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Draw This Word - Handmade PC/Card #5

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Draw This Word - Handmade PC/Card #5
Swap Homepage:http://blog.dinadwyer.com/?cat=11
Swap Coordinator:IsadoraWing (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Art  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:25
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.98
Last day to signup/drop:December 10, 2012
Date items must be sent by:December 17, 2012
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

The object of this postcard game is simple: I will give an obscure, strange word from the more unused parts of the English language and you will draw an illustration of what you think it means on a blank postcard or blank greeting card without looking it up.

For example, if the word was "Kenspeckle", what would you draw? I might doodle a freckled Ken doll or perhaps a man named Ken speckling a canvas with paint.
Or let's say the word was "Smellfungus". You could go with the immediate vision of a mushroom with stink waves coming off it or perhaps a person very happily sniffing his feet. Mm-mm!

The last two words have been: venustation, cataglottism, nubivagant, and thalassophilous To see what others have drawn for those, go here.

The point is, there's no wrong way to portray the word because you'll be illustrating it without looking it up first. On the back of the card, explain your thought process and how you came to the drawing that you did. As long as you receive a card with an image that was handmade and its corresponding explanation, you should rate a 5. You do not have to be a good artist; just a sense of humor and fun is required!

After you've made your card, you can look up what it means and have a laugh. It will be fun to see what your partner comes up with - maybe you will have had the same idea!

After sign-ups are complete, I will email out and post below the word that you will draw. You can use any kind of method to portray this word as long as the result is handmade, so collage and mixed-media are fine and dandy.

Participants must have been rated a 5 for at least 10 type 2 or 3 swaps. I am strict about this and have banned people in the past for not having enough.

Finally! If you participated in the previous swaps, please send me a scan or photo of the card you sent and/or received so that I may put them on a blog for everyone to enjoy. If you are not receiving my emails, please check your spam folder.

Please message me or post below any questions.

Discussion

PukeFacedFreak 12/ 2/2012 #

I'm going to have to find a blank postcard or blank greeting card. Or at least material to make them (must find out appropriate dimensions) because I NEED to join this. I love it. Thank you so much for making it.

ladydy5 12/ 5/2012 #

Great idea, I will give it a try. If you like art come join Artistically Inclined group

kirkproductions 12/ 6/2012 #

@PFF may I suggest Cotman brand watercolor paper postcards by Winsor & Newton? Very good quality for the price. You can order them online.

PukeFacedFreak 12/ 7/2012 #

Thank you.

IsadoraWing 12/11/2012 #

And this round's word to draw is:

apanthropinization

Good luck! Don't look it up before finishing your drawing! Re-read the directions above carefully. Remember to give your partner a five if the card is on time, hand-made, and provides a rationale for how the sender came up with the drawing idea. Also please email me a scan or photo of your drawing at [email protected]

streetjewel 12/12/2012 #

dang! I dont know how to picture a verb! ahahah I dont know the meaning and I`m going to picture a noun)) This is very funny swap!

fawnscrafts 12/14/2012 #

Ok I got it!

AZmom875 12/15/2012 #

I thought NOUN right away anyway.

AZmom875 12/20/2012 #

I got my card and it was great, and the sender did post a photo on the link above. Great job other players, and thank you for hosting this each month.

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