S410 - Day #1
Starter for Ten - April 6th 2023
Inspired by the list at the back of Aaron James Draplin’s book Pretty Much Everything that I had been reading the night before I decided to brain dump what I love and hate to see if it would give me any ideas for what to draw next. I was surprised my love list was longer than the hate one, a nice start to the day.
Ten minutes of quick sketching of my favourite symbol the smiley face. I’m slightly obsessed.
I tend to judge myself during the process of drawing, much more than writing. I know I’m not a writer but I feel I should be better at drawing as I’m a designer. Hello inner critic! Made some notes to self to document the things that were making me feel free.
This guy was my favourite.
Day one complete, marked with the first link in the chain. Thank you to Shan, Em and Tom for their encouragement and support in helping me start this challenge. See you tomorrow.
Starter for Ten (S410) is a daily creative exercise that I will do for the next 30 days. I set a ten-minute timer and write whatever comes into my head. After that I do the same to create a visual. The idea is to loosen up, create daily and get over the idea that everything I make needs to be perfect or have a purpose.
I will document the process here on this site and on my Instagram stories. Photos will be unedited to keep it real. This challenge both terrifies and excites me, let’s see what happens.
