40jewelry

Draw this at night, before you go to bed-


As you walk around today,
think about turning everyday-ordinary objects that
AREN'T NORMALLY associated with
JEWELRY
into functional, wearable, cool, artistic jewelry.

Draw it.
(then go make it, for real, and get rich)

39 ERASURE

Draw 'something' but then
FINISH
the drawing by INTENTIONALLY
erasing - out
some part of it.

Start it KNOWING that erasing part of it
IS a part of it.

(take before and after pics)

Prompt 38- metacognition

Do a drawing that features something YOU USE
to make drawings WITH.

A utensil, an implement, a tool...

prompt 37 - NO means NO

Try and remember a time when someone said, "NO."
"Stop..."
"Don't -"
And tried to censor you IN AN ARTISTIC SENSE.

WHO told you NOT to?

Do a drawing that THEY would like,
yet,
HIDE within this drawing a hidden image that
YOU KNOW
would upset them.

(complex, huh?)

prompt 36 take it slow

draw a snail but purposely draw slower than you have ever drawn before like try to drag your pencil across the page instead of push it decrease your speed by more than half whats your hurry anyhow you are young you have all day for this what are you afraid of what might happen when you take your time afraid you might like it

PROMPT 35 - the best policy

BE HONEST.

Draw what you are
thinking about

-right now-

PROMPT 34- Girl who sheds her skin every 24 hours like a snake

DRAW / invent a NEW superhero with a USELESS power.

Not every radioactive accident, meteor, genetic mutation
would result in a 'power' that helps you fight crime.

Sometimes you just get to turn wood into metal
or grow facial hair that glows.

33-third

Draw the THIRD hardest thing to draw - ever!

HAIR.

With a 'generic' simple head, sketch out 5 different hairstyles.

These can be modern/current.
Historical.
Futuristic.
Or even more conceptual... Like:
5 hairstyles for a movie about Vikings.
Or
5 hairstyles for circus clowns.

Double Down- 32

Draw the two most difficult things to draw ever-
(... again... or rather , ALSO....)

HANDS and FEET

-in the same drawing.

Double Hard- Prompt 31

Draw the two hardest things to draw ever-

FIRE and ICE

-in the same picture.

Prompt 30 $

Take out some money -
(any amount/kind)

Draw it-
( - or part of it, or some detail on it, or something based on it - )

Pet Legs- Prompt 29

Draw your pet, realistic or cartoonish, but spend some time getting the
angles, bones, muscle groups, bends of their LEGS correct.

Flag Redesign- Prompt 28

We added Alaska and Hawaii.
Texas tried to secede before.
Californians want to split the 1 state into 2.
Puerto Rico, and I think even Guam, have applied for statehood.
We WILL eventually need to redesign our flag.
It will happen.
REIMAGINE the flag design of these United States of America.
Despite your political leanings, try to take this
seriously and not as an opportunity to be
funny/ironic/sarcastic/anarchic/etc...

Idea 27- Beta Bet

Design 26 NEW characters to represent the ALPHAbet.
Base your new letters on a 'non-alpha-numeric' idea.
Like CIRCLES.
Or COLORS.
Or SIZE.

Prompt 26- Hold it...

Draw a concept for a BACKPACK or PURSE
that is designed to do more
than JUST carry things.

25- letter face

Use the letters of your name- or your initials-

TO CONSTRUCT A FACE drawing.

Keeping the letters visible, but still
obviously
constructing a face.

Google search CALLIGRAMS to see more examples of this budding art form.

IDEA 24- costume

What is your favorite clothing item to wear?

ENVISION IT
as if it was part of a costume in a movie set 55 years into the future.
WHAT WOULD
it look like if it were made -then?

PROMPT 23 McSteroids

Draw your favorite food to eat.
On steroids.
From Hell.
Exaggerate it 100% like it was a new
superSize-mcWalmart-Buffet item.

Prompt 22 - Illustration

Look through your bookshelves and find a book you've read that DOESN'T
HAVE ANY pictures in it.
(not even on the cover)
Then DO AN ILLUSTRATION from the scene you remember best in that book.

As if the image would accompany a review/article written about this book...

21

Draw 21 slightly different versions of the same, basic thing.

