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CCAS Art Challenge: SERENITY Vs The Ten Commandments
At long last I’m following up on Sven Jacob’s suggestion to issue an art challenge re SERENITY.
The theme is “Serenity Vs. The Ten Commandments”, the subject is our favorite blue haired girl facing a moral dilemma re one of the Ten Commandments (your choice which Commandment/s).
1. Single panel illustrations preferred, tho short strips / single page stories are okay. Any style you prefer (manga, realistic, cartoon, movie poster, chapel ceiling fresco, etc.) is okay.
2. They can be:
A. SERENITY: THEN -- back before she became a Christian (we’ve established she’s never been pregnant & she’s never murdered anybody; anything else is open, tho I’d suggest if you show her doing something wrong, you also show her about to get caught, i.e., if she’s shoplifting she doesn’t realize a store detective is watching her, etc.)
B. SERENITY: NOW -- facing a moral dilemma after she’s become a Christian (how do we know? Well, since becoming a Christian she always wears a small cross around her neck, so that’s how to show the difference between then & now; also, while she might succumb to temptation “then” she should be shown resisting it “now”)
C. SERENITY: MAKE-BELIEVE –Serenity & her friends make amateur movies, so if you want to do an illo where they’re making a film & acting out a scenario based on the Ten Commandments (an elaborate jewel heist, f’r instance), go ahead
3. Remember our venue, ask yourself if it would fly in an Archie comic or the Luann / Zits / Gil Thorp / 9 Chickweed Lane comic strips; if the answer’s yes, go for it. (Do not -- repeat NOT -- use Love Is… as a template! )
Sound Advice From The Late, Great Hugo-Award Winning Sci-Fi Writer / Cartoonist / Director / Photographer Bill Rotsler:
“Short is better than long.
Funny is better than not funny.
Short and funny is best of all.”
4. This challenge is for funsies:
A. No monetary award or compensation offered or implied
B. You may show your art here on the CCAS site, on your own blog, any art sites you might belong to (Deviant Art, etc.), and in your portfolio as an example of your abilities
C. If working in traditional media (i.e., pen & paper) you may sell the original art as an example of your artistic abilities, but please state somewhere on the art the characters are © & TM Buzz Dixon & Snokie (this is for my protection & yours); a little notation in the lower corner is ok
D. Unless you prefer not, once your art is posted here, I plan to cross post it on the SnokieStories-dot-com site and the SnokieStories Facebook page as examples of your art using the Serenity characters; unless you'd rather be credited otherwise, you will be credited as your name appears here on the CCAS forums
E. These illos are for online cross-promotional fun; they will not be re-packaged, sold, etc. without first obtaining permission from the artist/s
Challenge begins in 5…4…3…2…1…GO!
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Permalink Reply by Paul Gilmore on -
Buzz, this looks interesting. I'm going to take a stab at this. Just give me a bit of time to get it together. Hope you guys don't mind colored pencil. It's the only medium I got.
Paul
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Permalink Reply by Steve Crespo on -
"Love Is…"
...Wow.
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Permalink Reply by Buzz Dixon on -
Hard to believe they've been getting away w/frontal nudity on the funny pages since the 1970s, huh? ;) I shoulda included Ziggy on the do not use list: He's been running around w/o any pants for at least as long!
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Permalink Reply by Martin Murtonen on -
Hey did you base Serenity off of anyone "real" as in an actress? Or do you have a photo link to the hair inspiration?
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Permalink Reply by Buzz Dixon on
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I have posted several model sheets here. As to actresses, while we used specific expression / costumes / hair styles as reference, we had no single source of inspiration for her. The first version was designed by Drigz Abrot, Min Kwon did the actual production versions, Alana Yuen did the covers for the re-issue series.
Her hair is always bright blue and typically short, but you can experiment w/various styles
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Permalink Reply by Brien Sparling on -
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Permalink Reply by Brien Sparling on
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This is my entry for the "Serrenity vs. The Ten Commandments" contest. I could not imagine any scenario in which either Serenity or I could carry the yolk of the Ten-commandments to God's level of perfection. Happily Ihave enjoyed having Jesus as my yolkmate, and I pictured Serenity making the same discovery here.
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Permalink Reply by Buzz Dixon on
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Hey, who did this?
It popped up on Google when I was doing a search for Serenity-related art. It's from a Ning site & the Google search said it was found here, but I've looked thru all the media & can't locate it.
Who ever did it, Very Nice! I'd like permission to post it on our website and FB page.
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