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Published: 2016-06-19 20:03:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1866; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 2
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For Round 3 (storytime)!For this round we were supposed to use a prompt from the list depending on the character's birthday (in Kevin's case it's April the 20th) and create a story based on that prompt. So... here goes! I wanted to write a Dickensian novel but I ran out of time!
Kevin always wanted to join his school am dram club but he never did it until his last year at school. The reason for that was that he was afraid he wouldn't be good enough, and that he'd never get good parts, and that he'd have to learn loads of lines and that would be too much work. Except when the club decided to put on The Lion King Kevin had to bite the bullet (and he knew all the words already anyway). His dad even made him a lion mane necklace (of sorts) for the audition (well, I'm saying "made", Kevin's dad actually tweaked an old costume that was probably supposed to be a flower) and Kevin got in and got Simba's part! Though later it turned out that everyone who signed up got a part and there was a different student playing each main character in every scene to keep it fair and square. And you didn't have to learn the lines that well. Or be that good at it. But hey, still fun, right?
And that's how Kevin ended up joining a club while wearing a colourful necklace.
This was my favourite round so far, but to be honest it was also the most challenging - with the previous rounds I had the benefit of them being clearly AU so I only had to make sure they make sense for the characters, but not figure out how they would fit into the overall story. But with this round I had the benefit of worldbuilding and possibly new characters ("possibly"... who am I kidding, they always stick around) and trying to work the prompts into the setting!
And now I can sit back and enjoy the ride! Well, not really, I have comics to draw but it is nice to be done with some time until the deadline.
Relevant uploads:
Kevin's audition and Round 1 and Round 2 and his dad
Tessa's audition and Round 1 and Round 2 and Round 3
Cop Story Β© Oly R.
The Lion King Β© Disney
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Comments: 56
Your entries always bring a smile to my face. The way you use color is so inspiring- I'm always in awe of the variety of colors, but more so how even with all the brights you use, the viewers' attention is instantly drawn to your main characters. And all those details! Gorgeous! Beautiful job and such a fun story too!
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D'aww, thank you! 
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I love the whole story you have going on here.Β Kevin looks so happy!Β The attention to detail going on in the piece is astounding!Β Kevin's flower necklace looks lovely and the tiger stripes on his jacket are hilariously awesome.Β Plus that Pumba wheelchair cover is a great touch.Β
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Thank you!
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I think you rose to the challenge pretty darn well! I know Kevin is the focus here but I AM LOVING THAT PUMBAA CHAIR because it reminds me so much of seeing TLK on broadway and that's how his costume was done! I have a feeling that's 100% on purpose so good little reference there!
And as per usual I adore your colors. I gotta trade with you one day! I NEED ME SOME OF THAT.Β
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Thank you!
I think we could learn from each other - you ARE good at colours when you do them, and I need to play around with limited colours and B&W more (I just really enjoy working in full colour but y'know, variety is a good thing)!
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YES! Kevin seems to be enjoying himself here so much! I mean, he got to be Simba, that would make anyone excited! I love the story behind this as well 
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Thank you!
And hey, lots of kids these days would LOVE to play an evil witch! 
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Yeah that's true 
I was the witch from Into The Woods so I was like everyone's bad guy!! D; I would have loved to be an edgy witch from Harry Potter! It sounds much more fun muahahaha!
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Yeah!! Letting everyone "win" is great for smaller kids, teens (and maybe preteens) need different approaches! I actually just read an article along the same lines.
And aw man, that must be tough at that age... 
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I agree
Now that is a really good memory of a bearded santa landy!! xDΒ
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ehehe I've only just noticed Kevin's tiger stripe top
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Haha, totally a parent thing!
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Dude, you've drawn a lot of eye-catching stuff in the past that's reduced me into a mindless, gaping idiot, but this is definitely my new FAV. I love everything about this. The sheer variety of color and how they all blend together so seamlessly, all of the expressions, the poses, the wide range of emotion, the detail in their wheelchairs (again), the makeshift Pumba costume (I'M DYING), Β the fact that it's KEVIN (AGAIN) and he's in a RIDICULOUS OUTFIT (AGAIN). Seriously, that flower/mane is so beautiful and the story behind it is so great and painfully realistic, pffft. I just love him more and more.
