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| In Which Plans Sometimes Fall Through And That's Okay |
I'm working on some more abstract digital art, and that's going... weirdly. I made a major oopsie last night, didn't catch it til this afternoon, and had to start over.
It's not getting done tonight.
So about an hour ago, I ate some spaghetti and decided to try a Timer Challenge.
The prompts I drew were "Self Portrait" and "Fruit". My times were "20 minutes" and "5 minutes".
I grabbed a Ticonderoga Black and my big green sketchbook, and I got to work.
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| "20 Minute Self Portrait"; graphite on sketch paper; 2022 |
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| "Five Minute Pears"; graphite on sketch paper; 2022 |
I'm honestly way happier with the pears than the self portrait... but what can I really expect from a 20 minute self portrait? I wasn't taking my time, I wasn't getting everything perfect, I was beating a timer?
If you're looking for a good exercise to get your creative juices going, I'd recommend looking up an art prompt, then randomly assigning yourself a time. If you'd like to add a little D&D element to this exercise, go pick a prompt from somewhere, then roll a d10 on this table for times!
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 20 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 45 minutes
- 1 hour
- Roll 2x
Speaking of prompts, if you'd like to have a say in what I draw next, feel free to buy me a coffee over on Ko-Fi and leave a message there with which category of mine you'd like to see next! Today's categories were "Animal" (the self-portrait) and "Vegetable" (the pears). Available categories are:
- Animal
- Vegetable
- Mineral
- Dedbert
- Location
- Geometric
- Word
I'll get back to work on my digital mess, now.
Go Enjoy Something!
FC
