Moon Landing Anniversary Art Appeal

[John Freeman]

Next month is the 40th Anniversary of the first Moon landing (20th July 1969). I'm hoping folk here will help mark it by uploading art inspired by the moon landings and space exploration which can then be added to this album - http://downthetubes.ning.com/photo/albums/moon-landing-40th-anniver... - which I will then embed on the main downthetubes site to mark the anniversary (and, indeed, can be embedded on any web site).

Art submitted – comic strip, illustration – will all feature here:

http://downthetubes.ning.com/photo/albums/moon-landing-40th-anniver...

Short link (if above broken): http://bit.ly/92aPv

The idea is that this is not just a celebration of the Moon landing but also an opportunity to present a portfolio of themed work based on space and space exploration (real or imagined) that should generate press interest given the upcoming anniversary.

Some of you reading this will have grown up watching the moon landings and perhaps inspired by them to become an artist. You may simply have drawn adventures that have taken place on the Moon. So if you have art featuring a space hero or heroine I’d say that was ideal for this – just let me know what © info should be included, and please make sure you send me a web link if you have one. (I know folk are busy and may not have time to do something specific or new).

The album will then be “embedded” on the main downthetubes site to mark the anniversary (and, indeed, can be embedded on any web site, so you could feature it on your site, too).

Any art - illustration, strip, cartoons – welcome. If there’s a strong response to this, I may also do a MyEbook version, but I’ll check with those who’ve submitted material before doing this.

Text pieces are also welcomed: not quite sure how to present those yet, perhaps in another part of the downthetubes forum. I don’t want writers to be left out.

Please feel free to pass this on: I hope it’s of interest.

How to submit: If you’re already part of the downthetubes forum, simply post the art as you may have already to the site and I’ll add it to the album. Or, if you don’t want to join up – let’s face it, there are enough comic forums out there and I quite understand! - send me art direct.

Please ensure images are no larger than 2MB in size if e-mailing, so use sendafile.com or other services if your piece is larger.

You can also use this address to submit art: [e-mail] .

Thanks for reading!

John Freeman

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