For those of you who keep up with my blog, facebook, me on MSN or the box, you guys know that I'm trying to get better at drawing through self-study to see if it's a viable option for me to take courses from London Art College so that I can eventually illustrate children's books as well as take pride in my personal art. Well, my art books have arrived and as soon as I can give them a thorough read through I'll be starting a 100 Day Challenge.

Basically, what a 100 Day Challenge is, is that each day there is a set subject for you to draw and you have to draw it. There are several different version floating across the internet, but none of them were that interesting to me and then I thought to myself, 'Why don't I ask the AKers to give me suggestions!?" So I am. You can give me as many suggestions as you want. If we exceed one hundred suggestions, I'll be picking the ones I feel will give me a decent challenge level and provide me with a wider range of things to draw, so I'm not stuck drawing similar things every day.

This isn't mandatory and there's no prize for participating. This is just me asking you guys for help to reach a personal and professional goal. As far as rules for suggestions go, nothing lewd or obviously difficult. Please don't suggest art of specific characters. Also, if I find something offensive to my personal morals or beliefs, I wont draw it. You can find what a typical 100 Day Challenge looks like by googling if you're not sure what kind of things to suggest.

Anyways, once I start the 100 Day Challenge, I'll post each day's picture in this thread at which point, I'll ask for constructive criticism and opinions. No, I will not get butthurt if you tell me that I made a mistake or something is off about the picture. All pictures will be done in traditional format, meaning pencil and paper. At some point to get digital practice, I may do lineart and colored versions of different pieces.

Also, I wouldn't mind, in fact, I'd enjoy, if anyone else would also like to participate in the challenge with me! You don't have to do every day, but if something appeals to you, feel free to draw it and post it in this thread. ^^

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1. A character in an opposing role. This could be a Shinigami as an arrancar, a jedi as a sith, a duelist as a card, a super hero as a villain, you get the picture.

2. The body part you have the easiest time drawing. Nothing which violates the content rules, please.

3. The body part that is the hardest for you to draw. Nothing which violates the content rules, please.

4. A body in motion.

5. An object to your right.

6. Your character's inner world. If they don't have one, draw what it would be if they did.

7. A forest.

8. Self-portrait.

9. A loved one.

10. Favorite insect or bug.

11. The outside of your dream house.

12. The likeness of a video game character you have in a game that allows customization, such as Skyrim, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, or the like.

13. Your pet(s). Current or former.

14. A day in the life of the c-box.

15. A picnic.

16. An animal in armor.

17. Your pokemon team or favorite pokemon.

18. A sandstorm.

19. Greek mythology versus Japanese mythology.

20. An animal or object in a tree.

21. A thunderstorm.

22. A tornado.

23. Plains. Not planes. Plains like an open field.

24. Out on the ocean or under the sea. [insert little mermaid song]

25. A realistic animal.

26. The same animal drawn in a cartoon style.

27. The same animal drawn in an abstract style.

28. Karaoke night.

29. Make a superhero! Complete with name and powers.

30. Chibify your superhero!

31. Favorite animal.

32. A new species/faction/race of good or bad guy.

33. A rogue.

34. A warrior.

35. A mage.

36. Favorite memory.

37. Favorite place.

38. A fantasy you have. Nothing lewd, please.

39. The inspiration behind your pet's name.

40. What your own island would look like if you had one.

41. A room from your dream house.

42. What comes to mind when you think of Gangnam Style.

43. Something that reflects the year 1920.

44. Something that reflects the year 1950.

45. Something that reflects the year 1970. No drugs.

46. Something that reflects the year 1990. No drugs.

47. Favorite flower.

48. Personify that flower.

49. What your hair metal band would look like if you were in one.

50. Brofist.

51. Mountain(s).

52. A scene from your idea vacation.

53. Someone from AK playing an instrument they don't actually play, but that you think fits them.

54. A structure made from your favorite books.

55. The Squirtle Squad or something similar of your own design. Example, Charmander Corps.

56. Pirates.

57. The last meal you ate.

58. A desert oasis.

59. Ninjas.

60. Like a sir.

61. A book character as you see them in your head, rather than how an actor might portray them.

62. Favorite song.

63. Favorite movie.

64. What you do when you lose a post or your internet connection stops while you're in the middle of something important.

