Character Of The Day

May 10th, 2012 | by Niall

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Winners of the COTDOTY 2012 Sketch Commissions Contest!

February 27th, 2012 | by Niall

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Thanks for playing along, everyone – watching the Oscars with this COTD contest as a little entertainment on the side was a lot of fun.

So Unibrowcorn gratefully received his ‘Golden Gus’ in the Character Of The Day Universe (he was almost as proud of the honour as he was of his distinctive unibrow); meanwhile, in OUR universe, eight voters in the Facebook contest have won sketch commissions from me, if you want them.

The winners and their prizes:

Liz Zylstra, Roger Perrott, Nella Casson, Joel Brubacher each won a 5 x 7 Sketchy Commission.

This is the sort of drawing I’ve been doing during live sketching sessions in the past year at places such as at Kelly’s Shop and Fan Expo. Ink and watercolour. The drawings are done on 140lb. cold press (rough) watercolour post cards, and take between 10-30 min. to complete.

Nicole Armour and John Roblin each won an 8.5 x 11″ Sketchy Commission.

Slightly bigger than the standard sketches. Ink and watercolour.140lb. cold press (rough) watercolour paper, and take about 30min.-2hrs. to complete.

Karen Meder Whitfield won a 6 x 8″ Finished Commission.

Approximately the size of the average COTD illustration. Ink and watercolour. Done on 140 lb. hot press (smooth) Arches watercolour paper. However long it takes to look finished.

Lyndsay Richmond won an 8.5 x11″ Finished Commission.

Larger piece. Ink and watercolour. Done on 140 lb. hot press (smooth) Arches watercolour paper. Again, the time required to complete is however long it takes to look finished.

I’ll write the contest winners on Tuesday Feb. 28 to see if you have anything specific in mind you’d like me to draw, so please give it some thought. All commissions will be completed within two weeks of having agreed upon the subject matter.

Congrats to the winners. Thanks again to everyone who played – I had a great time this week!

Niall

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Winner Of The Golden Gus… Unibrowcorn! And your Oscar names to watch for…

February 26th, 2012 | by Niall

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It’s decided…. UNIBROWCORN is winner of the Golden Gus this year! Thanks to all who voted. Unibrowcorn is currently finding the right words to say in gratitude.

As for the sketch commissions, everyone who voted still has a chance to win! I’ve assigned all voters in the COTDOTY poll a nominee in one of seven categories at tonight’s 84th Annual Academy Awards. How this was done: I just took down the names in order, from top to bottom, of all the voters in the poll, and then from comments. Then I started from top to bottom on the Moviephone Oscars ballot sheet and assigned names to nominees. If the nominee started with a certain letter, I looked for the first person on my list who had that letter in their name. If no one had that letter, I moved to the second letter. Names had to wait for the next ’round’ of being added if they didn’t have one of the letters in the first pass. Suffice to say, it felt good and mixed up by the time I was done.

Here are the categories and names to watch for at the Oscars tonight. You can see what kind of sketch commission you might possibly win. I added three more free 5 x7″ Sketchy Commissions and one more free 8.5 x 11″ Sketchy Commission just so that everyone still had a chance to win something tonight.

Simply put, if the nominee your name is attached to wins an Oscar, you win a drawing! Here are the categories of prizes and your Oscar nominees to root for…

Best Original Song – 5 x 7″ Sketchy Commission

‘Man or Muppet’ from ‘The Muppets’ – Liz Zylstra

“Real in Rio’ from ‘Rio’ -Tara Shelley

Best Makeup – 5 x 7″ Sketchy Commission

‘Albert Noobs’ – Kyle Watson

‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2′ – Morris Tichenor

‘The Iron Lady’ – Joel Brubacher

Best Supporting Actress – 5 x 7″ Sketchy Commission

Berenice Bejo, ‘The Artist’ – Tony Reed

Jessica Chastain, ‘The Help’ – Susanne Larner

Melissa McCarthy, ‘Bridesmaids’ – Eleanor Eich

Janet McTeer, ‘Albert Noobs’ – Andy Sheath

Octavia Spencer, ‘The Help’ – Roger Perrot

Best Supporting Actor – 5 x 7″ Sketchy Commission

Kenneth Branagh, ‘My Week With Marilyn’ – Kelly St. Louis

Jonah Hill, “Moneyball’ – Jane Spence

Nick Nolte, “Warrior” – Kathryn Song

Christopher Plummer, ‘Beginners’ – Nella Casson

Max Von Sydow, ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ – Kalee Sole

