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Back in March, I was challenged by my best friend via a meme on Facebook to do one thing consistently every day for 21 days straight. I have been on a self-imposed quest to become a better artist as a whole, especially with my pencil work. I realize that I'm not adventurous with the pencil and ideas like I used to be before the days of me posting my stuff here on DA. I realize that I have been consumed with wanting to get as much praise, adulation, and faves for my work submitting only my best work. It's good that it makes me bring my "A" game to the plate, but it's horrible in the sense in that I've felt that I've been making art not so much for myself, but for others to compliment me and give me attention....the good kind. Even though it seems as if in the past year or two I haven't been getting a lot of traffic like I once did when I was a lesser artist for some reason. Why do I torture myself so? So...I took my friend up on the 21 day challenge and decided that I would devote one hour a day to "sketch" whatever I wanted...FOR ME, FOR FUN!!! I took chances and tried things at the risk of leaving in bad anatomy, unfinished pieces, or whatever other mistakes that come naturally in the sketching process; many of these "sketches" are redos of older drawings that I liked, yet wanted to do with my current skill set and correct previous errors. I've never been a "sketcher", as I like really tight and clean lines as opposed to sloppy loose lines. And I cheated a bit, for many of these I drew on the date listed in the margin, but I would work on some more the next day while in my work truck in my downtime/lunch break. Plus, if I like a sketch, it typically turns into a finished work. And even within this challenge, there are a few that I want/will go back and finish b/c I do like them so much. So....without further ado, here's the sketches!-----------------------------------------------
Day-13

Now...there were some really good sketching days during this 21 day challenge, and there were some not so good days...this was a not at all good day! I wanted to draw Deuce, but she just wasn't coming out at all. Per recommendation of my friend B.C....who is a huge Doctor Who fan...I watched an old episode of the Doctor so that I could see what's all the hubbub about surrounding the show. I was amused, so hence the Tardis in the background. And it was 3/14...Pi Day!...so that's why Deuce is thinking about a slice of pie.

This was an epic fail. I've since tried to go back to this one and fix it...no go.

Description
Back in March, I was challenged by my best friend via a meme on Facebook to do one thing consistently every day for 21 days straight. I have been on a self-imposed quest to become a better artist as a whole, especially with my pencil work. I realize that I'm not adventurous with the pencil and ideas like I used to be before the days of me posting my stuff here on DA. I realize that I have been consumed with wanting to get as much praise, adulation, and faves for my work submitting only my best work. It's good that it makes me bring my "A" game to the plate, but it's horrible in the sense in that I've felt that I've been making art not so much for myself, but for others to compliment me and give me attention....the good kind. Even though it seems as if in the past year or two I haven't been getting a lot of traffic like I once did when I was a lesser artist for some reason. Why do I torture myself so? So...I took my friend up on the 21 day challenge and decided that I would devote one hour a day to "sketch" whatever I wanted...FOR ME, FOR FUN!!! I took chances and tried things at the risk of leaving in bad anatomy, unfinished pieces, or whatever other mistakes that come naturally in the sketching process; many of these "sketches" are redos of older drawings that I liked, yet wanted to do with my current skill set and correct previous errors. I've never been a "sketcher", as I like really tight and clean lines as opposed to sloppy loose lines. And I cheated a bit, for many of these I drew on the date listed in the margin, but I would work on some more the next day while in my work truck in my downtime/lunch break. Plus, if I like a sketch, it typically turns into a finished work. And even within this challenge, there are a few that I want/will go back and finish b/c I do like them so much. So....without further ado, here's the sketches!-----------------------------------------------
Day-13

Now...there were some really good sketching days during this 21 day challenge, and there were some not so good days...this was a not at all good day! I wanted to draw Deuce, but she just wasn't coming out at all. Per recommendation of my friend B.C....who is a huge Doctor Who fan...I watched an old episode of the Doctor so that I could see what's all the hubbub about surrounding the show. I was amused, so hence the Tardis in the background. And it was 3/14...Pi Day!...so that's why Deuce is thinking about a slice of pie.

This was an epic fail. I've since tried to go back to this one and fix it...no go.