The Teen Anime Fest at the Figge was such a great time!  Thanks to those of you who were able to make it to the event on Saturday.  Over 100 people showed up and nearly all of them were teens.  The partnership between the Quad City Public Libraries and the Figge Art Museum was a perfect match for the many teen anime and manga lovers in the area.  They sure seemed to enjoy themselves.  We had 67 art submissions on display for the Manga Art Show.  Way to go teens!!  You all did a really fantastic job!

We decided to break the art contest up into two age brackets, 12-14 yr. olds & 15-18 yr. olds.  Local professional artist, Heidi Hernandez, judged the contest and selected one grand prize winner in each age group.  They were then awarded $25 gift cards to Hobby Lobby.  Five honorable mentions were also chosen in each age group and recipients of those received a tasty Pocky prize.  Also, all of the artists were awarded an official certificate of artistic excellence for participating in the contest.  Following are pictures of the winning artwork:

Age Division: 12-14

Best In Show:  Portrait of A Boy – Clayton Summers

Honorable Mention: Goddess – Emily Stogdill

Honorable Mention: Yin & Yang – Casey Albee

Honorable Mention: Flawed Design – Deme Echelbarger

Honorable Mention: Kawii Kitty Twins – Bailey Hager

Honorable Mention: Dream Wielder – Jacob Joslyn

Age Division 15-18

Best In Show: Guardian – Christopher Mbakwe

Honorable Mention: Yuki – Mimzy Storm

Honorable Mention: The Gang’s All Here – Ruth Sanders

Honorable Mention: Mamimi – Jacob Burns

Honorable Mention: Dangerous Beauty – Sari Moore

Honorable Mention: Believe – Basilia Koster

Stay tuned to tomorrow’s post when we revisit the cosplay portions of the Anime Fest.  Again, great job everyone!  Don’t forget to pick up your artwork at the library that you submitted it to.  Special thanks to local artist, Heidi Hernandez, and, of course, the Figge Art Museum for hosting the event…thank you!

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Anime Music Video Contest

It’s time to put your movie making skills to use! Anime Club is hosting a Anime Music Video Contest. Here is a video made by Dalton explaining all the rules. Text of the rules are also below the video. What is an AMV? Check out this link for further info.

Submitting starts October 3rd. The dead-line for submissions is November 5th, and the winners will be chosen on the 6th of November at Anime Club

Rules:

1. 1 person can submit only 3 AMVs Maximum
2. Each AMV must at least be 1 minute in length. The max time for one AMV is 5 minutes.
3. You can either do a traditional AMV, a parody video, or a fan-dub
4. The content in the video/audio must be PG-13 or lower
5. A list of the anime used and the audio must be put in the video description (once you’ve uploaded it to Youtube)
6. All video in the AMV must be from an Anime so no Transformers, Avatar, South Park etc..
7. No cheating, any submissions must be made by you
8. and No Slide Shows

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The Quad City area public libraries and the Figge Art Museum have teamed up to offer the area’s first anime convention for teens.  The jam-packed event will take place at the Figge on Saturday, October 18th, from 12-4:30.  If you’re a fan of anime and manga, you won’t want to miss out on this unique program.  The lineup of events includes an art show and reception, tea tasting, cosplay and face painting stations, comic book/graphic novel swap, screening of Spirited Away, graphic novel workshop with a local professional artist, cosplay fashion show, and a fun awards ceremony to announce the art contest/cosplay fashion show winners.  There will also be Anime vendors on site, too.  Surely, there’ll be something for everyone at this event!  Admission for the day is just $5 and there is no registration required.

Stay tuned to the blog for more info as the event approaches.  Or feel free to contact the teen representatives at your local public library for more details.  You can always call DPL’s general line @ 563-326-7893, too.

Prior to the anime event, various public libraries will be holding a manga art contest.  Entries will be on display at the Figge the day of the Anime Fest.  Winners will be selected by a professional artist and announced at the awards ceremony.  Check out tomorrow’s post for the specifics on the art contest and submitting entries.

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Quad-Cities Libraries and the Figge Art Museum are organizing the first annual Teen Anime Fest and Manga Art Show.  This unique event will take place at the Figge on October 18th, from 12-4:30.

In preparation for the Manga Art Show, QC Public Libraries will be holding art contests.  Check with your local library to see if they’re participating.  Young artists, ages 12-18, are invited to submit their original artwork drawn in manga or comic book style. All different mediums -paint, pencil, graphic design, etc.- can be used.  Interested teen artists should submit their original artwork and completed entry forms to their local library.  Submissions will be accepted September 2nd –October 3rd, 2008. Entries can also be emailed to scarlin@scottcountylibrary.org

Only two entries per person will be accepted. Depending on the number of submissions, we may choose to display only one of each person’s works.  Entries will be on display in the Figge’s studios, from 12-4:30, the day of the Teen Anime Fest.  Artwork will be judged by a professional artist and prizes will be awarded to the winners.  Please turn in one entry form per each piece submitted.  There is no registration fee for the art contest.  Click on the following link for a printable version of the form:

Manga Art Contest Entry Form

Please note: There is no need to frame your artwork.  Since it will only be on display for the afternoon, we will be pinning them up in a temporary fashion.  If you have concerns, it might be best to fix your art to a larger piece of paper that we can put the pins through.

