Purpose

A competition was created between friends for motivation and fun. Another purpose of the competition was to gain experience working on a sculpture under a "real-world" deadline and to share sculpting techniques and approaches at the conclusion of the competition.

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Important Dates

• Sculpture Start Date: Friday, September 29th 2006, 5:00 PM
• Sculpture End Date: Friday, October 13th 2006 , Midnight
• Pictures due to webmaster by Noon on October 14th
• Official Competition Voting Starts October 14th, Midnight (Central Time)
• Official Competition Voting Ends October 28th, Midnight (Central Time)

Material: Super Sculpey Firm, unpainted. No props allowed.

Judging: Each artist will provide four pictures of finished sculpture for display on web site of same resolution: Horizontal (1024 X 768) or Vertical (768 X 1024). No Phototshop image editing allowed. The web site will feature voting box that will feature a radio button where the public can vote for their favorite sculpture. The voting box will only allow a person to vote once. There will be no names associated with the images so a link can be sent to family, friends, and coworkers without the possibility of ballot stuffing.

Legal Disclaimer - The sculptures are based on the copyrighted Calvin and Hobbes characters created by Bill Watterson. This web page features an unofficial competition and is in no way associated directly with Bill Watterson nor his creations. The sculptures shown on this web site are private pieces created as an artistic exercise only and are not intended for sale. Please support the original and copyrighted works of Bill Watterson by purchasing official Calvin and Hobbes books by clicking here.