Creative

Could it happen?

My fortune cookie fortune from Chinese food last night:

My reaction:

If I play those six numbers and win $13 million instead (the current Lotto 6/49 prize), I’ll accept that as compensation in place of people being impressed with my art.

Goose, drawn

I did this a few days ago, but never posted it. So now I am posting it! This is based on a photo I took at Reifel Bird Sanctuary in the past week.

This was mainly done using the 6B Pencil in Procreate, along with the Studio Pen.

Thinking about overthinking and drawing a conclusion (also actually drawing)

Back in this post I wrote the following:

Draw a line every day. Don’t try to do more, don’t try to be perfect, just do a line, every day (or write a sentence every day or throw some clay, or whatever your creative pursuit happens to be). Emphasize quantity over quality and develop your skills without pressure to produce great art every time you sit down (or stand at your fancy sit/stand desk).

Some guy on the internet who looks just like me

I have done a few drawings since then. One every day? No. I have failed. I am bad and should feel bad.

I feel bad.

It’s such a simple premise, but I got caught up in the quest for perfection again. “I can’t just draw junk, it has to be something,” I’d think. And then it would be time for bed, and off to sleep I’d go! Repeat multiple times.

So here I am confessing on the interweb and trying to atone. Will I draw a line today? A mad veggie? I don’t know, but I will draw something, even if it’s junk. I promise!

Drawing of the day, August 16, 2022

Yes, I’m going to have to admit I have missed a day. Maybe I’ll try to do two in one day to catch up, but if not, here’s today’s all the same.

I’m looking to expand my collection of evil vegetables and as a kid, Brussels sprouts were regarded as quite evil. As an adult, I mostly still feel the same way.

I give you a Brussels sprout you never want to cross. I mostly like the look, but I’ll probably end up tweaking some aspects over time.

One odd bit is I decided to shift the bottom (the brown part) up, so it’s more visible. Logically, this makes the veggie look a little lopsided, but I kind of like the contrast it adds. I may change it later!

Drawing of the day, August 13, 2022

Another late night entry, so technically not actually late (I think).

I asked Nic for a prompt and he suggested a killdeer, since we saw killdeer on our Saturday birding. My photos were merely okay because the killdeer were pretty far away, so I used one as reference and did this quick sketch:

Killdeer, based on a photo I took at Boundary Bay, August 13, 2022

Drawing of the day, August 12, 2022: A line

Yes, I’m a day late to posting this, but I did it very late last night, so technically this may actually have been done today. As per this post, here is my first daily drawing. It’s a line. With commentary!

Unless otherwise stated, all of these daily drawings are done using Procreate on my 2020 12.9″ iPad Pro.

I noticed after the fact that I used the American spelling for “flavors” but the Canadian/UK spelling for “colours.” I’ll just claim I’m being fair to all regions.

Well, I couldn’t let it go. Here’s an updated version with consistent Canadian spelling and “artisanal” spelled properly, too:

Being creative and creating: Not the same!

The weekly Medium Edition newsletter highlighted a story on creativity that actually resonated with me. This is weird, because the bulk of stories they link are fine, but never strike a particular chord in me. I like to think I am a creative person, so perhaps I was more open to this piece.

Here it is:

“Not a day without a line”–The gentle discipline of drawing every day

The thesis is pretty simple: Draw a line every day. Don’t try to do more, don’t try to be perfect, just do a line, every day (or write a sentence every day or throw some clay, or whatever your creative pursuit happens to be). Emphasize quantity over quality and develop your skills without pressure to produce great art every time you sit down (or stand at your fancy sit/stand desk).

And I like that. I’m totally drawing a line today. I have been line-deficient for a few weeks now and it’s time to make amends. Or draw amends. Draw an amending line.

I’ll post the results later.