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06-13-2020, 09:09 PM
2020 Summer Art Challenge
Whether you're an accomplished artist or you can barely hold a pencil, you are invited to join the 2020 Summer Art Challenge! We're taking a leaf out of the Writing Challenge ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) to put together a chill creative activity to get us through these Trying Times™.
"But I can't art!" – yes, you can! This is a low-stress, inclusive challenge, for all skill levels and time commitments. For newer creators or those who want to take it easy, there are "fun mode" prompts. For those with more experience under their belts, "challenge mode" has conventional art challenge prompts. You can mix and match easy and hard stuff, or go all easy.
Rules & Submission Info
Rules
No need to sign up to enter this challenge - jump in whenever you like. The challenge begins today and closes on July 15th at midnight NST.
Complete as many prompts as you want in any order you like. You can also combine multiple prompts into a single submission.
Submissions should be your own work unless specified by a prompt; please link to references or asset sources if used!
Submissions must abide by the forum's rules ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).
Comments/discussion about submissions should be made on the Art Challenge Discussion Thread ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), not on individual threads, and should be supportive in nature
Any medium is allowed; traditional, digital, cake decorating, embroidery, DTI creations, photomanips, mixtapes, fanvids, Spotify playlists, ceramics, textiles, flower-arranging, etc. Do what you enjoy most, or try experimenting with something new!
You don't have to produce a masterpiece for every prompt. Doodles / simple creations are fine. This is supposed to be fun, not a burden!
How to submit
Choose your prompt & create the thing!
Decide if you want to share your submissions publicly, privately, or a mix of both. Protecting your identity comes first: if you are worried about a stylistic tell or giveaway in a given piece, submit it privately! In general, the prompts were chosen to avoid too much overlap with Neopets subject matter and will be quite different to anything you'd put in the BC.
For public submissions: if you feel comfortable sharing certain submissions publicly, post them as you go on a dedicated thread entitled "Art Challenge Submissions - " in the Graphics Competitions Forum ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
[U]For private submissions: if you wish to submit some (or all) submissions privately, post them as you go on a dedicated thread entitled "Art Challenge Submissions - [username]" in the Private Art Challenge Submission Forum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Submissions will be visible only to you, the mods, and me as the host. You can have both a public and private thread going at once and decide where to post each piece according to your comfort level.
The Prize
You'd join in just for the sheer pleasure of it, but how about a little incentive, too? If you complete 15 prompts by midnight NST on July 15, 2020, you will unlock this gorgeous userbar:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Lovingly crafted by the talented Flordibel, who is also modelling the permission group font that gets unlocked with this userbar. Isn't it glorious?
FAQ
1. Can I use old creations as submissions?
No, the idea is to create things during the challenge. However, if a prompt inspires you to revisit an older creation (like repainting a piece of pottery you made years ago), that works!
2. Can I submit some things privately and some things publicly?
Yes! You can have a private and public thread going at once. Only share what you're comfortable sharing in your public thread, otherwise, go private!
3. Can I combine prompts?
YES! Combine "Japan" and "Something edible" and draw (or make) sushi! Combine "fairytale," "architecture" and "gothic" and design a dark faerie fortress! Indicate which prompts you're responding to so I can count them towards your total.
4. How do I post pictures on clraik?
Upload the image to your preferred image host (imgur.com ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is popular) and wrap the image's url in these tags to post it on cK:
5. Are collaborations allowed?
Of course! Note that only individual submissions will count towards the 15 prompts required for the userbar, however!
6. How do I get the userbar?
Complete at least 15 prompts by midnight NST on July 15, 2020!
7. How NSFW can we get?
We are following the forum's rules on this, to wit: "Do not post any sexual or any adult-related content anywhere on the site". Tasteful nudity in a figure drawing is fine, put things in spoilers if in doubt, and use your judgement.
Fun Prompts
Interpret these however you want to in whatever medium you want! Don't even bother asking me for clarification on a prompt, the world is your oyster, my radiant pearl. Many of these are five-minute-or-less affairs. Doodles are fine.
Some prompts say "draw" but don't feel limited to traditional drawing. Do anything! If you submit a pie with a triangle cat on it, I will be overjoyed!
1. A cat, but only using triangles
2. Your favourite animal, but using your non-dominant hand (if you're perfectly ambidextrous, you get to use your feet)
3. A dinosaur, but draw it with your eyes closed
4. Make a meme, Neopets related or otherwise
5. Your clraik avatar, but make it fashion
6. A flamingo, but upside-down (you can draw the flamingo upside-down, or while you yourself are upside-down, your call)
7. Sea creatures
8. Black and white
9. "Think pink"
10. Fangs
11. Photomanip, but terrible: produce a picture of something using only pictures of something else (example: "Nothing in this picture is not Snoop Dogg ([Only registered and activated users can see links])")
12. Baby animal!
13. Australia
14. Your favourite character from whatever media, but as a bunny
15. IRL pet
16. Your theme is: pastels
17. GIANT SQUID
18. Pokemon
19. Cowboys
20. Create the flag of an imaginary country of which you are the reigning monarch
21. Your theme is: gothic
22. France
23. Something from your favourite game
24. Something edible
25. Rainbows
26. Japan
27. A place you want to visit
28. Inspirational quote spoof, complete with cheesy background, � la Instagram inspo ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
29. Fairytale
30. Free day x 3 (create anything you want up to 3 times; each instance will count as an prompt completion)
Challenge Prompts
Again, all of these prompts are wide open to interpretation. There is no prompt police. These are more conventional art challenge prompts, most of which were yoinked from the last art challenge thread. If you're looking for some warmups or wanting to practice annoying things (cough, hands) and need some inspo, try these!
