Willy Wonka

Is it too late? Loved this challenge idea, it was just a busy week.

Veruca Salt the cyborg and Mr Salt the bad business man.

By the way, illustrating any Roald Dahl book is a good challenge in my opinion. 

Don't know how you guys have the time to take these to color. This is all I could manage this week. Sketched out while students worked in class this evening.

Willy Wonka

Augustus Gloop

Grandpa Joe

CHALLENGE #4: Baaaaad Sheep

Challenge for September 29-October 5. Due Midnight October 5.

Once upon a time in the days of Ye Olde Amanda Knight Hall, a certain beloved teacher of ours walked into the room and proceeded to draw this:

He explained that you should never draw cute fluffy sheep like this ("this is how girls draw sheep"--lol!), but base your animals on real animal anatomy. So my challenge to you is to draw a not so cute animal character (sheep or other) that is of course still well designed. This character will be BAAAAD. Use reference from real animals.

"Cheer up Charlie..."

This is the scene in the book where Charlie is cold, and starving, and wet, and he finds the forgotten money in the gutter that eventually buys him the Wonka Bar with the golden ticket. Favorite part. I always wanted to go stuff down a big, fat chocolate bar afterward. Mm.

Who do you blame when your kid is a brat?

The Great Big Greedy Nincumpoop

Muppet

I had really high hopes for this one.  I wanted to sketch it up all nice, color it and make it look all sweet.  Obviously that didn't happen.  Maybe the next one.

Muppets

Ever since I was a little kid I thought Pres. Monson looked like a muppet.  I think there should be muppets at General Conference.  Y'know... for kids.

CHALLENGE no. 3

Sept. 21-28




Design a character, or illustrate a scene, from  
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.

If you find you don't remember who all of the main characters are, the trailer does a very nice run-through. 

Have you ever heard of the "Marshmallow Test?" Watching the video below inspired Challenge no. 3.
I personally think Veruca Salt, and definitely Augustus Gloop, would have failed it when they were 4.



All submissions due by midnight, Sept. 28.

Even a Childs Can Play

In wrapping up Challenge no. 2, here's what I consider would have been a very Argyle Sock Club-worthy activity.
Shame we never thought of it. The Brimhall Building even had its' dinosaur of an elevator:

My Creature

Here is my Jim Henson-y creature. I haven't thought of a name for her yet. Any ideas?

The Bull-Slug-Monster

Introducing, the Bull-Slug-Monster. A little something to add to my Weird Creatures Museum project. He looks a little intimidating at first glance, but he's really happy. Especially this time of year as Halloween approaches. He likes to take long walks on the beach, and he loves marshmallows, and would especially like a good marshmallow roast on the beach. Whenever he is found lurking in closets ready to frighten children in their sleep, don't worry, he's only looking for their marshmallows. So children, be sure to hide your Halloween candy this year, because he's coming...... Bahahahaha! 

Hand me my sonic screwdriver

So I was going to draw Cee Lo Green, but then found out he's already a muppet for a Seasame Street Spoof. Rightly so, he was half there already.

The Doctor and Amy Pond were my next idea. Matt Smith is cool. The bowtie is cool. The suspenders are cool. Fish custard is cool. The silence are cool. The alien fish vampires in Florence are cool.

T is for...

Trixy the Elephant

Home: Cold Cereal Shelf, Mr. Hooper's Store

Favorite Number: 4

Favorite Drink: Chocolate milk

Favorite Color: Sparkly

Best Friend: Bernice the Pigeon

Favorite Audience: Stu the Unicorn

Favorite Instruments: Ukulele and banjo

CHALLENGE No. 2

Sept. 15-20

This week's challenge is brought to us by the number 4 and the letter H:

Draw your own Muppet! 

By Muppet, that's anything that would possibly be designed by the Jim Henson Company Creature Shop, which is pretty broad and awesome. Check out their main sites here and here.

If you have the time, you are hereby challenged to translate your drawing into a really-truly puppet. 

1969 Jim Henson has kindly volunteered to give us a demo: 

[Note: It is important to say 'dink-dink' while you draw/paint/glue on the eyes (see 3:53).]




All submissions due by midnight, Sept. 20.

And the moral is...

To wrap up the 1st Challenge, I found this story while perusing goat reference. Taken from this link:

The Chicago Cubs are affectionately known as lovable losers. The Cubs have not made a World Series appearance since 1945, and have not won a championship since 1908, the longest drought in North American sports. This curse was placed on the Cubs in 1945 by one Billy Sianis, who was asked to leave a World Series game because his stinky pet goat that he brought with him to the game was bothering other fans. On his way out, Sianis said, “ Them Cubs, they aren’t gonna win no more.”

The Curse of the Billy Goat has manifested itself many times, most recently in the 2003 National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins, where fan Steve Bartman infamously obstructed a Cubs player from catching a foul ball late in the game in a crucial situation.

The only way the curse can be lifted, according to Sianis’s descendants, is that the Cubs show a genuine affection for goats and allow them into the stadium not because they were forced, but because they really want them there.

Excellent showing of "genuine affection for goats," everyone! Great artwork!
On to Challenge No. 2!

Better late than never (right?). These were done whilst students worked on their negative space projects last night. Sorry for the roughness of the pics.

"A Fistful of Goats"

"Dead Goat Saloon? Yeah I bin there, what of it?"

Scoffs!

Tilt one down with me laddie! (Apple Beer, of course.)

I couldn't resist.

I have so much to do. And yet I didn't want to pass up this opportunity. I resisted the urge to paint the entire saloon.

Fire. Bow-tie. Obviously I didn't know much about goats or old saloon signs before this and I still don't. I think he'd look cool green and the fire red and magenta.

Eat cheesecake! Not good stuff!

What's my sign?

I don't have much to say.

Character You Might See at the Dead Goat Saloon

Well, not exactly the challenge, but I couldn't help it!

CHALLENGE No. 1

Week the 1st, Sept. 9-13
[Heralding trumpets!]

Since we're starting this week's challenge a bit late, we'll keep it simple.

Some/all of you may remember a certain Richard Hull forewarning us young illustrators about the misspent talents of a friend, who started out well, had good commissions, but began slacking in his deadlines, and eventually, quothe, "Became a fall-down drunk at the Dead Goat Saloon."  

With this tender moral sequestered in our bosoms, (missing deadlines=eventual ribald drunkenness), we issue the first challenge:

Design the sign post for the Dead Goat Saloon.


Sign-post-type examples here and here. Likely photograph of said saloon.  Actual photograph of actual saloon. 

All posts due by midnight, Sept. 13.

Socks.

First one here! Ha!. Now where did I put those dad-blasted argyle socks....