to-pick-the-winners
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thanks! I didn't realize it was go time~
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Mighty fine unicorn/slothicorn you made there. It's the type of unicorn Thunderbird would ride to the wrestling ring. I like the color pallete. Good luck in the contest!
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thanks! Let's just not think about how it would probably immediately collapse given it has weird backwards bending legs ending in curvy claw bits and a spin in the middle, LOL
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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LOL. I upvoted you for the cause on the contest thread.
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Best Slothicorn is only real Slothicorn.
Accept no imitations.
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you called it! <3 waggghhhhh
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Awkward and beautifully graceful simultaneaously. Excellent work.
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thank you lima~ it's much appreciated! I often find myself reflected int he things I draw. The derp face and awkward usually come from that~
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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It's a really lovely piece of art - I really like the pastel colors you used, it is a delight to the eye!
I like that you chose to make it without proportions to a real horse body but still - there is no doubt it is a horse, albeit a muscular one! and this Wolverine style paws are really cook too :)
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thanks! I accept that I went a bit of a weird avenue to many of the other entries, but that's kind of just how I am, I suppose. I wouldn't normally do the candy colours, but I actually really like how it turned out. Sometimes you just need to stretch your comfort zone, like a creepy snorsicloth!
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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I love it he's a contortionist! Glad you made it in time!
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yeah, the body makes no kind of sense, but I kind of became enamored with it being so sneklike! Canafam gonna rule that little booklet <3
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With just a splash of purple and that’s makes it lovely
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and soooo much pink!!
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Its like you had me in mind or something <3
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Love your rendition crim! Most are sloths with a unicorn horn that I've seen so I love this direction! A true merging of the sloth and the -icorn ;)
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it's a lot more corny, I think, but the sloth bits are there in spirit. And in the three foot long claws :D
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oh don't think I didnt notice those lol.
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Front half slothicorn or back half slothicorn? This problem gets more complex alllll the time.
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or, be julia and just kill both versions~ :D
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I love the fluidity and the color palette of the composition. Good luck!
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thanks! it's kind of way off what I normally do, but it's really grown on me :)
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It's really cool. :) What inspired you to try this style?
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That's actually a great combination of a sloth and a unicorn ;)
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it's weird and I love it, but I'm also biased ;)
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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Done! :)
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I love it! very unrestrained and it has some slavic influence :)
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you know, I never thought about it, but you're right. I see something here that reminds me of the designs I do on my psanky, but of course I couldn't say what, and double of course none of my eggs look like this either. How fascinating!
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yes! the first thing i thought of when i saw it was the beautiful horses from the 1940's soviet animation about a folk tale of Konek Gorbunok... but also this style is something you'd see on traditional tableware designs, tapestries, etc. but you also added a modern comic-book spin to it with the halftone effect ;)
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Wow , I can see how much work was put into this , very nice Crimmi ! I love sloths , they actually live in my country Ecuador so I've seen them in person and they are extremely cute . I haven't seen a unicorn though... :/ ... Merry Christmas!
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I'm going to get there one day and volunteer in a sanctuary. I love the crap out of sloths and have all sorts of weird sloth stuff in my house. I think that makes me basic now, as sloths have become officially cool. <3 you have country cred to work off of, so you're okay ;)
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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oh hell this is great!!!!! I love the 3 pronged hands! Thank you!
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much appreciated! I hope to do more with this, and just add to the repository of art we have floating around :D I kind of want to just illustrate all day, but I'm not quite there yet.
climbs a tree out of the room, slowly
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Holy guacamole ! This is soo good !!
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Good post
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Beautiful comment
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thank you so much! It was tweaked a bit because the project needed to be a bit more open and friendly, but it got my illustration fingers itching again!
*here's the comment in the official voting thread if you're willing to toss a 1% at it to help me make it into the booklet <3 please only vote if you really want to see it place!
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Anything for you crimmi ! Here goes my 100% 😀
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great work merry christmass <3
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OMG this is so gold. Thank you for creating this.
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Nice good
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ah, yes
(honestly though. You can improve your rep! leave some comments that are genuine and related to the content you're viewing... you don't even have to like it. Just some real feedback or a personal connection. Try again here if you like, for something you really mean, and I will upvote it like I do all real comments on my blog. It will help you do better on the platform, I promise!)
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You are impossibly kind =)
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Kind, better
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you have done a very good work.i have started following you I look forward for more of this
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oh, well, thanks~ I hope to illustrate more too, but it might be a while. Don't feel obligated!
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Wow. Such talent :)
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Interesting contest. And submission.
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This is a great piece I absolutely love it
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pretty cool skills mate :)
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