“OBESE CAT”-DRAWING COMPETITION (2012)
The winning drawing, “A cat so obese it can’t walk anymore so he’s in a wheelchair browsing through the ‘romantic comedies’ section in the DVD department of his local Walmart,” is by Francisco Espinoza! It is above.
Entries that provided links are below; all entries can be viewed here.
Judge’s citation: “There were ~20 entries (via ~95) that I ‘set aside’ to study. I was unable to discern which I liked most or even which 5 or 10 I liked most. There was ~2 minutes to choose. I stopped thinking and discerned a vague attraction in me that, at the moment, seemed focused mostly on Francisco’s entry (I think because it was more colorful and had a different ‘approach,’ in my view, at the moment, when I wasn’t thinking anything, than the other entries. My thoughts about it now are that the cat’s arms seem funny and that the drawing seems ‘fucked up’ overall in a manner that feels satisfying to me.”
Shawn Bianchi, Samuel Leon, Karen Radomski, Helen McClory, Ethan Ashley, Walter Mackey, Frank Hinton, Travis Baugh, Louise Berrebi, Robert Zetzsche, Justin Carter,Margaret Zhang, Francisco Espinoza, Matt Verburg, Kyle Logan, reading jerk666, Eric A,Scott Southard, Taylor Ableman, Luke Richards, Nicholas Burrell, hholden, Robert Challis, Andrew Colville, Jake Johnston, lazzzyandoh, Alex Rogers, Shoga Nego, Dominic Haigh,David Fishkind, Doug fatb, Samantha Beverly, JG V, qq Hart, Emma P., Jennifer Fallingstar,Kayla Ewing, Enrique Gonzalez, ruth e dinkin, Patrick Hinea, Irene Yu, Michael Peter, dylan ewen, Jason Shook, db wang, Royce Wood, Michael Barth, J.D. Ferguson, Ben Brooks,Jordan Eash, Caleb Bouchard, Jamie, Julianne Dowler, Alexandrea Finch, dave shaw, Diane VanderMeulen, Sam Skopp, Paul Rizza, Adam Eirashidi, Johnny Vulpine, Ben Arzate, Lily Dawn, Jennifer Fallingstar, farkus underwood, carolyn kim, Chase Allgood, Dallas Jeffs, LadySkillz, masha and nathen, Annalisa Hall, JG, Stephanie Graegin, Adrian Sanchez, Louise Lao, John Mullen, Jimmy Chen, Leah Garaas, Erik Stinson, Caspar Eric, Keegan Crawford
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To enter email binky.tabby [at] gmail a drawing by you of an “obese cat” (see example above) that is 500px-wide/350px-tall via MSPaint/Photoshop or [photograph of IRL drawing] by 12AM Eastern w/ subject “OBESE CAT.”
1 entry per person. No entry fee. Ask ?s in this post’s comments section.
Include a link to your entry (post it on your Tumblr or something) in your email and I will link to it in the post announcing the winner at 1AM Eastern. The winning drawing will be posted on this Tumblr. The winning drawing will be chosen based on which entry the judge likes most at the moment of judging.
Prize: 1x Richard Yates, 1x Shoplifting from American Apparel, 1x selected unpublished blog posts…, 1x during my nervous breakdown…, 1x sometimes my heart pushes my ribs, [whatever else will fit in the flat-rate priority envelope]
Judge: Tao Lin