Sketchbook Support Group

**SeraphSword** · April 11th, 2005

Hey all, I'm one of those people who has started a couple of sketchbooks here, but never really stuck with them. Even though I'm drawing everyday, I'm not drawing as much as I should, and sometimes find it difficult to keep pushing after a couple hours.

So basically what I'm suggesting is that we get a group together, to post some of our art everyday, and that everyone in the group would crit everyone else's stuff and try to keep each other motivated. I'm think between 6-8 people per group, because having to crit 20 people's sketchbooks every single day would eat up valuable drawing time. Obviously if you don't have ready access to a scanner or quality digicamera (or a decent art program), it probably wouldn't be worth your while to join up.

Another aspect would be that if you miss a day, everyone in the group harasses you through PMs about having not posted. This kind of thing would help those of us who have trouble motivating ourselves to scan stuff in. Obviously its best if you have your profile set up to email you when you get a new PM, that way you can't just avoid the board if you're feeling lazy.

Obviously if a lot of people wanted to join, we could just break people into groups. I was also thinking that it would be cool to do monthly awards: Most prolific (most pages), Best Crit-giver, Vote for Most Improved, etc.

So, anyone interested? I'll be posting my new sketchbook by noon today, and I'm proposing that we all post at least one page by Midnight (local time) on a daily basis. And if you have any ideas on how to do it better, by all means let me know.

What it comes down to is:
1. Post at least one page every day.
2. Post at least one crit in everyone's sketchbook ever day.
3. PM any member of the group who hasn't posted by the end of the day.

EDIT:
We now have SketchGroup Lite. Essentially this for the folks who've expressed concerns about not being able to post everyday. There's less pressure to post, but you still get to be part of a group, and get some support. Generally, you should still post at least once a week though, and also crit the other people in Lite as well.

EDIT:

Sketchbooks:
SSG #1
SeraphSword
giles.t
Tenelaus
Sorknes
Oracrest
Nadim

SSG #2
SJ Bennighof
HugeHarHar
Odds
Pan
Oregano
Soul:Child

SSG #3
PixelDragoon
Sara-San
JustinBeckett
Profil
Dan1989
darkarts
charcoalArtist

SSG #4
talmir
crow
silverslash
blog
arghmisfit
Endregan

SSG #5
dCepT
look
razuel
Badger
animeidiot
rick hershey
Fixx

SketchGroup Lite
dogfood
drup
Pootle
-Ark-
WisdomCube
LaPalida
PaulGanguly
RETEP
Ilja
Duq
Zram
MorteM

**Wisdom_Cube** · April 11th, 2005

I'm in if anyone else is...

**Tenelaus** · April 11th, 2005

Yeah, I could definately do with some motivation like this, I'm in.

My book's here

**drup** · April 11th, 2005

Seems like a very good idea, but I really don't know if I could keep it up. I should actually be working for school the coming 2 weeks.. I'm a bit scared that it won't work out, but anyway.. I'd like to give it a try. You can still throw me out of the group if I'm not active enough

This is my sketchbook http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37965 (latest entry: february 9th.. Oww, but I promise you I'll really try. )

**SeraphSword** · April 11th, 2005

Cool, just remember that besides posting your own stuff to crit each others stuff. I'll keep the links to the sketchbooks in this thread, so you can just add this thread to your favorites to make things easy. Noone has to crit mine just yet, cuz I gotta put something decent in there tonight.

**SJ Bennighof** · April 11th, 2005

I'm there.

**Pan** · April 11th, 2005

I'd love to participate, but I'd be starting a sketchbook from scratch. Would that be alright? I've actually been meaning to start a sketchbook thread at conceptart.org since the workshop in January but I've been very lazy

I'd actually like to participate more in the forums then I have been, so this seems like it'd be a good starting point for me and I could use the art-whoopin'.

**SeraphSword** · April 11th, 2005

Originally Posted by Pan

I'd love to participate, but I'd be starting a sketchbook from scratch. Would that be alright? I've actually been meaning to start a sketchbook thread at conceptart.org since the workshop in January but I've been very lazy

I'd actually like to participate more in the forums then I have been, so this seems like it'd be a good starting point for me and I could use the art-whoopin'.

Hey man, if you can post on a daily basis the more the merrier. I'm starting my new sketchbook from scratch anyway, so you won't be alone in that.

**skullsquid** · April 11th, 2005

Sounds like a great idea, I would love to sign up but I have way too many deadlines for school and such to meet up.
I might later on, because I need the kick in the butt to move forward.

**HugeHarHar** · April 11th, 2005

Count me in.

I'll have a new one up everyday, starting tomorrow. If not, I'm expecting a punch in the kidneys....ok, so maybe just a slap on the wrist.

Awesome idea anyway that it goes.

**Odds** · April 11th, 2005

Oh, I'm definitely in... We'll probably have to make 2 or 3 separate groups. Great idea, SeraphSword! Tell us who the people are in our group and we'll start critting/PM'ing/posting.