Okay, but I'm seeing one smart/sassy character (and female to boot, so obligatory fem character = checkmark), one grumpy/eternally-reluctant character who always inexplicably seems to get himself dragged into the chaos, and one optimistic/happy-go-lucky character always doing his best to have a great time even in the worst of situations. Β WHERE IS THE TV SHOW. Think of the SHENANIGANS, OLY. The ZANY, hEART-WARMING, ofF-BEAT and ALWAYS AT LEAST 32% BAFFLING AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR everYONE inVOLVed SHENANIGANS. I need this in my life yesterday.
Overall, 11/10.
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Aww, thank you!
I'VE SEEN SO MANY WEIRD COSTUMES WHEN RESEARCHING FOR THIS 
Since Kevin moved to Greater Manchester with the revamp I might have to start an arc with a special school THERE as well now!
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Oh, wow 
...Okay, so I had to google this just now after you said that and I'M SO HAPPY. They're all so beautiful, omg.Β Β
AGGHGHGHHGG YES SHENANIGANSΒ Β !!!! Haha, honestly, I think anything involving Kevin I'd be totally down for, but you've definitely instilled some feelings about these two new guys and I'd love it if you did include them in some capacity. Like Trevor, I vote Trevor. Something about that name just screams... kid glaring off screen in a wheelchair dressed up to look like a warthog. Idk, it's just how I feel.Β
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Oh, you know how it is, we all want to do this and that better and faster... But I won't pretend that your words aren't reassuring!
Yesss!
I am seriously considering the possibility of a second school in the story these days (this is a story that doooesn't eeeend ...) but then there are multiple other options as well! And I trust your gut feeling, Trevor he is then!
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short story Β but powerful c: Nice work !! I love the way how you use those beautiful colors.
Seems like Kevin is enjoying it a lot c:Β
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Thank you!
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daaw, its at least something right c:Β
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Love this artwork. There should see more artwork like this.
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hi 
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Hi and thank you!!
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Pretty fantastic mane he is wearing! Lovely colours, once again. It's nice to see everyone so happy
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Thank you!
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Making it so in every scene there's a new actor playing the main role actually sounds like something modern schools WOULD do to keep things fair.Β
The Pumbaa 'mask' is the best thing every, by the way. It caught me completely off guard for some reason!
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I BLAME THE PARENTS 
I'm slightly disappointed the Pumbaa mask/blanket didn't catch more people off guard - I've seen some spoooooky props, masks and face paintings while preparing for this picture! Design-wise Timon and Pumbaa definitely steal the show when it comes to this sort of stuff.
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...and "Akuna Ma Ta Ta" to that! Awesome, I liked that film; I've seen 1,2 and 3. I believe there's a new film/series called "The Lion Guard". I wonder who got the part for "Pumba"? XD
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I liked that film too (and the second one, but not too big on the third one)! I keep meaning to check The Lion Guard out - I hear good things about it, though it could be people excited out of nostalgia.
The other kids in the picture are very much new characters so I'm still figuring them out but I'll definitely draw them again eventually (same goes for the riot cop in Tessa's picture I guess)!
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The 3rd one is Pritty much the same as the first one, the only difference is: it's telling Temone and Pumbas side of the story. Basicly tells the viewer how they've met.
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I know, I've seen it.
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Oh my this one is so bright and fun! I like that contrast between Kevin's entry this round and Tessa's brussel sprout boots and all the blues
I did think he was a flower until I read the mini story and thought it was perfect for that one Lion King song that I think almost every kid ended up singing after watching...what a fantastic mane! I also just noticed the kid on the right in his warthog box outfit which is equally fantastic. I think my favourite part has to be that Kevin is in tiger print though! Truly embracing animal print
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Thank you!
And haha, I wanted the costumes to have a hand-made feel about them - I sometimes like watching videos of school productions (and I saw a couple of TLK productions) and I think the most charming ones are not the ones that look like professional musicals but the ones where you can tell most costumes were made by the kids and half the actors are wearing regular clothes with some animal masks. I was trying to capture that sort of feel.
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Yeah I think the divergence of palettes is really interesting and also atmospheric (the problem solving part of my brain died a long time ago lol *uses the same colour for everything*)
They look great, I love the pumba costume, it's really well made for a homemade costume but still looks homemade! I agree with you, it's much more fun with the amateur outfits that have more charm (which is basically mostly all school productions)
I just watched a video of my nephew's playschool production (he was a fireman) and all the home-made outfits haha
Well he got the right colour pants on!Β I do love the shirt though, it's a nice little touch to make it even more 'homemade'
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Oh come on, you're too hard on yourself! Though I sometimes feel like I'm reusing the same colour combos all the time too, this is why I try to push myself ...sometimes!
Aw yeah, a FIREMAN!!
