Admin Post: Introductory Post

[goss]

Hello, and welcome to drawesome! We are a friendly community of fan-artists who enjoy drawing. We hope to inspire and motivate each other to practice and hone our drawing skills in a stress-free, supportive environment.

As an artist, if you would like to become an active participant here, we would love to have you JOIN our community. If you do not intend to participate (eg. if you are a writer, not an artist), but would like to watch the community, you can SUBSCRIBE instead.

Important Community Links:

• Introduce Yourself - Once you have joined, do drop by and say hello, and perhaps tell us a bit about yourself. :)



• Prompts Post - Share your ideas for future drawing activities and projects.



• Posting Guidelines and FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions and details about how to post to the community can be found here.

Drawing Challenges

We started with Weekly/Biweekly Challenges to get the ball rolling, but have since switched to Monthly Challenges. All challenges remain open, with no set deadline, so you are welcome to post your entries to these at any time.

Drawing Challenge Theme	Challenge Description	Round-Up Post
#1 - Squiggle Challenge	#1 Masterpost	#1 Round-Up
#2 - Word Prompt: Villainous	#2 Masterpost	#2 Round-Up
#3 - Song Lyrics Prompt	#3 Masterpost	#3 Round-Up
#4 - 1 Object, 2 Perspectives	#4 Masterpost	#4 Round-Up
#5 - Squiggle No.2 (spiral)	#5 Masterpost	#5 Round-Up
#6 - Word Prompt: Heat	#6 Masterpost	#6 Round-Up
#7 - DW Interests	#7 Masterpost	#7 Round-Up
#8 - Non-Dominant Hand	#8 Masterpost	#8 Round-Up
#9 - Inktober 2017	#9 Masterpost	#9 Round-Up
#10 - Prompt Generator	#10 Masterpost	#10 Round-Up
#11 - Puzzle (Group Project)	#11 Masterpost	#11 Round-Up
#12 - Resolutions	#12 Masterpost	#12 Round-Up
#13 - Squiggle No.3 (heart)	#13 Masterpost	#13 Round-Up
#14 - Ethnic Diversity	#14 Masterpost	#14 Round-Up
#15 - Body Type Diversity	#15 Masterpost	#15 Round-Up
#16 - Age Diversity	#16 Masterpost	#16 Round-Up
#17 - Disability Diversity	#17 Masterpost	#17 Round-Up
#18 - Bad Book Titles	#18 Masterpost	#18 Round-Up
#19 - 10 Days	#19 Masterpost	#19 Round-Up
#20 - Time Travel	#20 Masterpost	#20 Round-Up
#21 - Inktober 2018	#21 Masterpost	#21 Round-Up
#22 - Finish a WiP	#22 Masterpost	#22 Round-Up
#23 - Fantasy Reversal	#23 Masterpost	#23 Round-Up
#24 - Poetry Illustration	#24 Masterpost	#24 Round-Up
#25 - Aquatic Creature Design	#25 Masterpost	#25 Round-Up
#26 - Flying Creature Design	#26 Masterpost	#26 Round-Up
#27 - Inktober 2019	#27 Masterpost	#27 Round-Up
#28 - Makeover Challenge	#28 Masterpost	#28 Round-Up
#29 - Prompt Bingo	#29 Masterpost	#29 Round-Up
#30 - 30 Circles	#30 Masterpost	#30 Round-Up
#31 - Shrimp Method	#31 Masterpost	#31 Round-Up
#32 - Drawtober 2020	#32 Masterpost	#32 Round-Up
#33 - Pattern Design	#33 Masterpost	#33 Round-Up
#34 - Toned Paper	#34 Masterpost	#34 Round-Up
#35 - Counterculture Creature	#35 Masterpost	#35 Round-Up
#36 - MerMay 2021	#36 Masterpost	#36 Round-Up
#37 - Hirameki	#37 Masterpost	#37 Round-Up
#38 - Redux	#38 Masterpost	#38 Round-Up
#39 - Face Your Fears	#39 Masterpost	#39 Round-Up
#40 - Drawtober 2021	#40 Masterpost	#40 Round-Up
#41 - Automatic Drawing	#41 Masterpost	#41 Round-Up
#42 - Draw Your Hand	#42 Masterpost	#42 Round-Up
#43 - Gijinka: Objects	#43 Masterpost	#43 Round-Up
#44 - MerMay 2022	#44 Masterpost	#44 Round-Up
#45 - Negative Space	#45 Masterpost	#45 Round-Up
#46 - Scribble Art	#46 Masterpost	#46 Round-Up
#47 - Squiggle Swap	#47 Masterpost	#47 Round-Up
#48 - Finish a WiP	#48 Masterpost	#48 Round-Up
#49 - Drawtober 2022	#49 Masterpost	#49 Round-Up
#50 - Design A Stamp	#50 Masterpost	#50 Round-Up
#51 - BIPOC in Fantasy	#51 Masterpost	#51 Round-Up
#52 - Body Type Diversity	#52 Masterpost	#52 Round-Up
#53 - Alternative Surface	#53 Masterpost	#53 Round-Up
#54 - Draw What You Love	#54 Masterpost	#54 Round-Up
#55 - MerMay 2023	#55 Masterpost	#55 Round-Up
#56 - Draw What You See	#56 Masterpost	#56 Round-Up
#57 - Disability Diversity	#57 Masterpost	#57 Round-Up
#58 - Word Prompt: Freedom	#58 Masterpost	#58 Round-Up
#59 - Drawtober 2023	#59 Masterpost	#59 Round-Up
#60 - Seasons	#60 Masterpost	#60 Round-Up
#61 - Goals & Wishes	#61 Masterpost	#61 Round-Up
#62 - Zentangle	#62 Masterpost	#62 Round-Up
#63 - Let's Move	#63 Masterpost	#63 Round-Up
#64 - No Erase	#64 Masterpost	#64 Round-Up
#65 - MerMay 2024	#65 Masterpost	#65 Round-Up
#66 - 10 Year Redraw	#66 Masterpost	#66 Round-Up
#67 - Stained Glass	#67 Masterpost	#67 Round-Up
#68 - Drawtober 2024	#68 Masterpost	#68 Round-Up
#69 - in Spaaace!	#69 Masterpost	#69 Round-Up
#70 - Mermay & Marine	#70 Masterpost	#70 Round-Up

