Drawing Practice: Give me a total of 100 ideas to draw to see if I get any better by the 100th drawing.

Apparently pottery students who just throw clay without any explicit instruction get competent really quickly compared to people who agonize over every pot, so I'm going to try to get better at drawing by spending less than 10 minutes drawing things other people suggest.

So please post your sketch requests (along with any photo references) and I'll try and see if this angst-free approach works. Feel free to join in if you also want to get good at art with low effort.

Please draw a trainbat

As someone currently taking a pottery class, I can say that it is kinda true. Just a shame I had to take a 4 month break in between.

Drawing idea - a dog wearing a cowboy hat

draw a half-peeled banana

1. Thomas the Trainbat
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/pyvdc9zg6yk.jpeg

yessss

thank you dearly Philip Nunez

2. cowboy hat (more like 1930s reporter hat) dog
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/6yxkcxvkg7w.jpg

sheruff imo

3. Bananarama
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b49zcke9vyw.jpg

I am enjoying these drawings so much I am opening them in new tabs to look at them properly! (browser issue probably)

Please draw a fight between two Zodiac signs of your choosing

But... the beauty of this technique is I don't choose (hence no "writer's block")!

Virgo, Sagittarius

it is written

Can you draw a troll bearing the weight of ILX on its shoulders, Atlas-style?

Please draw someone fishing a comb out of a half-empty jar of mayonnaise.

Drawing suggestion: someone tripping and falling into a swimming pool

Cat on a skateboard

(Also, these are great!)

4. Zodiac Fighter II
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7pjcmbd37p.jpg

drawing suggestion with crossover to the old sayings thread: an embarrassed child letting the cat out of the bag

Draw grim reaper driving in a car listening to rap.

Like the entire band?

5. Danny DeViTroll holds up ILX in the manner of Greek myth
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/p7bwcj3lr7n.png

Geddy Lee's head on a bear's body

Philip, it looks like some are done in ink and some are done in charcoal. What media are you using, and how do you choose? Any preferred materials?

I took a local evening drawing class once and was pretty bad at the exercises (still lifes of bottles, blocks and such); this approach looks like more fun.

The ink is just a uniball office gel pen on used printer paper. The DeVito one is on a tablet. I tried buying some fancy pencils but they never made me any better or inspired me to draw more than say those free pencils from ikea, but they're definitely nice to use. I'd say if you want to follow along, you should grab whatever is handy at the time -- the basic rule is to throw out and ignore any obstacle to just cranking out a drawing as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Of course if having your favorite gear at the ready inspires you to draw more, do that!

Excellent work!

3xp

A chipmunk next to a mushroom

I'm into this, i did the chipmunk & mushroom one

I don't want to take any thunder away from Philip who started this tho!

Y'know, there's a book I own that follows along these lines of progressing by drawing very, very quickly different subjects (much more banal than here, obviously). It's called Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice. Never got through it, but really should pick it up again - it's excellent.

k, i think i'll just post mine

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/3yrgc5bqb4z.png

Someone please draw a melting Empire State Building

Nice chipmunk/mushie combo!

so what is the thought on using reference? i'm thinking like do it if you think it's a good use of some of yr 10 min?

6. Fishing comb from half-empty jar of mayo
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7pjcm8na7p.PNG

I'm obviously making very liberal use of reference -- given the time constraints, the decision to freehand or reference any part of a drawing becomes very automatic!

that rules

These are amazing

I'm digging Chippy's shades and Hawaiian shirt.

looooool, so much better than what I'd imagined

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/84jdczrxm4k.png
Someone tripping and falling into a swimming pool

it's funny with the squirrel, i wanted to break things up by putting clothes on him, and the Dale character (with his hawaiian shirt) from Rescue Rangers just comes right out as subconscious shorthand

that last one looks like a Playboy cartoon

Draw the band GWAR playing at a wedding

7. Embarrassed child lets cat on skateboard out of bag

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/b49zckppxyw.jpeg

8. Death driving while rapping

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/6yxkcxmmr7w.jpeg

these are awesome, love the humor

this is my current fav thread

Amazing! that steering wheel is 👌

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Sorry didn't keep spaces look away

