Kidlit411 Illustration Contest Winners and Showcase
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| © Hui Li |
Feb. 19, 2018
We were BLOWN AWAY by the entries to our Kidlit411 banner design contest! And so grateful to all of you for spending the time to help share the Kidlit411 love.
The decision was very difficult. So many entries had amazing art, but we were looking for a website banner, so we also took into account the overall design and treatment of our name/brand. We asked for your interpretation of our current banner, which is why we had so many great bird-themed entries. And of course, all of it was very subjective.
After much deliberation, we chose the following winners:
FIRST PLACE
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| © Hui Li |
We love her whimsical design, the bird with the glasses, the color palette, and the clever cloud typography. Medium: watercolor and pencil. Visit her website at www.shulululee.com. Follow her on Twitter @shululustudio or Instagram @shulululee.
SECOND PLACE
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| © Rachel Dutton |
Rachel Dutton wins $50, an Illustrator Spotlight, and display of her banner on our website and Facebook page for the month of April 2018.
We love the colors, funny birds, old-school communication devices, and overall design. Medium: digital. Visit her website at www.RachelDutton.com. Follow her on Twitter @rachelduttonart.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
We had so many great entries, we chose 8 honorable mentions, listed in alphabetical order. Each will have their banner displayed on our website & Facebook page for the following months (plus an Illustrator Spotlight the month their banner is shown).
May 2018 - Eric Castleman
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Digital mixed media © Eric Castleman
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| Watercolor, ink, pencil, digital © Nancy Colle |
July 2018 - Abi Cushman
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| Pencil, digital © Abi Cushman |
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| Digital © Eunji Jung |
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| Cut paper collage © Maile McCarthy |
October 2018 - Shiho Pate
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| Ink and digital © Shiho Pate |
November 2018 - Carina Povarchik
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| Digital © Carina Povarchik |
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| Cut paper collage © Mary Preble |
A big thanks to our judges (Kidlit411 founders Elaine Kiely Kearns & Sylvia Liu, with the help of Teresa Robeson, Victoria Warneck, Renee LaTulippe & Yvonne Mes).
GALLERY OF ENTRIES
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| © Katherine Ahmed |
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| © Priscilla Alpaugh |
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| © Angie Archer |
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| © Meg Auchenbach |
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| © Pen Avey |
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| © Heather Bell |
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| © Shurie Bocanegra |
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© Adriana Bergstrom
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| © Richard Cartwright |
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| © Rachel Ayoung Chee |
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| © Helena Chu |
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| © Justin Cline |
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| © Sherilyn Cook |
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| © Jaclyn Crawford |
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© Amanda Davis
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| © Briony Dixon |
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| © Kearen Enright |
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| © Danielle Fontaine |
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© Jack Foster
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| © Jennifer Gibson |
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| © Kelly Gillow |
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| ©Andy Gray |
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| © Lisa M. Griffin |
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© Brenda Harris
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| © Akemi Ito |
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| © Carrie Karnes-Fannin |
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| © Michelle Kogan |
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| © Lisa Konkol |
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| © Jen Kostman |
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| © Stephanie Lau |
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| © Sussu Leclerc |
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| © Kerrie Leer |
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© Hayley Lowe
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| © Scott Monaco |
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| © Colleen Muske |
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| © Leila Nabih |
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© Stephanie Olivieri
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| © Coleen Patrick |
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| © Jacqueline Peveto |
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| © Cheryl Pilgrim |
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| © Yana Popova |
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| © Mikela Prevost |
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© Marisol Montiel Razo
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| © Sarah Momo Romero |
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| © Christina Rowe |
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| © Stefan Stamenkovich |
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| © Traci Van Wagoner |
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| © Donna Warwick |
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| © Emily Wayne |
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| © Nancy Whitesides |
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| © Valeria Wicker |
OMG I love all of these!!! Thank you for the chance to enter, it was fun and seeing all of them is even more fun. Congrats to the winners.
ReplyDeleteWhat a visual feast! Every one a winner. I have no idea how you chose.
ReplyDeleteWow!! There are so many amazing entires for this. It was so much fun, thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Mine got an honorable mention! This made my day :D So happy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a hard decision. So many great entries!
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gallery of illustrations!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wide selection of amazing kidlit art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, all of them. I am impressed by the talent displayed by these artists. I'm also deeply grateful your shared them with us.
ReplyDeleteThese are incredible. I'm floored by all the talent. Thank you for sharing all the entries with your Kidlit 411 readers. That was fun!
ReplyDeleteWow! You artist folks amaze and delight me! What a difficult choice for the judges - so many fun, beautiful, whimsical banners! Congratulations to all of you on a job well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a glorious exercise in birds on a wire and other various executions. Well done everyone!!
ReplyDeleteBig congratulations to all the winners! Love the choice for 1st place!
ReplyDeleteHow did you ever choose? What a wonderful collection of art. Envious of the talents of all the contributors. Winners all!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo many talented artists! I can't imagine how hard it was to choose but I do love the new banner!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Congratulations to the winners and everyone who submitted a banner. You are all outstanding artists.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful. Very talented artists.
ReplyDeleteWow! So many of these are absolutely amazing! I don't know how the heck you chose honorable mentions and such. Some truly outstanding work here. I'd like to mention some of my own personal favorites but there are far too many. Good work, everyone.
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