Banners

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Comments

[sexycazzy]

A question - what do you mean regarding drawing digitally? Do you mean drawing by hand/mouse or does this include multimedia - i.e., cropping/manipulation etc?

I hope my question makes sense?

[goss]

Hi there! By drawing, we specifically mean making marks on a surface using either:
(a) traditional implements like pens and pencils, or
(b) digital implements like a stylus or mouse.

Cropping and image manipulation would not be included in this category. Hope that clarifies things. :)

[sexycazzy]

yeah, that helps....

I would like to ask if these two examples are allowed:

http://imgur.com/QJHQj3S

http://imgur.com/QysBKjy

[goss]

Yes, those would be acceptable as digital drawings.

The aim of the community is to help develop drawing skills, and to encourage those who like to draw to put those skills into practice.

[sexycazzy]

that's great news! :-)

Thanks for answering my questions - much appreciated!

[mekare]

I love the updated distinction between joining and subscribing. Subscribers can still comment, right? I hope people take advantage of that so we get more of an idea how many people are actually interestedin/committed to participating.

[goss]

so we get more of an idea how many people are actually interestedin/ committed to participating.

Yeah, if I get a clear-ish picture of how many people would want to create art in the community, then we'd have somewhere to start in terms of numbers for creating group projects and stuff.

For me, the collaborative projects at fanart communities like drawmelot (Fan Art for the Merlin fandom), were always so enjoyable. I'm hoping we can organise something like that here, once we have enough regular participants.

[seerofrage]

Can art done outside of the community challenges be posted here? O:
Just want to make sure before I post anything, as I didn't see anything in the faq, and don't think I've seen anyone do so either! ^^;

[goss]

Can art done outside of the community challenges be posted here?

That is a good question, thanks for asking. I will have to include it in our FAQ.

For now, we have monthly Check In and Chat posts, where members can share links to all non-community artwork that they've been working on that month. Hope that helps. :)

[seerofrage]

Okay, thank you c:

[minoanmiss]

A possible drawing challenge:

A list of WICKED AND WRONG titles for children's books.

https://rubynye.tumblr.com/post/176020619593/drawing-prompt-s-draw-one-or-more-of-these-book#notes

[goss]

Great idea! Looks lots of fun. :)

[mific]

Those are so great! I want to draw several of them!

[minoanmiss]

Another possible challenge: "Draw this in your style" where we all re-draw a particular drawing according to our styles. (Saw this on Twitter)