TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21st 12:30 – 2:30
1312 E Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23219
804.788.1594
If you're in the area I hope to see you there or at one of my other events this month!
One more book signing in Richmond, VA!
I just added one more book signing event in Richmond, Virginia for the release of 365: A Daily Creativity Journal!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21st 12:30 – 2:30
If you're in the area I hope to see you there or at one of my other events this month!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21st 12:30 – 2:30
If you're in the area I hope to see you there or at one of my other events this month!
MASK365
Gary Lockwood in Los Angeles, California was inspired by Skull-A-Day to create his own daily mask making project MASK365...
Why did you decide to do this project? I chose to start my own 365 project in conjunction with a friend who started one as well called Burger365. When I read about and saw the Skull A Day project I was reminded of assignments I did in college at Corcoran School of Art & Design. As an artist and designer always looking for ways to progress my work I knew devoting myself to creating a piece everyday would open the artistic flood gates.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? Doing a daily, yearlong project like MASK365 has commanded much of my time. It truly demands a central role in my life. It also forces me to push through and finish pieces that I'd probably give up on. A daily project is an extreme commitment, even for a creature of habit. Truth be told, extreme actions produce extreme results and I'm excited to have recently passed the half way mark and I am looking forward to seeing how my work will progress by the end of the year.
See all of Gary's masks on his site HERE.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? Doing a daily, yearlong project like MASK365 has commanded much of my time. It truly demands a central role in my life. It also forces me to push through and finish pieces that I'd probably give up on. A daily project is an extreme commitment, even for a creature of habit. Truth be told, extreme actions produce extreme results and I'm excited to have recently passed the half way mark and I am looking forward to seeing how my work will progress by the end of the year.
See all of Gary's masks on his site HERE.
Reminder: Book Events in Richmond
Just a reminder that I have two events scheduled for next week in Richmond, Virginia to celebrate the release of 365: A Daily Creativity Journal...
If you're in the area I hope you'll come by at least one of them and say hi! Both stores will have plenty of copies on hand and I'll be on hand to sign books and talk about my project.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Book Release Party
2913 W. Cary St.
6 – 8pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18
Book Signing & Free Craft Event
311 W. Broad St.
Noon – 3pm
Bring the family for some free craft-making fun with materials provided by the gallery.
If you're in the area I hope you'll come by at least one of them and say hi! Both stores will have plenty of copies on hand and I'll be on hand to sign books and talk about my project.
365 Skulls in 1 Minute
To celebrate the release of 365: A Daily Creativity Journal this month I made this little video which shows all of the skulls I made during my yearlong Skull-A-Day project! I hope you enjoy and get inspired...
Doodle Daily
Warren Beinart in North Potomac, Maryland was always a doodler, but started making a doodle every day over a year ago and shows no signs of slowing down on The Doodle Daily...
Why did you decide to do this project? Since the beginning, I have said that it was your appearance on Martha Stewart (when my partner Lisa was in the audience and brought back your book) that inspired me to start this 365 project. In fact I have had that listed on the FAQs on my site since day 1. I love to create and being able to share that creativity with others is so rewarding. I would love to memorialize my year long journey in a book of my own. I just don't know where to start, but is is definitely a goal of mine as a progress through year 2 of the project.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? I find that drawing is very relaxing and zen-like and it is an incredible escape, so forcing myself to do it every day has helped my calm down and express the creative side that I had always kept hidden. From the project I have expanded to include my doodles in my greeting cards coming up with many new and fun ideas. My range of greeting cards is actually for sale on the site just in time for Hanukkah & Christmas.
Over the year the blog was featured on 2 major DC radio station morning shows. It was included in a list of the top 10 blogs in the DC area by WTOP listeners. I had articles written up about the site in on websites such as Art of Day and was a featured guest on a weekly online radio broadcast.
You can see all of Warren's doodles on his site HERE.
In addition, Warren started a World Doodle Challenge with the moto of "Uniting the world 1 doodle at a time" and a goal of 1,000,000 doodles submitted from around the globe. Why not add your own today?
Why did you decide to do this project? Since the beginning, I have said that it was your appearance on Martha Stewart (when my partner Lisa was in the audience and brought back your book) that inspired me to start this 365 project. In fact I have had that listed on the FAQs on my site since day 1. I love to create and being able to share that creativity with others is so rewarding. I would love to memorialize my year long journey in a book of my own. I just don't know where to start, but is is definitely a goal of mine as a progress through year 2 of the project.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? I find that drawing is very relaxing and zen-like and it is an incredible escape, so forcing myself to do it every day has helped my calm down and express the creative side that I had always kept hidden. From the project I have expanded to include my doodles in my greeting cards coming up with many new and fun ideas. My range of greeting cards is actually for sale on the site just in time for Hanukkah & Christmas.
