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Draw This Word - Handmade PC/Card #3

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Draw This Word - Handmade PC/Card #3
Swap Coordinator:IsadoraWing (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Art  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:16
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.98
Last day to signup/drop:November 5, 2012
Date items must be sent by:November 13, 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. 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.

Please message me or post below any questions.

Discussion

savannahjan 10/30/2012 #

This is an awesome idea!

Ilovepostcards 10/30/2012 #

Sounds like a fun swap. If only I had a creative mind!! LOL!

Shannoncollar 10/30/2012 #

I love this swap!

sunnylee7 10/30/2012 #

This is an wonderful and original idea for a swap. I cannot join, but I did want to compliment you on the idea.

fawnscrafts 10/30/2012 #

I did this swap before and it was a blast. The imaginations are none alike and the answers were so far apart.

I would love to do this one again!

fawnscrafts 10/30/2012 #

Oh I meant to add, I wish there was a place for all the answers to be shown, then the real answer is revealed after all the others are in.

IsadoraWing 10/30/2012 #

Hey all, the site is up now with submissions from the previous swaps. Go here to see them: http://blog.dinadwyer.com/

wittmert 11/ 4/2012 #

Thanks so much for putting up the postcards! It's so much fun to see what everyone came up with. I love how creative everyone is.

IsadoraWing 11/ 6/2012 #

And this round's word to draw is:

nubivagant

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!

racheledj 11/ 8/2012 #

Oh crap! I missed this swap! I hope you have a 4th. :)

IsadoraWing 11/11/2012 #

Moved the send-by date to Tuesday the 13th when US mail service is resumed after observing Vet's Day. Rachel - yes I will be!

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