day #365 - the end of an era

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I thought I was on top of it; I had finished early and was looking for a movie to watch already 3 hours ago. And I don't know how time went by. A phonecall, some networking studying, some online shopping and here we are, already past the time for an early movie. Regardless, today is a special day. The blog is over! I finished 365 days of daily painting and recording it, whatever that means. A big part of the process I will have to keep doing mainly for myself. Perhaps taking daily photos of my work and saving it on some folder. This has provem useful many times when I trying to date a piece I've been working on. Also making a small diary of today's achievements. It's still useful. But this will be done for my eyes only. I also don't know if I will be continuing my obsessively daily painting. How would life be if I had days off? Now for example that I'm moving out and I have to daily chores that until now were completely taken care of, perhaps I'll allow my

day #100 - Celebrations!



So here we are, day 100. It's been 100 days non-stop that I've been drawing/doodling/practicing! Didn't miss a bit once. Not that before that I hadn't been consistent (over the last 3 years I'd draw 2/3 days - or was it 1/3?) nonetheless, here we are.

I don't even know that that is to be honest. What have I succeeded in? What is it that I've managed? Consistency? maybe, but I know I can't be consistent forever. Progress? I doubt it. Less social life? For sure! What have I gained? Of course proof that I have a measure of determination and discipline. A measure, being the keyword; more than some, less most probably than others. So?

It's a mystery, an elusive situation. Anyway. How has today's practice been? For a start I did 20x 45sec gestures, then 20x 30sec skeletons, then I did some heads (I haven't been doing for a long time and I'm losing my touch) then some imaginary hands, and finally 20x 45sec hand studies. Hands have been improving for sure! I also starting to explore the finger thickness and complex poses that before were impossible.

Heads have been mediocre; I feel I need to tight-down my lines; they are completely out of proportion. The gestures were good! Some feel very alive, and I've been doing almost full characters. Some I didn't have the time to even finish. Proportions are better than other times and the second sheet with the skeletons is very well-made!

What do I like most? First of all the fact that I did a few things beyond the the bare minimum; some things from imagination. The fact also that I did a refresher on heads.


Oh and I forgot that I did some logos too. While they are not better than the previous ones, I'm proud that I've decided that sometime extra time doesn't linearly indicate extra quality. That might also apply to practice then; anyway, time for bed. Or better yet, time for a movie!


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