Hi Friends,
This is our first contest! I had started a challenge, a while ago, "draw a mask". At the time, I was thinking more about Halloween masks. But when I started to look for a model, I was amazed at the huge variety of carnival masks. So that has inspired our first contest -- Draw a Carnival Mask.
I found all these silhouettes (below) of different carnival mask shapes. So you can use any of these shapes, if you like. Or if you want to come up with your own shape, that's fine too.
Really, the only rules are 1) it has to be a mask associated with the Spring carnival season -- in the US, often associated with Mardi Gras, although many different ethnic groups around the world have their own version; and 2) you should use Inkscape for most of the work.
If you'd like to post works in progress, you're welcome to put them in this topic. Or if you want to ask for help with drawing your image, you can do that here as well. Only finished images should be uploaded to the album -- "Carnival Mask contest" album. (If you need to show a screenshot, for wip or support, upload it to your personal album.)
All these silhouettes come from
Shutterstock. And if you need inspiration for what to draw, you'll find more than you could imagine at that link! (Oops....actually, I won't be able to upload those mask shapes until later -- I've got a big download in progress....I'll post them asap.)
PS -- Oh, I just see on the news, that Brazil's carnival season is in full swing, right now! Good timing
