#hijinks dtiy

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Prize art for third place winner @shadeink2020 on instagram. They asked for a picture of Bruno as described in “Nightmare and Suenos” when he received clothes from Roberto.

“The shiny silk shirt Roberto had loaned him felt slimy and awkward on his thin frame. The tight black pants were uncomfortable on his legs. He didn’t even want to think about what the loafers were doing to his wide feet. … The air whipped past him, glancing off his bare neck, now visible with his hair up in a tidy bun.”

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Finally getting back into the groove of drawing again after a rough couple of weeks and a welcome family visit.

@bitsy83 won the writing challenge and asked for a fanart of her amazing story

“Dream a little Noir”

A delightful story where Bruno imagines himself as a noir style detective complete with clever one liners.

If you haven’t yet, you can win the prize winning fic she wrote here!

The Answer

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DTIY WINNERS

I severely underestimated how difficult it is to actually declare a winner with DTIY. How does one pick a favorite amongst such talented artists.

The most faithful adaption? the most creative? My favorite based on vibes? I will have to go with my gut, but I have updated the prizes to be a little different. Now, even those who didn’t place will get a character portrait, because it was too difficult to decide and I am so fortunate to have so some many participants who took time to draw my OC and Bruno.

First Place: Gwenandy_ on instagram or @gwenandy here (prize: fully rendered scene)

I struggled to choose, but ultimately I chose Gwenandy for being both close to the spirit of the original, but added so much more story. Including cheeky little emotional insets to highlight their reactions better and the addition of the picture reels full of my own Bruno and Elena images to give a real poster like quality to the whole composition. Thank you Gwen and congratulations.

Second Place: Adainisart

Prize is a fully rendered character portrait

Close to the spirit, and yet made a call back to a different artwork where Bruno and Elena are dressed to the nines enjoying a rooftop dance. I love the sweet way Adainisart drew Elena especially with their stylistic curl at the end of lips of their style. Congratulations Adainisart!

Third place: shadeink2020

Prize is a fully rendered character portrait

Rendered in gorgeous lovingly drawn details, Shadeink2020 has the closest to the original and yet highlighted the symbolism of butterflies as a motif. As well as alluding to a story that gave the piece a deeper meaning. Thank you Shadeink!

Runner ups: character portraits in monochrome or flat color.

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Second place Writing Challenge winner @inthishousewestanspiderpunk for her story.

“Caos en la cocina”

An adorable story that is pure comedic hijinks. My favorite kind.

She asked me to draw her lovely OC Ariadne for her prize and I had to toss Bruno enjoying her beloved stars with her.

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DTIY UPDATE

Final due date extended till tomorrow due to extenuating circumstances for one participant. I will be declaring winners tomorrow, but I severely underestimated how difficult it is to actually declare a winner with DTIY. The most faithful adaption? the most creative? My favorite based on vibes?

Very difficult, they are all so sweet and lovely.

So for DTIY there will be first place fully rendered piece. Second and third will be character portraits with full flat color. Everyone else who participated will get a character portraits as a thank you for participating.

Writing competition fully rendered piece for first place, colored character portrait for second and character portrait for third. There was only three writers so it worked out in that respect.