I have a category proposal currently in the forums: Sketching Game?
And I have created the group: Starving Artists
That stunning artistic crayon on yellow notebook rendering of a Garmin eTrex was done by yours truly. I was hoping it would set the tone that this category is open to everyone and should be fun.
Below the lj-cut is a first draft preview:
Expanded Description:
This is a Waymarking Game that involves rendering a hand-drawn image of the location being waymarked. Any location can be waymarked and waymarkers, both posters and visitors, are encouraged to use a medium that they are individually comfortable using.
Nobody needs to be Monet.
Posting Instructions:
Mark coordinates using a handheld GPS receiver at the location where the hand-drawn image was created so visitors will be able to take advantage of a similar view.
Your choice of medium for your hand-drawn image is wide open. Make sure your finished product can be scanned into a digital image file for upload or, if nothing else, be photographed with your digital camera. If you have to take a picture of your hand-drawing, crop the image so only the drawing is presented.
Hand-drawn images in the mediums of digital artwork, such as pixel art, will be accepted.
No photographic images of the location itself should be uploaded to the gallery.
In your Long Description, provide some interesting information about the location.
Posters can use the Long Description, the optional Variables, or both to provide information about their choice of medium and viewing location.
Visiting Instructions:
Visit the coordinates given for the location. Create a hand-drawn artwork of the location from the same viewing location or a different location. If you choose to drawn from a different perspective, note your coordinates in your visit log. Also include information about which medium you selected and any interesting information you may have about the location that wasn’t included in the Long Description. Make sure your finished product can be scanned into a digital image file for upload or, if nothing else, be photographed with your digital camera. If you have to take a picture of your hand-drawing, crop the image so only the drawing is presented.
February 12 2009, 17:18:04 UTC 3 years ago
Now to let my subconscious pick it apart....
February 12 2009, 17:20:43 UTC 3 years ago
I'll have to adjust language in the description that allows for all of these different types of technologically based hand-drawing.
February 12 2009, 17:24:13 UTC 3 years ago
If you DO allow that, be prepared for those TINY Etch-a-sketches.
February 12 2009, 17:27:46 UTC 3 years ago
February 12 2009, 17:45:05 UTC 3 years ago
No dial controls or shake erasing to slow you down!
Anonymous
February 12 2009, 17:53:21 UTC 3 years ago
TheBeanTeam
February 12 2009, 17:55:33 UTC 3 years ago
February 12 2009, 23:09:42 UTC 3 years ago
What if the requirement is to sketch something that has already been waymarked...by someone else?
February 12 2009, 23:28:18 UTC 3 years ago
February 13 2009, 01:01:31 UTC 3 years ago
Bonus points for imagining and drawing something that's not there anymore, marked by an historical marker.
"Artist's interpretation"
February 13 2009, 01:54:42 UTC 3 years ago