Art by Jake Parker.
Yeti to be done with Yetis?? (Sorry, we just can’t help ourselves!😂)
We love yetis, but thought it would be fun to change things up a bit. So for this month, Jake has a new mission for you:
“…We are doing a character design challenge!
Your assignment is to design a Fairy-Tale Traveler.
Your character is young, naive, but resilient and stouthearted! Their quiet village is hidden away in a secluded valley, but is in grave danger. A horde of goblins have promised to raid the village when the harvest moon rises. Our young traveler is on a quest to find someone, anyone, powerful enough to fight back the horde and save their village from destruction.
What we want from you is a character design sheet with your own take on the traveler. They could be a halfling, elf, human, or animal. Just make them appealing and interesting.
Every entry must have 5 color drawings on ONE page:
1 neutral pose front, 3/4 view
1 neutral post back, 3/4 view
1 walking or running pose
1 sitting pose (ground or chair)
1 close up of face
What can you do to make the character stand out from ALL the other designs of fairy tale characters you've seen? Think of the character's background, personality, wants, and needs. All of these attributes will play an important role in the creativity of your design.
Allright, good luck!”
If you want to check out a deep dive on character development, here’s a neat post from Jake’s Kickstarter campaign for his SkyHeart comic, showing the evolution of the main character Wake. He went through many rounds before he ended up with the Wake we know now!🦊💕
And here’s a few more cool characters from Jake to check out for inspiration:
Okay gang, this is gonna be fun!
HOW TO ENTER
Draw something awesome!
Post your final illustration on the SVSLearn Forum, in the competition thread titled: MARCH CONTEST: Fairy-Tale Traveler. Be sure to keep this thread for final images only. If you want feedback on a WIP (that’s short for Work In Progress), create a new thread. Note: You will need to be logged in as a user on the Forum in order to post. If you don’t already have a user account, it’s free to create one 😀
Keep the file size to no more than 500 kb.
Don’t forget to include your name AND Forum name ON THE IMAGE so we can give you credit! And if you want us to tag you on social media, include your handle too. This saves us a lot of time in the end when we are trying to give credit.
Only submit if you are OK with us posting your image on our social media and website for the whole world to see 🌎 And only submit if you are OK with receiving a critique from our judges during a live event, which will be recorded and added to our video subscription 🧐
No purchase necessary to enter. However, please note the Top 16 will be selected from active subscribers.
Enter as many times as you like!
Just to be clear, we do not own the rights to your work, you do!
Entries must be posted by March 31 at the stroke of midnight ⌛️
Void where prohibited by law ⚖️
PRIZES
Winner 1: video crit, plus the chance to do a paid illustration gig
Winner 2: video crit, plus the chance to do a paid illustration gig