{"id":83084,"date":"2019-03-05T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=83084"},"modified":"2019-03-06T09:09:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T15:09:50","slug":"alumnus-allen-morris-14-wins-illustrators-of-the-future-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2019\/03\/alumnus-allen-morris-14-wins-illustrators-of-the-future-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Allen Morris \u201914 Wins Illustrators of the Future Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freelance illustrator\/artist and Delta State University alumnus Allen Morris \u201914 displays such a passion for exploring foreign worlds that he recently won a quarterly Illustrators of the Future Award. The Cleveland native will travel to Hollywood, Calif., on April 5 for the occasion at the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards, which honor new and emerging talents in the science fiction and fantasy genres.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really didn\u2019t expect to win because it\u2019s an international competition,\u201d said Morris, now based in the Seattle area. He\u2019s one of a dozen illustrators who will be cited at the event\u2014and who hope to win the grand prize, the L. Ron Hubbard Golden Brush Award, and $5,000 in addition to the kudos and $500 they\u2019ve already received.<\/p>\n

Since the illustrators contest began in 1989, 334 illustrators have won recognition of one sort of another. (The writer contest began in 1984, with 484 receiving honors.)<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent a lot of time with games and books\u201d as a child, Morris said about how he developed an interest in illustration. \u201cThe games a lot of people in the \u201990s did were getting a little cooler and I would look at a lot of the art and be really inspired by that. I would read books and be more interested in the cover or almost just as interested. That\u2019s kind of where it blossomed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Delta State Department of Art Chair Michael Stanley called his former student \u201can incredibly talented artist. The skills he learned in the Art Department have helped him achieve this goal, but his dedication and work ethic are really what made this possible. I am so glad that the jurors recognized his talent, which puts him among the best in the world, and I know this is just the beginning for Allen. It has been a real pleasure to watch him mature as an artist and I can\u2019t wait to see what he does in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

While in Hollywood, Morris will participate in a one-week workshop with leading illustrators, including Larry Elmore, whom Morris calls \u201cthe father of modern fantasy\u201d and an illustrator for one of his dream projects: Dungeons & Dragons<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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