Category: 100 days

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100 Days In Review

I spent 100 days this spring drawing every day and posting it to instagram. Some were awful, most of them were OK, and a few were awesome. A lot of people I talked to during the project kept telling me they thought the hard part was doing something every day. It wasn’t easy and sometimes I did not do very good work.  The really tough part was posting at all.

I was exposing myself as a creative every day.

a sketch of a letter M that looks like the structure used for the mars lander. One of the feet looks like a capsule and the other leg looks like the panels from the ship.

There are amazing creatives posting on instagram every day, sometimes multiple times a day. And there was me.

I was surprised to find a lot of support for me even when I thought a post was crappy.

Here is a list of good things that happened from the 100 Days project

  • Committing to  posting every day
  • Documenting different problems I ran into trying to use my iPad and drawing tools
  • A catalog of discoveries
  • I experimented with different ways to create
  • Strength in vulnerability
  • I discovered a range of colors, tools, and methods I really enjoyed using
  • New friends and connections from posting and chatting
  • Some of the problems or ideas I had about improving different tools were addressed in later updates or patches

If you’ve been unsure about trying a 100 days project, it’s worth a try.

Here are some ideas:

  • 100 days of finding information on a specific topic or trend and posting about it on a social media platform – be a curator of a topic
  • 100 days of meeting someone new by helping others
  • 100 days of thank you notes (these could be posted online or mailed)
  • 100 days of volunteering at local schools or with youth programs
  • 100 days of creating in a different media than you are used to.

I hope you found this peek into my 100 days helpful. If you have any questions, you can reach out to me via twitter (@leej) or instagram (@leesuzannej) or email.

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100 days Woman from Apache Cafe

Woman posting at Apache Cafe in Atlanta, GA

There is a venue in Atlanta called Apache Cafe where on Monday nights there are live models to draw or photograph. This sketch I made using Adobe Sketch and my fingers on an iPad Pro was based off a photo I took there.

Woman posting at Apache Cafe in Atlanta, GA

Adobe Sketch has some interesting effects when you used the watercolor flat brush. It continues to “bleed” into the other parts of the sketch after you lay a stroke down. The more times you go over an area, the more the colors blend and spread.

 

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100 days my Mom’s dog May

May with a tody

My mom has a sweet blue heeler dog named May. She has this funny pose she does when chewing on a toy where she uses her left paw to hold the toy down against her right leg and paw.

May with a tody

I used Adobe Draw to quickly sketch her for #100daysofdigitalsketch, my personal challenge for the #100days project. I still find it awkward to switch to different brushes and then have to change colors. It would probably be better to set all the brushes to one color before I start. I drew with my finger instead of a stylus this time.

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100 days fire sketch

100 days of digital sketch day 2

It’s day two of my 100 days of digital sketch project. Today I sketched a fire using default tools in Adobe Draw. If you want a detailed breakdown of what I did, I have a description below the image.

100 days of digital sketch day 2

 

I used square shape for large areas of background since currently there is no all over background color tool. I picked the basic flat brush and made it as large as I could, 60px, and chose the dark orange color. I made broad shallow curves to define the two logs on a new layer. I chose a lighter orange and laid down a few curvy triangular marks for key flames. I then picked the taper brush to define points and add more character. I alternated colors and opacity while building out the flames. I mixed in flatter blobs of hot ashy wood in white and blue and orange. I dug into the background layer with more color and lines. I cut away some of the two layers with the eraser tool. This sketch involved a lot of building and subtracting.