1. A figure (human or animal or whatever being you'd like) using a reference (please link to reference)
2. A figure in action, using a reference (please link to reference)
3. A part of the human anatomy you have trouble with, x5
4. Quick gestures and silhouettes, x5
5. Design a character based on something generated by [Only registered and activated users can see links]
6. A study of a texture you aren't familiar with (feathers, fluff, hair, skin, fur, scales, 5 o'clock shadows, the wrinkly part of elbows – anything!)
7. A landscape of a place you've never been
8. A scene with 1pt perspective
9. A scene with 2pt perspective
10. An animal you've never drawn before
11. Draw with both hands at once. (Dual wield those pencils like the boss bitch you are)
12. Make something usually cute into something monstrous! 90 ft tall Godzilla kitten!
13. Lighting study (choose your own lightsource: blue moon? candles? magic orbs?)
14. Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Practice it! x5
15. Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character based on that thing, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration
16. Shading practice using hatching, crosshatching, and/or pointillism
17. "Coffee or tea?"
18. Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors. You can use [Only registered and activated users can see links] to generate a palette
19. A scene/object/character, but no lines allowed, only shapes
20. Architecture study
21. Flying
22. Create the floorplan of your dream home. Label the rooms and stuff, let us explore with you
23. Movement study: dance
24. Draw something without lifting your pen/pencil/stylus/piping bag/implement
25. Joy
26. A representation of yourself
27. Create something based on this Rorshach generator ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (can be in whole or in part)
28. Something in a style you've never tried before. If emulating an artist, link us!
29. A character displaying 10 emotions/expressions
30. Create something chibified and cute out of something that's usually considered ugly (like a goblin shark) (apologies to any goblin sharks out there)
Questions? PM me ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) or post them on the discussion thread! ALL skill levels are welcome to join: if you need a pep talk, I am here to tell you how and why you are worthy of joining in. Otherwise, get creating! Can't wait to see what you come up with! <3
Whether you're an accomplished artist or you can barely hold a pencil, you are invited to join the 2020 Summer Art Challenge! We're taking a leaf out of the Writing Challenge ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) to put together a chill creative activity to get us through these Trying Times™.
"But I can't art!" – yes, you can! This is a low-stress, inclusive challenge, for all skill levels and time commitments. For newer creators or those who want to take it easy, there are "fun mode" prompts. For those with more experience under their belts, "challenge mode" has conventional art challenge prompts. You can mix and match easy and hard stuff, or go all easy.
Rules & Submission Info
Rules
No need to sign up to enter this challenge - jump in whenever you like. The challenge begins today and closes on July 15th at midnight NST.
Complete as many prompts as you want in any order you like. You can also combine multiple prompts into a single submission.
Submissions should be your own work unless specified by a prompt; please link to references or asset sources if used!
Submissions must abide by the forum's rules ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).
Comments/discussion about submissions should be made on the Art Challenge Discussion Thread ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), not on individual threads, and should be supportive in nature
Any medium is allowed; traditional, digital, cake decorating, embroidery, DTI creations, photomanips, mixtapes, fanvids, Spotify playlists, ceramics, textiles, flower-arranging, etc. Do what you enjoy most, or try experimenting with something new!
You don't have to produce a masterpiece for every prompt. Doodles / simple creations are fine. This is supposed to be fun, not a burden!
How to submit
Choose your prompt & create the thing!
Decide if you want to share your submissions publicly, privately, or a mix of both. Protecting your identity comes first: if you are worried about a stylistic tell or giveaway in a given piece, submit it privately! In general, the prompts were chosen to avoid too much overlap with Neopets subject matter and will be quite different to anything you'd put in the BC.
For public submissions: if you feel comfortable sharing certain submissions publicly, post them as you go on a dedicated thread entitled "Art Challenge Submissions - " in the Graphics Competitions Forum ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
[U]For private submissions: if you wish to submit some (or all) submissions privately, post them as you go on a dedicated thread entitled "Art Challenge Submissions - [username]" in the Private Art Challenge Submission Forum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Submissions will be visible only to you, the mods, and me as the host. You can have both a public and private thread going at once and decide where to post each piece according to your comfort level.
The Prize
You'd join in just for the sheer pleasure of it, but how about a little incentive, too? If you complete 15 prompts by midnight NST on July 15, 2020, you will unlock this gorgeous userbar:
[Only registered and activated users can see links]
Lovingly crafted by the talented Flordibel, who is also modelling the permission group font that gets unlocked with this userbar. Isn't it glorious?