65. Cats dressed up.

66. Your take on the Buttman comic.

67. The future of cell phones.

68. Design a new animal.

69. Design an outfit based on that animal.

70. Your would-be Halloween costume for this year.

71. Something that annoys you.

72. A beach.

73. The pee dance.

74. Fading or shifting seasons, such as spring into summer.

75. What you see out of the nearest window.

76. A lake.

77. Your favorite candy, dessert, or treat.

78. Your favorite food besides the former.

79. A collection you own.

80. Hammer time.

81. Your favorite anime or manga character.

82. Your least favorite anime or manga character.

83. Favorite type of weapon.

84. Something you are afraid of.

85. What you would do for the artwork on the google search page.

86. Love.

87. Hate.

88. Fear.

89. Sorrow.

90. Happiness.

91. Surprise.

92. A drastic heat wave or a severe cold front.

93. A tundra.

94. Your latest dream or the one you remember last.

95. A sport.

96. A fight.

97. Your personal goal.

98. Yourself when you were young.

99. What you think you'll look like when you're old.

100. Redraw day one's drawing.

Mmm... starting with any flower: rose, iris, amaryllis, so on.

Butterflies, koi fish in a pond, chainswhipsknives, string instruments, a narwhal with a monocle, MORE ROSES, the last meal you ate, your favourite animal, a commercial aircraft, any bright bird, your latest dream (providing you remember it)...

Cereal bars, Harpie Lady, Applejack... >__>

Cats with a bow tie, dolphins, your favorite kind of food, birds sitting in trees are good practice..

An idea could be that you draw one picture on the first day, and try to recreate it on the last day, to see what improved over time.

ALSO, KI. I will join you on this. Just tell me what you do on the list and I'll do it too.

I'll join too o:

Hands, fingers, feet, toes, shoes, legs (and various body parts) in motion and at a standstill

Hairstyles, in motion and at a standstill

Faces, expressions (anger, sadness, laughter, fright, happiness?)

Take a previous drawing, and chibi-fy it

Something to your left/right/desk drawer

Loved one

Dream house

Character's likeness from Skyrim >__> or any other game you've been playing recently

Forests, deserts, tundras, plains, beaches, various landscapes

Your own innerworld

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An apple with a happy wormy pokin' out

Miz!

Miz's buttfeet!

Chiki in her mischief-curl!

MLPonies!

Hands doing the butterfly flutter thingies!

Squids!

Picnic scene!

A day in the life of the cbox.

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You could go do the pictures from the AK calendar

A Walrus in roman armor

A beehive

People doing disco

Maybe some portraits of AK characters?

Godzilla fighting Cthulhu

Cthulhu fighting Mecha-Cthulhu

A random team of pokemon

A thunderstorm

A sandstorm

A narwhal and a walrus singing karaoke together

Your interpretation of a story of your choosing...? xD

Different forms of drawing/styles --> realistic, abstract, uh... dunno what else. xD

I'll think of more when I can.

Yourself as a superhero. People in your life as a superhero. Miz as a superhero. Something as a superhero, complete with superhero name!

Buttman: the beginnings

Find a random generator (my fave fer teh lulz) and pick something to generate for inspiration. If you're feeling particularly ghastly, I suggest the diseases one >,,>

Concept art for a new species of good/bad guy (can go from sketch to colored, too for additional effect)

Erm, repeat an earlier work you think you did poorly on?

Self portrait.

Favorite food

favorite memory

Favorite place

A fantasy or particular fancy you have

Your own personal island

Inspiration for your pets names

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YOU! ME! GANGNAM STYLE! RIGHT NOW!

You shufflin' >..>

Miz as dapper as possible.

Chiki in flapper style.

