RoomWorldCon

[rowyn]

I got my official invitation to be Artist Guest of Honor at RoomWorldCon. jimmyholloman asked me to do an illustration for the cover of the conbook. I don't know if he had any ideas in mind (did you, Jimmy?) But I'm thinking about it. I'm half-tempted to do some kind of riff of Disney's "It's a Small World" ride. Like "It's a Small World(Con)" . With chibi characters in "traditional" costumes: American cowboys and Dutch girls in wooden shoes and bellydancers and whatnot, only with fennish elemets, like
antenna or space helmets or elf ears, or doing the Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" gesture. (Remember learning to do that gesture? Remember how DeForest Kelley never could?)

But I don't know. Anyone else have suggestions? =)

Comments

It's a Small World(Con)

[jordangreywolf.livejournal.com]

Actually, doing a send-up of Mary Blair's art style would be pretty cool. (Mary Blair being the artist whose art was used as direction for the Small World ride - and whose art can also be found in the Contemporary Resort at Disneyworld.) You can probably find some good samples via Google on a search for "Mary Blair" with some other key words like "artist", "Disney", "Small World", etc.

(I confess to being rather fond of trying to emulate others' art styles and doing some sort of "twist" - e.g., trying to do a piece "Mucha-style", or "ancient Egyptian style", etc. It's tough, because I'm too tempted to try to "correct" certain elements of the style ... or else I'm drawing something that is so far removed from the normal subject matter, I'm not sure how to make it fit.)

[jimmy-hollaman.livejournal.com]

its what ever you want to do. i like the disney rip off. So as i said its what ever you want to do....

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Well, congratulations!

The idea holds promise. Now you'd need to um, filk the lyrics too, right?

===|==============/ Level Head

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

I think that's a great idea! I can't think of anything that would be half so fitting.

[krud42.livejournal.com]

DeForest Kelley couldn't do that? Huh. I don't even have to think about it. (Actually, I think it's harder if you do.)