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Art grinding... drawing for xp and trying to lvl up
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My Aims
I'd like to be able to satisfy my creative urges through art, therefore I am teaching myself how to draw. I touched on basic techniques in school and am trying to extend on that.
Feel free to leave suggestions on how I can improve. I am starting off as a self confessed novice.
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Art Challenges
The goal is to spend at least 10 minutes drawing something every day for a month.
Challenge #1 - 13/05/10 (50 days)
Challenge #2 - 21/11/10 (20 days)
Challenge #3 - 01/06/11 (43 days)
Challenge #4 - 25/04/12 (87 days)
Feel free to leave suggestions on how I can improve. I am starting off as a self confessed novice.
Note: All images are copyright ©
Please do not repost or use for any purpose.
Art Challenges
The goal is to spend at least 10 minutes drawing something every day for a month.
Challenge #1 - 13/05/10 (50 days)
Challenge #2 - 21/11/10 (20 days)
Challenge #3 - 01/06/11 (43 days)
Challenge #4 - 25/04/12 (87 days)
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Things to Remember...
One percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
That was originally quoted by Thomas Edison to describe genius, but I think it also describes motivation. Some people also use this quote to describe creativity. If you talk to any creative person they will tell you that they've created a lot of flops to get to their masterpieces.
Creativity is a muscle. If you want that muscle to stay strong you’ve got to use it every day. Do things that you know will be difficult, and if they are hard, do them every day until you are good at them. Expand your creative muscles. You don’t grow by staying within your comfort zone.
Ruts are for chumps. Just because you’re going through a bit of a rut that doesn’t mean you should stop drawing, sewing* or any other creative outlet. Accept that not everything you produce is going to be awesome and keep going. If you’ve lost excitement for a project then ask yourself why it’s not exciting anymore. What can you do to make it exciting again? Change something!
* I mention sewing here because it is where I want to take my art and one of the reasons I am practicing drawing.
That was originally quoted by Thomas Edison to describe genius, but I think it also describes motivation. Some people also use this quote to describe creativity. If you talk to any creative person they will tell you that they've created a lot of flops to get to their masterpieces.
Creativity is a muscle. If you want that muscle to stay strong you’ve got to use it every day. Do things that you know will be difficult, and if they are hard, do them every day until you are good at them. Expand your creative muscles. You don’t grow by staying within your comfort zone.
Ruts are for chumps. Just because you’re going through a bit of a rut that doesn’t mean you should stop drawing, sewing* or any other creative outlet. Accept that not everything you produce is going to be awesome and keep going. If you’ve lost excitement for a project then ask yourself why it’s not exciting anymore. What can you do to make it exciting again? Change something!
* I mention sewing here because it is where I want to take my art and one of the reasons I am practicing drawing.
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4 comments:
Nice! Are you really doing them in just 10 minutes? It would take me a lot longer to get that far!
Yep! This was in 10 minutes. They're all around 10-15 minutes per sketch. Which is why I'm starting to think I should spend more time per day if I want to improve quicker. Maybe do 2 sketches some times... we'll see how my time goes. During the week it is hard to get enough free time for everything.
Creativity can be a fragile thing, but you seem pretty solid here in your desire to improve. I think you may want to think about what exactly you want to do better. What would improvement mean to you? And then make that your goal until you get it.
A slightly left-brained approach can be helpful sometimes, if you can quantify what success would mean and then work towards a measureable goal. Even with drawing! :)
Something clicked a few days ago and the drawing became less of a chore. I don't know what happened, but I think I can keep going for a lot longer this time. I'm just going to run with it and see what happens.
I've seen improvement over the last couple of weeks so I'm already happy with the results of this challenge. Practice and repetition are very huge parts of getting better at something which is why I'm drawing people every day rather than jumping around.
There are goals and there is improvement, though it may be difficult to see as I'm posting daily pics... we'll see. Give me a few more years ;)
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