Geddy Lee's Head on a Bear's Body
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7pjcm8rw7p.png

Omfg hahahah

GOODBYE MY BEAR!

i would love to see a fish having a bad hair day

loving Geddy the Pooh

9. Melting Empire State Building
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k46acvkag7z.jpeg

Drawing idea: A night at a bad restaurant

let calstars draw that one....with his words

Draw an old man doing the splits

10. Gwar at wedding. L’Chaim!
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l4necov5v4m.jpeg

11. Fish having bad hair day
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/my2pca6kx7j.jpeg

i did that one too, i forgot to post it. don't ask me what the concept is supposed to mean:
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7kzc8nd97m.png

fun new thread to come back to, woo woo, and great work so far!

can i get a rotating desk fan with those little streamers that some people put on them, only it's enormous?

12. Night at a bad restaurant
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k739c53jn7q.jpeg

looooool

from the perspective of the sad person outside, thinking about those endless free breadsticks

13. Elderly Martial Artist doing the splits
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7mmcg56g76.jpeg

Abe Lincoln farting during Gettysburg address

13. Elderly Martial Artist doing the splits

thank you both for the fish! exactly as i'd dreamed

14. Oscillating fan with streamers but it’s gigantic

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/pyq9cavje42.jpeg

That fan is 4 Mitch Hedberg’s high, well done!!

Chthulu eating a banana split.

A Butt talking to God

Hannibal Lecter doing laundry

Abraham Lincoln picking his nose.

Dogs tired of Suburbia

Dog performing rocket scientist brain surgery on Roman bridge of Marbella

15. Lincoln farting at Gettysburg (cameo by John Wilkes Booth)
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l4neconmb4m.jpeg

brilliant

lol @ nighthawks at the olive garden

drawing idea: An accordionist playing into the void

16. Cthulu Bonaparte enjoys a banana split
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/6yxkcxwpq7w.jpeg

<3 every time this thread is bumped

17. Butt talks to God
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/84apclrj54l.jpeg

now that's my president

i mean god

Last two are great,

Okay if i join in going forward?

You should draw your display name as a trial.

knocked it out in four minutes to get in the door, will take more time in future
http://i.imgur.com/2WPYTLf.jpg

Ha ha ha, great work! A lot packed in there.

I guess I don't know what a display name is because I was expecting woodsman James Harden and a ghost!

lol the fork cloved the tofu

this thread provides small joys and kindnesses and reminds me how much more bearable life is because of them <3

Welcome forks!

18. Hannibals have a laundry mixup
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7pjcmgek7p.jpeg

19. Lincoln picks a winner
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/wye3co5k84b.jpeg

20. Dogs flee suburbia
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/w7w6cnx8qye.jpeg

The Lincoln one is really good

lmao at CB one

lol at both!

21. Dog performs brain surgery on rocket scientist on Roman bridge
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/345xckvmw7w.jpeg

22. Weird Al plays accordion into the void
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/my8xclngm4l.jpeg

OMFG at the Al

<3

lol at both!

Grazie, grazie!
But the unimaginable has happened — we have caught up to all the drawing ideas, with 78 more left to go!

23. Gabriel Iglesias taking a bubble bath

oh, there can be more drawing ideas

I can see the consistent improvement in drawing!

An elephant terrified of a mouse

Auguste Rodin's "Monument to Balzac" on a coffee date with a Pallas's cat.

please draw a brain trying to escape out through someone's eyes

An elephant terrified of a mouse

is this a classic drawing prompt? it feels like it should be

what about a mouse looking aghast at an arriving elephant foot that is about to crush its skull

I don't know this guy Gabriel Iglesias, but here he is taking a bubble bath:
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k46acaqvb7z.png
could've done better but a 10 min limit is a cruel tyrant

HAHA wow that was fast and accurate!

I might start joining in on these sometimes too! mine will be the worst (my hand is shaky and i am careless), but it would be a good exercise every day to warm up or just make sure i do SOMETHING

The coronation of a queen bee.

