When Being Different Sets You Apart From the Crowd
Prompted to enter the contest by his mom, Rowan began his design by drawing a head. He quickly came to the conclusion that it âseemed kind of plain, seemed boring,â he told the Times Herald-Record earlier this month. So, he decided âto make it not boring by adding the legsâ and then added a bunch of color to make it more vibrant.
âI did not think I was going to get as much attention as I did,â Rowan said, according to the outlet. âI thought since mine was very different from the others, I didnât think mine was going to get a lot of attention because of that, but I was wrong. It was exactly the opposite.â
Although Rowanâs design has received the lionâs share of said attentionâmore than 211,500 online votes, or 93% of the online ballotsâhis is only one of the six designs selected as finalists in the contest. All the designs deserve a resounding round of applause, in my humble opinion. Theyâre sleek, creative, and better than anything I could ever draw.
