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NOV 2020
#Huevember
Alliedotpsd
Gives Her Insight and Advice Regarding the
Year’s Most Colorful Drawing Challenge
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EDITOR’S NOTE 10
Allison Bahr
Editor-In-Chief
allisonbahr.site
I
can’t believe it’s already November.
The months sure have gone by
quickly, and it feels like it was only
yesterday that it was spring break. I
think I can speak for everyone when
I say that it has been hard to stay
productive during these troubling
times, however, we must push through
and exceed our own expectations.
November is a weird month, it falls
between two months that have
countdowns to their respective
worldwide holidays, and November
is just there building up anticipation
while generally being a pretty
unremarkable month. However,
November doesn’t have to feel like
a November thanks to this month’s
month-long art challenge, Huevember.
I am so thankful for such a beautiful
and bright challenge especially in
the darkest of times, hopefully, this
challenge will brighten the spirits of
everyone who participates, and give
them something to look forward to
each day.
Regardless, I hope you all enjoy our
first edition of LAYERED Magazine.
We expect big things in the coming
months, so stay tuned, stay healthy,
and stay LAYERED.
Best,
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#HUEVEMBER
Digital artist on the rise, Alliedotpsd,
gives her insight and advice regarding
this month long celebration of color!
By Star Girl
Contents
04 Editor’s Note
Top of the Month
06 Free Art Apps We Love
Reviews
08 Procreate 5X: 2 Months In
09 iPad Air 4 Review
Gallery
10 Artist: @Catneylang
12 Artist: @Alliedotpsd
13 Artist: @Carlzsays
Features
14 #Huevember
22 Interview: FatimaJPEG
28 Try These Art Challenges!
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TOP OF THE MONTH
FREE Art Apps We Love
Give Them a Try! You Have Nothing to Lose!
List Curated By The LAYERED Staff
Ilias Sounas for Tayasui Sketches
Medibang
Ibis Paint X
Tayasui Sketches
MediBang Paint is a lightweight digital
painting and comic creation program
that comes loaded with brushes, fonts,
pre-made backgrounds, and other
resources. MediBang Paint is available
on Windows, Mac OS X, Android,
and iOS. The app uses cloud saving
allowing users to easily transfer their
work between platforms.
There’s a possibility to purchase an adfree
version for $7.99
Ibis Paint X is a popular and versatile
drawing app downloaded more than
35 million times in total. Ibis Paint
comes with over 2100 materials, over
990 fonts, 142 brushes, 37 filters, 46
screen tones, and 27 blending modes.
Ibis paint can also record your process
similarly to Procreate.
You can purchase a pro version to
remove ads for $6.99
Tayasui Sketches is the most realistic,
versatile, and user-friendly sketching
app designed for a mobile device. This
exhaustive artist’s toolbox helps users
create dazzling sketches, cheerful
paintings, and smashing illustrations
on the go.
Tayasui sketches is free. However,
there are in-app purchases, and a pro
version is available for $5.99
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The iPad Air 4 is Here
Is it Worth Upgrading Your Older Hardware?
By The LAYERED Staff
LAYERED REVIEWS
Artwork © Apple Inc.
The new Apple iPad Air 4 has a new
design, an A14 chip, and 4GB RAM.
In the real world, there’s no speed
difference between the iPad Air 4 and
iPad Pro 2018, or even the iPad Air 3
(2019). The main selling points for the
iPad Air 4 are the laminated display
and compact design that makes it so
portable, and it’s cheaper than the
iPad Pro. The updated design of the
iPad Air 4 looks great. The drawing
performance is fantastic, much like
that of the iPad Pro for a fraction of
the price. The price of the 64GB iPad
Air 4 is $599, which is $100 more than
the previous model. Since the drawing
performance is the same, that extra
$100 is just for the change in design.
Bottom Line
Procreate 5X: 2 Months In
How Well Does This Update Stack Up?
By The Greg Pugh
Savage Interactive’s Procreate, available
from the App Store, is some of the best
digital illustration software I’ve ever
used, not only for iOS but also on any
platform. With their latest 5X update,
they’ve not only improved upon
existing features but also added new
ones that users like myself have been
asking for.
