Congratulations! You are 10 days in to this 30 day creative challenge. Have you checked Instagram to see what comes up for #30sal? As I write this there are 598 posts! This is so exciting! Who will post #600? There are quite a few on Facebook too!
If you did a few of the challenges and then life got busy, see if you can jump back in today. Make one with a friend. Maybe you’re groovin’ right along and winning with all of the everything, but maybe you hit a bump. It happens. Today is a day to jump back in. Treat yourself the way you’d treat a little kid that wants to draw. Be nice to that kid. If the full 20 is tough, make a silly 7 minute doodle. See if you can tap into that feeling of curiosity and play for a moment today. Just remember: product doesn’t matter, the goal with this is the creative time. And – you’re not doing this alone. We’re all rooting for you!
Yesterday’s challenge was to draw a foot. For those of you who missed it, fear not! A foot can still be had. You can draw, trace, copy, photograph and collage any foot of your choosing. Click here to see some of yesterday’s feet feats.
Monopod Creature
Today’s challenge is to attach a human-ish creature to that foot. We are making Monopod Creatures! If your foot from yesterday will work but you need more room, add some paper and keep right on drawing. Again, feel free to draw, paint, cut, photograph, collage, or follow any other idea that you may have. Here are some examples of Monopod illustrations in Art History:
Design Friday
Friday is design day, so for an optional additional challenge, consider the weight and balance of this singular vertical form. When standing vertically, even when adding a slight zag, the form isn’t dynamic. It’s boring. The play of weight and balance makes these interesting. The foot is drawn very large, and there is a counter balance and tension happening with the body as it tries to compensate. To do this, turn the thing upside down, make the foot extra big, compress the feature within the page edges, and push for extreme diagonals.
Apparently modern monopodes are more upright. These have no extreme diagonals, no extreme balance and counterbalance. They’re vertical like trees. They have a little contrapposto, they are nicely drawn, but the tree-like stability makes them boring compared to the upside down and bent monopods above. For the design challenge, see how interesting you can make the play of weight and balance.
Center of Gravity
Below are some examples of counter balance. Notice that for every tilt there is an opposite tilt of varying angles, depending on where the heavy stuff is carried.
When you’ve finished your session, post your project and tag #30SAL so we can find it online. To help more people find your post and our challenge, you can copy and paste these tags:
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30SAL Challenge: Monopod Creature (Part 2 of 2)
Congratulations! You are 10 days in to this 30 day creative challenge. Have you checked Instagram to see what comes up for #30sal? As I write this there are 598 posts! This is so exciting! Who will post #600? There are quite a few on Facebook too!
If you did a few of the challenges and then life got busy, see if you can jump back in today. Make one with a friend. Maybe you’re groovin’ right along and winning with all of the everything, but maybe you hit a bump. It happens. Today is a day to jump back in. Treat yourself the way you’d treat a little kid that wants to draw. Be nice to that kid. If the full 20 is tough, make a silly 7 minute doodle. See if you can tap into that feeling of curiosity and play for a moment today. Just remember: product doesn’t matter, the goal with this is the creative time. And – you’re not doing this alone. We’re all rooting for you!
Yesterday’s challenge was to draw a foot. For those of you who missed it, fear not! A foot can still be had. You can draw, trace, copy, photograph and collage any foot of your choosing. Click here to see some of yesterday’s feet feats.
Monopod Creature
Today’s challenge is to attach a human-ish creature to that foot. We are making Monopod Creatures! If your foot from yesterday will work but you need more room, add some paper and keep right on drawing. Again, feel free to draw, paint, cut, photograph, collage, or follow any other idea that you may have. Here are some examples of Monopod illustrations in Art History:
Design Friday
Friday is design day, so for an optional additional challenge, consider the weight and balance of this singular vertical form. When standing vertically, even when adding a slight zag, the form isn’t dynamic. It’s boring. The play of weight and balance makes these interesting. The foot is drawn very large, and there is a counter balance and tension happening with the body as it tries to compensate. To do this, turn the thing upside down, make the foot extra big, compress the feature within the page edges, and push for extreme diagonals.
Apparently modern monopodes are more upright. These have no extreme diagonals, no extreme balance and counterbalance. They’re vertical like trees. They have a little contrapposto, they are nicely drawn, but the tree-like stability makes them boring compared to the upside down and bent monopods above. For the design challenge, see how interesting you can make the play of weight and balance.
Center of Gravity
Below are some examples of counter balance. Notice that for every tilt there is an opposite tilt of varying angles, depending on where the heavy stuff is carried.
When you’ve finished your session, post your project and tag #30SAL so we can find it online. To help more people find your post and our challenge, you can copy and paste these tags:
#30sal #seattleartistleague #monopod #creature #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #illustration #sketch #artchallenge #drawings #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #instaart #drawthisinyourstyle #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #myart #pencildrawing #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #creativity #creativechallenge
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