FAQ
1. Can I use old creations as submissions?
No, the idea is to create things during the challenge. However, if a prompt inspires you to revisit an older creation (like repainting a piece of pottery you made years ago), that works!
2. Can I submit some things privately and some things publicly?
Yes! You can have a private and public thread going at once. Only share what you're comfortable sharing in your public thread, otherwise, go private!
3. Can I combine prompts?
YES! Combine "Japan" and "Something edible" and draw (or make) sushi! Combine "fairytale," "architecture" and "gothic" and design a dark faerie fortress! Indicate which prompts you're responding to so I can count them towards your total.
4. How do I post pictures on clraik?
Upload the image to your preferred image host (imgur.com ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is popular) and wrap the image's url in these tags to post it on cK:
5. Are collaborations allowed?
Of course! Note that only individual submissions will count towards the 15 prompts required for the userbar, however!
6. How do I get the userbar?
Complete at least 15 prompts by midnight NST on July 15, 2020!
7. How NSFW can we get?
We are following the forum's rules on this, to wit: "Do not post any sexual or any adult-related content anywhere on the site". Tasteful nudity in a figure drawing is fine, put things in spoilers if in doubt, and use your judgement.
Fun Prompts
Interpret these however you want to in whatever medium you want! Don't even bother asking me for clarification on a prompt, the world is your oyster, my radiant pearl. Many of these are five-minute-or-less affairs. Doodles are fine.
Some prompts say "draw" but don't feel limited to traditional drawing. Do anything! If you submit a pie with a triangle cat on it, I will be overjoyed!
1. A cat, but only using triangles
2. Your favourite animal, but using your non-dominant hand (if you're perfectly ambidextrous, you get to use your feet)
3. A dinosaur, but draw it with your eyes closed
4. Make a meme, Neopets related or otherwise
5. Your clraik avatar, but make it fashion
6. A flamingo, but upside-down (you can draw the flamingo upside-down, or while you yourself are upside-down, your call)
7. Sea creatures
8. Black and white
9. "Think pink"
10. Fangs
11. Photomanip, but terrible: produce a picture of something using only pictures of something else (example: "Nothing in this picture is not Snoop Dogg ([Only registered and activated users can see links])")
12. Baby animal!
13. Australia
14. Your favourite character from whatever media, but as a bunny
15. IRL pet
16. Your theme is: pastels
17. GIANT SQUID
18. Pokemon
19. Cowboys
20. Create the flag of an imaginary country of which you are the reigning monarch
21. Your theme is: gothic
22. France
23. Something from your favourite game
24. Something edible
25. Rainbows
26. Japan
27. A place you want to visit
28. Inspirational quote spoof, complete with cheesy background, � la Instagram inspo ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
29. Fairytale
30. Free day x 3 (create anything you want up to 3 times; each instance will count as an prompt completion)
Challenge Prompts
Again, all of these prompts are wide open to interpretation. There is no prompt police. These are more conventional art challenge prompts, most of which were yoinked from the last art challenge thread. If you're looking for some warmups or wanting to practice annoying things (cough, hands) and need some inspo, try these!
1. A figure (human or animal or whatever being you'd like) using a reference (please link to reference)
2. A figure in action, using a reference (please link to reference)
3. A part of the human anatomy you have trouble with, x5
4. Quick gestures and silhouettes, x5
5. Design a character based on something generated by [Only registered and activated users can see links]
6. A study of a texture you aren't familiar with (feathers, fluff, hair, skin, fur, scales, 5 o'clock shadows, the wrinkly part of elbows – anything!)
7. A landscape of a place you've never been
8. A scene with 1pt perspective
9. A scene with 2pt perspective
10. An animal you've never drawn before
11. Draw with both hands at once. (Dual wield those pencils like the boss bitch you are)
12. Make something usually cute into something monstrous! 90 ft tall Godzilla kitten!
13. Lighting study (choose your own lightsource: blue moon? candles? magic orbs?)
14. Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Practice it! x5
15. Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character based on that thing, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration
16. Shading practice using hatching, crosshatching, and/or pointillism
17. "Coffee or tea?"
18. Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors. You can use [Only registered and activated users can see links] to generate a palette
19. A scene/object/character, but no lines allowed, only shapes
20. Architecture study
21. Flying
22. Create the floorplan of your dream home. Label the rooms and stuff, let us explore with you
23. Movement study: dance
24. Draw something without lifting your pen/pencil/stylus/piping bag/implement
25. Joy
26. A representation of yourself
27. Create something based on this Rorshach generator ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (can be in whole or in part)
28. Something in a style you've never tried before. If emulating an artist, link us!
29. A character displaying 10 emotions/expressions
30. Create something chibified and cute out of something that's usually considered ugly (like a goblin shark) (apologies to any goblin sharks out there)
Questions? PM me ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) or post them on the discussion thread! ALL skill levels are welcome to join: if you need a pep talk, I am here to tell you how and why you are worthy of joining in. Otherwise, get creating! Can't wait to see what you come up with! <3