Day 1 - Journey

(I tried not to think too much while doing this prompt, and nor did I use great paper or my good watercolors. I just used some watercolor pencils and a random sketchbook I had lying around. I think this picture symbolizes the journey that I'm going through in life. The cliff that the person is climbing represents hardship and trauma, and the constant and never ending struggle of always having to inch your way through life - hence the dark hues (black, red, bark). The way to the next phase of life also shows the same colors, which symbolizes how it seems like it will never get better; how it seems like there is only more hardship and suffering there too. But then there is joy and hope and better times ahead (used yellow to symbolize that) and while it might seem like it isn't worth it to continue, the hardships you face eventually led you to the beautiful destination you built for yourself. The colors in the background accidentally made the bi flag, but I had been meaning to use dark indigo and prussian blue only XD. I do think however that I should've perhaps used the ace colors :))

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Day 2 - Cloudwatching In Your Sketchbook

(I made three of these, because I found this prompt very interesting and fun to work on <3 )

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Day 3 - Feelin' Slow

I really liked how drawing slowly and the amazing background music really helped me wind down and feel very relaxed. There indeed were times when I wanted to speed up and draw faster, but I focused on why I wanted to do that, and I think it was mostly just because I wanted to see the final result faster and finish the drawing. I really liked the outcome, I hope you find it interesting too!

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Day 4 - Shake It Up!

I tried to be chaotic, but this was all I can manage. I like how it turned out! (PS: I used metallic accents for this one! )

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Day 5 - Metamorphosis

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Day 6 - Metamorphosis #2

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Day 7 - Crowd Of Creatures

So this one was a fun prompt, because I have always wanted to draw little abstract creatures that don't really resemble the real ones.

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Day 8 - Colors and more Colors

I wanted to use more dark colors, but something told me to go pastel, so here we are!

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Day 9 - Flatten It Out

I had an old marker lying around, nearly dried up. Instead of discarding it, I tried to take Marie's word and use it in my piece. I didn't make the best drawing ever for this one, but I took up this challenge as a way to beat perfectionism and imbibe some abstractness or sense of incompleteness in my work. I might not be very happy with how this turned out, but I'm not going to throw it away. I must learn to be okay with mistakes or failure.

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Day 10 - Thread

I wanted to symbolize the unifying of all our communities and diversity in this piece. And what better time to make it, than Pride Month.

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Day 11 - Transform Me

Way back, I had made this waveform, but I didn't know what to do with it.
I decided to illustrate it with some flowers, changing color, and gradually changing to a grey outburst. I will not explain it further, but I do hope that every person who views this interprets it in their own unique way.

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Day 12 - Structure

Unlike many of the other drawings I've made, I really like this one. One of the major reasons why I feel so drawn to this illustration is because it doesn't seem like what it is at the first glance. It might seem like there are two very badly drawn thunderclouds and some tress and uneven ground, but if you zoom out, you might realize that it is actually a face. It, in some way, symbolizes our Earth and how it's mourning for all it has lost. I invite my viewers to further interpret this drawing.

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Day 13 - Take 2

If you have scrolled this far down, you'll easily identify which two drawings I've used in this challenge. I did not put too much thought into this; regardless, I'm happy with the outcome. It has a whimsical abstract feel.

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Day 14 - Texture

For this challenge, I chose to illustrate one of the textures that I find most intriguing. Can you guess what it is? It's an extreme close up of the human skin. I might not have been very creative with this prompt, but I do think that the drawing feels like a completed project in itself; so I decided to leave it before I added one too many touch-ups. XD

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I hope you liked looking through my little sketchbook, and drawing your own inferences from them!
Kudos to Marie for making such an amazing class for helping with art block, beating perfectionism, or just overall trying to let loose and be creative with no regrets <3

Divija Agarwal

Bullet journaling, doodling, storyboards

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