#100HeadsChallenge

So I'll update this as and when I complete the heads, but here's the first one for now.
I find these challenges really intimidating, and usually don't take it up because I can't commit and I don't finish it. But I think I need to atleast try!

The challenge is to finish 100 heads in 10 days. I finished 9 today, and it took me about an hour and a half. The goal you need to achieve with the original challenge is to get more confident drawing heads and facial anatomy. Ahmed Aldoori who started the challenge encourages participants to take reference from photos etc. However I changed this up a little bit. I'll definitely do some of the heads for study, but my goal at the moment is to enjoy drawing (like I used to) and just draw for fun, to explore styles and shapes.

I really hope I make it to a 100! Here are the first 9.

Finding the roots

It’s been a while! SOOO I haven’t been updating my blog for such a long time now. I missed writing down my thoughts about art and animation, learning new things, challenging myself. It’s been really difficult to stay motivated lately; so I came back here to find my early inspirations. What used to keep me ticking?

I found a lot of those Artists along with many more whose work moves and entertains. I want to get back to basics, back to learning, and take it one step, one challenge at a time. I want to get as comfortable with drawing as I used to; draw for myself more, not just to do better work. So I thought I can start by posting here more frequently, be it art or artists who inspire me; so that I can always come back to it when things seem flat.

Some of my latest inspirations are Alberto Mielgo, Patrick O'Keefe, Tarun Lak, Shiyoon Kim, Anand Babu, hongsi84, Krishna Chandran, Rudy Hill, Djamila Knopf, Danielly Romero, Rebecca Sugar, Caio Martins,
Amongst the old favourites I want to revisit are Nathan Fawkes, Tom Bancroft, Glen Keane, Goro Fujita, Toby Shelton, Claire Wendling, Normand Lemay, Paul Briggs, Barukuri, Boulecorp, Frank Frazetta, Carter Goodrich, Peter de Seve, Chris Sanders to name a few!

I have been turning to Bobby Chui for his amazing content on Chuistream whenever I need motivation!
One of my favourite interviews is of Paul Briggs, who keeps reminding us that Story is King, and we should never forget to communicate through our drawing. Hope you enjoy listening to the stream too.

J