Child Illustrators of All Skill Levels Wanted to Illustrate Girls Don't Like Dinosaurs
- Terynn Boulton
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2021
Girls Don't Like Dinosaurs is about a young girl who loves dinosaurs but is told that because she is a girl, this cannot be true.
Do you have a child in your life who would like to be an illustrator for Girls Don't Like Dinosaurs? Please have your child choose one illustration from the list at the end of this post where I describe exactly what I need for pictures and then go to this spreadsheet and claim that illustration by filling out your name, age and hometown.
When they have completed their masterpiece, please scan and email it to me at orangebonobocreativingwriting@gmail.com. If you prefer to just send in the paper copy of your child's drawing please contact me and I can send you my mailing address.
Your child can use any medium they prefer (watercolours, acrylic paints, crayons, markers, coloured pencils, digital drawing, etc). Please include your child's name, age and where they live so I can give credit to them!
Please note: Children will not receive monetary compensation for their drawings but will be published illustrators!
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
The main character is named Beth and she is four and a half years old. She should look similar to this little girl:
In this story Beth is wearing:
- a purple sun hat that has a longneck dinosaur on the front of it, right in the middle of the hat
- a white t-shirt with a triceratops in the middle of it
- brown shorts with a triceratops on the front right leg of her shorts
- white ankle socks
- purple sneakers.
Elliot is another character in the story and he should look similar to this little boy:
In this story Elliot is wearing:
- a blue short sleeve t-shirt
-brown shorts
-white socks
-brown sneakers
Carter is another character in the story and he should look like this little boy:
In this story Carter is wearing:
- an orange short sleeve t-shirt
-black shorts
-white socks
-black sneakers
Here are the illustrations I need (remember to see above what Beth wears in this story please and please go to the spreadsheet to sign up for the illustration your child will be submitting):
Elliot playing in his backyard with his toy dinosaurs
Beth standing by Elliot in his backyard. Elliot is playing with his toy dinosaurs, and talking to Beth (so I picture Elliot sitting on the ground or kneeling and playing with his dinosaurs and Beth standing up)
Full length picture of Beth in all of her clothes described above - we really want to see the dinosaurs on her hat, t shirt and shorts
Elliot holding up his tyrannosaurus rex for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a t-rex
Elliot holding up his triceratops for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a triceratops
Elliot holding up his parasaurolophus for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a parasaurolophus
Elliot holding up his deinonychus for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a deinonychus
Elliot holding up his diplodocus for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a diplodocus
Elliot holding up his ankylosaurus for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of an ankylosaurus
Elliot holding up his pachycephalosaurus for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a pachycephalosaurus
Elliot holding up his protoceratops for Beth to see and Beth looking at it
A full page picture of a protoceratops
Beth standing by Elliot. Elliot is surrounded by all of his toy dinosaurs and he is looking at Beth with a big smile on his face because he is so impressed she knows all of the names of the dinosaurs just like him!
Picture of Beth and Elliot playing dinosaurs together in Elliot's backyard
Picture of Beth and Elliot playing dinosaurs together in Elliot's backyard. Carter is standing there watching them. Beth is holding the pachycephalosaurus facing the ankylosaurus that Elliot is holding. (it looks like the dinosaurs are talking to each other the way Beth and Elliot are holding them together while they play).
Beth and Elliot playing dinosaurs but Beth looking at Carter
Beth and Elliot playing dinosaurs and both Beth and Elliot are looking at Carter
Picture of Beth, Elliot and Carter all playing dinosaurs together
Happy drawing!
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