As previously mentioned, the Teen Anime Fest and Manga Art Show will take place on Saturday, October 18th, from 12-4:30 at the Figge Art Museum located in downtown Davenport.  The event is for teens only!  There will be a $5 admission fee at the door.  No registration is required.  A wide variety of activities are planned for the day, and participants will be able to move freely among them.  The line-up of events for the day is as follows:

2008 Teen Anime Fest Schedule of Events

12-2 (in Studio 3) Manga Art Show and Reception-w/snacks and refreshments

12-2 (in Studio 2) Cosplay Creating Station, DIY Face Painting, Anime Vendors

12-1 (in Studio 1) Comic/Graphic Novel Swap Station

1-1:40 (in Studio 1) Graphic Novel Workshop-w/local professional artist

1:45-2:00 (in auditorium) Cosplay Fashion Show

2:00-4:15 (in auditorium) screening of Spirited Away

4:15-4:30 (in auditorium) Art Contest and Cosplay Fashion Show Awards Ceremony

Mark your calendars now, as you won’t want to miss out on this event!  If you do plan to attend, be sure to bring items for the swap, a sketchbook for the graphic novel workshop, and don’t forget to dress in your cosplay gear.  For more information call Davenport Public Library at 563-326-7893, or contact cvogt@davenportlibrary.com scarlin@scottcountylibrary.org or jgillette@bettendorf.org

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Anime Fest &
Manga Art Show
presented by the
QC Libraries & The Figge Art Museum
Saturday
October 18th
12:00-4:30
@ the Figge
$5 admission
No Registration Required

The Quad City area public libraries and the Figge Art Museum have teamed up to offer the area libraries’ first anime convention for teens. The jam-packed event will take place at the Figge on Saturday, October 18th, from 12-4:30.
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I thought it would be nice to order a few titles for the YA collection that might inspire artwork for the upcoming manga contest.  In browsing the selection on Amazon.com, I came across a few good titles that, to my surprise, are already part of DPL’s collection.  Take a look at these selections, complete with product descriptions from Amazon.  As always, feel free to place a hold on the item by clicking on the link which takes you straight to the catalog record.  Happy drawing!

Making Comics by Scott McCloud–Designed as a craftsperson’s overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction, Making Comics, like its predecessors, is also an eye-opening trip behind the scenes of art-making, fascinating for anyone reading comics as well as those making them.

Manga Mania Fantasy Worlds by Christopher Hart–Manga fantasy is the swords-and-sorcery Japanese animation style featured in the most popular video role-playing games on the market. Best-selling author Christopher Hart’s latest tutorial reveals the secrets and techniques that go into building these worlds of wonder. An increasingly fashionable style among both digital and traditional animators, manga enjoys unrivaled popularity among the game players themselves, allowing them entry into fabled worlds of startling beauty, terror, and adventure. Manga Mania Fantasy Worlds throws down the gauntlet for people interested in creating these scenes for themselves. Artists will learn how to illustrate detailed backdrops and landscapes, rugged weaponry, and, of course, fearsome creatures-aliens, faeries, ogres, and much more. In the straightforward style that is his trademark, Christopher Hart teaches the basics and the intricacies of creating manga fantasy illustrations that practically jump off the page.

50 Fantasy Vehicles to Draw & Paint: Create Awe-Inspiring Crafts for Comics, Computer Games, and Graphic Novels by Keith Thompson–The great popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in films, books, graphic novels, and computer games has created a continuing demand for artists who can conceptualize and draw convincing space ships of tomorrow, as well as other fantasy vehicles such as cars, tanks, and sea-going vessels of the future. In this book, artist and designer Keith Thompson presents a practical course for art students. He starts with advice on finding research and reference materials, and then advises on using them as inspiration before sketching out original ideas for finished illustrations. The book’s extensive main section presents a “mechanical workshop” of fantasy designs for students to copy and adapt to their own story needs and specifications. It gives attention to the techniques of drawing, shading, and coloring. The author analyzes each of the book’s fantasy vehicles in terms of how and why artists came to their final design, how well the vehicles fit into the story being told, and how they would move, sound, and perform. Clear instruction is supplemented with more than 400 vivid, step-by-step color illustrations of sample projects.

The Fantasy Illustrator’s Technique Book by Gary A. Lippincott–Here is a heavily illustrated, highly detailed instruction manual for art students seeking professional entry in the fantasy art field. The author guides students from conception of an art idea to publication of the finished work, emphasizing methods for creating magical, mythical, and monstrous characters who inhabit worlds of fantasy and wonder.  More than 350 color illustrations.

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