Anime art contest

[telophase]

Via emtigereyes, TheOtaku.com is having an anime art contest for breast cancer awareness. Prizes include Wiis and PSP3s, if the idea of helping a good cause doens't do it for ya. :)

So ... who of you is going to help me come up with a winning idea? If I win, I'll ... er, send you a picture of the console? :/

Anyway, original characters only despite their inexplicably calling it "fan art."

Comments

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Rivas pinning a ribbon on Jordan? Or vice-versa?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It's going to be voted on by the membership of TheOtaku.com - I'd have to be convinced that they'd like it over whatever else. :)

The entries already up are here (http://fanart.theotaku.com/tags/awareness) - I expect that they'll get better and better as people have time to devote to images and the news of the prizes gets around.


(Hmmm ... popular things from my gallery have humor, sweetness, and a sense of a story behind the image ... arg)

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

I suppose this doesn't have to do with an idea, just something I remembered. My boyfriend took me to the doctor's when I had a allergic reaction (which we won't talk about because I had Quasi Modo face) anywho, there was this breast cancer awareness poster that had the steps for checking for lumps and I just remember him cocking his head and saying real thoughtfully "Really? Ya gotta feel them?" I dunno still makes me laugh.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

*sneeerk* It's fun and good for you!

There was a Canadian ad a few years back that was spread around the Net for breast cancer awareness that had a young man talking passionately about the need for early detection. And then he offered to help women check, as the camera pulled back and revealed he and a few of his friends sitting on a couch in a wood-paneled basement with hopeful expresssion on their faces. XD

(It's been over five years since I've seen it and I've slept since then, so I'm not sure about the details...but it was still funny.)

[fmanalyst.livejournal.com]

Well, it'd be more fun than a mammogram. (Yes, I'll gladly put my breast in that vise.)

[scorpionocean.livejournal.com]

holy crap. Consoles as prizes...wonder which picture in my gallery can get a makeover with a pink ribbon on it....*runs off* lol, if I win, you want a picture? hahaha

[telophase.livejournal.com]

You'll OWE me a picture if you win! XD

[scorpionocean.livejournal.com]

hahaha, I'm gonna do my very best to add a pink ribbon to one of my pictures! ♥ watch me forget about this...

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

The first thing that sprung to my mind was an Anime Doofus (i.e. Tenchi Muyo) standing next to his stereotypically over-endowed Anime Girlfriend, holding one of those little breast exam instruction cards and thinking "This is going to take forever to do correctly...AWESOME!"

But that may be too...adult. And of course, I'm also of the opinion that funny sticks more in people's minds than Dark & Scary.

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

Actually, him touching said breasts while saying "C'mon, you don't want them to get sick, do you?" might be even better.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

My brain is going there, too, but I'm not sure how many other poeple are going there, and whether I can really bring myself to do it. :)

[the-z.livejournal.com]

I'll get to work on producing my creative, original fanart as soon as I can! c_c

I'm impressed by the number of next-gen consoles they were able to secure. Dodging bullets for breast cancer.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I know. They must have made deals with Sony and Nintendo, is all I can figure. Or got otaku to sit on line for three days.

[the-z.livejournal.com]

Hey, if homeless people can sit in line for three days, I don't see otaku being terribly underqualified for the job either.

(putting this where it makes sense no thanks to LJ's database flubs)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Commenting nowadays is mostly a battle of wills between me and LJ.

[pirateseneschal.livejournal.com]

Wow, with that list of prizes, the competition is going to be intense. I'm so throwing my hat into the ring. And my boobs, too.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup. I don't expect to win, but if I don't enter, I certainly won't. XD

[rgbrobbie.livejournal.com]

As I have a g--d--- breast lump right now (am waiting for my mammogram and ultrasound, with fingers crossed that it's not the C-word) I am really eager to see what you come up with. Might even want to buy a print.

Early detection really is the key. Despite my own VERY overly-endowed anime-girlfriend style bazooms, I found said lump through self-examination, at just about the average size a woman who performs regular exams would find it (as opposed to about TRIPLE the size in a woman who doesn't check herself monthly). So if it is something bad, I found it early.

Have YOU checked your boobies lately? And I'm not being fresh. Breast cancer awareness is a HUGE thing for me, has been for many many MANY years, and I'm known to hand out pink ribbons and exam cards as gifts, nag friends mercilessly until they schedule their annual mammograms, not to mention how I coordinate team walks for the annual Revlon Run/Walk for Women out here in L.A. What irony that I'm now facing that fear personally....

Have some Jessica-boobies. Angelo checks them for her nightly. :D

[rurounitriv.livejournal.com]

I'm so debating entering this... I'm not really an anime artist, but I think I have a Notion. Which is probably not all that creative, but oh well.

[emtigereyes.livejournal.com]

I have similar thoughts about my idea thus far.

[flyingpeachbun.livejournal.com]

Mannnn I'll have to enter just so I don't have to think about "what if I had" for all eternity afterwards. I know I won't win though, because word about this will get around to every kickass artist on the net and kill all my chances >o<~

[lilrivkah.livejournal.com]

I'd like to enter just to show my mum I support her. I'd probably end up giving the console away, anyway.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If you ever need to figure out how to get rid of one, I'll be happy to help. :D