**Pan** · April 11th, 2005

Originally Posted by SeraphSword

Hey man, if you can post on a daily basis the more the merrier. I'm starting my new sketchbook from scratch anyway, so you won't be alone in that.

Thanks! I've started up my sketchbook so count me in

**SeraphSword** · April 12th, 2005

OK I broke it up into 2 groups for now, they are in the first post. Since this is starting in the middle of today, it will start officially tomorrow, so make sure to post something and post your crits by tomorrow midnight. As more people join up, I'll add them to the groups we have, then if we got a lot more we can add a new groups or two. Also feel free to crit stuff in the other groups if you feel like it. Couldn't hurt.

Just a side note. Post only things you've done that day, since that's kinda the point. No point in critiquing older stuff, with problems you may have already solved. Glad to see such a positive repsonse. Now git drah'n!

**HugeHarHar** · April 12th, 2005

---EDIT----yeah I guess I jumped the gun, but I'm exhausted and was hoping to of been able to of done the crits tonight, I'll get them tomorrow morning, I'm looking forward to your stuff Ben.

Well this would of been an awesome idea, if any of my group would of joined in my efforts.

I guess I must start their deserved amount of harrassment.

**SJ Bennighof** · April 12th, 2005

Midnight is a long way away, dude, hold the dogs of war back at least for another hour or so. *drawdrawdrawdraw*

**Odds** · April 12th, 2005

Well... I updated. Check it you guys

**Sorknes** · April 12th, 2005

I'd like to participate in this right now, but only if I can withdraw or become a less productive poster and critic later on... As it is right now, I have time to draw and I'm usually online once or more every day, but that will change after a while.... It would help me get myself to the drawing table every day now when I have the time to get some progress, though.

**HugeHarHar** · April 12th, 2005

Damn it...everyone is giving me the link to the loomis page, but my computer is being gay, and acrobat isn't working....damn it.

I want Loomis.

Ugh, I'll keep trying.

**Odds** · April 13th, 2005

It's a great site once it loads

**SJ Bennighof** · April 13th, 2005

Hang on, guys, mine's getting there...

**S.C. Watson** · April 13th, 2005

I'm totally for this. However, I will say up front that posting *every* day is at this point an impossibility for me, but I could certainly hit 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 7 or some such.

If'n y'all 're willin' that is

~Shane

**SJ Bennighof** · April 13th, 2005

Mine's up. Oh yeah, and tomorrow night I'll have to hit some homework really, really hard, so I doubt I'll be able to get anything of mine up. I'll try to get in and crit everyone else's, but I probably just will not be able to pick up a pad tomorrow.

**SeraphSword** · April 13th, 2005

Thanks to you all for stepping up so quick, not just with your sketchbooks, but with the crits also. One of the reasons I wanted to start this thing was for those people who might be at the beginner's level, but who post on a regular basis, yet get no crits because everyone is just posting drool comments on the professional threads (granted, I do that too, but the people who need it more are the less polished). Looking good so far. This could really turn into something.

**SeraphSword** · April 13th, 2005

Some suggestions for motivation in case you can't think what to draw:

Self-portrait a day
Check out the daily sketch group (good for pushing yourself in areas you might not otherwise attempt)
Start a Sketch Diary (draw something significant that happened that day, with text)
Draw your hand (lots of us could use work with drawing hands)
Draw some fanart (the design has been thought up for you, you just add your own style to it)

Any more suggestions?

**Pattern Recognition** · April 13th, 2005

Originally Posted by evildisco

Sounds like a great idea, I would love to sign up but I have way too many deadlines for school and such to meet up.
I might later on, because I need the kick in the butt to move forward.

I'm in the same situation

See you guys later! (if possible)

**oracrest** · April 13th, 2005

hey, this sounds cool. All I have to do is last five minutes while everyone else beats the crap outta me right? And im in?

Im doing 3D for work, but trying to sketch a whole lot more in my free time, so I'll do my best to get something new in everyday.

oracrest sketchbook

**Sorknes** · April 13th, 2005

Done some crits for now, will get more detailed when new work is up. Thanks for adding me in the group.

Just a note, I might be in another timezone or be here at other times than the people I'm with, so the time I'm posting every day might differ a lot.

**LaPalida** · April 13th, 2005

I'm in ... so when do we get started?

**SeraphSword** · April 13th, 2005

It's already begun. Just try to post something by midnight tonight. If you just got added today, you're given a little leeway, but you definitely have to post something before midnight tomorrow.

**Wisdom_Cube** · April 13th, 2005

AHHHHHH crap! Im sorry guys ive been busy lately im sorry i forgot about this. Ill try and get something up today, my teacher for drawing for animators class gave us sketch book assignments that we have to do weekly, so ill show u that stuff. I was wondering why my sketchbook was getting so many replies. I just started the new quarter so im gonna be very busy with drawing, and learning how to composite and other things so im gonna keep up with this as much as I can...