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<\/p>\nBeing just a wee bit vain, Charlotte loves to model. So when Aaron Mouse asked if he could draw her for a magazine cover proposal, she couldn\u2019t have been more thrilled: \u201cJust make me look like a movie star, OK?\u201d (Aaron readily agreed\u2014though wisely didn\u2019t mention that his two favorite movies are Godzilla and King Kong.)<\/p>\n
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Aaron\u2019s sketch was for the Blown Covers Weekly Contest<\/a>\u2014named for New Yorker cover art that for one reason or another is never published. Artists are invited to try their hand at tackling specific cover themes, announced each week. And while the contest isn\u2019t affiliated with the magazine per se, it is<\/em> run by The New Yorker\u2019s art editor, Fran\u00e7oise Mouly. So it\u2019s a great opportunity for a young mouse\u2014or really anyone\u2014to get their artwork and ideas in front of a decision-maker, get some coaching, and, who knows? \u2014Maybe even do an assignment for her \u201cfor real\u201d someday.<\/p>\n Just for fun, I decided to submit\u00a0some sketch ideas to the contest this week myself. The official assigned theme was \u201cGraduation\u201d (not \u201cCharlotte Takes Manhattan By Storm,\u201d as drawn by Junior Mouse above).\u00a0My first idea, on the left, showing graduates being banished from paradise (college life) to face the harsher realities of life on the outside, made it to 5th runner up, so I was very pleased.<\/p>\n If you like (or do) illustration, or just happen to be a New Yorker cover art fan, do check out the winners and runners-up,<\/a> as well as the 75 other submissions<\/a> that weren\u2019t ranked (which included my second sketch, on the right, depicting a more carefree graduate, optimistic despite the sucky economy). Some of the drawings on there are really imaginative and fun!<\/p>\n \u2014And maybe even think about submitting your own cover sketches for the contest next week? All the info you need for the next one, which concludes on May 17th, is right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being just a wee bit vain, Charlotte loves to model. So when Aaron Mouse asked if he could draw her for a magazine cover proposal, she couldn\u2019t have been more thrilled: \u201cJust make me look like a movie star, OK?\u201d … Continue reading ![\"Jean](\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jean_tuttle_graduation_640.jpg\" "\\"Jean")
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