Daddy cookin'

One of your sisters growin' out of a flower pot because that just strikes me as hilarious XD

Somebody near to you playing an instrument they don't actually play but that you think suits them

Me providing half a brofist and being left hangin' >

A scene from your ideal vacation

Your favorite pokeyman!

Thanks for all the suggestions! >~< Some of them are really interesting and they're all better than the stuff I've been finding online. I'm glad a couple of you are going to participate in the challenge. :o

I'll be taking suggestions for another day, then I'm going to write up the list and fill in blanks where necessary. So if anyone else wants to contribute ideas, now is the time to do so!

Gangam style: what does it evoke >______>

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You and somebody you would be in a glam metal band together with, in a glam metal band.

Three of your favorite books stacked atop one another to form a tower of book!

squritle squad

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Disco Party

Gladiator battle between an apple and orange

Cthulhu

Yog-Sothoth

Slenderman

Finn and Jake

Pirates

Robot Pirates

Robot Pirates fighting Cthulhu

Robot Pirates that look like mini Cthulhu's

Alright, I have posted the list I will be using! As I said before, anyone is free to join. I tried to take the suggestions that were general enough that everyone would be able to participate, rather than some specific examples. Thank you to all those who gave me ideas for the list; I really appreciate it.

Starting tomorrow, I will start posting each day's drawing in this thread.

Day One - A character in an opposing role. This could be a Shinigami as an arrancar, a jedi as a sith, a duelist as a card, a super hero as a villain, you get the picture.

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I'll try to post this part each time I add a picture. Basically this is an explanation of why the image fits the day and my self-critique. The explanation is fairly simply this time. I drew Sumie as an arrancar. There's a lot I like about arrancar designs and Sumie is someone I've drawn a lot and don't need a reference for in front of me.

The mouth is too low down on the face, which narrows out too much at the chin. This is habit because for me, when I'm drawing, the mouth always looks funny higher up and the face too bulky when I draw it wider, but then I finish the picture, and I can see it's off with the way I do it. So it's a habit I need to break myself of. The hair is too big. I always do this as well. I think it's... maybe a defense mechanism? I mean, Sumie does have thick hair, but I always draw hair big I guess to hide if the proportions of the bare head beneath is off. And I'm from Texas. <_< Big hair is almost mandatory. Still, another thing I need to work on.

I'm sure my perspective is off also, it's supposed to be somewhere in between full frontal and 3/4, but yeah. Perspective is probably my biggest weakness. Which... is saying a lot since I have a lot of other big drawing weaknesses; poses, feet, hands, spiky hair, equal level and sized eyes, boobs, male bodies in general, clothing folds... ~_~

Feel free to critique if you wish.

Wellllllll.. Day One is here.

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Heavy Weapon Sacha with the magnificent Sandvich Launcher 3000!

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Well, I recently watched some.. youtube TF2 videos. And, I couldn't think of anything other than.. Heavy as a gun.. weilded by Sacha. That counts as opposites.. >___>

I'm still limited to simple things when I draw, I'm getting new stuff to draw with next week, so this is what will have to be done with the things I got.

I really don't like how the lines came out, as.. some got thicker than the others. And the coloring is horrible(blame the pens, Neko, blame the pens..). I still think it's a fun idea, so.. I kept this. Til next time!

I NEVER SAID I WAS A GOOD ARIST! >w>;;;;

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Yeah, that's a mudcrab over the skull of a dragon in Skyrim. Originally, I was gonna draw Gibbs from NCIS since that's what I was watching, but it turned more into a Bane look, then I kinda butchered the face. So then I went and started another face, and it came out as Lisbeth Salander, but I couldn't come up with a semi-decent way of putting her in a Not-Salander way, so I scrapped that one. Then I drew a cat's eye, got bored, and started with the crab. OR half a crab. It killed a dragon.

I have issues with perception/positioning, and unless I've got a reference, I don't do well at all. This was from memory, and I think I did fairly well with it.

Day Two - The body part you have the easiest time drawing.

