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.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

This community has been absolutely WONDERFUL for me, and I can't say enough how much I enjoy participating here.

After a little thought I have some challenge suggestions:

Eyes

Recursive art (aka The Droste Effect aka Mise En Abyme)

Rainbow (this doesn't have to be colored in -- how would one shade a charcoal drawing of a rainbow in the sky?)

Flight

In honor of the coworker who just walked past while I was writing this -- BEARDS (he has a Great big Bushy Beard)

Windows and openings

Visually convey another sense (smell, sound, taste, movement, touch, etc) Could be a mythical sense like clairvoyance)

[goss]

I'm so glad you're enjoying the community. ^___^

And thanks for all the different prompts. These are great!

[minoanmiss]

beams You're totally welcome.

Should I post an ad for this comm to Tumblr, do you think? I'm not Ubr Popular or anything but I might help get the word out.

[mific]

Oh sure, signal boost away!

[goss]

Sure, you can post a banner or message spreading word about the comm, especially if you know anyone who would be interested in actually taking part in our community activities. Currently have 60+ members, and only like 7-8 people actually participating, so it would be nice to increase those numbers. :)

[mific]

Those are great prompts - I had to google the Droste Effect as I'd never heard of that one! :)

[minoanmiss]

I used my Recursive Icon as an example of what I mean. :) I meant to include a link to the Droste Effect article on Wikipedia, but was distracted by my coworker's Extra Bushy Beard (he said he shampooed it for extra volume).

[goss]

I hadn't heard of the term either, but I always find the optical effect in artwork of that nature to be really interesting.