The ArtGrind originally began on Livejournal in May of 2008 by Jakkal and ShadowsMyst. The original challenge was to draw for 6 months (or roughly 180 days) , but the modern one has been cut down to 60 days to make a bit more manageable. We may bring back the original format in a secondary challenge that really hardcore people want to talk on can. But for now, this is a 60 day challenge.

The ArtGrind is for artists, by artists and is driven by the idea of honing their skills through consistency and practice by drawing a character of your choice (preferably an original one, either made for this challenge or maybe one you’ve had for years) over period of time. It’s an opportunity to try out ideas, techniques, and work on building good art habits to keep you growing as an artist with a known subject.

If you would like to join the ArtGrind, its easy. Just read the rules, follow us on twitter, grab the prompts and start drawing. speaking of rules, here are the basics.

Step 1: You will need to pick one character that will be the subject of your grind. This is preferably an original character, either made up specifically for the grind, or a personal OC. You can use a fan character, or draw a real person instead of a fictional one BUT you cannot trace and you absolutely /must/ credit the proper owner of the intellectual property. It must be your own interpretations of the character/person not something just copied from a tv screenshot or traced from a photo.

Step 2: Check out the prompts for inspiration, but you are not required to use them if you want to do something else. The most important thing is doing a drawing of your chosen character every day. You can add backgrounds, or other characters, but you must include your chosen character in all your drawings somehow for 60 days. Post them on twitter and hashtag them with #artgrind2020 (Please note that we will only share/like stuff that’s SFW.)

Step 3: When you have completed the challenge, put your first drawing and last (60th) drawing side by side and savor the improvement!