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Showcase #11

October Calendar Draw

October celebrates far scarier beings than ghouls and goblins: National Boss Day and Mother-in-law Day both fall within the month. Someone's clearly got a sense of humor. October also marks one of your last chances to participate in DA's calendar fun. We've got some inspiring artwork from prior showcase winners right in our clutches and we're getting itchy to print. So, get on it! Draw the month of October 2012 and submit. You could be our next featured artist. How wicked is that!?

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

Submission Guidelines

Draw the entire calendar spread for October 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 of the week.
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 2MB) for voting.
Upload your best art, because you only get one submission.

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st (4PM EST)

Prize

The winner with the most votes will get their artwork featured on the October 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 Nata Metlukh

76 Faves

All Submissions

Voting is now closed. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Uploaded by Boris Melgarejo

7 Faves

Uploaded by Patience Emily

35 Faves

Uploaded by fiabeSCa

26 Faves

Uploaded by Edward Nel

7 Faves

Uploaded by gingerlily

3 Faves

Uploaded by C M Carter

44 Faves

Uploaded by pete gillespie

76 Faves

Uploaded by Saz Evers

4 Faves

Uploaded by Sophie Allison

8 Faves

Uploaded by James Hipkiss

2 Faves

Uploaded by Heidi Deguzman

32 Faves

Uploaded by Marsha Baker

2 Faves

Uploaded by Marilyn MacGregor

17 Faves

Uploaded by Stephanie Anne Flis

8 Faves

Uploaded by Dan Wolfe

24 Faves

Uploaded by Stacey Powitzky

7 Faves

Uploaded by Catherine Jackman

11 Faves

Uploaded by Cale Coduti

4 Faves

Uploaded by Súa Agapé

16 Faves

Uploaded by Anarva D.

7 Faves

39 Comments

Heidi Deguzman Posted Aug 26, 2011

Just submitted my October 2012 Calendar. I hope the JPEG was adequate. I will scan it professionally on Monday, since my scanner is too small for the piece. I also emailed it to the editor. Thanks,

James Hipkiss Posted Aug 30, 2011

Just submitted mine, didn't know about the comp until a few days ago so i hope it'll look alrite:)

pete gillespie Posted Aug 30, 2011

I too have submitted...huzzah. Though I am not convinced by the use of JPEG's...harrumph.

Either way, good luck one and all.

Boris Melgarejo Posted Aug 30, 2011

just submitted mine too. good luck everybody :)

Edward Nel Posted Aug 30, 2011

Yeeha... October was fun one to do!!! Good luck all

Anarva D. Posted Aug 31, 2011

I was so excited to send in my first !!ever!! DA submission that I submitted the wrong file. -_-,
Oh, man! I already sent an email to editor{at}doodlersanonymous{dot}com that I found somewhere on this website. Is that alright? or what should I do? I'm ashamed. -_-

Boris Melgarejo Posted Aug 31, 2011

@anarva, that's nothing to be ashamed of. don't worry, just wait for the DA staff to contact you :)

Marilyn MacGregor Posted Aug 31, 2011

I just submitted my page - this is a great idea! Thanks! Good luck all Doodlers.

Dan Wolfe Posted Aug 31, 2011

Thats mine done! Good luck everyone, can't wait to see the entries, there's always some amazing stuff.

Anarva D. Posted Aug 31, 2011

Everything fixed. Thanks loads! & Good luck to all!

Stephanie Anne Flis Posted Aug 31, 2011

submitted mine I can't wait to see everyone's entries!!!

Penny Lewin-Hetherington Posted Sep 1, 2011

I'm trying to draw something but not sure if I'll finish it in time. If there is a November comp, I may add it for that!

Penny Lewin-Hetherington Posted Sep 1, 2011

It maybe December

C M Carter Posted Sep 1, 2011

About to upload my entry. 5 for 5!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's, as ever.

Anjo Bolarda Posted Sep 1, 2011

hahahah! they are all so cute hehehe! :D

Philip Carroll Posted Sep 3, 2011

looking great...some amazing work here!

Catherine Jackman Posted Sep 4, 2011

Look forward to the next showcase was fun doing this :)

Chrissie Raysor Posted Sep 4, 2011

I had a tough time choosing between a few!

Boris Melgarejo Posted Sep 5, 2011

Nata Metlukh, I hope you win :)

Rick Fitzgerald Posted Sep 5, 2011

Some AMAZING stuff here. Loved the Marilyn MacGregor one with all the subtle drawings!

Emilio Lopez Posted Sep 7, 2011

Beautiful submissions!

Marco Posted Sep 7, 2011

You guys got worse! MAYBE Dan W and C M Carter, but the rest are to children drawings. An artist make you feel something ( sad, happy, disturb, bizarre etc). if your are smoking yerba and its not good shit, don't draw, go to sleep.

Hugo Posted Sep 7, 2011

@marco You should submit to the next calendar showcase if you don't like what you see :)

Stephanie Anne Flis Posted Sep 7, 2011

@ Marco your comments got worse. Do you have anything better to do with your time than be negative. You had a negative comment last showcase too. I agree with HUGO maybe YOU should enter. Lets see how "good" you are.

Ella Claire Posted Sep 7, 2011

Love the toes dipped in the water and the music one.

Jason Allenby Posted Sep 7, 2011

The boy Gillespie's is different class - must have took ages.

Collette Abery Posted Sep 7, 2011

Love them all!

pete gillespie Posted Sep 7, 2011

That was a bit tense....well done Nata, not sure what happens now.

Nitika Gupta Posted Sep 7, 2011

ooh a draw between between Pete and Nata... What's going to happen now???

Dan Wolfe Posted Sep 7, 2011

Great show this time round! And a draw just to prove how close it is :-)

pete gillespie Posted Sep 7, 2011

Marco, you mention 'children drawings'(sic), like that's a bad thing and rant about having to 'feel something'...you felt strong enough to post, job done....well done all.

pete gillespie Posted Sep 7, 2011

A draw....how apt.

okat Posted Sep 7, 2011

Talk about a tight race folks. Well done. It seems that the team and I here at DA will have to break the tie. We'll make our decision in the coming days and announce it on the blog. Thank you all for participating!

Boris Melgarejo Posted Sep 7, 2011

Like I said, I do hope Nata Metlukh win :)

C M Carter Posted Sep 7, 2011

Looks like it's an old fashioned doodle off ;)

Edward Nel Posted Sep 8, 2011

Marco probably tells everyone how well he can draw... let's see your stuff. Always someone in the peanut gallery!!!!
Remember this is supposed to be fun...

Marina S Posted Sep 19, 2011

These are great! I especially love the mushrooms and witch. Also, the two that tied were very good. I think the fish tank one was neat and "outside the box."