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The 100 _____ Challenge

SuSa

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My sanity away.=[ Okay.

This is a thread that is also meant to be a challenge for AE. I will be participating as well, and even though I'm a ****ty artist I hope to see something improved after this is over.

It's nothing unique, it's been done before, but I'm bringing it to SWF.

The 100 Theme Challenge

Yeah. I'm crazy. Whatever. :glare:

I will be presenting a list filled with 100 words, ideas, sentences, or blah. Whatever happens to pop in my head - which means there may be similar things.

The goal of this thread is to get 5 items done a week. It will take a total of 20 weeks to complete. The goal is actually "one item a day" but some of us need a break or have plans and would be unable to work on. Other's still may take 2 days on one of their pieces.

Let me begin that nothing has to be super duper awesome. Even if it's a quick doodle, so long as you can explain how it fits into the theme it's a sure go. But remember, the more effort you put into something the more likely you will be to improve. But you don't have to - this is all for fun.

The list, collapsed for you to not have to scroll so far to reply to the thread.

Yes, I thought up this entire list... it took me a good hour or so as I wanted the words to try and be as loose as possible sometimes while others be more precise and I even wanted some days to be a choice meaning there are over 100 things listed.

It's all up to your interpretation, just be able to describe it's relation if it's not obvious.

  • 1) Beginning
  • 2) Passion
  • 3) Peace
  • 4) Futuristic
  • 5) Life is a matter of ǝʌıʇɔǝdsɹǝd
  • 6) Friendship
  • 7) Ancient
  • 8) Success
  • 9) Nature
  • 10) Music
  • 11) Insanity
  • 12) Supernatural
  • 13) Mysterious
  • 14) Emotional
  • 15) Failure
  • 16) I will break these chains that bind me.
  • 17) Fantasy
  • 18) Memory
  • 19) I. Cant.
  • 20) Alone
  • 21) Secret
  • 22) Reflection of inner self
  • 23) Adventurous
  • 24) Home
  • 25) It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
  • 26) Good and Evil
  • 27) Fear
  • 28) Pleasure
  • 29) The Battle
  • 30) Holiday
  • 31) Lock and key
  • 32) Eventually...
  • 33) Aftermath
  • 34) In his/her arms
  • 35) Confrontation
  • 36) Stay strong
  • 37) Do what you can
  • 38) GET OUT
  • 39) What if...
  • 40) Sweet
  • 41) Misfortune/Fortune (Choose)
  • 42) Questioning
  • 43) My precious treasure
  • 44) Moving but getting nowhere
  • 45) Puzzle
  • 46) Obsession
  • 47) Solitude
  • 48) Foreign
  • 49) Rebirth
  • 50) Half ______
  • 51) Open
  • 52) Powerful
  • 53) Challenging
  • 54) Colorful
  • 55) Building blocks
  • 56) I have a dream
  • 57) Inspirational
  • 58) Broken pieces
  • 59) Mirror image
  • 60) "The eyes are the door to the soul"
  • 61) Rupture
  • 62) Mending
  • 63) You shouldn't have done that
  • 64) Adorable/Cutesy
  • 65) We all need somebody to lean on
  • 66) Meme
  • 67) New life
  • 68) Solace
  • 69) When the going get's tough
  • 70) Opposite
  • 71) I DO care
  • 72) Elemental
  • 73) Out of character
  • 74) Fallen Angel / Risen Demon (Choose)
  • 75) Unfair
  • 76) Protection
  • 77) The sea / The sky (Choose)
  • 78) Extreme
  • 79) Not needed
  • 80) Flight
  • 81) When they cry
  • 82) Realistic
  • 83) Don't say a word
  • 84) Nonsense
  • 85) Magical
  • 86) Choices
  • 87) LOUD / Quiet (Choose)
  • 88) Animals
  • 89) Inside
  • 90) Immature
  • 91) It's like I'm a kid again!
  • 92) Honesty
  • 93) Character
  • 94) Outwards
  • 95) What is close to you
  • 96) Switch
  • 97) Learning
  • 98) Error
  • 99) Restart
  • 100) Completion


The first day will begin Sunday, November 8th 2010. This is due largely to the fact I have a tournament Saturday and won't be home long for tomorrow.

If you can - or have one - find a place to upload the images in a folder that you can add to daily (Photobucket would be great) so that you can post a link to your folder for other's to browse through.

Of course, that's not required but it'd be nice to have everyone's galleries in the OP to check out every Sunday. :)

Good luck everyone!
 

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I didn't specify that well enough? Oo

We're all working on 5 items a week. Again, they don't have to be anything awesome. Just able to tell what it is and match it to the theme.

I could also lower the limit down to 2 a week and this project would take roughly a year to complete. I don't mind that either, but it's supposed to help you become creative in how you use each theme daily. If you sit and ponder over a few days on how to use the theme you lose some of those great options you had at first but decided to expand upon it - or it took too much thinking so the art was delayed, etc.

Each theme is just supposed to be a moment's inspiration, something workable that you can draw around. Some are more challenging than others, and I'd say some of the sentences/quotes are the hardest ones - but some are even among the easiest.

If I have to go it alone for a week or two I don't care. Just figured I'd share it with the boards.

Nobody that doesn't want to enter has to; of course. So I see no harm in it.

EDIT:

Livestreams were dropped because my computer simply can't handle it anymore. =[ I've tried streaming a few times for things and my computer just decides to die T_T
 

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I've attempted things like this in the past, didn't work too well because I was too lazy xD I bet I'll have way more motivation if I do it with you guys though!
 

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Yes, but as stated things aren't ever really "due" til next week.

