[EDIT: I’m one of 20 finalists (not counting the under-12s)! Voting for the People’s Prize runs 11-22 March in the Royal Arcade off Bourke Street in Melbourne, and at http://www.kokoblack.com . Although I’m not holding my breath, because all the other finalists have turned out incredibly beautiful work… ]

They gave us this to start with:

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And this is what my fevered imagination came up with:

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(I’ve had to Photoshop the final image because the office scanner didn’t pick up some of my very delicate rendering…but this looks almost nothing like the actual thing anyway)

Also?

Happy holidays, y’all!

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Poke me with a fork, I’m done! It’s not as well-executed as I’d like, but I’m exhausted and liable to melt down like a three-year-old at Disneyland…

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Been thinking about/working on this one for about a week, because I got tired of “seductive” and went for “grotesque” instead. The toad hasn’t turned out as I’d hoped (and the lighting on the toad and throne is stuffed), but I’m quite happy with the background.

10 points for picking up the Frank Lloyd Wright reference!

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I’m done! (sticking to a project for a month is murder on my attention span…)

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… spent working on an entry for a fill-in-the-blank art contest run by Koko Black. My contributions are the bunny-genie, Stunned Ma Bunny on the right, and the marker rendering (courtesy of a friend’s collection!). Not holding my breath, although the 2 prizes are quite attractive - money towards art pursuits, and a year’s supply of really truly seriously good chocolate!

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Run out of time, as usual, but another work day awaits. This’ll do *collapses*

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