On the 1st of September I decided to join in with a project that my local comics making group was doing to create a new drawing every day. I’ve long wanted to create comics, but I struggle to make time to draw and know that the only way I’ll be successful is if I can make drawing an automatic part of my daily routine. In the past I’ve managed to do impressive work when drawing every day but then found it extremely challenging transitioning to doing the same thing on a less frequent basis.
It’s now the end of the month and I’ve successfully drawn something of varying quality and effort every day of the month. What’s important is that I’ve managed to do it, and by drawing something every day, I’ve drawn two pieces of quality digital art when I previously last managed to finish one in January.
Here’s a tiled image showing examples of something I drew every day:
Image may be NSFW.
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As most of these are only archived on Twitter, I thought I’d collect all the relevant tweets here so they can be found more easily in the future.
Tuesday the 1st
Trying to do daily art. Just drew a frog's head from reference and then doodled a weird body …in a cocktail glass? pic.twitter.com/Cuu62gmtOw
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 1, 2015
Wednesday the 2nd
I arted it pic.twitter.com/3vgmBbjbf5
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 2, 2015
OK, I think this is definitely art now. Definitely. pic.twitter.com/l5KGSPcUyL
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 2, 2015
It didn't have enough character. My toe is dressed for success, enjoying it's 15 minutes of fame. #dailyArt pic.twitter.com/VRi76A6kcm
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 2, 2015
Thursday the 3rd
Very sketchy pictures of Lion drawn while watching TV in my lunch break. Might ink one later. #dailyArt pic.twitter.com/mwDw7Bjdmh
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 3, 2015
Friday the 4th
Today's daily art, stick figure on back of envelope. **shrug** What did you expect? Cezanne? pic.twitter.com/jperpsjuQk
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 4, 2015
That was actually my second stick figure on back of envelope. Just realised that they're in dialogue with each other pic.twitter.com/htDbPSezfh
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 5, 2015
Saturday the 5th
Can decorating @Demonkid's Second Life giant racing pufferfish with Rorchach blots count as daily art or must I draw? pic.twitter.com/RV1lHvTRP3
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 5, 2015
(This did involve quite a bit of manually redrawing textures)
Sunday the 6th
It seems I'm far too tired for daily art. I did 4 failed drawings of animals before deciding it's a stick figure day pic.twitter.com/QRzxpssIp2
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 6, 2015
Monday the 7th
Started doing a digital paint of Kensington Gardens Peter Pan then hit my time limit without being even close to done pic.twitter.com/33xOK6R9ZY
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 7, 2015
Tuesday the 8th
Today's daily art (which I just realised I'd forgotten to do), is some Sock Opera fan art. I might ink and colour it pic.twitter.com/ZpXEGPprfx
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 8, 2015
Wednesday the 9th
Late daily art! Reggie's key from Twelve Forever, flanked by Star's wand & dimensional scissors. I want to colour it! pic.twitter.com/Ve21Av7ccW
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 10, 2015
Thursday the 10th
Daily art doodled this evening at Hackspace Comics Making group while we were discussing depicting classics and myth pic.twitter.com/AGa7vJc0wD
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 10, 2015
Friday the 11th
I was just pottering off to bed when it occurred to me that I hadn't drawn anything. So I hastily scrawled a Bill pic.twitter.com/00H3tEOkZK
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 11, 2015
Saturday the 12th
Today's daily art, a quick digital paint – let sleeping dragons lie. #Smaug #McDuck pic.twitter.com/oxJR4ZSzon
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 13, 2015
(2.5 hours is definitely 'quick' for me though, I've spent 9 to 15 hours on those things in the past. Choosing to just do the eye helps!)
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 13, 2015
Sunday the 13th
Randomly, an underwhelming duck (and this is why I usually do digital art) pic.twitter.com/SQokRhvU98
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 14, 2015
Monday the 14th
Attack eyebrows. pic.twitter.com/ArPoajwYI6
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 14, 2015
Tuesday the 15th
Experimenting with different materials, mainly reminded me that I really hate chalk dust on my fingers. Wonky leaf. pic.twitter.com/gmk9PhVYOP
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 15, 2015
Wednesday the 16th
Scratchy looking tardigrade on the front of an envelope pic.twitter.com/z4eGysLgg4
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 17, 2015
Thursday the 17th
Tardigrade leg surgery before work. Now earwormed with Erasure. pic.twitter.com/OH7SPSTDrv
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 17, 2015
Just doodled this friendly face I saw in that episode of Steven Universe. (Ahem) pic.twitter.com/5N7iZKbUNu
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 18, 2015
Nope, can't have Sadie's bum as my daily art. Here's a bucket of glitter in honour of tonight's Steven Universe pic.twitter.com/sQlNLFXayo
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 18, 2015
Friday the 18th
The majestic Centaurtaur! (I spent more time editing a letter head out of the corner of that than I did drawing it) pic.twitter.com/bAJu18f5Qg
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 19, 2015
Saturday the 19th
Exhausted but remembered I forgot to make art just before bedtime, again. Here's a forgetful Dory from Finding Nemo pic.twitter.com/sZcnUIiBjd
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 20, 2015
Sunday the 20th
Ran out of time on perfecting this and adding background hands, but… Hand Mine pic.twitter.com/CgOcn6iOdH
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 21, 2015
Monday the 21st
Today's daily art is yesterday's daily art, but finished – Hand Mines pic.twitter.com/W5yskeU0RQ
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 21, 2015
Tuesday the 22nd
Today's daily art. Skaro Weaponry. #clamDrones pic.twitter.com/knDrwmPPBD
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 23, 2015
OK final final totally abandoned version of the Hand Mine fan art! NO MORE! http://t.co/1L6qSaJ9RB pic.twitter.com/PjLC1jOFpB
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 22, 2015
(And then I noticed a major mistake in that, final fixed version of Hand Mines with the layers in the right order)
Wednesday the 23rd
Today's daily art: Sparklies In The Dark pic.twitter.com/sd8AYi1VAg
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 24, 2015
Thursday the 24th
Following on from last Thursday's bucket of glitter, today's daily art is a tiny Steven Universe prop on an envelope pic.twitter.com/mRMbITfiBb
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 24, 2015
Friday the 25th
Quicky daily art. Stick figure dalek pic.twitter.com/WuIANv4aAF
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 26, 2015
Hmm, no, that's too quicky even for me. Stick figure dalek 2 pic.twitter.com/NFixhI9ntp
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 26, 2015
Saturday the 26th
Daily art, pencil on paper Special Weapons Dalek pic.twitter.com/DsFVcqTqbj
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 27, 2015
Sunday the 27th
A tiny treasure chest filled with gold coins pic.twitter.com/VeffJILAkA
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 28, 2015
It's in scale with yesterday's dalek pic.twitter.com/gu2WwJzLyr
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 28, 2015
Monday the 28th
Daily art. A cat. pic.twitter.com/rAGTT3ezgt
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 29, 2015
Tuesday the 29th
Daily art. 36 birthday candles pic.twitter.com/1K80KYRwex
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 29, 2015
4B pencil mixes poorly with colouring pencils.
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 29, 2015
36 birthday candles, digital edition pic.twitter.com/8FuZt03ARV
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 29, 2015
Wednesday the 30th
Daily art, a turtle duckling pic.twitter.com/R2AIiTm08b
— Quarries & Corridors (@quarridors) September 30, 2015