New features such as snapping, a
reference companion, and color palette
capturing have been on my wishlist
for a while, and 5X brings them all to
fruition. However, it also adds things
that I didn’t even know I wanted,
such as being able to control image
adjustments precisely with an Apple
Pencil and additional quick menus.
Some of the new features in the 5X
update might be very useful for some
artists, but they go mostly unused in
my workflow.
Overall, I’m really happy with all of the
new features Procreate has brought
with its free 5X update. The small
additions like snapping and being able
to fine-tune image adjustments with
an Apple Pencil are very welcomed and
the larger updates like the reference
companion and color palette capture
tool make it a joy to use. Although
I personally haven’t used things like
FacePaint, Chromatic Aberration,
and Gradient Mapping much, I know
there are a lot of artists who are
creating magnificent works of art
with those tools, which goes to show
that Procreate 5X has something for
everyone’s workflows.
Bottom Line
Procreate is the main reason that I
own an iPad and it’s why I barely use
my Wacom Cintiq and MacBook Pro
anymore. It makes drawing on the iPad
fun and its full range of features and
constant updates keep me coming back
for more.
LAYERED Rating: 5/5
Artworks © Savage Interactive Pty Ltd.
The new processor is not going to
make you draw better or faster. The
iPad Air 2018 by today’s standard is
still an incredibly powerful tablet. We
recommend waiting before going all in
and purchasing the new iPad for the
sake of it being new.
LAYERED Rating: 2.5/5
Should You
Upgrade?
Sometimes we as digital artists
feel a lot of FOMO when
wanting to buy the latest and
greatest hardware, in this case, the
iPad. But do you really need the
newest iPad? Use this flowchart to see
if you’re due for an upgrade!
Is your iPad broken?
YES
NO
UPGRADE!
Is your iPad slowing
down?
YES
NO
Can your iPad run the
apps you use?
YES
NO
WAIT TO UPGRADE!
UPGRADE!
WAIT TO UPGRADE!
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GALLERY
Showcasing: Digital Artists on the Rise
Curated By The Layered Staff
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@catneylang
LOCATION: US MEDIA: Clip Studio Paint
Courtney is a graphic designer from Wichita KS. When they
can, Courtney draws fanart of their favorite media and posts
it on their social media, in turn amassing over 70K followers
on Instagram. Courtney draws inspiration from a multitude
of art genres of the 20th century, but has recently been
taking a liking to Art Nouveau as seen in their recent work.
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Inspired by Alphonse Mucha
“My friends and I were talking
about Alphonse Mucha's work in
a server one night and my hand
possessed my body to make this."
2
Joestar Radio
“I'm so excited for next month's
Joestar Radio as my two favorite
voice actors are going to voice in it!
So I drew the characters they voice in
celebration.”
3
Crazy, Noisy, Bizarre Boy
“A quick sketch I did before work.
Was pleasantly surprised with the
outcome as I had never drawn this
character before.”
4
Joseph’s Adolescence
“These were for one of my
favorite character’s 100th birthday.”
3
4
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@alliedotpsd
LOCATION: US MEDIA: Procreate
Allison Bahr is a graphic design graduate living in Corpus Christi, TX. She in her own words “doesn’t
have time to draw,” but when she can, she tends to draw cropped in portraits of characters she likes,
staring into the souls of their viewers. Allison mainly draws for fun, occasionally posting her process
videos on the short-form content app, Tik Tok.
@carlzsays
LOCATION: US MEDIA: Procreate
LAYERED GALLERY
Carolina Alvarez is an ATEC graduate from the University of
Texas at Dallas. She loves board games, video games, cosplay, and D&D. Carolina found great success on
the short-form content app, Tik Tok, by giving advice and tutorials regarding her art process using the
widely popular drawing app, Procreate.
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The Shady Lady
“Constance from Fire Emblem:
Three Houses reminds me a lot of
myself. She is a bit extreme with how
she handles her emotions, and I can
relate to that quite a bit. I feel like I
always have a rain cloud hanging over
me, haha.”
2
Jotaro Sketch
“This sketch was more to test out
the new features in Procreate. I did so
many iterations with the new gradient
maps feature, and needless to say, I’m
obsessed with the new update.”
3 Locked-On
“This piece was fun! I never really
work with perspective and in-focus/
out-of-focus details, but I’m glad I
pushed myself out of my comfort zone
for this piece.”
