Contest : Inside the Bottle
Well, It’s been a while since I’ve done a contest, so here’s the newest one,
Inside the Bottle!
We all know Jean gets stuck in her bottle when she tries to sleep. We can also assume she’s eventually going to end up trapped inside her bottle at some point.
So here’s the challenge, design what the inside of a Genie bottle is like.
The category bottles are:
- the inside of Jean’s bottle as it is now (despite Jean not spending much time there)
- the inside of Jean’s bottle (after she re-decorates when being stuck inside for a while), or
- inside of Araceli’s bottle.
You can enter either a drawing of what you think the bottle’s interior should look like, or create a blue print with a layout of where things are (No written descriptions). Artistic skill is not a factor.
Things to remember…
Jean’s bottle’s living area is ovalish, while Araceli bottle has a cylinder bottle;- As much as I’d love to let you all go with the Doctor Who idea of bigger on the inside then out, try to keep in mind it’s a bottle and the Genie shrinks to fit into it, so limit yourself to one ‘room’ with limited space;
- again, it’s a bottle, so the walls should reflect the pattern or design of the bottle. Jean’s bottle is Blue with Red ovals all around, Araceli’s is a solid black glass ;
- Bottle’s are not necessarily going to stay standing up right… so consider that when having objects that might end up being projectiles when the bottle is knocked over or shaken.
Entries should be uploaded to a website and linked either in the comment of this post, forum post on 910CMX or on the DeviantArt’s journal entry
Each person can only win in ONE category, but can enter any/all and submit multiple entries.
Now onto the good part, prizes…
The winning bottle design will obviously become the designed used in the story.
The winners of each category will get a custom commission piece by myself of any SailorSun.org, I Dream of a Jeanie or other CD Rudd character.
(No comics, over complicated commission, Non-CD Rudd characters will be considered depending on the complexity, and no adult commissions)
Contest end date will be June 30th, 2012, so don’t wait till last minute.
Any consolation prize for getting the first post? 😛
I’ll try to get in some entries. Although they’re not exactly gunna be works-of-art by any stretch of the imagination…
Artistic skill is not a factor… it could look like a 5 year old drew it. It would still have equal merit to a professional’s entry.
What happens when the other genie tries to sleep? Her bottle was lost at sea. I thought she had Jeans bottle now and the bottleless Jean would fade or something.
Well, here’s my first one: http://tinypic.com/r/2m4al2v/6
It’s pretty much an empty bottle with a blanket and pillow in it. I kinda imagine the generic bottle being empty, until a genie inhabits it and customizes it themselves.
Second category: http://tinypic.com/r/1tjvo2/6
More of a bachelor pad. Complete with TV, microwave/fridge, couch and table.
Jean decorates her bottle as the ultimate man cave, eventhough it is comparable to the size and layout of a studio apartment. She can’t magic her way out of a female body so she settles for decorating her home to be a refuge and a reminder of the person that she used to be. Bonus points when she masters how to create top-of-the-line consumer electronics for her bottle, like a half inch flatscreen TV.
This attitude may not go over well with her boss but she’ll deal with that if it comes up.