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30 Days of Art Improvement Challenge

Are you tired of feeling like your art just isn’t improving? Do you want to do a 30-day challenge that’s actually useful? Welcome to 30 Days of Improvement Hell. >:D

I made this because I’ve been feeling super ‘blah’ about my art these days, and I needed something to kick-start myself. Who wants to do this with me!? Start now or whenever you can (now you procrastinators!). Challenge yourself and have fun at the same time!

Tag your posts with #Improvement Hell so everyone can follow along and see each other’s awesome artwork. I may even create a blog and reblog them! :D

What are you waiting for? START!

Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself

Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference

Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference

Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.

Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes

Let’s have some fun. Design a character from either This or This character generator! Be creative and bring something to life!

Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.

Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.

Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.

Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.

Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.

Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.

Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.

BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.

Halfway there! Draw three 'action’ scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it’s the same scene, but different composition.

Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 

Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.

Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.

Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.

Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration. Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.

Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows

Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.

Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.

Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!

Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.

Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for 'uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)

Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.

Turn on the tv (or load your illegally downloaded movies). Pick an actor and draw them.

Almost done! Let’s have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it’s super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it’s from.

Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you’ve learned! Link it for comparison!

 Look at all that amazing improvement! Congrats!

[Update] There is now a sequel challenge, Draw All The Things!

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I didn’t intend on doing a redraw of this until I looked at my old DA and found this from 2022, so I decided to redraw him! His name is kitsune and he belongs to a good friend of mine!

Timelapse included!!

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moments before aizawa hands in his two week notice

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my headcanons of Hizashi's hair

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Here’s Mirko!!! I think His Purple Highness is next! I’m still cycling through different shading styles and such to find other what works. So here we go!! Plus the Timelapse.

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Woooo! More Present Mic!! We love him. Didn’t do a Speedpaint this time because I’ve been working on this slowly since Tuesday evening. Have a nice night!!

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Here’s the finished thing. I didn’t like how the rendered version looked, so we’re just keeping the flat colors lol.

I wanted to make some thirst art of this cockatiel man. So here’s a wip!! I have a Timelapse going too!

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Here’s ya boi! Presentation Michael! I loved working on this! I didn’t like how the rendering ended up looking, so we get to look at the flat colors instead lol. Here’s the timeslapse regardless.

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"really? a centipede..?"

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I wanted to make some thirst art of this cockatiel man. So here’s a wip!! I have a Timelapse going too!

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When I first watched She-Ra, this scene broke me. I don’t believe Shadow Weaver was redeemed, but she definitely sacrificed herself in a selfless act. She finally realized that she wasn’t going to get the power that she wanted, came to terms with that, and realized that she needed to save Adora and Catra so they could save Etheria. Her showing her face to them with sincerity for the first time.

I actually drew this scene back in 2020, and it’s been on my list to redraw for awhile, and I really like how the new one turned out! I’m proud of how much I’ve improved, and excited to see where I go from here.

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A piece of gift art and a commission that I’ve finished recently!! I love how these turned out!!

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Ah! I’m so excited to see this finished! I really love how this turned out, and I absolutely adore the characters!!

Commission for a friend on Facebook! I hope you like it as much as I do!!

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Two pieces I’ve been working on, and I love them both so far!!

The first one was a YCH. It has been bought, I’m just waiting for the person’s ref for the canine character. So I’ve been working on the background. I’m excited to see it!

The second is just a piece I decided to redo from last year. Not really a redraw since I never finished it. I changed the composition a bit, using my old sketch and fixing anatomy mistakes I could see.

Enjoy!!!

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Posting to come back to it when I want to

YinAndYangShipping Comic Archive:

Aka Giovanni/Professor Oak: How Does That Even Happen

Synopsis: When it comes to games of love, Giovanni’s a regular Casanova (or better yet, a regular Valmont), but when he attempts to seduce Professor Oak, he finds that his usual charisma just isn’t enough.

Just a silly shipping comic I’ve been working on since joining Tumblr, beginning first as an improv and moving to a more planned format after the first chapter. Five chapters long. Updates are unscheduled and leisurely.

NSFW and slightly NSFW pages are starred.

Chapter 1: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8 / Page 9 / Page 10 / Page 11 / Page 12 / Page 13 / Page 14 / Page 15 / Page 16 / Page 17 / Page 18 / Page 19 / Page 20 / Page 21 / Page 22 / Page 23 / Bonus April Fools’ Page

Chapter 2: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6

Chapter 3: This part is written, not drawn.

Chapter 4: Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / **Page 7 / Page 8 / Page 9 / Page 10 / Page 11 / **Page 12 / **Page 13

Chapter 5: **In Progress** **Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8 / Page 9 / Page 10 / **Page 11 / **Page 12 / Page 13 / Page 14 / Page 15 / Page 16 / **Page 17 / Page 18 / Page 19 / Page 20 / **Page 21 / **Page 22 / **Page 23 / Page 24 / Bonus April Fools’ Page / Page 25 / Page 26 / Page 27 / Page 28 / Page 29 / Pages 30 and 31 / Page 32 / Page 33 / Page 34 / **Pages 35 and 36 / **Pages 37 and 38 / Pages 39, 40, and 41 / Pages 42-46 / Page 47 / **Page 48 / ….

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I’ve been on a TemTem kick lately. Tateru is definitely one of my favorites, then again, I’m a sucker for early route rodents lol. Enjoy!