3
2 3
1
Howl and Sophie
“Found time and finally did my
own take on a Ghibli Redraw.”
2 Haru
“In the game of love, the more
desperate you are, the more you lose.”
3
Death of a Bachelor
"This piece is actually a drawing of
@theo.masters on Instagram! I simply
HAD to draw the hot skele-ma'am."
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LAYERED FEATURE
#Huevember
LAYERED Editor-In-Chief, Allison Bahr, Gives Her Advice
Regarding this Month Long Celebration of Color!
Written By Star Girl
November is the time of year
in the northern hemisphere
where it feels like all life
is being sucked away. The skies
become grayer the days are starting
to get shorter, snow is starting to
fall in some places, and there are no
flowering plants in sight. Huevember
comes at a perfect time of year where
everything feels so dull. Huevember is
a month-long drawing-a-day challenge
riding off the coattails of last month’s
challenge, Inktober. Unlike Inktober,
where the focus is drawing in black
in white, this challenge is ALL about
the color. Each day you are assigned
a particular hue to make the focus
of your drawing for 30 days. Color
makes us feel certain emotions. The
absence of color feels dreary. The over
the prevalence of many colors can be
overwhelming. Complementary colors
feel harmonious while contrasting
colors can create division. One overall
hue can bring a sense of balance and
unification to the viewer, and that
fact is the overall spirit of this month’s
challenge. Allison Bahr is a hobbyist
digital artist turned graphic designer/
magazine creator from South Texas
who has been honing her craft for over
a decade. In lieu of the quarantine,
Allison has come out of her comfort
zone to take this drawing-a-day
challenge head-on.
The contributors of LAYERED
magazine were able to catch up and
hang with the editor-in-chief to hear
her insight and advice regarding this
month-long celebration of color for
this month’s LAYERED Feature story.
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How have you been doing
recently?
I’ve been good! Been trying my hardest
to make it through the year. I think my
art has improved substantially over the
course of the quarantine, so that’s a
plus. Just trying to graduate now, haha.
Have you ever done a
challenge like this before?
I’ve actually never done any sort of
drawing challenge before, well, I take
that back, I’ve never done a challenge
of this breadth before. Challenges I’ve
done in the past were one-off’s like
the toonme challenge, the sailor moon
screencap redraw, or the draw this in
your style challenge. This challenge is
a whole different beast because of the
30-day length.
What is your favorite hue to
work with?
Personally, I’ve never been a fan of
working with color. I struggle to find
colors that “fit” well with the pieces I
create. I’ve always been more partial to
working in black and white as opposed
to color. I guess if I had to choose hues
that I like on a basis of what my eyes
are drawn to, then I would probably
have to say pinks and purples, as they
are my favorite colors.
Interesting! Why did
you want to attempt this
challenge then?
To test my mettle, haha! If you don’t
step out of your comfort zone, how
will you improve, right?
What tools are you using to
complete this challenge?
I switch a lot between programs and
tools, but that’s just my indecisive
nature. For this challenge, I’m only
using two programs, Procreate on
iPad for sketching and value shading,
and Photoshop for gradient mapping
the colors.
Do you consider gradient
maps cheating for this
challenge?
Cheating, no; a smarter workflow
for me personally, yes, haha. You still
have to actually draw your pieces and
give them value shading, and choose
gradient stops that work well together,
so I don’t think that’s cheating by
any stretch of the imagination. You
can’t make a solid piece for gradient
maps without good value shading and
gradient stop selection. I could spend
10 hours choosing colors ultimately
for them to not work well together,
so gradient mapping just works best
for my workflow as an artist on the go
who tends to overthink her decisions.
And how can you not want to at
least tryout gradient maps, they are
infinitely more accessible now with
the new Procreate 5X update, haha.
Gradient maps are just as much a tool
for digital artists as let’s say, the lasso
tool, so use what you have at your
disposal to make your pieces, it’s all for
fun at the end of the day.
What is your game plan for
the huevember challenge?
I don’t know! Draw every day, I
guess! No, but really, I think I’m
going to stick with drawing these
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cosmic girls, it’s just a whole lot
easier on my brain to stick with
a theme, but I also want to see a
cohesive collection of
works at the end, that
would be so cool.
