Judging from this past month and a half, I’ve come to the conclusion that I have to change my rules for my daily drawing project.
Rules as they were:
- Set the timer for 30 min. and go for it!
- Themes are broken down to either drawing from a book, using imagination, still life, or even doodles.
- There will be days where a session will be skipped due to time, work, real life commitment. In that case, double up on the next day.
Rules changed:
- Draw something. Anything. But not “half-assed.” Something decent.
- Theme: Try to stick to a weekly theme, but don’t feel obligated to stay in the theme.
- No skipping days. Otherwise it will confuse you.
I realized that due to my schedule constantly changing due to my part-time job, things get constantly shifted around. I constantly wish that my drawing time can be saved until I come home from work at 11pm or so, but I get way too exhausted from being on my feet for 8 hours straight and try to be on top of my game helping people out while keeping a non-weary smile on my face. (By the way, I work at an independently owned toy store)
Long story short: something needed to be changed. I realized that at work, I have these moments, maybe a minute or even ten minutes where I can squeeze in a doodle or a thought on paper. And I started doing that. My hope is that if this will clear up some time (and worry) I can add time to animation now.
Larisa Simsons 