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Showcase #8

April Calendar Draw

February's Calendar Draw was a doozy, but your chance to be featured in the first DA illustrated calendar is back again!

It's April's turn. You have tax day, 4:20, Earth day, even Buddha's birthday. Draw something witty, draw something beautiful, draw something foolish. We don't care. Just make it good and you might just be April's featured artist.

UPDATE: See the finished 2012 Hand-drawn calendar. Now available or pre-order.

Submissions are now open! Get to it.

Submission Guidelines

Draw the entire calendar spread for April 2012, including artwork and the days of the week/dates.
Feel free to design the layout anyway you like, just be sure to include some kind of blocks for the days and keep the fold area free of any text.
Do it old school: use paint, a pen, marker, or colored pencil. NO vector art accepted.
Scan it and BE SURE to save the art at hi-resolution (300dpi minimum), in the case you win, we'll need it to print the final calendar.
Submit/Upload a JPG version of your artwork (no larger than 1mb) for voting.
Upload your best art, because you only get one submission.

DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6th (11AM EST)

Prize

The winner with the most votes will get their artwork featured on the April spread of DA's very first hand-drawn / illustrated calendar! You will receive full credit, praise, and adoration—not to mention two copies of the calendar that you may barter, gift, or hoard all for yourself. We won't judge.

Spread the word

And the winner is...

Uploaded by Kaya H.

84 Faves

All Submissions

Voting is now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Uploaded by flupdiwup

29 Faves

Uploaded by Mary Ruth Butterworth

17 Faves

Uploaded by Audrey Dugas du Villard

19 Faves

Uploaded by manal mohammed aldossary

9 Faves

Uploaded by Amy Law

7 Faves

Uploaded by skudfisher

52 Faves

Uploaded by Hakan Tuzun Sengun

11 Faves

Uploaded by outsketch

12 Faves

Uploaded by Gauri Panicker

19 Faves

Uploaded by Ryo

5 Faves

Uploaded by Richael Carroll

10 Faves

Uploaded by Súa Agapé

84 Faves

Uploaded by Saz Evers

6 Faves

Uploaded by Helena Coard

19 Faves

Uploaded by C M Carter

28 Faves

Uploaded by Christina Hollensen

5 Faves

Uploaded by Asa Wikman

13 Faves

Uploaded by Timothy J. Reynolds

30 Faves

Uploaded by Allison C

30 Faves

Uploaded by Sharon Hinchliffe

19 Faves

Uploaded by Richard Tingley

16 Faves

Uploaded by Boris Melgarejo

9 Faves

Uploaded by Catherine Slaymaker

16 Faves

Uploaded by Sophia Murray

27 Faves

Uploaded by Edward Nel

49 Faves

46 Comments

Juan Carlos Palacios Posted Mar 28, 2011

VIVA !

Steve Evans Posted Mar 29, 2011

mmmmm i like the 4 20 idea....

Steve Evans Posted Mar 30, 2011

will the voting be the same this time around

Boris Melgarejo Posted Apr 1, 2011

Lols good thing I stopped by at the Showcase section XD Didn't know there was a new one :p

Kamolsky Posted Apr 2, 2011

what are the specs?

Marsha Baker Posted Apr 2, 2011

what are the dimensions? Total Height and width?

Boris Melgarejo Posted Apr 4, 2011

excited to see everybody's work :)

Steve Evans Posted Apr 4, 2011

nearly done.... nearly time to upload....

Richael Carroll Posted Apr 5, 2011

oh dear...i think i uploaded it too big...!!how do you size things down to 1mb...can i cancel my submission and re-submit?? Oh, panicking now :(

Hugo Posted Apr 5, 2011

We do not yet know the height and width of the final product which is why we are asking for submissions to be vertical. See the submission guidelines for an image of what we think it will end up looking like.

Hope that helps.

Hugo Posted Apr 5, 2011

@richael -- we did get the entry, but there was an issue with the artwork. I sent you an email with an explanation.

@steve -- yes the same voting process for this particular challenge.

C M Carter Posted Apr 5, 2011

Such a fool i am, just submitted and then realised that i put the days of the week in the wrong order. IDIOT.

Oh well...

Súa Agapé Posted Apr 5, 2011

I can't wait to see the crazy doodles! :)

Hugo Posted Apr 5, 2011

Tomorrow is going to be fun indeed! :)

manal mohammed aldossary Posted Apr 5, 2011

12 hours left ...can't stop thinking about it

Sam Mallicoat Posted Apr 6, 2011

Look at that set of 124 Prismacolors.......which to pick up first!

Edward Nel Posted Apr 6, 2011

Wow that was really fun to do... bring on the voting!

Gauri Panicker Posted Apr 6, 2011

It was so much fun in doing this...loved it..cant wait to see the postings...

Richard Tingley Posted Apr 6, 2011

Mines all uploaded.
Good luck everyone, I look forward to seeing the entries.

skudfisher Posted Apr 6, 2011

Phew! Got it in just in time! Good luck to everyone!

Steve Evans Posted Apr 6, 2011

aaaaaaaaaargh i missed the deadline, this sucks!

skudfisher Posted Apr 6, 2011

Wow, awesome stuff guys! Love it :)

C M Carter Posted Apr 6, 2011

Some really good ones here, gonna stick the kettle on and then throw some votes about :]

Nicole Underwood Posted Apr 6, 2011

awesome stuff this round!

Beverly Ealdama Posted Apr 6, 2011

these are great!!!

jane o sullivan Posted Apr 6, 2011

wow ! good luck everyone :)

Denn Rodriguez Posted Apr 6, 2011

These are great!!! Good luck to all! http://www.dennrodriguez.com/

J-our Runio Posted Apr 7, 2011

noice!

Vinay badi Posted Apr 7, 2011

:-)

Isobel Knight Posted Apr 7, 2011

I love this! How could I have only just found the beauty of a calendar?

Jhazzmyn Posted Apr 7, 2011

@skudfisher...hmmm, looks familiar ; )

anabel bouza Posted Apr 7, 2011

Beautiful stuff, you guys! :)

Puja Vanarse Posted Apr 8, 2011

@ gauri panicker. its so nice! good imagination and good work.

;0

Daphne Posted Apr 8, 2011

Cheers to all who submitted. What talent!

Kel-Kel Posted Apr 9, 2011

GOD! sooo many great drawings so hard to choose. i soo would have done one but missed the deadline and im not to good of a drawer, but theres always may... :)

MIYA CHANG Posted Apr 10, 2011

I want it~~~ Kaya H. ~~~ it's so beautiful~~~

LIN P.Y Posted Apr 11, 2011

Kaya.H's work is really awesome!!! i like it~~~~

ARTCHEMICAL Posted Apr 11, 2011

Nice work! Started one myself and then missed the deadline. Next time... I like so many of them I am glad we can vote for as many as we want, but the one that struck me the most was posted by outsketch. beautiful.

Melvin Noguera Posted Apr 11, 2011

The work of Súa

Melvin Noguera Posted Apr 11, 2011

The work of Súa is so lovely! ;)

Roberto Pineda Posted Apr 11, 2011

i love the Súa´s one!!!!!!