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Batwoman⤴

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Batwoman
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Today’s TDC says

Austin Kleon loves drawing Batman. He says:

Drawing Batman, it turns out, is a great comfort to me!

You don’t even have to draw Batman from a movie or from scratch: If you have a black pen and a magazine or a newspaper in front of you, you can turn anybody into Batman.

Take inspiration from Kleon and turn somebody into Batman

I took today’s page from my daily calendar and attacked it with a Sharpie. The original was “Portrait of a lady, previously identified as Lady Jane Grey”

Circle of François Clouet - Portrait of a lady, previously identified as Lady Jane Grey

 

Troll⤴

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troll
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Today’s TDC says

What do you think trolls look like? Show us by any of the usual ways.

Years ago we had a troll. She seemed lovely to everyone else, but she took against our lurker research and followed us around making spiteful comments whenever we posted. Eventually I blocked her, and last I heard she had retired and vanished. Good. Anyway, here she is at the top of this post.

Heckethaler⤴

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Pot of Gold
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Today’s TDC says:

Check out this link to get a random German fairy tale.  Now make us some art based on whatever you get – maybe a picture or a poem.

I landed on The Heckethaler (Swinemünde), which I discovered is a magical self-replicating coin. I have nursery rhymes on my mind, so here’s the poem that wrote itself for me:

Heckethaler

What would I do with a magic coin?
Could I solve the problems of the world, a guinea at a time?
A penny for the match girl,
Another for your thoughts,
And one for the old man’s hat

Haikomic⤴

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Haikomic
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Today’s TDC says

Comic creator Grant Snider has long used comics for expression and he periodically goes through periods where he turns his poetry into comics. He even has a book of Poetry Comics. For Write Out, Snider suggests a haikomic, or a haiku in the form of a three panel nature comic.

Grant has even provided a template, if you need one.

Read more about Grant’s idea at the Write Out site.

Here’s the haiku

I sit on a branch
As I sing a happy tune
And my friends sing too

Outside Writing/Inside You⤴

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Thesis writing
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Today’s TDC asks

What ways does writing outside inspire the writer inside of you and/or inside of other writers in your place?

I do a lot of writing in my garden – away from the distractions of the internet. Here’s a couple from when I was writing up my thesis a few years ago. I got really good at doodling as a different type of procrastination. Cat was NOT a help!

Doodling
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Dictating to a baby elephant⤴

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Todays TDC says

“Imagine how you might feel about your writing if instead of typing it on a computer or writing it longhand you were dictating it to a baby elephant holding a stylus in his trunk.” This provocation comes from Stephen Nachmanovitch Free Play: Improvisation in life and art, p37-8.  The suggestion is that inspiration comes straight from the heart, but sometimes needs to be explained or translated. Our Muse is the vehicle of that translation.

What would you dictate to that baby elephant?

I felt like doing some drawing today, so here’s my doodle of an elephant holding a crayon

Elephant with stylus
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Roald Dahl Day⤴

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Today’s TDC says:

13th September is Roald Dahl Day. Make some art to celebrate this day – maybe a gif from one of his films, or a poster made from a quote from one of his books.

I chose a quote from the MinPins

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

and found a gif I did a few years ago of a horse turning into a unicorn.

Mandala Madness⤴

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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge.

A lovely TDC today:

Mandala designs — a sort of mirrored gathering of lines in circular patterns — are interesting and rather relaxing to create and to view. Use the Mandala Maker (or some other site or draw one on paper) and share out your artwork.

Here’s mine

mandala
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Right Angled Doodle⤴

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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge.

A fun activity for today’s TDC. I chose the digital option and doodled away before clearing the page and making  a clean spiral.
Spiradoodle
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