Best Actress – 8.5 x 11″ Sketchy Commission

Glenn Close, ‘Albert Noobs’ – Ash Leigh

Viola Davis, ‘The Help’ – Sarah Koval

Rooney Mara, ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Kathryn Ziedenberg

Meryl Streep, ‘The Iron Lady’ – Nicole Armour

Michele Williams, ‘My Week With Marilyn’ – Kelly Roblin

Best Actor- 8.5 x 11″ Sketchy Commission

Demian Bichir, ‘A Better Life’ – Krista Dalby

George Clooney, ‘The Descendants’ – Suzie Hegadorn

Jean Dujardin, ‘The Artist’ – John Roblin

Gary Oldman, ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ – Alex Irons

Brad Pitt, ‘Moneyball’ – Chelle Rob Slapkauskaus

Best Director – 6 x 9″ Finished Commission

Woody Allen, ‘Midnight In Paris’ – Russell Edward

Michel Hazanavicius, ‘The Artist’ – Karen Meder Whitfield

Terence Malick, ‘The Tree Of Life’ – Mile Murtanovski

Alexander Payne, ‘The Descendants’ – Kevin McGall

Martin Scorsese, ‘Hugo’ – Elma Elma

Best Picture – 8.5 x 11″ Finished Commission

‘The Artist’ – Lyndsay Richmond

‘The Descendants’ – Tyler Cullender

‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ – Meg Hewick

‘The Help’ – Meg Barnhart

‘Hugo’ – Clinton Hele

‘Midnight In Paris’ – Adam Pottier

‘Moneyball’ – Marc Budgie Bourdon

‘The Tree Of Life’ – Laura Todd

‘War Horse’ – Sean Bokenkamp

Good luck, everyone! And thanks for playing along!

Niall

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The COTDOTY Awards – Sun. Feb. 26, 2012! What’s this about prizes?

February 25th, 2012 | by Niall

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Eyeosaur, Godd, Kelly, Crystal Kittens, Pupkin, Clover, Unibrowcorn, Cobweb, Chauncey… who will win the coveted Golden Gus? The Character Of The Day Of The Year excitement comes to a head on Sunday Feb. 26!

Thanks so much to anyone who’s voted in the poll so far (see Facebook wall) or made their preference known in a comment. Voting will stay open until 3pm Sunday afternoon.

And now… I will finally reveal the prizes that are at stake in this endeavour! They’re FREE Sketch Commissions!

There will be four prizes in all, representing the four types of sketch commissions I’ll be making available in March. So, four people who have voted in the COTDOTY 2012 poll will win one of the following prizes:

Prize Number 1: 5 x 7″ Sketchy Commission. This is the sort of drawing I’ve been doing during live sketching sessions in the past year at places such as at Kelly’s Shop and Fan Expo. Ink and watercolour. The drawings are done on 140lb. cold press (rough) watercolour post cards, and take between 10-30 min. to complete.

Prize Number 2: 8.5 x 11″ Sketchy Commission. Slightly bigger than the standard sketches. Ink and watercolour.140lb. cold press (rough) watercolour paper, and take about 30min.-2hrs. to complete.

Prize Number 3: 6 x 8″ Finished Commission. Approximately the size of the average COTD illustration. Ink and watercolour. Done on 140 lb. hot press (smooth) Arches watercolour paper. However long it takes to look finished.

Prize Number 3: 8.5 x 11″ Finished Commission. Larger piece. Ink and watercolour. Done on 140 lb. hot press (smooth) Arches watercolour paper. Again, the time required to complete is however long it takes to look finished.

So if you’ve recently voted in the COTDOTY awards, I encourage you to start thinking about a subject you may like to request that I draw for you – you just might win one of those four prizes! Commissions will be sent out within two weeks of the COTDOTY awards.

Winners will be selected randomly… and the details of THAT I will impart tomorrow after voting has officially come to an end! Again, voting is open until 3pm Sunday!

Thanks for participating in COTDOTY 2012. Best of luck to all the nominees (and voters)!

Niall

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