04-17-2015, 09:19 AM
I've been in Hollywood for the last week for the writers and illustrators of the future awards ceremony and workshops. Check out writersofthefuture.com for how to submit your stuff. Having gone through the whole week, I can wholeheartedly recommend applying. No professionals allowed, you can apply once a quarter and they fly you out to LA, put you up for a week culminating in a massive awards ceremony. I won for the 2nd quarter in 2014. They also publish you in an anthology book of all the writer's stories.
I got to meet and be in workshops with Larry Elmore, Dave Dorman, Nathan Fowkes, Cliff Nielsen and a whole bunch of others, also met a whole bunch of writer greats like Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Todd McCaffrey etc etc. It was frikkin sweet, and Hollyweird, but so great overall. I expect you all to apply!
During the crazy week this is all I managed to do in my spare time. Random scribblings. The last is a 24 hour illustration we had to do given an emotion (mine was trauma) an object (A glass dice thingy) and a pose from a life drawing session we went to. I did it in an hour, as I had been up till 4am drinking bourbon with other artists...
I got to meet and be in workshops with Larry Elmore, Dave Dorman, Nathan Fowkes, Cliff Nielsen and a whole bunch of others, also met a whole bunch of writer greats like Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Todd McCaffrey etc etc. It was frikkin sweet, and Hollyweird, but so great overall. I expect you all to apply!
During the crazy week this is all I managed to do in my spare time. Random scribblings. The last is a 24 hour illustration we had to do given an emotion (mine was trauma) an object (A glass dice thingy) and a pose from a life drawing session we went to. I did it in an hour, as I had been up till 4am drinking bourbon with other artists...