Task: 3 drawings everyday

Natalie Iacullo
Jul 10, 2017 · 3 min read

By Natalie Iacullo

One day my brother asked me to do three drawings everyday as I am very enthusiastic about the drawing style of manga. I thought to myself “ this must be easy”. After 5 days I wasn’t doing a great job I was rushing,not giving detail and not even doing it at all. So I thought I need something to motivate me to draw everyday. I was going to come up with 3 motivationals that can help you complete the task.

Motivational 1 : music

About three months later I wanted to try again and discover things that motivate me to help me complete this task. I thought about what I like and tried to combined it with drawing. What helps me to draw is always listening to music. It inspires me to draw something different as I listen to the song. Also who doesn’t love singing along to the music!? Even better I get to do two things I love at the same time: drawing and music.

What I suggest doing is to make a playlist either on iTunes, Spotify or any music app. Put songs on the playlist that make you sing and feel happy. Put songs that can make you a bit emotional, it helps me to sketch more detailed and emotional pictures when I listen to those type of songs. Name your playlist something along the lines of : sketching music.

Motivationl 2 : Inspiration

What helps me to grow better in my drawings is to look at other people’s art. I know this sounds like plagiarism but what I do is get inspiration off their drawings and then make it my own. It’s also good to watch tutorials on YouTube but don’t copy exactly what they do, make it your own style and turn it into something better. I have been drawing for four years and still trying to figure out how to turn things into my own style. As a stater watch the tutorials and learn how to do that drawing off by heart, then you can change it up a bit and give it your own little kick on it.

Motivational: 3 Sharing your creativity

Start sharing all your sketches eg. On social media platforms and possibly start a YouTube channel where you can share all your drawings and get responses from people to help you grow and improve. I have a Instagram account where I draw all my Manga and post it. I get a few messages asking to draw this and that and I love hearing what people would like me to do so I could try it out. Instagram drawing acc : Natalie_draws_manga. As the Task is to do 3 drawings a day all these platforms can help motivate you to draw. You could post 3 times a day and keep active at doing that. When you get lots of feedback it will really motivate you to do even more!

I challenge you!

I challenge you to try this task for a month straight. I would love to hear how you are doing and if you would like to ask me any questions feel free!! I will try to post something different every month so stay tuned for more! Thankyou Everyone ❤️

-Natalie Iacullo

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