Circles? Triangles?

This week's theme was "Circles are the new triangles," which, apparently starting from a viewpoint that triangles were (recently?) the tip-top of design, means that now circles are ultra-popular. Which was kind of a weird way of telling us to make a circle-featuring design.

I based mine on equations associated with circles, and then put them on hands, as if for cheating on a geometry test:



This did not do well. I did have fun trying to make the writing look like a few different handwritings. My favorites were the marbles and these slightly-doodly dots.

Diplomas

For the "medical professions" challenge, I did a bunch of diplomas and certificates, in honor of all those years of medical/nursing/pharmacy/etc school. I drew made-up shapes instead of letters, to give the impression of text without having to actually come up with fake schools and whatnot. (And, to work cross-language, no translation needed!)



I'm pretty pleased with how it came out! Regardless, it got nowhere in the contest. My favorites where these pills and bandaids.

A punt

I got intimidated by the "emerald forest" theme (which they specified to be forest-themed, and use at least some shade of something you could reasonably call emerald green) because I wasn't able to make a big, detailed forest illustration look the way I pictured it in my head. So, inspired by my younger son's love of pinecones, I just made a repeat of pinecones (specifically, those from coastal redwoods) in various shades of green. Not my best effort, but at least something.



It didn't go anywhere in the contest. My favorites were the sorrel, this array of leaves & berries, and this dreamy illustration.

"Princess Awesome" gives second chances

This week's contest was a sponsored one in concert with "Princess Awesome," which makes clothes for girls that includes some areas outside of the girly norm (dinosaurs, science, fire engines, etc). I've gotten my niece one of their dresses before. So the idea was to make a fabric they could use - something you would want to use for a girl's clothing, but not completely traditionally "girly."

Well, as it happened, I had a (nearly) complete idea ready to go for this. For the "ballet" theme a few years ago, I made a new version of my "ballerina plumbers," but unfortunately failed to submit it in time for the contest.  (TLDR on why I keep doing "ballerina plumber:" it was my desired profession when I was about six; plumber by day and ballerina by night.)

Sooooo, I tweaked my previous design a little - I boosted the pink (and tweaked some of the other colors) for a better contrast, and redid the pipes in the background so they are nicely curved. Thanks, me of three years ago!



This came in pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the pack for the contest, which is not too shabby considering how much of a "niche" idea it is.

My favorites were the ones about beetles, chess, fishing, pirates, and outer space.