Do you think everyone
should stick to drawing
the same subject
everyday?
No, not unless you want to. I’m just
doing it because of my tight schedule
and my lack of brain space for
anything else, haha. Don’t feel like
you have to draw the same thing
every day. Above all else, draw
what makes you happy.
Artists tend to feel
a sense of burnout
when attempting these
challenges, how do you
think you’ll fare with this
challenge?
This is my first-month long challenge,
so I’m not too sure. I tend to look at
it pretty pragmatically when it comes
to drawing, if I’m stressing out about
doing a drawing a day, then I need to
stop, it won’t be good for me to be in
that head-space.
Do you have any words
for artists who may be
attempting this challenge?
Drawing each day can feel like a
chore if you aren’t in the mood.
Pace yourself when attempting this
challenge. If you feel like you can’t
do the whole thirty days, then that’s
ok. Have fun with this challenge, and
share your art with the world!
You can find Allison and her
art on Instagram, Tumblr,
and Twitter @alliedotpsd.
Artworks © Allison Bahr
Allison typically spends most
of her time choosing colors for
her work. With limiting herself
to one hue for this challenge, it
has proven to make her faster
at completing each art piece,
as it requires a little less brain
power on her end.
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LAYERED FEATURE
FatimaJPEG
FatimaJPEG has been doing the #samecharacter
trend before it was a trend.
Written By The LAYERED Staff
FatimaJPEG has been taking the Internet by
storm with her whimsical interpretations
of some of the most popular anime and
pop culture characters. FatimaJPEG, or known
by the mononym Fatima, is a 21-year-old
design student and illustrator from Pakistan,
currently working towards her bachelor’s
degree from the National College of Arts.
She is most well known for her affinity
towards a certain pompadour-clad Japanese
high school delinquent from Hirohiko
Araki's multi-part action-adventure series,
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, but opting to bend his design and
outfit choices in a way that is a bit softer and more "high
fashion." Her artistic style can be described as "Anime meets
Vogue," as she frequently chooses to draw her favorite
cartoon characters in fashionable outfits while looking
effortlessly beautiful similar in style to that of fashion
illustrations.
At the time of this interview, Fatima currently boasts over
12K followers on Instagram, 10k on Twitter, averages 2000
notes per art post on Tumblr, and is growing bigger more
than ever. She is also the organizer of the #southasianartists
collective, a group of artists coming together to celebrate
their South Asian heritage and share their art in social media
spaces that under-represent this diverse and wildly talented
group of artists. It is with great pleasure that the artist was
able to sit down with the columnists at LAYERED to give
some insight into her drawing process, favorite tools, and
how she stays motivated even when drawing the same
character over and over again.
First off, thank you so much for lending us
your time! How have you been?
No problem, happy to be here! And fine, thank you. School
has been kind of a hassle this year, but I’m managing despite
the circumstances.
That’s right, you’re still a student! How long
do you have left? And what degree are you
pursuing?
I’m in my final year of my design program, so I’m almost
done! Just one more semester after this fall, thank goodness.
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What made you want to do
digital art?
Anime, haha! No, but seriously, I think
a lot of digital artists in my age bracket
have the same story when it comes
to their start in digital art. We get so
enamored by the cartoons and media
we consume as kids, and just search
for more and for ways to replicate the
media we are consuming. Generally,
we are all inquisitive minds, haha.
Tell us about the artist
collective you started, what
made you want to start this
venture?
I, a woman of Pakistani origin, started
the #southasianartists collective
as a way for South Asians to find a
community in this space. It feels as if
we are really underrepresented in the
digital art space and that’s honestly
a shame. Great digital artists are
found all over the world, not just in
the Western part of the world or East
Asia, and I just wanted to highlight a
geographic group that pertained and
meant a lot to me.
What are your favorite tools
to use when making your
work? I suppose you use
procreate? That app has
been so popular with digital
artists in recent years.
You know, it’s funny you say that
because I actually have never used
“I think a lot of digital artists in
my age bracket have the same story
when it comes to their start in
digital art.”
