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Art Dash Sunday!
5 months ago
Okay, so I have a problem with being a perfectionist when it comes to linework, which leads to alot of my art projects getting delayed quite a bit. Taking a bit of inspiration from those animators and artists who often advise not to make perfect linework and the like, I've decided to try something different to help with speeding up my own linework.
I call it Art Dash Sunday. The idea is that every Sunday, I take the time to do a sketch, drawing or full piece of art, but limit myself to one hour everyday. Which means unless I want absolutely nothing on the canvas, I need to drop my perfectionist traits and work to try and get the work completed quickly, but to a decent standard. Art will initially start off really bad, junk art really. But as my confidence improves, more and more detail will start creeping in. Meaning I can do line art quicker or to a better standard.
Just some ground rules for the Art Dash:
1. Outside of specific circumstances, Art Dashes always last a maximum of one hour – once this hour has passed, the pen/stylus must be put down and no more lines/shading can be done. 15 Minutes extra are allowed to search for references, but if the pen/stylus are used at any point, those 15 minutes are considered void. If references aren't used, I am allowed 15 minutes on top of the original 60 minutes. If a piece of art is considered 'complete' regardless of state, the extra time saved can be banked and used in another Art Dash.
2. If the drawing was done digitally, then the layers can be shifted into the correct positions and sizes after the session. But no additional lines or shading can be drawn at all to correct it. Pen and paper can have sketch lines removed but if anything is rubbed out by mistake, it cannot be readded.
3. Once an Art Dash session is completed, the artwork – regardless of quality and how complete it is – must be uploaded onto the Internet as an Art Dash submission. Where and how many places the artwork goes onto doesn't matter, as long as it's posted in at least one location.
4. Once posted, that drawing will not be revisited – it can be done again from scratch with the original drawing used as a reference, but it cannot be used directly again. The only way it can be revisited is if there are enough likes from all platforms it is posted on.
It'll either be stuff I just fancy in that moment, or it will be upto folks to offer suggestions on what to do. Art Dash will probably lead to a good deal of trash coming out, but sometimes something really good might come out depending on what I'm working on. But hopefully it'll improve my own artwork in time, or at the very least, make me less perfectionist and get stuff done more quickly!
Should be something a bit different whilst I work on main projects!
I call it Art Dash Sunday. The idea is that every Sunday, I take the time to do a sketch, drawing or full piece of art, but limit myself to one hour everyday. Which means unless I want absolutely nothing on the canvas, I need to drop my perfectionist traits and work to try and get the work completed quickly, but to a decent standard. Art will initially start off really bad, junk art really. But as my confidence improves, more and more detail will start creeping in. Meaning I can do line art quicker or to a better standard.
Just some ground rules for the Art Dash:
1. Outside of specific circumstances, Art Dashes always last a maximum of one hour – once this hour has passed, the pen/stylus must be put down and no more lines/shading can be done. 15 Minutes extra are allowed to search for references, but if the pen/stylus are used at any point, those 15 minutes are considered void. If references aren't used, I am allowed 15 minutes on top of the original 60 minutes. If a piece of art is considered 'complete' regardless of state, the extra time saved can be banked and used in another Art Dash.
2. If the drawing was done digitally, then the layers can be shifted into the correct positions and sizes after the session. But no additional lines or shading can be drawn at all to correct it. Pen and paper can have sketch lines removed but if anything is rubbed out by mistake, it cannot be readded.
3. Once an Art Dash session is completed, the artwork – regardless of quality and how complete it is – must be uploaded onto the Internet as an Art Dash submission. Where and how many places the artwork goes onto doesn't matter, as long as it's posted in at least one location.
4. Once posted, that drawing will not be revisited – it can be done again from scratch with the original drawing used as a reference, but it cannot be used directly again. The only way it can be revisited is if there are enough likes from all platforms it is posted on.
It'll either be stuff I just fancy in that moment, or it will be upto folks to offer suggestions on what to do. Art Dash will probably lead to a good deal of trash coming out, but sometimes something really good might come out depending on what I'm working on. But hopefully it'll improve my own artwork in time, or at the very least, make me less perfectionist and get stuff done more quickly!
Should be something a bit different whilst I work on main projects!
