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April 30th - the challenge

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For the last day of the month, draw one of your favorite things! Something you really enjoy drawing, or love for some other reason & don’t draw that often - just have fun with it!

#day 30 #challenge

April 28th - the challenge

Contrast

Today’s challenge is to draw something with a lot of contrast - either with a wide difference in value/brightness, by using complementary colors, or by emphasizing the differences between two objects or characters!

#challenge #day 28

Day 27 - the challenge

Dreams

Today, try drawing something from a dream! See if you can remember one well enough to show it, or just extrapolate from what you do remember. If you don’t want to draw any of your own dreams, draw one a friend has told you about, or something to do with an aspiration or fantasy!

#challenge #day 27

April 26th - the challenge

Weather

What’s your favorite weather? Snow? Rain? Sunshine? Maybe draw someone getting blown over in the wind, or swimming on a hot day. Birds singing. Flowers blooming. Corvids sledding down roofs.

#day 26 #challenge

April 25th - the challenge

Space

Draw something inspired by space! Maybe practice drawing glowing stars, or a spaceship, or some aliens!

#challenge #day 25

April 24 - the challenge

Travel

Draw a character moving from place to place, be it walking, bicycling, going on a road trip, etc. Alternatively, draw someplace you’ve visited away from home, or someplace an OC might visit if they got a vacation!

#challenge #day 24 #i'm sorry i keep missing days...

April 20th - the challenge

Interaction

Draw two or more people interacting - maybe a conspicuously-cuddling couple, or some frenemies flirting while fighting, or a teacher trying to tutor a toddler in typing!

#challenge #day 20 #it is late where i am so have some excessive alliteration in leu of a useful description

April 19th - the challenge

Movement

Draw something that moves! Maybe a person running, spinning, or fighting, or a bird in flight, or a river - just practice communicating motion in a still image.

Alternatively, if you have time for it, try an animation study!

#challenge #day 19

April 18th - the challenge

Light

Today, practice your lighting & shading - water and glass are particularly interesting to reference for this, but any object will make some neat shadows if you put a strong light on it!

#challenge #day 18 #charcoal is good for light studies #but most art programs have a watercolor brush or similar #or practice your cross-hatching if you work with pen or prefer a more solid brush!

April 17th - the challenge

Patterns

Try drawing a texture or pattern that loops cleanly wallpaper-style, or use a pattern as part of a larger image - maybe make a flower out of smaller flowers, or draw something made with patterned fabric or that has a pattern painted on.

#(alternatively you could take it metaphorically and do something relating to patterns of behavior?)#(but that's kinda hard to visualize so)#challenge #day 17

Day 16 - the challenge

Outfits

Design some clothes!

As a worldbuilding exercise, think about what styles of dress would be popular in your setting - are people making their own clothes out of whatever they have access to, or buying it factory-made?

Or as a technical exercise, see if you can make the shading and textures on the folds and seams accurate!

#challenge #day 16

April 15th - the challenge

30-second drawings

Today, set a timer and see what you can do in just 30 seconds! Do a bunch of them if you have time - just practice sketching out a scene or a pose quickly without any details.

#i think these are called gesture drawings? but idk how specific a term that is #feel free to add some details after if you're happy with one of them!#day 15 #challenge

April 13th - the challenge

Fanart

Draw something from your favorite story! For an extra challenge, pay attention to the ways the original’s art style (or word choice, characterization, etc) differs from your own, and experiment with borrowing some elements from the original.

#if you know why i picked today for this prompt then no you don't #day 13 #challenge

April 12th - the challenge

Flight

Draw a character taking flight, either literally (with wings or a plane) or more metaphorically by leaving home or escaping a bad situation!

#or just draw a bird or smth #challenge #day 12

April 11th - the challenge

Comics

Maybe I’m biased in their favor, but comics can be a great way to push yourself out of your comfort zone! Sketch out an establishing shot that places your characters in the setting, try communicating the atmosphere and emotion of a conversation over several panels, or block out an action scene that keeps the action flowing!

#challenge #day 11

April 10th - the challenge

Continuity

Make a drawing that’s continuous, either by using one line to draw the whole thing or through a composition that keeps objects close together. You can also explore it as a more symbolic theme, showing different places or time periods with a common thread!

#challenge #day 10

April 9th - the challenge

Celebration

Draw a party! Or a smaller, private celebration. Could be a birthday, a holiday, or a wedding. As a worldbuilding exercise, think about what holidays would be celebrated in your setting, or for a technical challenge, practice drawing a crowd of people in perspective!

#challenge #day 9

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