Eyes Of Fire: Seeing Flame And Ash

Flame, a young girl of unfathomable power, rides a city bus with her spectral sister, Ash. She'll meet two people on that bus before checking into a fleabag hotel, and then all hell is going to break loose…


And you're going to show us whichever part of it you'd like to illustrate!


Study Sleetwealth's sculpture, where the story all began:



Read rsbohn's short story, inspired by the sculpture. Note the locations, descriptions, overall tone, and atmosphere.
Flame and AshFor the Flame and Ash Short Story and Poetry Contest. Approx. 1500 words. Summary: There must be balance, always.
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Flame is riding the bus when the man across the aisle looks up from his magazine and begins to stare at her. She ignores him. She is trying to decide where to start with this city; so far, she's seen half a hundred places, open doorway hearths leading to rooms with windows painted shut. She smiles, imagining smoke filling those rooms, glass breaking onto the sidewalk below. White towels waving, I'm here. The buildings pass, their brick and stone growing more colorful with graffiti, crumbling more with neglect. The man leans over a bit.
"Where is your mother?" he whispers. "Little girl. Where is your mother?"
She sighs. His tone is not that of a concerned adult. It's something else. Something greasy slick with excitement, nerves. Enticements. His voice is almost a tangible thing, an oily
Chinese Translation (courtesy ofla-fleur )


Choose the part of the story that calls out to you visually; find a way to communicate with a single image, or a single page of sequential art (comics), your favorite part of the story, while staying true to the likeness of the sculpture that inspired it, using traditional or digital tools, or any combination of tools that suits you as an artist.


For more information on the characters of Flame and Ash, please see the Sleetwealth Interview (NOTE: In Sleetwealth's original conception, Ash is a male character; in rsbohn's story, Ash is female; for the purpose of your illustration, Ash should be female.)


Entries should be a minimum of 3000 x 4500 pixels, because 1st Prize will include the reproduction of the winning image as a 20 x 30 inch Gallery Quality Fine Art Print from deviantART, mailed to the winner's door.


Entries must be submitted to Contests> Flame and Ash> Visual.


Entries must be received between January 5, 2011 and April 1, 2011


Enter as many times in as many mediums as you'd like.


Final decisions of the judges will be announced on April 11, 2011, ten days after the final deadline.


Prizes:

1st Prize
1 Year deviantART Premium Membership and Gallery Quality Fine Art Print of the winning entry from dA Prints


2nd Prize
6 Month deviantART Premium Membership and devWear t-shirt


3rd Prize
3 Month deviantART Premium Membership and deviantART keychain


3 Honorable Mentions
1 Month deviantART Premium Membership


Judges:

Sleetwealth Flame and Ash Sculptor/Creator


rsbohn Flame and Ash Author


lolly jark MidnightExigent


Mollinda snowunmasked SRaffa


Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
Resemblance to the characters as portrayed in the Sleetwealth sculpture, Flame And Ash
Relevance to the rsbohn short story, Flame And Ash
Technical skill
Visual impact
Creative accomplishment


Vital Curriculum:
Flame
Ash
A male passenger
A female bus driver
Anubis, Egyptian god of the dead
A cross country bus
A blighted, crumbling city
A run-down hotel


(please include in your Artist's Comments links to any stock used in the preparation of your image)