Weird Al is excellent.

The coronation of a queen bee.

https://i.imgur.com/rNIIZsB.jpg

Francis, If you feel inspired to go longer, go longer!
The 10 minute thing is more to keep from feeling too precious about it, furiously erasing, crumpling drafts, etc...
The urgency also helps make a lot of decisions for you. Maybe you wanted to draw a full body but he works great as a bubblehead! But the shot clock is really flexible.

Z, What’s going on with the hex “coronation” scramble? Is it a new puzzle game you have invented?

hahaha, nope! it's the Queen Bee puzzle from the NYT! i think it's pretty popular! my partner plays every morning and sometimes i help. you must spell as many words as possible using only the letters in the puzzle, and each word MUST use the letter in the center. you get bonus points if you find words that use every single letter, too. so when emily said "coronation", I immediately checked to see if it would be one of those perfect words, and it was!

god, i wish i had invented Queen Bee!

so in the puzzle above, other words would be:

COT
ORCA
CORONATION
TAINT
etc

oops, sorry - I always do that. TAINT wouldn't work because it doesn't have the center letter O

drawing and puzzles over here, basically! can someone get me a refill on this coffee? *kicks feet up on counter*

Philip, I'm a fan of the 10 min limit for myself, for just the reasons you described. it's hard to let a drawing go, but that's the beauty of it

Here's my own premise coupled with Neanderthal's (the elephant and the mouse)
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/6yxkcjzjk7w.png

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l4necw8wp4m.png

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

How do you all draw without smudging it everywhere?

26(?) — the joker eats spaghetti

Karl, using a harder lead will help - what kind of pencil do you use? I used a Laurentien erasable pencil for those. I've seen people use a piece of paper between the drawing and the side of your hand and even cotton gloves with the fingers cut out. tbh i don't think i make too much contact with my drawing hand

Or use a pen! I don't think I touch the paper much with my hand either, I might worry about smudging for a half hour or more charcoal drawing but not for ten minutes with a pencil.

I'd like to join the thread if I may to get practice at drawing from imagination which is my biggest weakness.

Ok, how about an annoyed sherpa taking a reality tv star up Mt Everest.

i challenge you to make a drawing of M. Zuckerberg looking like even more of a dork than his US-flag-waving-while-riding-an-electric-hydrofoil video from earlier this week, if this interests you and is even possible <3

http://i.imgur.com/1wfCRAd.jpg

the restorative healing powers of spaghetti, lovely work!

23. Balzac statue drinking coffee with hairy cat
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/k739cnenm7q.jpeg

sick

excellent

23.

also critical: P Nunez runs the numbers in this thread! makes it simpler and it's also fitting, and that's a win win

You're welcome to post your own numbers -- how else will you know when you hit 100?
other than the kidnapping and hazing by the boardwalk caricaturist mafia...

it is good to have a competing series of numbers, imo!

i'm on 2 though :D

reviewing my messages, i don't want to send the wrong message! (...forgive me)

my position is that i want to see philip nunez's numbers and really no one else's

however, whatever! :D

although i mean also i am happy with seeing the other tries at the prompts too!

listen everyone, i am drunk and i have been for several hours, since barely past noon. jfc

Drawing idea - a child’s piggy bank on a bbq spit roast

Derail but I lost my life savings as a kid like that. Not exactly, but I had all $50-100 of it (don’t remember the amount) in a coat pocket, and then I was playing in a box fort and left my coat inside, and then my dad burned the trash, as always (?!?), along with my coat

30. "...the geometry of the dream-place he saw was abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours." --H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

https://i.imgur.com/fb4VDnY.jpg

wild!

i challenge you to make a drawing of M. Zuckerberg looking like even more of a dork than his US-flag-waving-while-riding-an-electric-hydrofoil video from earlier this week, if this interests you and is even possible <3

I feel like this is a failure as an imaginative drawing, a failure to meet the brief and even a failure as a likeness but failure is the basis of learning so here you go:

https://i.imgur.com/HtHiDIS.jpg

future prompt? dorky zuckerberg slips down into a non-euclidean dimension

Strong 'Bacon's Velazquez' energy.

