Sorry for the late post. I was feeling ill all day yesterday and didn’t get an opportunity to post the results. Today isn’t looking better, but I refuse to be lying in bed all day (like 80% of yesterday).

Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca

Here are the posters for back to school. I made this using some awesome chibi art by Endling I found on Deviant Art. (These posters were created just for fun. Copying or distributing is prohibited. Unless the artist approves. Chibi Art is copyrighted by Endling. All rights reserved.)

The Girly-girl Poster:

The Science Poster:

The Goth Poster:

Writing Challenge

Prisca’s Entry

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Writing Challenge

I know you had a lot of fun coming up with a story for that picture, so here we go again! Round two: tell a story from the following picture (it can be the beginning, middle or end). Photo by Tony the Misfit.

Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca

School has officially started! (At least in Florida).

Create a design for a poster that depicts the different student reactions to the first days/weeks of school.

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Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca

My interpretation of the Dog Days of August. Instead of focusing on the hot and humid days; I decided to show that “Dog Days”, comes from the star Sirius (also called the Dog Star). I tinted the moon red to symbolize the heat.  This challenge reminded me of a wonderful book by Diana Wynne Jones called Dogsbody.

Writing Challenge

Prisca’s Entry

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Challenge for Writers:

Write a 500 to 1,000 word story from the following picture. It could be the start, the middle or the end of the story. Have fun! (The picture can also be found at: http://1x.com/photos/everyday/26477/)

Challenge for Graphic Designers by Prisca:

Go to InDepthInfo and read the short article about the month of August. Pay special attention to the last full paragraph. Create a poster for the Dog Days of August based on what you read.

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Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca

Let the magic that is reading be released. ^_^

Writing Challenge:

Prisca’s entry

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Writing Challenge:

Write a query letter of no more than two pages in length where you pitch your idea for a children’s or YA book.

Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca:

This week you will design a poster that an elementary school librarian could use to welcome back the students from summer vacation. You are only allowed to use fall colors such as orange, brown and yellow. You can incorporate storybook characters, but it is not necessary. As you brainstorm ideas, think about what would attract these students to the library and why.

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Graphic Challenge by Prisca:

Here are some icons for blogs: including e-mail subscription, contact and RSS feed. This icons may be used for personal non-commercial purposes only. These icons featuring cars were created using DragonArtz’s Vector Toy Car ‘n Bus files.

Writing Challenge:

Prisca’s entry.

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I apologize for the late post. My computer had an episode of the Screen of Death (KSOD). Apparently it is a common occurrence in Windows Vista. Thankfully, Prisca’s computer doesn’t run on Vista. We spent hours surfing online communities for a solution to the problem and after several restarts, we fixed the problem.

This morning my anti-virus software had a partial meltdown, so I decided it was time to upgrade it. Just finished doing all that mess (why can’t it be simple?). So without further rambling, here is this week Monday Challenge:

Writing Challenge

You can thank my beautiful cat, Spooky, for this week’s theme. Cats! Come up with a story where a feline is the main character. Pretend this is a story that will be printed as a picture book, so limit yourself to less than 500 words.

This week’s writing challenge is going to be interesting. Prisca and I have tossed around multiple ideas for pictures books and this week we are going to try an create one. Maybe if we “force” ourselves to post something here, we can finally move it from an idea in the atmosphere to something concrete. This week we’ll write it, next week we’ll attempt to put some pictures to it. Let’s see how it turns out.

Challenge for graphic designers, by Prisca

Design three icons to use in blogs (.png). Create one for each of the following: RSS feed; e-mail subscription; and contact.

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Graphic Design Challenge by Prisca

Trendy-Pack Logo A:

Trendy-Pack Logo B:

Here’s an example of what the logo would look like in an add for one of their backpacks. (Random image of a backpack was used.)

Trendy-Pack Logo C:

Here’s an example of what the logo would look like in an add for one of their backpacks. (Random image of a backpack was used.)

Writing Challenge:

Prisca’s Entry

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Writing Challenge:

Back to school is just around the corner! Write a 500-1000 word short story about a teacher that’s getting ready to start another school year.

Design Challenge by Prisca:

This week you’re going to work on creating logos for a start-up company specializing in selling backpacks. They want you to come up with three different logos using only the colors red and black. The name of the company is Trendy-Pack.

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