Over the year the blog was featured on 2 major DC radio station morning shows. It was included in a list of the top 10 blogs in the DC area by WTOP listeners. I had articles written up about the site in on websites such as Art of Day and was a featured guest on a weekly online radio broadcast.
You can see all of Warren's doodles on his site HERE.
In addition, Warren started a World Doodle Challenge with the moto of "Uniting the world 1 doodle at a time" and a goal of 1,000,000 doodles submitted from around the globe. Why not add your own today?
DailyCandy likes 365
DailyCandy kindly included 365: A Daily Creativity Journal in their recent Guy's Gift Guide!
Of course 365 isn't just for men, it's great for ladies, teens, and kids as well!
Of course 365 isn't just for men, it's great for ladies, teens, and kids as well!
Stormtroopers 365
A great way to do a 365 project is give yourself a set of fairly basic, non-restrictive parameters, and then see what happens. Stéfan's project Stormtroopers 365 was deceptively simple, photograph two Star Wars Stormtrooper action figures once a day, but the end results were always entertaining and often quite funny!
See all of Stéfan's photos on his site HERE.
See all of Stéfan's photos on his site HERE.
Another Day Another Dollar
Oscar Fox from Melbourne, Australia was inspired by 365 & Skull-A-Day to create the daily project Another Day Another Dollar in which he will "add just one lousy buck each day to an ever increasing pile of dollars." and document it...
Why did you decide to do this project? Another day another dollar is done purely to see if I can stick to a simple task for a year, the subject is not a mind bender but I hope to execute it with some imagination and creativity. The general consensus is to donate the $365.00 collected to a local Dog rescue center when the task is completed.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? So far the process hasn't driven me to drink (anymore than usual) but time will be the teller.
Watch Oscar's pile of money continue grow on his site HERE.
Why did you decide to do this project? Another day another dollar is done purely to see if I can stick to a simple task for a year, the subject is not a mind bender but I hope to execute it with some imagination and creativity. The general consensus is to donate the $365.00 collected to a local Dog rescue center when the task is completed.
How has doing a daily project affected your life? So far the process hasn't driven me to drink (anymore than usual) but time will be the teller.
Watch Oscar's pile of money continue grow on his site HERE.
Blog of The Living Dead's Daily Zombie
Artist Timo Grubing clearly had a great time challenging himself to create 365 zombie illustrations over the course of a year. While all of the illustrations were great, some of my favorites came at the end of the year when he really had to come up with some unique ideas not to repeat himself. I know from my own experience that the second half of a 365 project is often both the hardest and most rewarding and definitely worth sticking to a project long enough to experience!
Since not all of Timo's zombies are for the faint of heart I'll leave it to you to investigate them in detail on his site HERE.
Since not all of Timo's zombies are for the faint of heart I'll leave it to you to investigate them in detail on his site HERE.
Pix X 366
Jon Grinder in Denver, Colorado shared his daily drawing project from 2008 called Pix X 366. He actually made 366 drawings instead of just 365 since it was a leap year!...
Why did you decide to do this project? I had a number of reasons: I wanted to improve my drawing skills... I wanted to see what subjects would occur to me from day to day and track my mood, etc, by that... and i wanted to justify to myself the assertion that i am an "artist"...
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? It definitely made me look at art, differently, having a daily deadline and no long-term plan for subject matter. Eventually, the mere act of drawing became the art, rather than the picture itself. And, it did solidify the feeling of actually being an artist, rather than a guy who draws (if that makes any sense).
See all of Jon's pix on his blog HERE.
Why did you decide to do this project? I had a number of reasons: I wanted to improve my drawing skills... I wanted to see what subjects would occur to me from day to day and track my mood, etc, by that... and i wanted to justify to myself the assertion that i am an "artist"...
How has doing a yearlong/daily project affected your life? It definitely made me look at art, differently, having a daily deadline and no long-term plan for subject matter. Eventually, the mere act of drawing became the art, rather than the picture itself. And, it did solidify the feeling of actually being an artist, rather than a guy who draws (if that makes any sense).
The Weather sKwirl
My friend kHyal™ shared her daily project The Weather sKwirl, where she's been posting a new image, featuring the cutest little squirrel, every day since February 12, 2010, and has no plans to stop!...