Too kind!

serious prompt:

dick and balls

and NO doing dick tracy with bouncy balls!

it has to be a penis complete with 2 balls

A bearded man wearing a utilikilt and vibram finger shoes riding a single-wheel electric scooter while vaping

Scooby Doo being arrested for securities fraud

lol

a perfect 100th drawing will combine all of these prompts in a way that just barely makes sense

that is a pretty dang good drawing of zuck, though! thank u ^___^

24. Brain escapes villain’s head via his eye

https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/g4z9c8eg872.jpeg

yesssssss

the brain searches for a new host

serious prompt:

dick and balls

Take another look at the Lovecraft drawing

oh, took a good look

25. Reality star Edmund Hillary with friend Tenzing Norgay
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/myd5czkom4b.jpeg

26. Child’s piggy bank on a spit roast
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/pyq9c5akg42.jpeg

I love it!

27. Slim Pickens riding literal dick and balls to Armageddon (NSFW, view at your peril)
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/myd5cz9ar4b.jpeg

In retrospect I should have had Slim use the balls as footrests, but I’ll let Kubrick redraw this 1000 times to get it right.

28. Bearded utilikit vibram shoes commentariat vaping while uniscootering
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/d7ogc8qoey9.jpeg

Even dorkier Zuckerberg actually looks cooler somehow

west coast cool jazz bandleader vibes

With a little Karl Marx thrown in for good measure.

Danny Glover being choked by Pauly Shore in the shower

heart eyes emoji

29. SNAX pump and dumper Scooby Doo does the perp walk
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/l7lxcgxp37o.jpeg

i remember scoob before he turned to a life of crime, before he started using that filthy language

Scooby snacks are a helluva drug

lol thank you so much

back with another one of those rose rucking kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTxOKsyZ0Lw

An ostrich wearing a “Real ostriches don’t bury their head in the sand” T-shirt, please.

30. The Weasel chokes Danny Glover in the shower. (Nipples only but still possibly NSFW)
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/pyvdcbjpxyk.jpeg

I am in awe

how are you feeling at the 30% mark? are they getting easier or is more like you're getting more efficient so it feels like you have more time?

Feeling a bit like Danny Glover, feeling a bit like Pauly Shore.
I don’t think I’m getting any faster or even better but I definitely feel more confident when starting a drawing that it’s going to be finished.

The drawings are fantastic.

31. Daphne from Scooby Doo receiving a bouquet of dead flowers

31. Ostrich with clever shirt
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7mmcwkrm76.jpeg

32. Daphne and her suitor
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/3yrgcklzw4z.jpeg

Thank you!!

a hollow human heart floating on water

Amazing

brilliant imaginative stuff

33. Hollow human heart photobombs cover shoot for slint’s seminal album
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/pyq9cgdmn42.jpeg

on the left, a person at a computer asking a computer to draw a human drawing the request of a human at a computer
on the right, a computer

What’s great about the gestational gap before that last one is I forgot I requested it! I it’s amazing! :D

Someone else should do a request, I didn’t mean to hog two in a row!

From Homemade Jokes

I have a homemade Far Side cartoon joke in my head, called something like "Clown Cemetery", which shows a row of burial plots and gravestones, except each plot has a pair of long clown shoes poking out of the earth (because the clowns are buried in their clown shoes, but not deep enough underground, haha?)

― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, July 2, 2022 10:05 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

you should post the clown cartoon to Drawing Practice: Give me a total of 100 ideas to draw to see if I get any better by the 100th drawing.

― budo jeru, Saturday, July 2, 2022 10:20 PM (forty-four seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

(but only if you want to!)

34. Bernie discovers AI
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/wye3c68dk4b.jpeg

i'm only seeing this now, great job! i hope you never stop posting your drawings here

MichaeJackolantern Golgotha

i hope you never stop posting your drawings here

otm

Thanks for the kind words!

35. Gary Larson tribute
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/my2pcl8pr7j.jpg

36. Jack-O-Lamentation
https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/j7kzc2mv27m.jpg