So I'm a part of an amazing Discord Server that works towards motivating each other and helping each other to learn and grow as artists. We just did a partnering up where I was partnered with a very self-motivated person who has a year-long study challenge that they've posed me to join them with.
And now since I know I'm going to post the end results in multiple places to keep myself motivated- I figured why not share the challenge here as well and see if anyone else wants to join in.
Challenge Start & Rules:
-First rule is to draw every day. The post-it note challenge is where you doodle on a post-it note every day. No rules to follow, no min or max time to spend on it. Could be a stick figure, could be a masterpiece- up to you.
-Second rule is to pick things to study. For us it's going to be real animals/anatomy bc we're concept artists who want to eventually break those anatomy rules in a way that makes sense. For you it could be dragons, manga proportions, etc, etc.
-Third rule is to post the studies in a public manner. Could be here, FB, discord, friends or family only, etc. You choose how public you want to be. For me- it's going to be Discord, FB, here, and dA- possibly tumblr and instagram.
The Fox Sparrow challenge list - in order of timeline:
Fox Sparrow is our team name- bc I go by Shadow Fox as a gamer and they go by birbs - and the Fox Sparrow is an adorable bird
January:
-100 birds
-50 eyes, mouths, noses
-500 cervidae (spills to Feb 2)
February:
-100 flowers
-250 hands
-500 canidae
March:
-100 household objects
-200 gestures
-500 felidae
April:
-150 cars
-50 feet
-500 canidae (spills to May 4)
May:
-500 buildings (architecture)
June:
-150 gestures
-500 equines
-100 rocks
July:
-150 expressions
-200 reptiles
August:
-100 Underwater plants
-500 Cetacea (whales, turtles, dolphins)
September:
-500 faces
-100 bears
October:
-Free for all Inktober, pick your own prompts
November:
-250 fish
-50 landscapes
-50 hairstyles
December:
-Creature design month - my personal goal is to design 1x creature per day
Personal challenges:
-1x post-it note per day
-13x gesture drawings per day
-10min workout or 3 miles walked or 8 hrs standing per day
Personal goals:
-Be ready to start my comic book
-Feel good about anatomy of many different types of animals
-Be able to accurately morph the anatomy of one animal to another while keeping a realistic feel to it.
-Apply knowledge to dragons, FR based and my own creations.
And now since I know I'm going to post the end results in multiple places to keep myself motivated- I figured why not share the challenge here as well and see if anyone else wants to join in.
Challenge Start & Rules:
-First rule is to draw every day. The post-it note challenge is where you doodle on a post-it note every day. No rules to follow, no min or max time to spend on it. Could be a stick figure, could be a masterpiece- up to you.
-Second rule is to pick things to study. For us it's going to be real animals/anatomy bc we're concept artists who want to eventually break those anatomy rules in a way that makes sense. For you it could be dragons, manga proportions, etc, etc.
-Third rule is to post the studies in a public manner. Could be here, FB, discord, friends or family only, etc. You choose how public you want to be. For me- it's going to be Discord, FB, here, and dA- possibly tumblr and instagram.
The Fox Sparrow challenge list - in order of timeline:
Fox Sparrow is our team name- bc I go by Shadow Fox as a gamer and they go by birbs - and the Fox Sparrow is an adorable bird
January:
-100 birds
-50 eyes, mouths, noses
-500 cervidae (spills to Feb 2)
February:
-100 flowers
-250 hands
-500 canidae
March:
-100 household objects
-200 gestures
-500 felidae
April:
-150 cars
-50 feet
-500 canidae (spills to May 4)
May:
-500 buildings (architecture)
June:
-150 gestures
-500 equines
-100 rocks
July:
-150 expressions
-200 reptiles
August:
-100 Underwater plants
-500 Cetacea (whales, turtles, dolphins)
September:
-500 faces
-100 bears
October:
-Free for all Inktober, pick your own prompts
November:
-250 fish
-50 landscapes
-50 hairstyles
December:
-Creature design month - my personal goal is to design 1x creature per day
Personal challenges:
-1x post-it note per day
-13x gesture drawings per day
-10min workout or 3 miles walked or 8 hrs standing per day
Personal goals:
-Be ready to start my comic book
-Feel good about anatomy of many different types of animals
-Be able to accurately morph the anatomy of one animal to another while keeping a realistic feel to it.
-Apply knowledge to dragons, FR based and my own creations.
