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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!

  1. Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself
  2. Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference
  3. Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference
  4. Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.
  5. Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes
  6. Let’s have some fun. Design a character from either This or This character generator! Be creative and bring something to life!
  7. Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.
  8. Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.
  9. Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.
  10. Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.
  11. Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.
  12. Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.
  13. Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.
  14. BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.
  15. 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.
  16. Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 
  17. Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.
  18. Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.
  19. Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.
  20. 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.
  21. Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows
  22. Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.
  23. 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.
  24. Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!
  25. Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.
  26. Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for 'uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)
  27. Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.
  28. Turn on the tv (or load your illegally downloaded movies). Pick an actor and draw them.
  29. 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.
  30. 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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Happy birthday @spooner7308, I drew your Libra Alien since you're a Libra- what do you mean you're a Scorpio? I don't care, you're a fucking Libra now

No but in all seriousness, I'm very aware that you're a Scorpio, I just have very negative confidence in myself with drawing four arm beings-

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Thinking about spiderwebs... Some of the most unique and beautiful structures found in nature. I have nothing but awe and wonder for spiders and their ability to build such a complex structure out of pure instinct!!

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@shailion submitted: Some lovely ladies who set up their nest In the window near the front door : )
Only aggression I've seen in the 2 months they've been there is when i put my phone in the top one's face which yknow fair

Lol that is fair. Worth it for that beautiful photo though! Paper wasps are so dang pretty

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An underrated part of being in the insect fandom is not only do you get to see your blorbos everyday irl, sometimes you wake up to one of your blorbos (a cricket) in your bed. The rest of you wish you had what I have.

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just a couple of doodles, not much else :-)

first one's for my commission page as a portfolio piece. second's a token for my druid/monk character! she's a sphinx/gem dragonborn hybrid.

stuff below is just extra doodles and shitposts.

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nephiladytum

good day again! another new batch for you all 🍽

this is a preclaim; when the character is purchased, i'll select and customise their colour pallet based on your tastes!

Pre-claim Price – SGD$40/USD$30

i take PayPal, Ko-fi, and PayNow! (Singaporean app). I only take SGD and USD.

If you'd like to be pinged, do let me know :-)!

rules:

– you must have a toyhou.se to buy my adopts! i like keep track of them, so th is much easier for me.

– i can put adopts on hold for 48 hours!

– do also read my terms of service for more info!

social media links:

i don't mean to keep reposting works from my alt, since it's meant to not clog up this account, but hey! until there's a teensy bit of traction there, i might as well <:-) bear with me, folks

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