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I silently started a "create SOMETHING erryday" challenge recently, ongoing indefinitely til I die, pretty much. This may be surprising to those who know I've tried a few 30-day challenges - and failed every single one of them thus far.
However!
I recently saw a productivity talk that advised doing the single most BASIC task every day, be it drawing a single line, writing a single word, or even just opening up your program.
The reasoning is that the hardest thing to do is to start something, especially when there's pressure to finish. This challenge doesn't pressure you to "finish" what you start, so once you've laid down that single initial stroke or word, you usually just keep going a bit more even though you don't have to... and I've been going strong over a month 150 days, which is cool.
My main inspirations to start this challenge:
- ★★★★★ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Artists (29min)
- ★★★★★ You Need to do a 30 Day Challenge (36min)
- ★★★★☆ Finished, Not Perfect (2min)
(Some of these are only submitted to sta.sh, not my gallery.)
So. Me being a wannabe jack-of-many-trades, during this month (March 2017) alone I've:
- drawn on paper, tablet, and 3DS
- pixelled icons
- picked up digital painting and 3D modeling
- seriously considered starting animating, writing, watercolor, and non-visual art
That said, I do want to start uploading these, but will likely make a separate tumblr, facebook, twitter, or instagram for all the daily creations, and limit my dA uploads to just the more finished ones. If you have a site preference, lemme know! (I'm leaning towards tumblr or facebook since I use those already.)
MONTHS 1 - 2 (FEB - MAR):Buncha experiments involving color and things I hadn't tried much before!
Digital painting, editing traditional sketches, and 3D modelling.
Getting better at BS'ing my way through pixel art, hah.
More unsubmitted stuff here .
MONTHS 3 - 4 (APR - MAY)Even more experiments and things I haven't done much before!
Animated, wrote, painted, and finally made my own chibi pixel style!
Also started trying to expand/practice my Vivid palette more, too.
How to Cook: With Master Reigen (Ch. 1) | MP100
✨ Summary: Shigeo decides to level up a life skill and Reigen low-key goes Dad Mode, but a side quest derails them.✨ Rating: General Audiences ✨ Fandom: モブサイコ100 | Mob Psycho 100 ✨ Relationships: Shigeo & Reigen; Shigeo & Ritsu ✨ Characters: Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo; Reigen Arataka; Kageyama Ritsu; Original Characters ✨ Additional Tags Unabashedly Copypasta'd from AO3: Dad!Reigen; Cooking Lessons; Cooking; Spirits; Dialogue Heavy; Japanese food; Fluff; Confronting Fear; Exorcisms; Psychic Abilities; Light-Hearted; Warm and Fuzzy Feelings; Fights; Attempt at Humor; Fluff and Humor; Male Bonding; Fatherly Bonding; How Do I Tag...
MONTHS 5 - 6 (JUN - JUL)July is Anime Expo, so I picked sewing back up.
Levelled up my cosplay skills.
Made a stamp from one of my photos.
Pixelled even more.
I'm still not good at ANY of these skills yet, but since I'm actually putting daily effort into my art now and am pretty determined to not break my streak, let's see how much I improve in another month or six! Gonna try to upload more consistently, too.
I'm also working on some stickers/etc. for my 1st Redbubble store , so keep an eye out!!
CONNECT: twitter ・ tumblr ・ facebook ・ youtube
SUPPORT: redbubble ・ buy me a coffee ・ pixel commissions (TEMP)
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OMYGOSH the 7 habits video was what inspired me to create habitually, as well! It's such a good video <3
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Late reply, but yeah!! It's such an inspiring video. I'm glad I found it when I did - I've been stagnant and just wallowing in my misery for far too long, haha.
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Don't worry you don't annoy us and it looks really cool
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Laaaate reply, but thank you so much! That means a lot to me.
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This is such a fucking awesome challenge. And you've been doing it for a month now??? Duuuuudee!! This inspires me very much actually. I've been having trouble getting out of bed and feeling like I can live a "normal", "productive" life, so changing my meaning of productivity actually sounds helpful 
The art you've been making looks good, my fav ones are the lil Fennekin and Piplup and the desert one (the colors are so nice).
I personally do prefer to see more finished pieces on DeviantArt, but you could compile monthly sketch dumps too and post them here
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AYY!! Yeah, I think I started on Feb. 18, shortly after watching the vid. Even though I didn't feel like it, I grabbed my neglected sketchbook and just started doodling one of the characters I like, and I ended up having fun and solidifying my resolve to keep it up every day, haha.
I think you might find these videos really inspiring - they're what started me on this! The best ones are long, but they're not bad to listen to while doodling or just lying in a nice, comfy bed. >w>
★ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Artists (29min)
★ You Need to do a 30 Day Challenge (36min)
★ Finished, Not Perfect (2min)
If you've been having trouble just getting outta bed and feel that disillusioned, you miiight have depression? :/ Tbh, it sounds uncomfortably similar to how I was not long before diving into the world of Nuzlockes, haha. Hit me up any time if you wanna chat or rant about stuff!
I'll consider the monthly dumps for dA, that's a good idea! In the meantime, I just updated this journal with a few more pieces~
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Ahh, thank you!!
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You're welcome!
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THAT MOB PICTURE MY SWEET BABY BOY ;A;
This is a really good idea! And it definitely applies to writing too! I had a particularly tough prompt for my Ratchet and Clank fanfic stories collection once, and stared it the blank page for over an hour. I finally willed some courage together and began writing whatever came to mind. I was actually too embarrassed/afraid to even look at what I was writing until I was well over a paragraph in - I had kept my eyes down and told myself to keep going. To this day, it remains one of my favorite pieces (as well as other people who've read my works!).
TL'DR: Writing AND drawing is tough sometimes, but once you get going, you may surprise yourself
Happy birthday too, foo'!! 8D
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Tbh you commented literally the second after I opened up my laptop and I got a wee bit scurred
Awww! That's so awesome! Which one was that?
And thanks again, mah mango ♥♥♥ Is indeed a happy birthday, despite it being the death of yet another unproductive year, hahah.
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LOL I know when you're sleeping, and I know when you're awake... >8D
That would be from part 4, prompt "Bullet". I think I mentioned this to you before though, haha!
Instead of thinking of what you didn't accomplish, consider the things you did! I mean, look at how far you've come with your pixel art! And your illustration skills have certainly leveled up, if what you've made recently is any indication!
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