ShadowCheetah

Started on: May 5, 2007
Posted: 29/100

I've been trying to keep myself drawing consistently and regularly for a while now. So far so good. Usually, I get 2 or more drawings a week that are of good enough quality that I'm at least willing to embarrass myself by posting them here. Generally, thanks to many of the awesome people I talk to, I have no lack of silly ideas (along with my own occasion original ideas... which really do happen now and then by accident), but when I ran into this challenge, I couldn't help but think it'd be insanely fun to try, and it'd definitely be a cool accomplishment to actually succeed in.

The challenge is pretty simple. You have to draw a picture for each of 100 themes. So far, I've only done one of them ("Introduction"). Of course, since I don't have a scanner, it won't show up till sometime next week, so the main reason I'm posting this is so that everyone knows I'm doing it, and I won't be able to chicken out.

Right now, I'm sort of already stuck on #2 though. I mean, who the heck chooses "Love" as the second one. You do the first and you think, "Hey, that was easy! I'm on a roll. This is fun!" Then WHAM. They hit you with that. How on earth do you describe what love is in a single picture?

Anyway, the following is a list of all 100 themes. I'll check them off as I post them.

1. Introduction www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
2. Love shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
3. Light www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
4. Dark www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
5. Seeking Solace www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
6. Break Away www.deviantart.com/deviation/5… (www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…)
7. Heaven www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
8. Innocence www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
9. Drive www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
10. Breathe Again www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
11. Memory www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
12. Insanity www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
13. Misfortune www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
14. Smile www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
15. Silence www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
16. Questioning www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
17. Blood www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
18. Rainbow www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
19. Gray www.deviantart.com/deviation/5…
20. Fortitude shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
21. Vacation www.deviantart.com/deviation/6…
22. Mother Nature shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
23. Cat shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
24. No Time shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
25. Trouble Lurking shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
26. Tears shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
27. Foreign shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
28. Sorrow shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me? shadowcheetah.deviantart.com/a…
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

I finally decided to get a DeviantArt account. I've never shown my art to any but a couple of select friends (and even then, sparingly)... so it's kind of a big step for me. A while after uploading stuff and getting my first comment, it suddenly hit me that ANYONE could see my stuff.... It's kind of scary and really embarassing, actually.

Anyway... even in such a short amount of time, I'm actually getting a little more used to this and enjoying it. And, in ways, I think it's helping me. This is kind of a surprise, actually. I've resisted showing my art much at all. I'll be the first to admit, I'm very selfish with my art.

I may not be all that great with it, and I'm little more than a doodler most of the time, but to me, art is a way for me to express myself, work out my feelings, just have fun, or try to capture little silly images in my head. It's very important to me, and helps my feelings seem more real, more tangible, and often, when I'm struggling through things, more understandable. I feel like I can face things by being able to communicate them in a way I could never through words. In a way I can see. And... as silly as it sounds, it's a way for me to let myself know that I really do exist.

I seriously do not care what others think about my art due to the simple fact that, I do it for me, not for anyone else.  That was a large reason I felt no reason to show it, actually... But what's surprised me now is, just in a few days, I've suddenly found myself more encouraged to draw, getting more ideas I haven't thought of before, and becoming more motivated to try new things. I still sort of worry that I'll end up being con cerned with fitting what others like and losing what makes art worth doing (or at least trying) to me. But as of now... all actually shoving stuff up into a gallery has done is make me want to explore more. That's something I won't complain about.