Quickdraw! Contest @ MegaCon 2011!

Are you an artist who wants to test their skills against others, or do you just want to have a fun time drawing with other artists? The Quickdraw! Contest breaks artists up in groups of novice and advance and has them compete in three different 20 minute drawing sessions for prizes! Fun and creativity are highly encouraged!

This is one of the many events Propeller Anime Club will be hosting at MegaCon 2011. This contest will be from 2PM to 4PM on Sunday, March 27th in W224D at the Orange County Convention Center!

The Quickdraw! Contest is a favorite of ours to host. We get to see a lot of cool stuff and everyone is having a pretty fun time!

This year, we hope to see many talented artists, both established and aspiring, in our drawing sessions. We'll supply pencils, erasers, and paper if you do not have any. We'll scan the top entries and post them online for everyone to see! You can check out the winners of last year's contest here.

Rules

• This is a solo competition.
• Sessions will have a novice and advance rank, depending on what artists think their skill level is
• Each session will be timed at 20 minutes.
• Once is the session is over, please write your name and rank(novice or advance) that you are competing in.
• You may jump into the contest as long as there is space in the room for you to draw in.
• Artists can change to a rank the feel more comfortable in in-between sessions.
• Winners will be announced at the end of the Quickdraw! Contest, with prizes given out.
• Artists can keep their drawings but winning entries must be scanned!
• No pressure during this contest. While we have winners to get you guys to come out, this is all about being creative and having fun!

MegaCon 2010 Quickdraw! Contest Winners!

Yesterday at MegaCon, the Propeller Anime Club hosted the Quickdraw! Contest. It gave aspiring artists a chance to show off their skills in a fun and creative manner with the possibility of winner cool anime DVDs! There were three 20 minute sessions set up by our judges where artists had to draw something based on the topic presented in the session.

The sessions were "Dinosaurs on Rollerskates", "Things that cannot be Unseen at a Convention", and "Koolaid Man starring in your favorite Anime or Videogame." I swear I had nothing to do with the session choices!

We had a novice and advance placement for each session and the first place winners of each session got to pick from one our DVD sets that included the likes of Saint Seiya, Cromartie High, Captain Herlock(yes, I know), and other cool stuff!

I do apologize in advance in the scan quality. Hopefully we can find a solution for this next year. Without further ado, here are the winners of this year's QuickDraw! Contest!

Dinosaurs on Rollerskates

Novice

1st Place: Richard Almario

2nd Place: Michelle Jenkins

3rd Place: Allison Hoffman

Honorable Mention: Ryan McHughes

Advanced

1st Place: Kelsey Soderstrom

2nd Place: Meghan Stockham

3rd Place: Mary Hoff

Honorable Mention: Kiante Todd

Things that cannot be Unseen at a Convention

Novice

1st Place: Alex Pietropaol

2nd Place: Richard Almario

3rd Place: Hannah Almodvar

Honorable Mention: Yazan Qazzaz

Advanced

1st Place: Meghan Stockham

2nd Place: Cay

3rd Place: Jen Budrock

Honorable Mention: Ryan McHughes

Kool-Aid Man starring in your favorite Anime or Videogame

Novice

1st Place: Ryan McHughes

2nd Place: Unoichi

3rd Place: Allison Hoffman

Honorable Mention: Alex Pietropaol

Advanced

1st Place: Jon Burdock

2nd Place: Kelsey Sanderson

3rd Place: Mary Huff

Honorable Mention: Kerry Shyver

Congratulations to all of our winners for their efforts! There was a lot of great work from everyone and we hope to see you all again next year!

Guide to MegaCon 2010: Anime Workshops and Panels

We showed you the Anime Main Events and Anime Special Events happening at MegaCon 2010, now present to you the Anime Event Track's Workshops and Panels! We have a great mix of cosplay workshops, contests, and podcast events that you can check out including Iron Cosplay and the Plants vs. Zombies Costume Contest hosted by Anime Sushi and our Quickdraw! Contest!

