Follow this 'no-lose' art formula today: 1) Set a timer for 20 minutes 2) Quickly pick an animal or element of another zodiac 3) DRAW IT 4) POST IT Love u guys, u got this!!!🥰🙌🎉

In today's session, we discussed: • Use reference. Lots! That's how you actually understand what you are drawing so you can then push it into something new. • Start with the gesture first. Get the movement. Get the flow. Get the basic shape of the creature before you worry about details. If the big shape is working, the rest has something solid to grow out of. • Let one idea take the lead. One animal, one symbol, one energy, one mood. Once that lead idea is clear, everything else can support it instead of fighting for attention. • Be intentional with your design choices. Size relationships matter. Color choices matter. Contrast matters. Repetition matters. Even when the piece feels loose and playful, you are still solving a visual puzzle. • Show your process. Rough sketches, weird versions, failed attempts, mockups, revisions, all of it. That stuff matters. It shows the humanity behind the work and reminds people that real art gets built step by step. • Presentation matters more than a lot of artists want to admit. The frame, the mat, the border, the placement of your signature, the overall way the piece is shown, all of that affects how powerful the art feels. Great art deserves a strong presentation!

I'll be doing a 30 min live on Skool at 12 pm Central today to discuss the challenge! Join me HERE 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚: 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙯𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙘 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣! 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙠𝙞𝙣, 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙋!🙌🤗🔥 ( you can just sketch the SYMBOL of your sign if that's all you have time for!:) This art challenge is as simple as you want, or as challenging as you want...up to you;) The basic idea is: 20 minutes a day one rough sketch a day one post a day That’s it!! This challenge is not about making a finished 'masterpiece.' It's all about consistency, exploration, and doing something you love: making art that means something to YOU 💜 By the end of the next 12 days, the goal is to have one nice ROUGH sketch of your new alchemized sign. The overall goal of the challenge is to combine at least 3 signs into ONE piece of art: ( i.e., Western zodiac + Chinese zodiac + Celtic zodiac ) and add as many other elements as you'd like to it. I'll be posting the prompt daily, but you can see the 12-day outline in the comments:) And if you wanna go DEEPER and really explore the rest of the challenge, you can check out the GUIDE RIGHT HERE!

As we approach the Zodiac Art Challenge May 1-12, I'm super curious what all your signs are! Drop yours in the comments:) Regardless of the extent we believe in astrology, the zodiac makes for GREAT ideas for new art and creative inspiration🔥 ESPECIALLY combining different zodiac elements into a new kind of creature;) At the end of the day, the heart of the challenge is this....👇👇👇 𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙒 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀, 𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙎 𝙔𝙊𝙐, 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙑𝙄𝙎𝙀 & 𝙄𝙈𝘼𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿 𝘽𝙀! That's it! Nothing has to be 'accurate' in this challenge...because just like art....IT'S ALL MADE UP! It doesn't mean we cannot respect and honor what's been done and 'assigned' to us in the past. We absolutely can. So be traditional if you want, or be wild and unexpected! Let's have fun and PLAY with it, too!😃 PS, I'm assuming you ALL know your Western sign by heart LOL...but I've attached reference for Chinese/Vietnamese, Egyptian, Native American, and Celtic zodiacs for you to pull from as well. ) PPS. There are other zodiacs out there, just as interesting and unique as the 'common' ones. I encourage you guys to explore and add in whatever lights you up! ✨✨✨

Got into a lot today! ( once again, the main lesson is 30 min, the rest is bonus;) - Deeper analysis of monsters and myths in our world - Bringing in detail: real-world/animal anatomy and elements ( teeth, horns, tails, wings etc) - Human Anatomy- deeper dive - More reference analysis and integration