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Eyes are hands down the easiest part of the body for me to draw. They're usually what I end up doodling if I have scrap paper anywhere near me. I chose to do an example from different manga I've read plus my attempt at realistic. I think the lines on my realistic eye are fine, I just need to learn proper shading and highlighting techniques with either the pencil and paper medium or digitally to give the eye the depth it truly has.

I think Naruto is my favorite here.

Sailor Moon character eyes make me lol in general.

Drawing Kurama's eye made me realize that eyes in YYH are all pretty similar...

Ichigo and Masamori were kind of boring, but they're what came to mind when I thought of their respective manga.

DAY TWO! GO!

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Yeah, eyes are the easiest to draw for me too. We got Anti-Spiral-chans despair eyes, we got an evil cat eye, a money eye, a generic animu eye, and.. something similar to Akisames eye from HSDK.

I also doodle eyes. ^5 Ki.

Rofl me too

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If you can decipher that chicken scratch, I don't necessarily have a hard time with anything as long as I can block it fairly well. I do have a lot of problems with perception, positioning, lighting/shading, and symmetry (miswritten in the pic, LOL!), though, and I had hoped that I would have a normal day in doing this exercise. Alas, I had a good drawing day, and my issues weren't so obvious. I can also never draw hair, but hair isn't really a body part in my opinion. >..>;

I have no training whatsoever, other than what I've picked up by watching online when I have a need to watch drawing things. Even though we had art in gradeschool and stuff, we weren't really taught how to do things, just were graded on effort. And those that did show talent weren't treated any differently, and were left to their own devices like the rest of us. Even into high school. Was really bad.

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It turned out waaaaaaaaay too Ponyish for my liking. I tried to draw the body, but the reference picture I was trying to use was of my own horse, and he's not built well at all, so I really screwed up the legs and am much too embarrassed to even take a picture of them. It's got great potential, though, I think. So we'll see, I guess.

And Mal was being distracting!

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Last night, my 8-9 week old border collie puppy was sleeping on the couch beside me, partly buried under my blanket. This is the result. Fluff is hard to discern around, man. And I think the angle she was at makes her head look seriously flat; not to mention all that white on her face. x3

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I really tried to keep that inside-the-lines-coloring-style here

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Really really hard to do without color. I might try again in photoshop. >>
Mai's inner world:
"A fantastical, celestial world, bathed in the twinkling lights of galaxies unknown; a pathway, woven of rainbow light, weaves to and fro to offer the most spectacular of views from any location. Dominating the starscape is a gaseous giant, hued in reds, oranges, and yellows all bleeding into delicious swirls; thick rings of shattered moons and broken dreams spin around the beast, inspiring awe in even the most stoic of individuals, Shitasanzun.

Behind the planet are swirling nebulas of blues, pinks, and greens, blended in soft clouds and harsh angles. Purple streaks race across the horizon, chasing unknown suns. A gentle melody twinkles in the flickering stars, culminating in a glorious crescendo of an eternal supernova."

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note the mushroom

I finally got my tablet, so I was able to get started on this bad boy.

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I was going to go over and do lineart and coloring for this, but I decided to leave it just as a sketch. Hence the drawing being in red.

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Well, I realized the eyes are slightly different, the hair is shitty, which should be more defined... and proportion wise, I'm not sure if the body is evenly set up... The arms look funky, don't know if the boobs are entirely correct - even though I did like drawing them... Uh... Dunno about the hollow hole... and anything else but I liked drawing the mask. xD I love my arrancars, but I'd guess it'd be Ume... however, I'd really make this Presta... but since it's opposite, I'd go with Ume. Bandages, who the fuck knows!

Based off of a praying mantis... the mask and stuff.

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I like drawing eyes... enough said. >>;;

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So, I suck at hands and feet so I wanted to work on it... still need the practice, but not too bad, I'd think... ears and nose I wanted to practice on as well...


I just like hands because I can flip people off... >> <<

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Eh, sucks balls.

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It seems like I'm not the only one who likes to draw eyes. Lol.

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These are some of the best hands I think I've ever drawn, but to be fair I did take a bit to study some hands before I drew these, plus I was looking at mine and my friends' hands for reference.