Procreate seriously. You see, I grew
up in a time of digital art where you
could only draw on your computer
by using a USB tablet. It wasn’t until
recently that everyone was drawing
on iPads, haha. My background in my
previous digital works was mostly in
Photoshop and clip studio paint on
desktop, however, I do have an iPad
Pro that I use for the majority of my
recent works. The software I use is
Clip Studio Paint EX for iPad. I like
CSP because of my strong background
in desktop art apps; I just really like
the number of tools and customization
you can get out of this app, plus there
really wasn’t a learning curve for me
since it is a straight port of the desktop
version. You guys need to stop sleeping
on CSP, it really is a great art app, even
more so than Procreate in my opinion.
Though I guess a monthly payment is
kind of annoying, whereas Procreate is
definitely more budget-conscious.
How do you come up with
your ideas? Your art is
so exquisite and has this
effortless beauty, it’s like
you made one paint stroke
and made a masterpiece.
A lot of my ideas do stem from popular
Internet trends, current pop culture,
or pop culture of the past. Some of my
most engaged posts pertain to fashion
adorning a specific character, whether
that be “meme-y” clothing or clothing
trends that were big in specific periods
of time. I start with a specific pose in
mind, usually with a gesture drawing,
find appropriate clothing, then I let my
hands do the rest, haha. But at its core,
I want my art to tell stories. It can be a
bit hard to tell a story just from posing
a character in specific clothing, but it’s
something I strive to do in each piece.
Let’s talk about Josuke, why
do you love drawing him?
He’s just a baby, ok? He’s got this like,
strange but adorable look to him that is
so enticing to draw. Araki [the creator
of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure] really made
a peak character design with him, he’s
just so perfect visually and he’s written
so beautifully as well. The dichotomy
of a 6’1, 180 lb delinquent teenager,
coupled with the idea of him being so
concerned about his appearance is just
so charming to me.
Would you consider
yourself obsessed with this
character?
Yes, very much so, haha! No, but really,
I just like being able to bend his design
in ways people would not really expect.
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Do you ever get bored
of drawing the same
characters?
No, not at the moment. It makes me
happy for the time being. I’m sure that
if I were to get bored, my art would
start to get stale, then I’d have to step
away for a bit, but as of right now,
I’m perfectly content with what I’m
drawing right now.
Do you ever draw anything
other than Josuke?
Of course!! What kind of question is
that, haha. You may see Josuke in my
posts as of recently, but the stuff I post
or I don’t post doesn’t always pertain
to the character. Oftentimes I practice
clothing and muscle anatomy or
practice realism, but those are more for
me, I just don’t always feel comfortable
sharing works that I made for myself.
How do you stay motivated
to draw something different
even when drawing the
same character? Surely you
must feel like you are bound
to run out of ideas when
drawing the same character.
Not necessarily. There is always room
for ideas when drawing the same
character, they may not always be the
most thought-provoking, but there are
always ideas, haha. I stay motivated
by finding ways to tell different
stories with this character. I could
make a funny one-off comic about
the character, I could do a vogue style
illustration or even a short animation.
The only limit you have is yourself, you
just have to push yourself to create,
you can’t let self-doubt get in the way
of your creations. Your only limit is
yourself at the end of the day.
Your fanart of Josuke has
really been blowing up
lately. Do you fear if you
stop drawing fanart that
your growth won’t be as
substantial as it is now?
You know, that is a valid fear, and it
does stick with me to an extent, but
I’m trying to look at this thought a bit
more unilaterally and not agonize over
it too much. I like to think that people
follow and like me for my art style, not
just the subject matter, and if that’s not
the case, that’s not the company I’d like
to keep anyway so good riddance.
“I like to think
that people
follow and like
me for my art
style, not just the
subject matter,
and if that’s not
the case, that’s
not company
I’d like to keep
anyway.”
Do you think you’ll draw
Josuke forever?
Who knows?! I could be an old lady
and still draw him from time to time.
Hirohiko Araki [the creator of Jojo’s
Bizarre Adventure] still draws his first
character from 1987 almost 35 years
later, so I don’t see why I can’t draw
one of my favorite characters from his
series forever. I don’t know, I really do
appreciate his work, something about
his character design and writing has
really stuck with me, similarly in the
way it seems to leave an impression on
anyone who comes across the series.
Do you have any plans for
the future?
Finally graduating, haha! Focusing
more on my artwork after I graduate is
a must for me. I also want to grow the
community I started. Other than that,
I don’t know, wherever the wind takes
me is where I’ll be! The excitement
of life is not knowing what's
going to come next.