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Lol but it's true, I need to do some problem solving exercises (just not math, more like, practical problem solving)
You have, what's the word, 'moxy' 
There has to be a fireman somewhere! (My nephew went through a phase of Fireman Sam, which is the most boring cartoon ever, the old stop-motion Sam was waaay more interesting) but yeah, pretending to rescue 'the naughty boy' (that being, Norman, an irritating boy who quite frankly, should have been left unrescued many times) was a thing with him.
Someone needs to be a pretend fireman now, it must be! At a fancy dress...or something!
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that flower mane is the sweetest thing!! this is so cute :^>
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Thanks!
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It's all so bright and colourful! Also, Kevin looks so happy, here.Β
I'm intrigued by how short and to the point the story is. Sometimes, the prompt doesn't need more than a couple of lines for the story to work and make perfect sense.
Also, Kevin turned up 15 minutes to late to be OC #10 to arrive on my "First 10 OCs picture" (currently about halfway done). Sorry about that, Kevin, but I have to admit... I'm relieved not having to do your super complicated wheelchair.
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Thank you! 
Haha, I was wondering if you were going to do that crazy lineup this round but then I realised we didn't have 10 characters yet (at that point)!
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Hahaha, by now it also takes quite a few hours to make, and I kinda prioritized Laila's entry first. 
Also, nothing to feel bad about, I'm choosing to do this, and people don't owe me anything for it. + there's 3 instances of "two OCs from one creator" already this round. You certainly wouldn't be alone, had you been 20 minutes faster submitting.Β
I have to say, though, it was a really interesting challenge to convert Tessa into my style. And figuring out her body posture. O.o
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I think part of it is the summer - even if people don't get more busy they usually change their routines in early summer. But yeah, I meant to get both entries done early and upload Kevin's entry a couple of days after Tessa's but things just kept coming up... I do like getting things done early, it just rarely happens.
And I know you're choosing to do this but still - I really admire that sort of community activities, and I wish I do gift art more often than I do, but again, I am slooow. So doing something for the group is definitely on my list... But yeah, ONE day Kevin might be faster!
But yeah, that's a good attitude when it comes to drawing different body postures (or wheelchairs for that matter) - it's just drawing something you haven't drawn before, same as I haven't drawn it at some point, same as learning to draw anyone and anything else!
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I think it was made extra long this time to account for finals as well. But honestly, a lot of people tend to start entries at the last minute, so the longer they have to do the art, the longer before the entries start to show up.
Well, people work the way they work. You obviously use a lot of time on your entries, and with two characters it's understandable that it's hard to find time for more than that.
Honestly, the most annoying OC of the bunch is Kat and that super detailed wedding dress. And last round I had to redo Laila's overly complicated dress. I'm sabotaging myself! *LOL*
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Yeaaah! I mostly like longer rounds - everyone finds some time to fit entries in without too much stress but then you are right and some people do put it off for as long as possible. But I guess it also means better entries because there's time to think it through. I was initially worried about the pageant taking over my time like Miss OC did but the way it is now I can easily imagine doing it every year (at least the way things are now)!
Hahaaa, we are all harder on our own characters!
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I've seen enough things with deadlines to know a very large percentage of people won't start until the last minute, though. It doesn't *really* seem to matter if we got 10 weeks or 3 weeks to a lot of this years contestants. They apparently won't start the deadline is right around the corner anyway. :/
I mean, some people obviously take advantage of the time given (you being a good example), but... Most really doesn't.
Hehehe, that's how I feel whenever one of my really detailed clothing designs turns out to be among the first 10 OCs. Dammit! What was I thinking? XD
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Yeaaah... I guess in an indirect way it's also a judging criterion since when people leave stuff until last minute they run the risk of not doing it at all. I think everyone is here for the fun rather than *winning* but I always got the impression that most OC event dropouts happen in the "middle" rounds, maybe it's people starting to get bored.
But I dunno, I still feel guilty about being slow often enough.
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Oh, simply showing up definitively can be a way to advance a lot of rounds (I especially suspect it'll turn out crucial this round considering the current turn-up. We're still only on 11 OCs).
And I agree, this especially happens in the middle rounds. People are usually really motivated in round 1, and somewhat motivated around round 2. Then comes the middle rounds, where stuff just comes up and folks will drop out because they lose interest, the rounds are too hard or real life just gets in the way. Around the final rounds you're down to the ones that will hand things in pretty much every round, and OCs no longer "don't show up".Β
And hey, I'm pretty much dependent on deadlines to ever get things done. XD
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