Keep it simple.

Like a pencil.
(but now that I used it as an example,
DON'T do a pencil)

Prompts 18-19-20 Self Imposed Impediments

18-Draw a food item from your FRIDGE.

19-Draw it again, but this time
TAPE your PENCIL onto the end of a ruler and
draw it while only holding the ruler and NOT TOUCHING THE PENCIL
at all.

20-Draw it one more time, only this time-
Put the item back & only use your memory-
ALSO - Use your less dominant hand ONLY.

For further frustration, see the film:
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS

Prompt17PhoneAFriend

Call a friend.
Tell them that you need an idea for today's drawing-
Then draw it.

In your own way.

(if their idea is too inappropriate or too crazy,
it is UP TO YOU to alter it,
creatively,
so you can still honor
their suggestion without
winding up in trouble or
talking to a counselor.)

Idea 16 - The Good Book

Without looking it up-
draw a single image that tells a story from
The Bible.

(as you remember it
even if it is wrong
or incomplete)

Prompt 15 Finger Fun

Draw your finger
with AS MUCH realistic detail as possible.

...'fun', huh?

POST 14 GARBAGE WALK

Take a walk in your neighborhood-
Find a piece of garbage on the street that you can draw on-
Do a quick self portrait on this scrap-
Tape or glue it into your sketchbook-

CONCEPT 13 - Year Of The Rat

DRAW YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL
wearing animal versions of the exact same clothes
you find yourself in today.

PROMPT 12 - Creatures in my Head

Make up a NEW MONSTER based on one of YOUR personal fears.

Visit www.creaturesinmyhead.com to see Andrew Bell's daily creatures.

11 disneyesque

Draw your favorite DISNEY character in a historical fashion- style
that doesn't normally fit them.
-Hippie
-Flapper
-Punk
-Steampunk
-Business Man
-Pirate
-Etc...

PROMPT 10 - Hero Shirt

Sketch out an idea/concept for a T-SHIRT IMAGE
(simple, bold, clear, cool, marketable, memorable)
that would feature YOUR own PERSONAL (not famous)
UNSUNG hero.

(...by 'not famous', I mean someone who deserves to be on a shirt, but isn't yet... they can be 'small' famous... or your grandma...)

IDEA 9

Transmorphification
Over the course of a series of 5-8 drawings
step-by-step show the transformation
of ONE THING into SOMETHING else.

Prompt 8 - Juxtaposed

Do a drawing that combines two things
that have no logical reason
to be together.

NUMBER SEVEN face feature

Draw a mostly realistic face
BUT
exaggerate one feature to an absurd degree...

Keep the shading and proportions of the rest of the face
rooted in reality
as best as you can.

Prompt 6- You're a Character

Make yourself into a cartoon character-
not 100% unique, but rather,
what would YOU look like on the SIMPSONS or
SOUTHPARK or MY LITTLE PONY or Steven Universe
or Power Puff Girls or the Family Guy???

5 UPDATE IT

Look up an artwork that is over 100 years old
and UPDATE IT.

Sketchbook 4 SONG

Draw an image that comes to mind
AFTER
you re-listen to a (once, long-ago, former favorite) song from
over 5 years ago...

Prompt 3- humanimal

Don't just draw your favorite animal-
DRAW IT AS IF IT evolved into a semi-humanoid.
Part penguin/ part man.
50% dog and 50% girl.
75% shark and 25% baby.

Idea #2- LOGO

Find the LOGO of a company that you like. REDESIGN IT for a specific purpose.
Think about this company TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING NEW with their logo.
Like a MASCULINE COMPANY trying to reach a FEMAL audience.
A hip, cool company trying to reach out to OLDER PEOPLE.
A company making a transition to ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY,
how would their logo reflect their new philosophy?
A company reinventing themselves by choosing NEW COLORS or a sharper, more angular design...

SKETCHBOOK PROMPT #1- Sequel Character

DRAW a costume/character concept for a movie you like...
BUT NOT A CHARACTER from the actual movie...
IMAGINE that they were making a sequel and YOUR CONCEPT is for
a new character that
has been added to THAT WORLD.

START

This is the beginning of the end... Of your boring, artless existence. Get ready to live.