Catch the sKwirl's adventure's every day HERE.
kHyal™also blogs daily with her partner Karl at DesignerGrill.
She says, "The Weather sKwirl™ was created out of sheer fun and silliness and continues everyday for that same reason. The byproduct is that it provides unexpected creative opportunities, has won public art competitions, has become a fine art, style and jewelry line that for some reason sells. (Which perhaps is the oddest part of it.) Mostly, it brings me great joy to see it make other people smile. The character itself houses my own anxiety, thereby deflecting it from me personally, which is just plain good for my mental health."
Catch the sKwirl's adventure's every day HERE.
kHyal™also blogs daily with her partner Karl at DesignerGrill.
Interview: Thomas Fuchs - A Heart A Day
Thomas Fuchs decided to create an image of a heart every day …
Why did you decide to do “Heart A Day”?
I just started at some point with a few random heart ideas, realized there's a plethora of images that just have to be created and simply kept going.
On average how much time did you spend on each piece?
On average maybe an hour.
How much/how often did you make similar creative work before this?
Many times, there's a whole bunch of similar series in my back catalog- I tend to work well in that format.
Had you tried making a yearlong project before (and if so did you complete the year and how did that experience compare)?
Not yearlong, exactly. On and off a few that stretched over a few years.
What did you expect to get from this experience and were your expectations met, surpassed, dashed? How?
I didn't really expect anything other than fun, so that expectation definitely was met.
What have you learned about yourself in the process of doing this?
That I'm inside my own head way too much, it's scary in there.
How has this process affected your creativity/skills/style?
I've definitely gotten more efficient at Illustrator/Photoshop.
How do/did you stay inspired?
By anything around me and by not trying to hard to get inspired.
In what ways did doing a yearlong project transform your life?
Having to post on the blog everyday- that seriously cuts into the beach time :)
What is the best thing that has come from doing this project?
The best thing would probably be that this particular project has opened up a few possibilities of applying my work which I hadn't really considered before.
Any advice for people considering starting their own yearlong project?
Don't overthink it.
Don't overthink it.
Thomas Fuchs was born and raised in Germany. After finishing his studies in Graphic Design and Illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart with an MfA in '97, he moved to New York in November of the same year. His work has received awards from The Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal, Advertising and Institutional Category), American Illustration, Communication Arts, Print, SPD, The Art Directors Club NY and Germany (of which he is a member) and SND (Silver Medal). He currently lives and works in New York.
Jonathan Coulton's Thing a Week
One of the things I've noticed about 365 projects is that they are an amazing way to make things happen if you're clear about your goals. When Johnathan Coulton decided he wanted to become a professional musician he quit his job as a computer programmer and spent a year making a song a week. The result? He's achieved his goal and then some! The delightful music he made in that year led to a bunch of incredible things like having his songs used on TV shows and video games and touring the country with bands like They Might Be Giants! Not bad, eh?
Be sure to listen to his particularly brilliant cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back.
And also the cleverly spooky original song Creepy Doll.
You can hear all of the songs and more on his blog HERE.
Look for an exclusive interview with Jonathan in my new book 365: A Daily Creativity Journal which is officially being released on December 15th, but can be pre-ordered now at your favorite local independent bookstore and at all major online book retailers.
Be sure to listen to his particularly brilliant cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back.
And also the cleverly spooky original song Creepy Doll.
You can hear all of the songs and more on his blog HERE.
Look for an exclusive interview with Jonathan in my new book 365: A Daily Creativity Journal which is officially being released on December 15th, but can be pre-ordered now at your favorite local independent bookstore and at all major online book retailers.
Post-A-Day
In honor of my book's official release this month I've committed myself to making a post a day for a month about inspiring 365 projects old and new starting today!
I've already been sent several projects from folks who have heard about the book and were inspired to get started, which I can't wait to share. And I also have a large collection of great examples of projects that are already finished that are really worth checking out as well. I hope all of these will inspire you to get started or keep going on your own projects!
And in the new year I'll continue to post submissions 2-3 times a week as they come in, so definitely share the 365 projects you create!
-Noah
I've already been sent several projects from folks who have heard about the book and were inspired to get started, which I can't wait to share. And I also have a large collection of great examples of projects that are already finished that are really worth checking out as well. I hope all of these will inspire you to get started or keep going on your own projects!
And in the new year I'll continue to post submissions 2-3 times a week as they come in, so definitely share the 365 projects you create!
-Noah
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