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| Anthony Palumbo_Fireaxe |
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| Steve Argyle_Dragon |
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| Kim Taylor_The First Born |
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| Marc Scheff_Dune |
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| Kim Kincaid_My Magic Doo-dah |
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| Jonathan Kirtz_The Unseen God |
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| Ernesto Nave_Origin |
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| Carly Mazur_Crysknife |
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| Christopher Pigden_Firaxe |
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| Christopher Burdett_Dragon |
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| Drew Baker_Firaxe |
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| Kari Christensen_Dragon |
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| Chris Kalin_Dragon |
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| Doug Stambaugh_Conan |
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| Michelle Ouellette_The Trouble With Freeloaders |
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| Aaron Miller_Dune |
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| Claus Rye Schierbeck_Bringing Golem To Life |
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| Ken McCuen_Dragon |
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| Alessandra Divizia_Merrick |
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| Beth Trott_Dragon |
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| David Yanchick_Dragon |
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| Lester Yocum_Dragon |
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| Ryan Horvath_Conan |
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| Bernard Lee_Dragon |
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| Jason Cheeseman-Meyer_Dragon |
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| Ken Kvamme_Dune |
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| Michelle Dickens_Dragon |
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| Dan Cohen_Lil Biters |
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| Tara Chang_Troll Tea Party |
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| RC Torres_Dragon |
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| Annalisa Schaefer_Dragon |
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| Todd Mathews_Tourists |
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| Mark Helwig_Dragon |
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| Julia Singh_Dune |
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| Lauren Cannon_Dragon |
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| Dylan Sara_Dragon |
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| Chantal Fournier_Dragon |
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| Sarah Morrison_Dragon |
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| Myke Maldonado_Dragonsgate |
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| Victoria Sheridan_Aunt Sally |
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| Christine Mitzuk_Dragon Bath Time |
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| Rebecca Yanovskaya_Dragon |
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| Jada Rowland_Fairy Fight |
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| Diana Stein_Dragon |
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| Judy Riggenbach_Dragon |
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| Sam Flegal_Dune |
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IMC 2011 Assignments
Choose one of the following five assignments and inform me which one you are choosing. The assignments have been created by Irene Gallo (Sci fi/ Fantasy), Scott Allie (comics), Adam Rex, Jeff Mack and Scott Fischer with Rebecca Guay (kids books) along with valuable input from the rest of the core faculty.
*Overall advice to keep in mind for covers:*
Do not get caught up in too many specifics about any cover ideas. Get the viewer engaged fast, hint at character. You are ultimately trying to get a potential reader to pick up the book. Let the author solve the rest of the problems. It's not important for the viewer to know that a character's brother was actually the son of B'landor of Kracktau, who fought the west battle of Gloon, before the Time of the Great......blah blah blah. Zzzzzzzzz.......
-Greg Manchess
A simple evocative engaging solution can often trump a giant montage. While sometimes the BIG COMPOSITION solution is perfect, consider ALL options-not just "the kitchen sink" option.
Pick your moment and make everything in service to that moment.
-Rebecca Guay
Also, about leaving room for title: most of the time we are told to leave room for the title in a cover image. But, for the sake of making the most rocking painting possible- we are not going to make leaving room for text a requirement (let's assume that text will be placed OUTside of the art).
Make sure the sketch that you want to put up on the critique wall the first day is a clear and thorough sketch. Meaning, it should not be on a
scrap of lined paper, or a half finished thumbnail in the corner of a sketchbook. They should on decent paper and have a clear line around where you intend the border of the art to be.
(Digital folks- you can bring up your laptop if you want- but it's nice to have a printout for the crit wall)
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*Sci Fi/ Fantasy:*
#1 Dragon + figure(s)
Cover or interior. Pick a standard hardcover trim size of your choice. Can be a wrap cover or a traditional format.
Image of a dragon(s) with 2-4 other characters engaged in a narrative moment/task/event of the artist’s own choosing. Feel free to interpret
this any way you would like as long as there is a good amount of attention on at least one human figure. The work can be Young Adult or adult themed. The figures and the dragon(s) can either be friend or foe. This scene may include, but is not limited to, adventure, combat, travel, themes of evil dragon, good dragon, story tale dragon, etc..
Advice from Greg Manchess:
Design any dragon as if it's a character and has a temperament. This is one occasion where anthropomorphising is warranted.
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#2 Firaxe
An upcoming science fiction novel by Michael Flynn, FIRAXE.
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#3 Dune
Cover: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2
As book cover or interior or frontice piece. Must be figurative.
Avoid Sandworms!! If you DO choose to show sandworms, they must be background features with the main focus on the characters.
*Advice from Greg Manchess:*
I would suggest you look up the work of John Schoenherr, related to the book. This will give you ideas. There are also audio versions if you
don't have time to read. I would recommend that you think *foremost* about the characters and figure work. One problem I had while working on two of the original DUNE posters is that the sandworms can become giant phallic symbols. Stay away from that!
*Advice from Rebecca Guay:*
Dune is one of my all time favorite books- it is super rich in atmosphere and surreal environments. You can really take huge leaps with the design of characters. Folding Space, mystical cults, the SPICE, lives within lives, original mythology- it's a super rich story.
Don't get caught trying to make it perfectly literal- you can stretch creative imagery with this sooo well.
Again- sandworms are a "gimme," low hamming fruit, and almost NEVER look good-I would stay away from that too.
Here's the link to it on audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V1OF70&qid=1305050720&sr=1-1
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#4 Comics *Conan the Barbarian*
Penciled or penciled and inked pages (see attached script from Scott Allie)
*Advice from Rebecca Guay:*
Focus on really good clear story telling here, nice establishing shots, well composed panels that feed into a well composed total page.
Clear and SOLID figure drawing and anatomy, and good gesture.
*(see attached dark horse template for sizes)*
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#5 Kids Books *"The Trouble With __________." *
Do a painted sample piece for a Children's Book entitled: *"The Trouble With _______________." (YOU fill in the Blank) *
The kids book assignment is a little more complex.
Rather than give you "reinvent Cinderella" or some other kids book classic we wanted to go in a different direction. Kids book editors see a lot of reinventing fairy tales, but not as much unique individual concepts. So we thought it would be helpful to give an evocative title and let you leap from there.
Sizes: there are sooo many cool trim sizes for kids books:
8x18,10x10,9x12 etc…-check out your favorite format at your local book store and choose one that best fits your idea.
*Advice from Adam Rex:*
Time and again, I hear kids' book [editors] complaining that they don't see enough of a few things. Odd samples that show that the artist can tell a story.
*Advice from Jeff Mack:*
The art style for the children's book assignment is totally up to the artist. The goal is to create an outstanding portfolio piece that will represent the artist's skills and unique vision.
*Advice from Scott Fischer:*
Fighting a robot? Riding a rainbow? Bike pirates? Towing an elephant home as a pet?
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*As with previous years, we are okay with you taking on something of your own choosing-an image you're dying to paint- an assignment you are already working on, your own children's book idea or book dummy you have been hashing out and want to work on. Let me know in advance if this in an option you will be choosing.*
*Please choose one assignment and generate a sketch (or sketches if you are doing the comics pages) to have the faculty critique during the big critique wall on day 1.*
*While we will be asking you to only post one or two(at most) on the DAY 1 crit wall, You can absolutely get additional feedback from the faculty, one on one, after the formal critique on any of your other additional sketches you've done.*
*Finished paintings should be no smaller than 8"x10" and no larger that 30"x40."*
(See attachments on Firefax and Conan stories.)
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