Any last words
before we
close out the
interview?
Sure, thank you all
for chatting with
me! To the people
reading this: draw
what makes you
happy. Don't think
that you have to draw
what everyone else is
drawing because it'll
get you engagement
or followers, you'll
end up hating your
art that way. Take
care of yourselves,
and draw for YOU.
You are your own
worst critic after all.
Thank you so
much for chatting
with us Fatima!
No problem! This was a lot of fun. It
was a pleasure to be apart your first
issue! I would most definitely love
to do this again sometime. Happy
holidays guys! Stay safe and healthy
out there!
You can find Fatima on
tumblr, Instagram and
twitter @FatimaJPEG
Artworks © FatimaJPEG
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BEFORE YOU GO
Some practices can be boring,
especially if you spend many
hours on them to achieve your
goal. Yes, drawing takes a lot of time
and patience. Sometimes it can be
really demotivating and discouraging
when you struggle with something,
spend the amount of time on training,
but don’t see any progress. So, I
gathered this list of fun challenges,
that not only will help you deal with
your art block but will also help you
improve your drawing skills. Check
them out!
Tag us on Instagram @LAYEREDMAG
if you try these challenges!
on an actual photo – the artwork is
divided into half. One half is the actual
photo, the other half is the illustration.
It’s a great way to introduce yourself
to your followers, and show them
your real face. Well, at least a part of
it! The Toonme challenge was created
by illustrator René Córdova, a Marvel
illustrator based in Guadalajara,
Mexico. Córdova created the challenge
on January 7th, 2020 by sharing a selfie
that was half photograph and half
illustration.
Hashtags: #toonme
#toonmeChallenge
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#faceyourart
Six Fanarts is an Art Challenge where
artists draw 6 characters suggested
by other people. The artists usually
post on their social media (ex. Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram) question, and
then pick out from post’s comments
the following characters to draw. The
artists use a template for this challenge
where they paste into squares their
previously drawn fanarts or draw
directly on the template. There are no
rules and no time limit.
Hashtags: #6Fanarts #sixfanarts
#SixFanartsChallenge
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#SailorMoonRedraw
Face your Art is an art challenge,
where the artist makes a collage of
his artworks. The collage consists
of 9 different art pieces made by the
challenger – usually, that are faces of
the drawn characters, cropped into
squares. The Artist draws conclusions
from his paintings – mostly what they
have in common and what drawing
mistakes the artist makes and writes
them in the artwork’s description.
Hashtags: #Faceyourart
#Faceyourartchallenge
#Faceyourartmeme
Suffering From Art Block?
Try These Art Challenges!
Let Your Creativity Flow With These Popular Art
Challenges.
Written By Anna Wieszcza
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#Dtiys
Draw this in your style (short: DTIYS)
is an art challenge, where artists
draw an already existing artwork,
but in their own style. Certain rules
can be imposed. Usually, when an
artist decides to host the “draw this
in your art style” challenge, he/she
posts an artwork with the hashtag and
explanation – very often including
rules (what is allowed and what’s not).
Therefore if you decided to participate
in a challenge hosted by an artist, be
sure to read the artwork’s description.
Hashtags: #dtiys #drawthisinyourstyle
#drawthisinyourstylechallenge
game and draw a different character
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ToonMe is an art challenge, where
artists create a stylized auto portrait
– usually in cartoon style. It’s based
Sailor Moon Redraw Challenge is an
art challenge, where artists from all
around the world redraw Sailor Moon
– Usagi, in their own art style. There
are no restrictions regarding tools,
you can use both: traditional or digital
media. This challenge goes beyond the
borders – you don’t actually have to
draw to participate in this challenge.
You can use 3d software and sculpt
a 3d model, create a sculpture from
wood, or even do a cosplay! Many
artists combine their Sailor Moon
fanart with another anime/cartoon/
Hashtags: #SailorMoonRedraw
#Sailormoonredrawchallenge
#sailormoonchallenge
Artist Credit:
Opposite page (left-right):
@juditmallolart, @kellyannedalton,
@sophiemcpike, @mervedilekefe
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@ikimaru, @kantakerro,
@f_ushinoyabo, @lulusketches
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