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~Nhaar And Drunken Novice Win DeviantART Scholarships To San Diego Comic Con

Published Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:00:10 -0500

Last updated Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:02:43 -0500

That would be Anne Szabla from the USA and Rick from Sweden. Both are getting their air flight to San Diego Comic Con, hotel rooms and passes to the show for two days with $100 each for expenses, after winning the deviantART scholarship competition, entered by over a thousand creators.

They'll be guests of deviantART, sponsors of Artists Alley this year, and they will be introduced to other prominent creators over the weekend.

And there's a newly announced deviantART panel at San Diego as well;

12:00 – 1:00 Comic-Con How-To: Angelo Sotira, CEO of deviantART – Know the Platform, Deliver the Goods & Be Awesome – How to build a 1M+ following on the web.

Angelo Sotira will moderate a panel of experts, including Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Co-founder / Creative Director, Imaginary Friends Studios; Jim "Zubby" Zubkavich, CEO Udon Entertainment; and Dave "deevelliott" Elliott, comic book illustrator / editor / publisher, who will discuss How To use online platforms such as deviantART, to create a following on the Internet. Room 28DE

Birdboy by ~Nhaar, winner of the traditional artist category.