poster drawing competition. again

wahaha~ this is the first time tat i felt so funny about a drawing competition XD

alright alright. so here's the story. i went n participated in a poster drawing competition this morning (nearly half a year i didnt touch my "weapon's" oledy @ water colour, brushes etc etc) n i got the 2nd prize n i couldnt help lafing at this whole competition. XD wad? u tink i'd sulk at a corner n cry like a baby ar?

anyway, so the title of the poster is "Because of you, Malaysia" , so i drew the 3 main races of our country, the skyscrapers, the ocean n the sea side, the technology of Malaysia, the NS, n of coz, the hibiscus. we're using A3 size paper n gotta finish our work in 2 hours n 15 minutes time. well..i finished sketching just after 15 minutes the time had started (i'm da first one u know? everyone else was still rummaging with their pencil n eraser when i oledy colored finish my 3 main races) by the time i'd finshed everything, there's still 30 minutes left O.o''' my speed is really sth! n thn, when the MC announced tat we still got 3 minutes left, i was the only one hu sed 'Yes!' while the others moaned.

many ppl came around my table to watch me draw + colour, just like the same old days - __ -''' it's either they were attracted by my left hand or were indeed admiring my skills in art, or both XD well, from my past expriences, they come to see both my hand n my skills, esp the aunties with thier children. they will tell their child: "see this cheche very kiang hor? see how she draws? the colour very colourful! u watch her draw n learn from her!" or the kids will come around n "wow" here "wow" there, thn whispered sth about my hand to thier friends. besides these ppl, the reporters tat went there also like to take pics of me when i'm drawing X.X i'm not showing off here. this is the fact, which has happened since i was 4 or 5 yrs old, i'd listened to all of these until i know wad they'll say when they come towards my table XD

so, many ppl expected me to get the first prize, again. but when i saw 6 old, n i mean, really OLD ah peks n ah mahs came into the hall n my fren told me they were the judges, i doubt tat they will gime the first prize. sure enuf, they gav another one the champion. n this is where it all seemed so funny to me.

too bad i dont hav a cam yet. if not i'd take down both mine n the champion's poster for u guys to compare. well, let me ask u sum Qs first. what is the most important in a poster? the wordings right? n what's the style@trend of the poster right now? it's either abstract/simple/retro. n, wad medium sud a high school student uses to draw? it's water colour. crayon, it's acceptable lah, but mostly only primary students use it. so now, i'll describe (as best as i could) about the champion's work.

XX used crayon. the style of XX's poster was abit out-dated i sud say. u know, wif the usual normal old-fashioned poster layout, with each points drawn out in separated sections n VERY detail (for example, we need to add sth about agriculture industry in the poster,they draw out the whole padi field with farmers n the mountain kampung-looking scene at the back, which is no need as we can just draw sum padi n agricultural products to represent it). when me n papa look at the poster from a certain distance, i think is just sum 20 centimetres away, we couldnt read the title@ wordings at all. it's all blur. n when u look closely, u'll found tat the way XX draws still look abit like..erm...primary's...sorrylah, i'm not being vain here, but being in this kind of competitions since 4 yrs old n represented Sarawak in the poster drawing competition organized by the ministry for almost 5 times, i'd seen alot n know wad the outside world wants.

they got put out all the drawings of the winners, n many parents + kids berebut-rebut wana see mine n took pics of it. i stood there, looking at my own work + the champion's, smiling. thn i heard an aunty tok to another aunty, pointing at my poster. : "aiyo~ this one looks so pretty lah~ the contents n the colours all so harmony n nice. do u know who drew this? " thn the other aunty saw me n poke on my shoulder :" you're the one who drew this hor?" i smiled n nodded. they continued :"waseh~ u really kiang leh! i love to see ur poster, esp the wordings, very clear n look so comfortable (comfortable? O.o''') too bad they didnt giv u first.." me continued to smile at them thn walk away. hoho~ everybody's toking about my art n few on the champion's XD boh bien, who told the orgnizer to invite the old old ppl as judges?

another funny thing about this competition is the prizes. ok ok, i'm happy enuf oledy for gettin the second prize with RM 200 n a cert. but there's also an additional prize -------a small hamper (or do u even call tat a hamper?) with 2 packages of toothpaste + one quite good pen. ya, it's toothpaste. first time of my 12 yrs in this art field, to be given two toothpastes as one of the prizes.

funny, ain't it? :p