How to draw a tree. Of course, this is just ONE way to draw a tree. There are a zillion ways to draw trees! 😊
Happy Sunday!
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 16, 2019 at 09:23AM
What do you think of this for “legend”? I’m working on getting the proportions of that right page right! It’s proving to be crazy-hard! 😂
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Practice, practice, practice! .
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 15, 2019 at 10:41AM
#fridayfun Here’s a secret for everyone who thinks “I can’t draw”: Visual communication is much more about METAPHOR than about #drawing skills.
In the drawing tutorial image here, I’ve used the metaphor of a broken chain to communicate the idea “weak,” as in “weak link.” All with VERY simple shapes!
Even the shading in the final example is unnecessary to communicate the idea (but it’s fun and easy to learn! 😊) And notice none of my chains are identical. IT DOESN’T MATTER!
#visualcommunication is not about making amazing art; it’s about communicating IDEAS. Period.
If you can hold a pen, you can draw to communicate. —
Now I want to hear from you: Back in kindergarten everybody drew. Did you prefer crayons or markers?
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 14, 2019 at 08:18AM
“Weak” – #novemberdrawingchallenge day 14
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 12, 2019 at 09:01AM
“Slink”
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Symmetry is my greatest challenge! I had to pull out a pencil to help with this one. Anything geometric and symmetrical is a struggle for me! 🖍
What about you? What is challenging for you?
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 12, 2019 at 07:46AM
Here’s a sort of random one. I was writing a LinkedIn post about a company that offers its employees a way to play “lunch roulette”—they made a website that where you can plug in a date and location, and be matched with another employee, all for the purposes of cross-pollination, to help build a more innovative culture. So I wanted to draw “roulette.” 🖍
What I enjoy about #visualcommunication, as opposed to realism — trying to reproduce something as realistically as possible (which I’ve also spent time doing, and which can also be really fun) is the challenge of figuring out how *little* I can do to communicate an idea.
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It’s not about making the drawing look like a photograph (for one thing, if you’re taking notes that would take way too long!), it’s about expressing a concept quickly and efficiently. And ideally elegantly, too. 😊
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In this case, some stacks of chips helped. And when in doubt, adding a word or words will *always* add clarity! 👍 (Donkey looks more like a dog? No problem! Just add a label and all becomes clear.)
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As with all things design-related, it’s all about finding a solution to a problem. The problem being “how to communicate X in pictures?” It’s a fun challenge! 😊
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 09, 2019 at 08:17PM
Swing. #novemberdrawingchallenge day 9. Sketching a bit before bed. My #pigmamicron (05) is dying. I hate that. I try to make these suckers last as long as I can, because the darn things aren’t refillable—they just go to landfill, which I HATE! But when they start to die they don’t flow anymore. It’s so annoying. 🖍
I’m also working on appreciating my style, instead of hating on it. My default reaction to my drawings is to think, “blech… I wish I could draw like So-and-So!” (Hello, Comparison Trap!) I so admire the clean styles that other people have. But no matter what I do, that is not my strength!! It’s not how I draw!! So instead of denigrating how I DO draw, and seeing it as a flaw, a weakness, I’m working on changing the paradigm, and seeing my style as a STRENGTH.
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Individual style is not actually “good” or “bad,” “better” or “worse,” it just IS what it IS. So-and-So’s style isn’t better than mine; it’s simply different. Some people will be attracted to their style, some people will be attracted to my style, some people will be attracted to both styles! 🖍
The most powerful thing any artist can do is lean into your own style. Fully embrace it and become MORE YOU. .
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 05, 2019 at 10:32AM
Some birthday icons to celebrate my birthday. 😊 It’s not a “big” one, but as far as I’m concerned, every year on this planet is cause for celebration! .
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 04, 2019 at 11:29AM
“Freeze”
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Snapshot from My Studio: November 02, 2019 at 10:00AM
#mindless – November drawing challenge 2
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Snapshot from My Studio: October 31, 2019 at 09:15AM
Death/Tombstone – #inktober #viztober 31
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Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃 .
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Snapshot from My Studio: October 30, 2019 at 08:46AM
Paper & sacked – #inktober #viztober 30
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