I could write for days on the small world theory, but I'll give you the short version. When you've been exposed to something in a conversation, while reading, or on TV it becomes a part of your world very rapidly. While researching the source for the above quote I found that Stephen is a comic creator himself. I then dug up an episode of Artistic Awareness that had Stephen as a guest where he was quoting Gladwell's (in)famous 10,000 hour rule. That rule predates the idea that I'm sorting out in this blog, although I'm hoping to put a greater emphasis on deliberate practice. With that out of the way, let's move on to the nuts and bolts.
Statistics and tracking data
One of the things I'm most excited about is the weekly activity summary where I can break down my time spent actually drawing, update the reading list, and track total play time on tutorials. The idea is that I'll be able to look at the blog and my weekly drawings to single out any material that might provide a noticeable change to what or how I draw.
Baseline
Here are several pages I saved from my old sketch books back when I thought I could juggle a master's program and still dedicate the time needed to improve my drawing ability. These were midway through a 30 day streak I had between terms before I got buried under school work again. I hadn't originally planned on sharing these, so I'm only just now realizing how terrible the scan settings were.
The final doodle was actual a big moment for me. Up to this point I've spent 99.99% of my effort staring at one image and trying to make a passable copy. Drawing something from nothing is a major weak point for me, so I'm going to focus on it from day one.
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