I Draw YOU - Maddy.

I get a lot of compliments on my boots. People ask me where I got them, and I tell them the truth:

"I did a drawing of myself riding a Unicorn wearing nothing but these boots. Me, not the Unicorn." True story, right?

So that led to a contest wherein the entrants had to let me know how they'd like to be drawn wearing their dream boots from Country Outfitter. And Maddy won. Which was kinda cool cuz it was her 17th birthday and also she'd just got her license. Triple congrats!!!

Per her wishes, she's wearing Corral Tan Mesquite Laser Harness Boots, in her long knitted sweater and some knitted mittens, and holding a Macbook. She wins this drawing on one of my Zazzle mugs and a $150 gift card from Country Outfitter.

Maddy is a budding animator experimenting with stop motion 'pixelation' - she's made a clever short film called "Magician Maddy and her Favorite Socks". If any of you doubt that you can make your own films, look no further for inspiration, cuz this gal is actually doing it.

Now Maddy, whenever people admire your boots, you can tell them one heck of a long and complicated story.

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Naked on a Unicorn - Country Outfitter GIVEAWAY.

And then… THE UNIVERSE IMPLODED.

Remember my trick ploy uh plea to get you guys to help me bag my dream boots by tweeting to @CountryOutfittr? Where I promised to draw myself wearing nothing but the boots whilst riding a Unicorn?

It turns out Country Outfitter not only has a wonderful sense of humor, they can also appreciate and value your [somewhat bizarre] desire to see such a drawing. Cuz they gave me boots! Behold the awesome.

Yes, I am posing on my bed. I might be naked. Maybe. Never mind that, feast your eyes on the chocolatey swirls and turquoise detail. HAWT.

Country Outfitter were sponsoring the Aiming Low Non-Conference where I was the *ahem* Opening Keynote, down in Atlanta, and they sprung these beauties on me at the closing party.

Because you helped me out by tweeting and being amazeballs and stuff, we’re doing a giveaway contest thingie – you could win a $150 gift card to Country Outfitter AND a custom drawing from me on a mug. It's like Christmas!

To enter you must do these three things: 
NOTE: Contest open to US residents only.

1. Click here and enter your email address. Country Outfitter will occasionally send you marketing messages, and you are welcome to opt out at any time.

2. Tweet THE LINK to your favorite CountryOutfitter.com boots to me @LittleAnimation.

3. Tell me how you’d like to be drawn with those boots, in the comments below.

You need to do all three to enter.

I'll draw the winner and then I'll draw the winner. And btw I’ll just draw YOU, not you with your kids or best friends or you dancing with the different animals at the zoo. Contest closes on Monday at 9 PM. Winner announced Tuesday evening.

Oh yeah...a deal’s a deal. So here I am, naked on a Unicorn, wearing nothing but cowboy boots. Ta-daaa!

What would you do for your dream boots?

UPDATE: October 23, 2012. 

The winner of the contest has been selected by random number generator, number "10" - the tenth person to enter in the comments below. 

Congratulations to Maddy! She has a cute blog called A Little Fringe. 

Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter. That was kinda fun!

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The UNICORN, the UNIVERSE and boots.

I am ignorant.

I'm the first one to admit it. I'm fabulously ignorant about most things (although I do know a bit about animation and....itchy bums). But, I honestly wonder about other people.

Like, do you really believe that if you sneeze and fart at the same time, a vacuum will be created within your body and that you will actually die? I was idly wondering this whilst chatting with @cosmicgirlie about Google+ when the subject of 'Unicorns' came up. It rattled around with the other thoughts in my brain, marinated momentarily in the briny bowl of inspiration and suddenly morphed into the following question:

What happens if a Unicorn sneezes and farts at the same time?

Clearly I have stumbled upon something truly magical here.

And while I'm on the subject of Unicorns, please copy and paste this sentence into the comments below:

"I would like to see a drawing of JC riding a Unicorn, wearing nothing but these Chocolate Lucky Boots from @CountryOutfittr." 

Or you could just click HERE to tweet it.

Before you accuse me of being sneaky, just remember this could be a win/win/win situation. I would get the boots, you would get to see the drawing, and Country Outfitter would get some social media attention. I have no idea how much attention, and probably they don't actually need my help in the attention department. I suppose it's possible that they don't care a jot whether or not I do a drawing of myself riding a Unicorn wearing nothing but those kickass boots....

But still! It's worth a shot, right?

I will be the Opening Keynote at the Oct. 12-13 Aiming Low NonCon in beautiful Georgia! Register here.

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