Daily & weekend sketch challenges

In a bid to improve my drawing I joined the DSC on DeviantArt, or Daily Sketch Challenge group. I'm not entirely sure the challenges helped; it certainly installed discipline to draw every day, but due to lack of knowledge of the fundamentals of art, and the mostly obscure references the group picked for their daily topics I eventually lost interest. I usually enjoyed the Weekend Sketches more, as you were usually allowed more time to work on your sketch.

In the end I only did the drawings of which I had knowledge about, but during the later half of 2014 I all but stopped going on DeviantArt. I still check in from time to time to see if there's anything challenges I feel up to doing, but I get bored of drawing some super hero I've never heard of.

I've since found other inspirations for drawing on a daily basis. Please see my DSC's below and enjoy!

Weekend Sketch Challenge - George Harrison. I decided to keep the rendering simple on this, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out

Weekend Sketch Challenge - Jason Voorhees



Weekend Sketch Challenge - Kaa. I loved drawing this one, as soon as I knew it was Kaa I'd already thought of this composition, and as one commented put on DeviantArt, "that sly snake!".

Daily Sketch Challenge - Lock, Stock and Barrel from The Nightmare Before Christmas, one of my favourite childhood films

Weekend Sketch Challenge - Marilyn Monroe. This was my first ever WSC, and although I'm not happy with how I portrayed the folds in the dress I hugely enjoyed working on this WSC

Weekend Sketch Challenge - card for Mars Attacks

Weekend Sketch Challenge - Princess Leia

Daily Sketch Challenge - Ren and Stimpy. They used to show this adult cartoon when I was a kid, eating my dinner after finishing school!

Daily Sketch Challenge - Super Mario

Daily Sketch Challenge - Too Much Coffee Man. My first ever DSC!

Weekend Sketch Challenge - The Torch of Liberty. Notice how I struggled with the human form