iATCs Coloring Book

Illustrated ATCs is raising money to cover our server costs, as a part of which, we are selling this amazing coloring book!

Purchase a copy!

If you're a member of Illustrated ATCs, don't forget our prize structure for donations!  For a $100 donation, you get the coloring book, a class by Amerasu and AnnD, your choice of classes by themuppet, and a class from EraserQueen!  WOW!

Finally, if you are a site member and you do donate, here's a reminder to go to thelab.wonderstrange.com and click "signup" on the top menu to get started creating your account:

And literally just need to put this here because newsletter.

More random screen shots that have to go somewhere.

Perspective Challenge - Samples

We're going to be having a perspective challenge on Illustrated ATCs, and these are samples I'm using in the thread.

Here is my sketch to illustrate one-point perspective:

Here is a video in which Mark Crilley shows how you can make this using one-point perspective:

And here's another example of something he did with one-point perspective:

Here is my sketch of two-point perspective:

Here are two pieces made with two-point perspective by the inimitable SL Scheibe, aka Amerasu:

Here's a piece of Star Wars fan art that Mark Crilley created with two-point perspective:

Art Doll Challenge - Up in the Air

Here is my first art doll for the challenge: A feminist superhero. There are more coming soon, so stay tuned!

April Art Doll Challenge

There's an Art Doll challenge running right now on Illustrated ATCs, and I thought I'd post a few examples before I dig in for myself.

An art doll is commonly made of paper but can be made from just about any medium - and I have to say "just about" because "sloth saliva" might be a viable medium, but then again, IT MIGHT NOT.  Art dolls can be drawn, painted, collaged, sewn, glued, hammered, welded - you're getting the idea, right?  I've almost maxed out my verbs for the day.

Some examples:

A sewn doll that's also been painted
(By Amerasu)

Cloth bodies.  Clay faces.  Paper Legs.

Sweet, lovely, happy clown made from paper
(By Cindy Blair, aka Cindyjob)

Or rather, PAPER AND EVIL
BECAUSE IT HAS ANOTHER HEAD
AND IT IS SECRETLY EVIL AAAAAAAAAA

If you're wondering how to store art dolls, well, you shouldn't.  You should display them, perhaps like this:

I'll be posting my own art doll creations as I make them!