I follow
Laika House on Instagram to get peeks at the upcoming movie Boxtrolls and everything else they work on. As I have
expounded before I am fascinated by the handcrafted quality of the work that goes into their movies.
So when I saw a post where they were calling for submissions for Coraline fan art, for the 5th anniversary of it being released, I knew I had to enter. Prize is a pair of the limited edition Nike shoes from the 2009 release which I also tried to win at that time.
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the reference picture |
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the sketch with inks |
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the finished watercolor |
Submission was sent on February 6th... we will see what happens. FINGERS CROSSED
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Bonus: Me and my little me. |
UPDATE: So the submissions are voted on to win. I dislike that, since it's basically a popularity contest and not a random chance to win now. Oh well, at least I had a good time being inspired to make something fun and got to continue to work on my watercolor skills.