Workshops and Panels in room W224C

Friday, March 12th

Armor Construction
1:00pm – 2:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Team Awesome

Alright, you can sew, you can paint, you can hem….now what? Topics discussed will range from armor to appliqué, leather to chain mail, paperclay to grommets, much more. Tutorials, resources and community info will also be made available for those looking to become more involved with local costume enthusiasts. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the panel, so feel free to discuss that dream costume you just can’t figure out how to make!

Pokémon Fight! Fight! Fight!
2:00pm – 3:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Pikabellechu

Gotta to Catch Em’ All!  Join the Pokemon panel with the famous Pikabellechu. Afterwards, join her in the dealer room and get a close look at her award winning Pokemon Volkswagen.

Customizing Resin Horns
3:00pm – 4:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Wonderland Creations

Let out the little devil in you by customizing your own set of horns on hairclips (with elastic for the hair-impaired).  Glitter, flames, feathers, your colors, your taste, your style or lack thereof!

Wig Styling
4:00pm – 5:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Yaya Han
www.yayahan.com

From cutting, styling and dying colors, Yaya Han will show you hands on different techniques in achieving the perfect anime character hair style for your cosplay!

Iron Cosplay Contest
5:00 pm – 7:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

Like the famous Japanese show, this is a stylized costume making competition featuring accomplished cosplayers in the battle of craftsmanship and speed. What will be the secret ingredient? Who will reign supreme!?

Plants vs. Zombies Costume Contest
7:00pm – 8:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Anime Sushi
www.animesushi.com

Sponsored by PopCap Games! Has MegaCon been overrun by plants or zombies? Come one, come all. Winner won't be getting brains or fertilizer, but official PopCap merchandise!

GunDAMN!
8:00pm – 10:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Mecha Anime HQ
gundamnmahq.blogspot.com

Join the hosts of the podcast, GUNDAMN@MAHQ, for a live recording.  Topics to be discussed, Favorite/Least Favorite Mecha Clichés and Your Ideal Mecha Show.  Each topic discussion will included audience participation and Q&A sessions.

Sunday, March 14th

Kiri-e (Japanese Papercraft)
11:00am – 12:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Wonderland Creations

A traditional Japanese paper art.  Capture tiny figures and scenes on paper for art cards!

MAHQ.net Podcast
12:00pm – 2:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Mecha Anime HQ!
www.MAHQ.net

Join the hosts of the podcast, GUNDAMN@MAHQ, for another live recording and a controversial topic discussion, Live Action Adaptions of Anime.  Audience participation and Q&A sessions will play a key part of this highly charged debate.

Quickdraw! Contest
2:00pm – 4:00pm in W224C
Hosted by the Propeller Anime Club
propelleranimeclub.blogspot.com

Are you an artist who wants to test their skills against others, or do you just want to have a fun time drawing with other artists? The Quickdraw! Contest breaks artists up in groups of novice and advance and has them compete in three different 20 minute drawing sessions for prizes! Come on and show your skills.

Props for Beginners
4:00 pm – 5:00pm in W224C
Hosted by Jaime

Learn the basics of making props to go along with your costumes! There will be a lot of useful information provided by someone very experienced in prop-making!

Guide to MegaCon 2010: Quickdraw! Contest

This year's Quickdraw! Contest will be on Sunday, March 14th from 2:00pm to 4:000pm at Megac=Con 2010 in room W224C. We will have three 20 minute sessions that you can participate in! Each session will have a different theme that you will use to create a drawing. We will break up artists into novice and advance categories based on what you think your skill level is. At the end of each session, the judges will pick the top three novice and advance works and then we will announce them at the end of the contest.

Pencils and paper will be supplied by the Propeller Anime Club but you are welcome to bring your own if you wish!

The first place winner of each session - both novice and advance - will get to pick from our prize pile. This will include items like manga, dvds, figures, posters and other anime merchandise. We will scan the the top three entries for each session from both categories and post them online for everyone to see and enjoy!

The Quickdraw! Contest is definitely a great time for artists to get together and create some interesting work and share them with their peers. The contest is fun for everyone and we look forward to seeing you there!

UPDATE: We have recieved word that the Quickdraw! Contest will now take place in W224C! Post has been updated to reflect that!