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Daily Doodle Diary 2021 - #8

Hi peeps, 

Here's the latest Doodle Diary Batch!

This year, my daily doodles seem to come in bursts, and I go through a few days of being able to be vaguely consistent and feeling like things are picking up, into a period of inertia (daily doodle wise). It's clear to me that my mental health is suffering this year, so I am taking it one day at a time, and learning to not beat myself up over missing a day or even a week here and there.
For this batch, in order to try and keep up as best I could without putting too much strain on myself either, I found a few images of an angel sculpture taken at different angles, and practiced those for a few days. 

I really enjoyed this approach, so decided to expand it to other subjects, and I used my Anatomy 360 Skull Sketcher 2 app on my desktop to generate various skull angles I could study from. (I definitely recommend the app if you want a good 3D skull you can rotate and light various ways for reference, this desktop app is free and works really well). 

This probably resulted in a less varied batch of daily doodles than usual, but it did mean I was able to keep up for a few days, which was something. 

I fell off the wagon again the last few weeks, but I have picked it up again so I should have another batch for you soon. ;) 

Take care everyone, and speak soon!


Daily Doodle Diary 2021 - #8

Comments

Thanks Jeske! I appreciate the kind words but I most definitely am not doing great at the daily drawings this year, haha. It's ok though. Any day I manage is a small victory that I'll gladly take in. And I can very much relate to the scrolling! I have had to train myself out of that in order to work on daily doodles, which has been a good side effect of this project. Just forcing me to make decisions.

Yes, I can relate to that. Very much so in fact. I am trying to reconciliate myself with the fact that simply putting the idea into motion is a better way to honour it than never giving it a chance. I have had to accept over time that I will never manage to execute a piece to the highest standard it will be at, because we keep evolving, growing and improving, so I will always look back on something and see things I could improve on. That is just how things go. So creating now is always better than never attempting it. I love colouring! In fact, I went a step further in the no-decision process and have been doing some digital paint by numbers so I don't even have to decide on the colours, hahaha. I hope they are helping and that you can get back to free-hand work asap :)

Thanks Katherine, I think that one is my favourite too :)

I really like the last skull, possibly because of the colors you used. Thanks for sharing!

That's a great idea. A big part of what blocks me from creating visual art more regularly is the question of what to draw/paint - the decision making process paralises me and gives me the feeling that if I've spent so much time on developing the idea, I now have to do it justice. I have lately picked up more and more colouring books as a way of experimenting with mixed media and with limited palettes without having to come up with the metier of the picture, but I still miss free-hand work.

It may be not as diverse as the other batches, but you're still doing a great job at the daily doodles! Drawing from reference might be just as hard as drawing from imagination, at least to me. I always tell myself I will do studies from references, but I end up scrolling through reference photos for ages without even drawing a single line. Every drawing you do is a little victory to be proud of!


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