Emotionsphotobook.com kicks off its Emotions Photo Reference Illustration Art Contest

(PRLEAP.COM) Emotionsphotobook.com, home to the artist's reference book, launched a contest challenging all artists including comic artists, illustrators, concept artists, and animators to submit their best artwork referencing the emotions photo book for their facial expressions. At the contest site, 4 model photos are offered demonstrating the facial expressions: indignation, cruelty, fear, and anger. The challenge is to create a completed artwork utilizing one or more of the provided reference photos.

"We wanted to promote the book by creating this call to artists to see how they could re-imagine this reference material in their own artwork," said Patrick Wong, graphic designer for Emotionsphotobook.com. "The idea for the book was simple - if you needed to reference sadness for an artwork, you could quickly do so and find 20 models expressing that in 3 different views."

Three prizes will be awarded to the top entries.

The grand prize winner will receive a brand new Wacom Intuos5 Small Tablet, a copy of the Emotions Photo Book, and a full boxed version of Corel Painter 12.

The second prize winner will receive a brand new Wacom Bamboo Create Tablet, a Wacom Wireless Accessory Kit, a copy of the Emotions Photo Book.

The third prize winner will receive a copy of the Emotions Photo Book and a brand new Wacom Bamboo Capture Pen Tablet.

The contest is officially underway on June 1, 2012 and ending on September 20, 2012 - but they're encouraging entries right away to the contest gallery. For more details on the "Emotions Photo Reference Illustration Art Contest" and to submit an entry please visit the official contest site at www.emotionsphotobook.com/contest-information/.

About Emotionsphotobook.com
The Emotions Photo Reference book was published in April 2012 and is a art reference book directed at figurative artists such as comic and concept artists to aid in producing realistic and believable illustrations. The book is 170 pages with professional full color photography and features 20 models, aged 19-29, expressing 24 different emotions, in 3 different views, and totaling over 1,400 images. It's currently available at all major online bookstores and by special order in stores - ISBN 9781475167511.

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