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"This is my nose painting"
"...but it's an eye?"
"Oh, no you misunderstand; I painted it with my nose..."
"...um why?"

So a few things... One: I was recently reminded of my love of drawing/painting eyes, and Two: I spent a few hours breaking up ice from my driveway, and my arms were noodles and useless and too shaky to trust drawing... I had a spontaneous idea to use my nose, and I went with it lol. I was periodically giggling with delight because of how ridiculous and obsurd and strange it was to essentially finger-paint with my nose, while at the same time, I could actively notice my control improve, and my eyesight adjust to the awkardness of being a centimetre from the screen as I smudged my schnoz around. I had a blast, and it definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone, while still painting something I'm fairly comfortable with. I had fun.

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Draw 365 Challenge

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Starting March 1, 2022, I aim to draw every day until February 28, 2023.

I'll be drawing everyday for a variety of reasons:
- To learn how to show up to draw everyday
- To grow in creativity, and re-learn how to dream while drawing
- To strengthen my literal and figurative drawing muscles
- To benefit from the mental health that drawing can help with
But the largest reason is that I recently burned out on freelance illustration, and I would like to get back into it. This can't happen until I have healthier practices are in place. One such practice I've heard to be useful in preventing future burnout is learning to not neglect my own projects, and taking time to just draw for fun every day.

So here we are.

Let's lay down some goals:
- I will submit 365 posts of my 'minimum effort required' drawing every day here.
  Establishing a ridiculously low bar has been useful for me to complete dailies in the past, even though I would often go above and beyond the 'minimum effort'. For this project I've established that my 'M.E.R' will be submitting at least ONE sketch of a random character head; something I usually can fill a page with in a sitting, so this should be simple enough to complete on the days where I need to "phone it in" to keep the chain unbroken.
- I may wish to, though am not obligated to, participate in the online drawing community's various monthly drawing challenges such as "Mermay", "Kaijune", "Inktober", or my own idea (though likely not unique) of "Finished Fridays", where I would aim to have a presentably finished work every Friday, either from scratch, or taking a previous day's sketch and polishing it up.
- Although I have established my 'M.E.R' squarely in my comfort zone, I hope to have days when I work to improve areas I feel weaker in.
With that out of the way. I'm excited to see what sort of results will come from this personal challenge!
Next week: DAY ONE!

Chris Barkman

Multidisciplinary Creative Solutions

I'm an INFP, married to an INFJ. I love rainy days, cats, a good cup of coffee, and all things creative.

I've worked as a print and digital graphic designer since graduating Red River College's Graphic Design course in 2012, and I've been drawing most of my life.

I never want to stop improving, and I would love to be able to offer my growing skill-set to help people's dreams become reality.

However, I am in a stage of renewal and recharge, and so will not be taking on new projects. Hopefully I will be in a position again in the future where I could help you bring your unique project to life!

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Draw 365 Challenge

Let's lay down some goals:

Chris Barkman