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ABE #26: Stamps

Art Block Execution #26: Stamps This is an exercise in simplicity! Make a very small illustration, no more than 1×2 inches (or at least something that’s around the size of a Postage Stamp wherever you are in the world.) If you don’t do visual art: Keep It Simple, Silly is more or less the goal […]

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ABE #25: Take the First Step

Art Block Execution #25: Take the First Step This ABE is all about getting started. Laying the groundwork for the Thing you want to make. Where other ABEs have been warm-ups, or exercises, or distractions, this one is a Challenge. We challenge you to take whatever it is you’ve been putting off, and commit the […]

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ABE #24: Remix Your Style

Art Block Execution # 24 Remix Your Style It’s a well known fact that every artists have a style.  From different shapes and colors, to how people punctuate notes in a song. Now its time to try a different style. Take a character you own [ or a character you like ] and redraw them in […]

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ABE #23: Make Some Fan-Art

  Art Block Execution #23: Make Some Fan-Art Okay, listen. You like things. That is SUPER COOL. Actually you don’t just like things. You LOVE THINGS, and the only reasonable way to express your love of those things is to make some art of them, or write a story, or record a song, or cosplay aggressively. […]

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ABE #22: Creative Space

Art Block Execution #22: Creative Space The space you create in is pretty important. You spend a lot of time there. We want you to show it to us- in whatever way you like. Set up a microphone and record the ambient sound of your space. Or maybe write a song that you think captures […]

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ABE #21: Mythical Reproduction

Art Block Execution #21: Mythical Reproduction We’re not sure how to introduce this ABE, so we’re not even going to try. Pretty much, the idea is to pick a made-up creature- from Mythical creatures to B-Movie Monsters- and draw or write out the gestational period. How is babby formed? We aren’t super interested in the […]

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ABE #20: Stop Putting it Off

Art Block Execution #26: Stop Putting it Off This is advice that sounds sort of obvious- and it really is advice more than it is an actual ABE. Those tools you bought last year that you haven’t used yet? The supplies you got thinking I COULD MAKE SOMETHING WITH THIS. That thing you acquired from […]

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ABE #19: BS Diary

ABE #19: BS Diary Roo works with a lot of people during his day job- not nearly as many as Tix does, but still a lot. He also goes a lot of places in the county, and as a result, ends up with a lot of small, frustrated stories. So he started keeping a BS […]

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ABE #18: Inside the Box

Art Block Execution #18: Inside the Box Too many options can make things difficult- a good way to spark creativity can be to limit the tools and options available to you, and work only with what you have. Thinking Inside the Box can be, often, easier and much more useful than thinking outside of it. […]

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ABE #17: Remember Who You Are

Art Block Execution #17: Remember Who You Are We all have things we doodle most often- things that filled our sketchbooks, things that we automatically play when we pick up an instrument. This ABE is for when you feel like you can’t create- nothing is coming out like you want it to, your fingers aren’t […]

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