#memory exercise

[sappling]

memory exercise 001: lovers on the beach

The goal of this exercise is to figure out which part of the memory is worth preserving. Sometimes we find ourselves too attached to the negative, painful, or discomforting aspects of a moment and build an entire world around those feelings. Using photos, video, audio, and ephemera to reconstruct an experience that may have otherwise been clouded in my mind.

This trip, for example, was sorta stressful before we reached the beach, but none of that matters now. The feeling of a silver lining carried us through and that’s the feeling I choose to hold on to. I smiled the whole time while editing.

[marshmallow--3]

Friday 22 morning mood - Plant Life

I wish plant life would grow all around me

So I won't feel dead anymore

Posted the toilet sign

Worked

Rumbling made me ill

Ate pork korma?

Customer: blah blah blah famous last words

Me internally: SO MANY, BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT CAST A SHADOW. BUT CAN I SPEAK, IS IT HARD UNDERSTANDING? I'M INCOMPLETE

Game of Thrones - woah what would happen if Arya killed Joffrey in season one?

THE HEART THE HEARTTTTTT

Lucifer smut

Saturday 23 morning mood - Teenage Dirtbag

I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby

Come with Friday, don't say maybe

I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby

Like you

Stupid early 9:30 shift

Forgot antidepressants

Day passed slowly but painlessly

I forgot a hair bobble

Accidentally misgendered a baby and upset the mother

Impulse ate

Made Júlia laugh more than I expected with my "*college humour voice* Daddy" joke

Had a craving for infected abscess pops

Had disturbing incest rape dreams

Had odd sex dreams

Sunday 24 morning mood - Novacaine

Drain the pressure from the swelling

The sensation's overwhelming

Give a long kiss goodnihht

Tell me everything will be alright

Tell me that I won't feel a thing

So give me novacaine

Too fatigued to shower

I smell

But no one else will say they can smell anything when I ask them

Burning up as usual

Still haven't spoken to her since the comment; luckily I work so much, this isn't anything out of the ordinary

Now I'm connecting that with the irritation I get when customers ask me how long I'm working for and pull a face and say "oh that's a long shift" regardless of how long I tell them I'm working for. It pisses me off because 8 hours is the standard length of a shift. What if I am working more than I should really be doing? On average I do 5/7 days a week, work every weekend and only get Thursdays off as a concrete day every week for therapy. No, 5/7 days on 8+ hours is normal. Old people are just annoying for the sake of being annoying.

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[drawingexercises]

Hands from memory exercise!

A way to randomise hand prompts so you can practise drawing them without a reference. Bear in mind this exercise is hard--it’s probably one of the hardest you can do, and it’s designed to be done after already drawing hundred of hands from reference. 

Step one: visit this website (https://www.textfixer.com/tools/random-choice.php)

we’ll be using this to generate our random list. 

Step two: Copy the list of hand prompts into the randomiser

Here is my list of prompts. Feel free to add or subtract as needed:

holding a cup normal holding a cup backwards holding a cup by the bottom holding a cup by the top middle finger first two fingers in a V high-five high-five from the back holding a water bottle holding a water bottle from the back unscrewing the lid on a waterbottle holding a hammer holding a hairbrush writing with a pen writing with a chalk OK hand sign pinch holding a spoon holding three fingers up fingers steepled making a pyramid with both hands holding a tube holding a book open all fingertips together first two fingertips together thumbs joined pinky swear relaxed hands from front relaxed hands from back holding a spoon lightly holding a glass holding a cigarette

Step three: press the “Random Choice” button and draw what is suggested without looking at references. 

Repeat this step as much as you want. 

Again, this exercise is really hard, so be disheartened if the hands don’t turn out as expected. Even though I have drawn... literally hundreds and hundreds of hands, these still turned out not as nice as I’d hoped. The most important thing is pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. 

[felandriss]

Elven Squad! Too tired to colour. Might do it later… might not… No one knows… Love them all so much! Tried to draw their outfits from memory so be kind :D

[drawingexercises]

Feet from memory method! 

A way to randomise feet prompts so you can practise drawing them without a reference. Bear in mind this exercise is hard–it’s probably one of the hardest you can do, and it’s designed to be done after already drawing hundred of feet from reference.

[Hand prompts]

method under the cut

Step one: I won’t go into as much detail this time, but go to this website (https://www.textfixer.com/tools/random-choice.php) and paste this list into the box: 

standing normally, feet facing different directions standing normally, feet facing different directions from behind standing with feet together standing with feet together from behind standing on tippy toes standing on tippy toes from behind lifting big toes up kneeling crouching with knees apart crouching with knees together crouching with knees apart from behind crouching with knees together from behind toes pointed like a ballerina toes together, heels apart toes together heels apart from behind bottoms of feet together resting feet on a bar crossed ankles crossed legs feet from above feet from below one leg stuck out (kicking) one foot behind the other

step two: press “random choice” and draw whatever comes out

don’t worry, its ok if it doesn’t turn out well. its a hard exercise. 

[drawingexercises]

The skeletal memory method

Here’s a relatively easy way to improve drawing from memory. Method under the cut

Step one: find a reference and draw a “skeleton” from it, to get an idea of the pose. You could actually use this site which generates skeletons for you, but it’s best to start with a photo ref at first. I used this ref. 

Step two: Without looking at the original ref, finish the drawing. It can be a simple fleshing out or you could finish the whole drawing. I usually do five fleshed out figures, but here is two for an example:

don’t be afraid to modify the pose when you draw--that’s the whole point :D 

The point of this exercise is to improve confidence and practise drawing constructively. Don’t worry if your first attempts aren’t beautiful, this is a hard exercise. 

I don’t have any examples of when I started using this technique since I did it on paper.

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[fuzzy-field]

f.f.: Early morning in the fall,

f.f.: warm sunlight bright through the car windows.

f.f.: Warm in the car but cold outside

f.f.: his car.

f.f.: How should I know how old I am?

f.f.: I've got my legs kicked up in an unnatural

but comfortable position

f.f.: and I'm humming along to the radio.

f.f.: I was told to be here, but that's not why I'm here.

f.f.: I was at the doctor's office

f.f.: but soon I'll be in town.

f.f.: The rushing of the road under the wheels,

wind in my ears, radio static.

f.f.: He's driving. His car, remember?

f.f.: There are trees, outside. Brown leaves.

Orange lighting.

f.f.: The grey dashboard, hard and soft, the window.

f.f.: Everything rushes by, a head rush.

f.f.: He is stable, still. Focused on driving.

f.f.: The back seat feels more empty than usual.

f.f.: He keeps his car clean.