Children's poetry book

  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $43
  • Entries Received: 30
  • Winner: hellesel

Contest Brief

I'm looking for someone to illustrate my children's book. Please enter this contest if you are interested. I like looking at pastels, or watercolors, soft but bright colors, not cartoons.

Directions: Submit an illustration to demonstrate how you would approach illustrations for the book described below.

Book description: This is a children's poem about the Japanese tradition of forest bathing. The poem rhymes and it's called "Follow the Green Frog."

Key elements:
- CALMING
- Use all five senses: sight, touch, taste, smell, hear
- green
- forest
- wildlife - frog, deer, squirrels, ladybug, others
- pine trees
- beautiful nature

Sample stanzas:

Get the feel of the forest
Use your senses as you play
See, smell, taste, touch, and listen
The green frog knows the way.

Feel the earth with bare feet.
Take root with all ten toes.
Touch the bark of a tree.
Mimic the strength of its pose.

Lather up with a cool breeze,
There’s no soap quite like it.
Whispering against your skin,
the air as soft as a bath mitt.

Theme: using all of your senses (touch, smell, hear, see, and taste) to experience the forest and the relaxing feeling it bathes you with.

Tone: calm, fresh, relaxing, outdoors, green, beautiful
Audience: children ages 10 to 12 years old, but I want adults to enjoy the beautiful pictures and message, too.

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Public Clarification Board

  • nalukhan2233
    nalukhan2233
    • 2 years ago

    Please check #67

    • 2 years ago
  • nalukhan2233
    nalukhan2233
    • 2 years ago

    Please check #66

    • 2 years ago
  • nalukhan2233
    nalukhan2233
    • 2 years ago

    please check #57

    • 2 years ago
  • Carluccioart93
    Carluccioart93
    • 2 years ago

    Hi, I made the illustration I hope you like it. Tell me if there are any changes to be made. I await your opinion #53

    • 2 years ago
  • Edits0095
    Edits0095
    • 2 years ago

    you didn't provide the poem lyrics?

    • 2 years ago
    1. dallaswestie
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      Not necessary now. This is just to get an idea. I give entire lyrics to the winner.

      • 2 years ago
  • AndreCarriel
    AndreCarriel
    • 2 years ago

    Is the prize for the whole story or is it only needed a drawing?

    • 2 years ago
    1. dallaswestie
      Contest Holder
      • 2 years ago

      The $40 goes to the winning entry. Then we negotiate $ for the project afterwards.

      • 2 years ago
  • Creativetaslim
    Creativetaslim
    • 2 years ago

    check my entry#37#36

    • 2 years ago
  • Mozibor1971
    Mozibor1971
    • 2 years ago

    Please check my entries #23 #24 #25 #26 #27

    • 2 years ago
  • Eccaia
    Eccaia
    • 2 years ago

    #guaranteed

    • 2 years ago
  • UmmeHabibaAsha17
    UmmeHabibaAsha17
    • 2 years ago

    please check my recent entry #21

    • 2 years ago
  • kmytort
    kmytort
    • 2 years ago

    Is the prize for the whole story or is it only needed a drawing?

    • 2 years ago
  • UmmeHabibaAsha17
    UmmeHabibaAsha17
    • 2 years ago

    please check my entry #18 , #19

    • 2 years ago
  • mdabdulmajed
    mdabdulmajed
    • 2 years ago

    #14

    • 2 years ago
  • mdabdulmajed
    mdabdulmajed
    • 2 years ago

    #9 #13 #14 ........please check the entry

    • 2 years ago
  • mdabdulmajed
    mdabdulmajed
    • 2 years ago

    #9 #13 ........please check the entry

    • 2 years ago
  • mdabdulmajed
    mdabdulmajed
    • 2 years ago

    #9 .....please check the entry and tell me something

    • 2 years ago
  • JudeVictor
    JudeVictor
    • 2 years ago

    Please wait for my entry.

    • 2 years ago

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