Maybe this will inspire you to organize your drawing work and approach to study. Thought I'd post this, though, to commit myself to it and to have it as a constant reminder.
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"COOL PIC" == Something I like that is also challenging. There must be some drawing problems to solve.
DRAWING CHALLENGES (hard drawing problems)
- Compositions with many characters, each in compelling action/storytelling poses. The poses and characters should be related to one another
- Working out all panels on a comic book page in less than a frickin year/month/week (too slow!)
- Shapes (of bodies, etc) need to read in all cases
- Mens wing tip type shoes (w/the soles) from all angles
- When there is free time, get to work!
To COMBAT PROCRASTINATION, I...
- Open an unfinished work and start tweaking it or trying to finish it. There's less of a drawing challenge here. This forces me to keep working. Possibly I'll get inspired to work on more things
- Decide what I am putting off and why. If there's a reason, write it down in the DRAWING CHALLENGES list
- Doodle with 3D/depth in mind. Don't just scribble.
- Tumbling box exercise
- Spiraling circle exercise
- Do sphere gestures in charcoal (real media)
GET IN THE HABIT OF...
- Loomis/Bridgman/Mattesi/Hampton (2 solid studies a day... morning? If not, then evening! Fill a page!)
- Master Studies (from Disney or personal contour) (1 a day)
- Having 2 to 3 "cool" pics in the pipeline, but not many more! If you have 4 or more, finish at least one.
- Animating something at least three-times a week (every other day). Build up to every day.
- Sketching people (when there's an opportunity)
- Posing a character. Do a full turn-around.
- For every study you do, starting a new "cool" pic and get it as completed as you can the first night
- Posting to CA.org and CGS/Chang for feedback and crit if possible
FOR THE GOALS...
- Portfolio full of product parodies
- Quickly/successfully put out pages for my series B****B***.
- Fulfill old goal of becoming SW****** and ...
- Be able to animate something in a reasonable amount of time
- Work on my Tom & Jerry animated parody
- Work on my ultra parody of ________
- Swiftly and successfully pull off the tutorials for the FIS and other sections
- Support people in FIS and other sections.
- Quickly do new FIS work
- Redo all my good ideas from the past and make them much more successful
Work on hard drawing problems daily!
Push yourself to GET COOL, CHALLENGING STUFF DONE!
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