I was hoping to turn in my "Beginning" theme today but ended up being swamped with schoolwork and chores and remodeling the house a bit. =[ So I plan on doing 2 tomorrow instead.

//this is exactly why I made this as flexible as possible while still proposing a challenge
 

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I finished my #1 theme "Beginning"

It's a 5 minute digital sketch using just a 5px brush with sensitivity, black, and my pen tablet.

The concept behind it is fairly simple. It's the beginning of a drawing. The original concept was meant to have a hand drawing a hand drawing a hand drawing a hand until the detail was so small you could only see a few lines for the final hand - but I decided that's far beyond my abilities so I went with something simpler.

I'm horrible at shading - it's one thing I REALLY need to work on. I understand lighting and how shadows are effected, I just can't actually shade.... my hand refuses to make it look "right" to me. So I just kept it simple. 100% opacity, same brush, just squigglies for shading. XD

It's my attempt at drawing my own hand, and the pencil I'm holding looks like **** because I don't actually have a #2 pencil (which is what I wanted to draw in my hand) so I got this weird pencil/tablet pen mixture of "meh". :x

Anyways... I enjoy drawing hands, even with how hard and complex they are (and how bad mine turn out XD)

Here's the image, in a collapse tag to avoid stretching the page:





Time to work on #2 Passion!
 

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Very nice Susa :D I still haven't seen someone who holds a pencil the same way as me. (that I remember)

#1 "Beginning": All life begins with the sun. I tried to make the sun seem like it was filling up the whole sky.
 

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This is a great idea, I'm in!

Probably won't be able to match the weekly output exactly, because of illustration projects I always have due for class, but I will certainly try my best

Also, I'll likely be doing these with an additional unifying theme of my own, just for an extra challenge ;)
 

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*sigh* Sometimes I wish I could draw nicely! I would enter this and try to finally make something I would be happy with and came out like I imagined it :c.

Oh well, can't have it all :brush:!
 

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*sigh* Sometimes I wish I could draw nicely! I would enter this and try to finally make something I would be happy with and came out like I imagined it :c.
But if you never try, you'll never improve. :p

Just try doing at least some of these. No pressure.
 

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Drawing with my mouse is something I wouldn't ever dream of doing, so no chance of seeing anything from me soon, haha! I don't feel the motivation to spend money on a trackpad, so I won't try one either :(...

The problem with the mouse is that it jerks often and I suddenly get a line across half the screen. Can't draw quick or straight lines either, or they are unnaturally straight...

Ahhh, I always have so many ideas for drawings or music in my idea but no way to express it <_<.
 

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Really? I use a mouse exclusively and can work just fine, and I'm sure others have made masterpieces with a mouse... just takes practice like anything else.

Oh well, I don't mean to pester, it'd just be a shame for all of your ideas to go to waste. :c
 

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It'd be even worse to make my ideas and have them come out horribly and be mutilated forever and everrrr.

I really want to know how you can possibly use the mouse? Does it depend a lot on the program? The best I can use is GIMP and I have literally no skill or knowledge on how to use it :c
 

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Maaan, you guys got me interested in drawing again. I'll see if I can find myself to draw something tomorrow. Knowing me, I'll probably chicken out again, saying I can't do it :urg:...

Anyone got a suggestion and what would be fun to draw without being too hard for someone whose only expierence is doodling and using paint?
 

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Anyone got a suggestion and what would be fun to draw without being too hard for someone whose only expierence is doodling and using paint?
Draw bottles.
Seriously. Bottles are so easy to draw, but the simplicity in the shape makes it easier to point out mistakes in proportion. One look at a drawing of a bottle and you can tell right away if anything is off.
Then once you get comfortable with the basics you can start to do really complicated stuff like reflections, opacity, and texture.
Bottles.
 

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Even though the thread creator is no longer with us, I thought this was a great idea and I'd like to see it revived. I'm gonna try (emphasis on try) to keep up with this and do one theme every day, and I hope others will join in as well. I think it'll be a good exercise for generating/fleshing out ideas regularly, plus I'd love to see more people post their art around here.

So, #1: Beginning.



About an hour. Also, I was really hungry while I was drawing this lol.

Edit: No one else wants to do this? >:| Hate to double post so I guess I'll add on to this post until someone else joins.

#2: Passion.



Writing, drawing, and creating stories from scratch has been a hobby of mine since as long as I can remember. Sometimes the most ridiculous ideas make the best narratives :D
 

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yikes.......
Problem? I'd prefer if you didn't make one word posts. If you've got something to say, please, elaborate.

Also hoping at least one other person joins in on this. It's not as fun if I have to go through these by myself. U_U Speaking of I need to work on the 3rd challenge soon since I've been slacking off the last few days.

Thanks ZIO/global. You guys should do at least a few challenges :D

#3: Peace.



I immediately thought of Animal Crossing because it's such a laid back game. What's more peaceful than fishing at sunset?

#4: Futuristic



In the future, humans will pilot low-flying airbuses to navigate urban wastelands. Struggled with this a lot :| Tired of looking at it lol. Next one should be fun.
 

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I'm gonna try to join you on this NN. I really want to make my art look a lot better and think this will help me out a lot.

I'll try to post one for every weekday and put them up on saturday or sunday. Starting tomorrow. Should I start from #1 or #5 where you are?
 

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Doesn't matter, start from wherever you like. :D I'm just glad to see someone else trying this out. We can help each other improve.

Also thanks for reminding me to get my butt in gear and start doing these again. I cannot for the life of me think of anything worthwhile for 'Perspective' though :'(
 
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