The Twelfth Doctor by Lucas Bowers
The Twelfth Doctor by Rob Moran
The Twelfth Doctor by Tony Luke
The Twelfth Doctor by Smuzz
The Twelfth Doctor by Brian Gorman
The Twelfth Doctor by Rachael Stott
These are my ‘finalists’ in the downthetubes Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge, after a lot of umming and ahhing confronted by such an amazing range of entries, including terrific ‘cartoon’ interpretations as well as the realistic.
When you have a competition that attracted art from the likes of long etablished Doctor Who artists such as Dan McDaid, Kev Hopgood and Lee Sullivan as well as wonderful entries from the likes of Jamie Roberts, Rob Davis, Neil McClements and many, many more, I’m sure you’ll understand coming to a decision as to the overall winner was no easy task.
My short list was honed down on the basis of likeness, Who history homage and inventiveness on the part of the artist. It was interesting how many artists noted the potential links between Peter Capaldi’s Doctor and the First, played by William Hartnell, by the way.
Above, in order, are the entries from Lucas Bowers, Rob Moran, Tony Luke, Smuzz, Brian Gorman and Rachael Stott, and after a lot more umming and ahhing, and going back to look at all the entries again (twice), I have decided to declare Australian designer and illustrator Lucas Bowers the overall winner of the competition, and heartily applaud all the other entrants for their work.
Lucas wins a copy of the amazing graphic novel 3 Seconds by Marc-Antoine Mathieu, from Jonathan Cape (reviewed here, encompassing three seconds of time) and some Doctor Who goodies from our TARDIS-like collection of comics-related stuff.
Thank you to everyone who entered. What challenge should we do next?
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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Love the winning pic, thank the Lords of Time there’s no brown.
Great competition. Keep the challenges coming. It’s a really good exercise for the creative faculties and the drawing skills.