365 Project Recap

365 Daily Photo Recap – Week 5

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Week 5! Although I wanted to post last night and right in the middle of writing this post, I had come down with one of those 24hr. flu viruses (still recovering). So here we go! Flickr set!

365 Project - Day 030
“Newspaper”
365 Project - Day 029
“Architecture”
365 Project - Day 031
“Music”
365 Project - Day 032
“Collection”
365 Project - Day 033
“Orange”
365 Project - Day 034
“Lines”
365 Project - Day 035
“Song”

Drawing: 365 Daily Project – Rule changes

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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:

  1. Set the timer for 30 min. and go for it!
  2. Themes are broken down to either drawing from a book, using imagination, still life, or even doodles.
  3. 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:
  1. Draw something. Anything. But not “half-assed.” Something decent.
  2. Theme: Try to stick to a weekly theme, but don’t feel obligated to stay in the theme.
  3. 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.

Drawing: 365 Daily Project Recap – Week 2

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Posting a recap a little later than I wanted, but at least I am keeping with the project, which is the most important part of the whole process. And of course, you can follow the posts which are regularly posted (every day/every other day depending on what it is) on my deviantArt: auseklis1984.deviantart.com

Here we go, week 2!

Drawing: 365 Daily Project Recap – Week 1

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Different from the 365 Daily Photo Project, this project is centering around drawing for at least 30 min. a day (depending on what my part-time work schedule allows).

Right now, the ideas, rules, and execution are simple:

  1. Set the timer for 30 min. and go for it!
  2. Themes are broken down to either drawing from a book, using imagination, still life, or even doodles.
  3. 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.
I figured that this month I would start off easy and start going through “Anatomy for the Artist” by Jeno Barcsay. So right now it’s all about bones! Although, during this past week it’s been interesting. I realized I have a hard time focusing quickly from book to sketchbook due to an eye issue. So my short-term visual memory is getting a work out. Not that I’m complaining.