Admin Post: Prompt Post

[goss]

This post will be used for brainstorming Prompts, projects and other drawing activities.

We encourage community members to contribute ideas, themes, phrases, lyrics, etc. in the comments section of this post, as well as links to drawing warm-ups, exercises, and any other interesting prompts that might inspire our artists.

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Automatic drawing

[mekare]

I found this fascinating video of automatic drawing tonight: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MJYGFwGhHnA

This would be great as a breather challenge, for example after Drawtober or so.

Re: Automatic drawing

[goss]

Oooh, this is neat! Thanks so linking. Agreed - seems like it'll be a great "cool down" challenge after Drawtober. :)

[seleneheart]

How about a challenge where you use something else to make your picture, like pointillism or straight lines or anything really, like squares. Or even cross-hatching. Using smaller elements for values, edges, and volumes. Instead of traditional lineart.

I'm not sure I'm explaining what I mean very well. . .

[mific]

Interesting. We'd need to explain the challenge and ideally link people to some sort of resource(s) or examples. Can you think of a few?

[seleneheart]

Most of what I can find is on Pinterest, but here's a few.

Here's crosshatching example with minimal line work: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bb/2a/89/bb2a89b12340488ceffae840b1ee486a.jpg

Example with squares: https://www.crochetconcupiscence.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/john-lennon-crochet-granny-square-art-wbk-600x818.jpg

Halftone: https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2017/03/Warhol_Most_wanted_Dots.jpg

Lines: https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/I-wrote-an-algorithm-for-doodle-style-single-line-drawings-592e8808264ac__880.jpg

Other lines: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/b1/35/63b135cbf0295e76c74defb28047ffbe.jpg and https://www.studentartguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cross-contour-line-drawings.jpg


Some dots: https://image.freepik.com/free-vector/businessman-jumping-made-of-dots_23-2147493204.jpg

Does that help?

[goss]

Oooh, these are all really cool! :)

I think there's a lot of scope for drawing challenges here. The drawing techniques used are quite varied though, so ideally I think maybe we could do them by individual type, and link a tutorial and a couple examples for each kind. eg.
- Hatching/Cross-hatching challenge
- Scribbled Lines challenge
- Pointillism/Stippling challenge
- Shapes(?) challenge (for this one I will have to look up what term would apply)

[mific]

The shapes one is basically a mosaic, but in some ways it's like the stippling or pointillism, just with larger shapes that are all the same size and are differently coloured. Maybe bundle it in so like, have a stippling/pointillism/mosaic challenge? People could use any shape, not just squares. Like, I once made a drawing for a friend's wedding invite of a tree covered in tiny red flowers where every flower was a heart. :)

[goss]

Yeah, sounds good to me! :)

[mific]

Here's another challenge idea I just had. A stained glass challenge. To make drawings or paintings that are in the style of stained glass, or that prominently feature stained glass, like as a background behind the character(s). I guess some stylistic features are an outer border and more prominent lines framing the main features of the work, and dividing up the background somehow so the "panes" aren't too large. Here are some examples:
Modernist stained glass http://www.midcenturia.com/2011/03/modernist-stained-glass-ii.html
Monochrome https://www.hillhouse-antiques.co.uk/en-GB/other-media/louis-davis-stained-glass-design/prod_10311
Lineart in stained glass style: https://dhefy.blogspot.com/2019/12/30-stained-glass-coloring-pages-for.html
Islamic stained glass https://www.1001inventions.com/glass/
Christian and modern stained glass https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/color/g9631781/stained-glass-windows/

[mekare]

Oooh I love stained glass, what a great idea!

[mekare]

I just saw this art: https://affordableart.com/artists/hiroto-norikane

And I thought we could make a challenge out of it. Something like art that has to be framed in some way, maybe specify it has to be a window, a door, a portal, a stargate ;-), an arched garden gate…. (maybe even providing templates of frames for people who don‘t want to come up with their own).

[mekare]

Since we have so many great challenge ideas in this post already, how about letting members vote for the next (or the one ofter that) one? Putting up:

-stained glass
- pointillism
- fantasy creatures in untypical environment
- beards

for example. Oh wait, do we have a paid account?

[mific]

Yes, we do!

[mekare]

Chiming in again. I really loved the BIPOC in fantasy challenge and would love something along similar lines again with a different theme (science fiction! fairy tales! myths! romance! regency/historical setting…), possibly next year?