"On that particular spring morning, there was a gathering of people. Unbeknown to me, it was Easter Sunday, and the church was having a gathering outside of Macy’s Eats. There was music, there was food, there was dance, and then, there was her.

Her name was Lisette, and she was the prettiest thing I ever did see. I was only about 16 when I first laid eyes on her, but somehow, I knew, the second I saw those bright green eyes from across the way, that there was something special about this one. She stood there with a peace about her that I had never seen before. Her dark hair just flowing freely in the wind, like a leaf drifting weightlessly in the cool spring breeze. She wore a light blue dress that flowed like the soft current of a river in the early fall. She was earth, wind, fire, and water; and I could not keep my eyes off of her. I’ve heard the college folk in town talk about the beauty of Aphrodite, and how she was so majestic no mortal woman could match the wonders of her beauty. If that be so, then I think Mount Olympus was missing it’s wondrous Greek goddess; because never in my life had I gazed upon such perfect, untampered beauty. If nothing else, she was that gorgeous lady Aphrodite to my heart and soul."


-The River, by Cristina Marrero

Hey, there blog readers! Cristina Marrero here. Well, ARTronica V3.0 is over and I am happy to inform you that Jake O' Lantern won 1st Place and Best of Show.

Jake was drawn as a character design by Robert Hamblen. While working on a short film, (which will be seen in a short film competition near you), we came up with the idea for a flash back scene. Robert drew a series of 3 pencil drawings of Jake in different positions, and one pencil drawing of the background.

Once Robert finished the sketch drawings, he handed them to me and I went to town. I scanned the images into the computer and took them into Photoshop, where I then re-drew all the lines and put in his color. Once the color and lines were done, I put in the shadowing of the character. To make the eyes look like they were glowing, I simply took the eye layers and put an outer and inner glow to them. After doing this, I copied my layers and placed them into a group for safe keeping and then proceeded to copy said group. Once copied I merged the spare group to make one solid image of Jake.

The background was so detailed that I decided to, instead of going into the picture and re drawing all the lines, darken the individual lines with a filter, and edit certain problem spots. I then colored individual layers and shaded in lighting effects to make it look like sun rise or sun set. Utilizing filters (more specifically paint daubs), I made the background a bit more water color so that Jake would stick out in the picture.

Once the back ground was done I brought in Jake and turned it into a composite. Using a poster edges filter, I made Jake look a bit more cartoon like, and, at the same time, accentuating Jake.

Thus, was the creation of Jake O' Lantern.




-Exact Results, Awards, and Prizes-
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BEST OF SHOW: This award goes to Cristina Marrero for "Jake 'O Lantern" and includes a Wii video game console from EA (Electronic Arts Tiburon) and an Annual Premium subscription to Lynda.com (valued at $375).

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(Highest Score Possible: 300)

..> Cristina Marrero Jake O' Lantern 1st 286 $250.00, Poser 7, Shade, Anime Studio 5, Zbrush, Lynda.com video tutorial training titles (Illustrator CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques, Photoshop CS3 Extended for 3D + Video, Maya 8 Essential Training)
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P.S. Don't worry, Robert and I already figured out how to split the Prizes.



P.S.S. Good and Evil missed 3rd place by 2 points! ^_^

..> good and evil 275





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