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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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Forgetting the sea — detail from 'Cold Shore'

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Our Radiance is Unyielding by Emerald Barkley

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My heart aches for our community and what we've all been facing lately. Please hang in there, everybody.

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Pride Month Landscapes 🌈

Brand new pride postcard prints by the one and only @citruslucy have arrived just in time for Pride Month! 🥰

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The pride bats are back! I thought it’d be nice to regroup them into a matching poster. The border on the moths one was changed to a rainbow gradient and some colours were tweaked for better readability/printing. Original posts: Pride moths LGBATs 1 & 2

Prints

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🗣Calling all LGBTQ+ illustrators, storytellers, photographers, videographers, writers, 3D artists, and other creatives!

Shutterstock is on a mission to change how our community is represented in the media. 🏳️‍🌈 You may remember that poll we sent around, where we asked you how you want to be authentically represented. You said you wanted more depictions of family events, the workplace, and sports. You asked for diversity across different age groups and body types, including trans and non-binary bodies. You want to see content that reflects reality and our every day lives, that doesn’t just rainbow-wash everything.

Based on your feedback, Shutterstock is partnering with us to give grants to LGBTQ+ artists so that our community can keep creating the content we actually want to see, that shows our authentic lives. Apply for their #ItGetsBetter Create Fund grant here or at https://shutr.bz/3hZsvfn!

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This month’s patreon tutorial is about artistic improvement! I talk about the different phases of artistic growth and lay out a roadmap for building your skills. It’s a great resource for those of you who want to be a better artist, but aren’t sure what to focus on right now. 

You can get it through my Patreon for as little as $5! And for $10 a month, you also get access to 32 other tutorials, many of which are referenced in the roadmap. Find it here: https://www.patreon.com/loish

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Happy Neil Banging out the tunes day (April 13th)

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Samhain Traditions

✨ Go for a meditative nature walk. Observe colors, aromas, sounds, and sensations. Contemplate the circle of life and death as crucial parts of nature.

✨ Create a Samhain altar. Incorporate things like skulls, skeletons, ghosts, pumpkins, squash and gourds, nuts and berries, dried leaves and acorns,/‘d cider.

✨ Have a ceremony with food. Invite your friends and family for fruit, veggies, game, dark bread, and apple cider. Light candles around the table while dining.

✨ Create an altar for ancestors. Set up photos of deceased family members, heirlooms, mementos, and votive candles. Speak their names and offer them well wishes. Thank them for their lineage.

✨ Guide spirits. Place a white seven-day candle in the window to guide the dead to the spirit world. Speak a chant of guidance.

✨ Reflect on your life since last Samhain. Consider personal growth and your accomplishments, travels, challenges, adventures, and learnings.

✨ Create bonfire magick. Write down things to release and burn them in a bonfire or even a small cauldron outside. Dance around the fire and thank the universe for its services.

✨ Divine invocations. Call upon the powers that be in nature. Invite them to aid you in your remembrance of the dead and understanding of life, death, and rebirth.

✨ Community connections. Join a group ritual. Exchange ideas, information, and celebration experiences.

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A question I get a lot is: how do I come up with ideas for my paintings? I tackled this topic in my latest tutorial, which runs you through my process for creating thumbnails, but also talks about how to make use of fleeting moments of inspiration, the importance of an artistic routine, and how to find an inspiring reference image. It’s one of my personal favorites! Find it over at my patreon for just $5 alongside 22 (!!) other tutorials: patreon.com/loish

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Yes, he is the goodest boy in the world. I’m glad you noticed.

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