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Sunday, December 05, 2010

ideas list for what to draw

Today I bought a small sketchbook at a craft store. At the zine fest on Saturday, I'm planning to offer the option of drawing something instead of trading, in case someone doesn't have something to trade. I want to come up with a list of ideas of things to draw. I thought of monster, monkey, and sofa. Maybe sofa's not a good one. Personally, I like drawings of donuts, but I'm worried people would just draw a circle inside a circle say, "Here's your donut," without a lot of artfulness. Any ideas? Maybe I should give some joke ideas, like sharks playing poker.

posted by Laura-Marie @ 9:39 PM  

10 Comments:

  • At December 06, 2010 9:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    What about sectioning off a few pages zine-sized and have them add doodles; maybe to be used as a future zine cover?

     

  • At December 07, 2010 11:08 AM, Blogger Laura-Marie said…

    Thanks for the idea, anonymous--I will think about it.

     

  • At December 07, 2010 12:15 PM, Anonymous MM said…

    Some ideas:

    Draw a person, but draw them using objects instead of body parts (like a baseball bat for a leg, carrots for arms)

    A scene from your childhood

    An image from a dream

    One hundred of something

    Something alliterative (two toucans touching tongues, or a pirate portrait)

     

  • At December 07, 2010 9:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    What do you think about asking them to draw a portrait of you?

     

  • At December 07, 2010 9:53 PM, Blogger Laura-Marie said…

    Hey, MM--love your ideas. Anonymous #2--sounds scary! They would draw a whale, a cow, or Jabba the Hutt. :P

     

  • At December 07, 2010 10:59 PM, Blogger Amanda Laughtland said…

    How about a self-portrait? A friend of mine passed around a journal and had each of her students draw her a self-portrait, and it was very fun.

    Or what if you had some of your poems available and people could do drawings inspired by the poems?

     

  • At December 08, 2010 3:28 PM, Blogger Laura-Marie said…

    Hi, Mandy! Great ideas.

     

  • At December 09, 2010 11:41 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Maybe an alien? That could be pretty open to interpretation. Also a witch or a superhero or...

    Those are generic I guess.

    Maybe a container that holds something... special? Special isn't the word. Important? No... Other-Worldly! That might juice them into something worthwhile.

    Or a kitty.

     

  • At December 10, 2010 6:47 PM, Blogger Laura-Marie said…

    A container that holds something otherworldly--I added that to the list, and I hope someone chooses it to draw!

     

  • At December 23, 2010 10:21 AM, Blogger HardtravelingHero said…

    My friend Valerie had her students draw a picture of her DRIVING a giant lizard. Some of them are damn cool

     

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