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Yes, I know we're not even halfway through #mermay

Yes, I know we're not even halfway through #mermay. Some people *cough*me*cough* need lead time!

Continuing my small party tradition of #advancedjunicorn #junicorn prompts geared toward a more #illustrationprompts use. I did have a few brave people jump in last year for the #junicorn2023 genre shuffle, and you're certainly welcome to jump in too. Remember, choosing "hard mode" is itself an accomplishment. Mad respect for completing however many you can handle.

This #advancedjunicorn list has two aspects. The first list is your traditional #artprompts 30-day prompt list, centered around (cheesy as all hell) character archetypes. Doesn't matter if a unicorn or a character in the unicorn's party fulfills the archetype. What matters is that you attempt to imply the archetype in the image. How you do that--well, that's your personal flavor of storytelling, isn't it? Theoretical book cover, comic panel, vignette sketch...

The second list is for the masochists who want to try "EXPERT" mode. Use a random letter generator (hi, google) for each day to incorporate a distinct setting into your image. OR choose a setting that suits the character archetype of the day. Setting does not have to be painted in detail, and can be implied through costume or choice of side characters.

#advancedjunicorn is a storytelling venture, so the goal here is to create a #thumbnailsketch each day, NOT a finished image. Although, no promises--if I fall in love with a prompt and chase it, that's my nerdy right.

This illustration-based challenge is in NO way meant to detract from the celebration of identity that #junicorn represents for many. It's just one take on the 30 day challenge, if illustration and storytelling are your jam.

Happy June.

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Wrapping up #junicorn by figuring out how a camera

Wrapping up #junicorn by figuring out how a camera works and doodling for five minutes. Because I'm burnt out.

Lessons learned, I'm giving myself weekends off for any future prompt list. Some of the prompts, I combined or seemingly skipped (read, did not post--I DID complete all of them, but even I have some standards of quality control).

I also missed just doodling. This kind is my favorite, when I'm too tired to care about bones and it's just an "idea drawing." Skewed perspective of the torso and all. Other times you've got "time to work" drawings, which hopefully retain some of their pre-skeletal dynamism, but they take a lot longer for obvious reasons, and trying to spin out one a day is kind of nuts. So color me a bit relieved to end #junicorn2023 on a doodling note.

#junicorn2023 #unicorn #prompts #junicornprompts #junicornsketchbook #junicornart #junicorndrawing #junicornillustration #junicornchallenge #fantasyart #scifiart #fantasydrawing #speedpaint #fantasy

Not quite true to say they disappeared, is it? T

Not quite true to say they disappeared, is it?

This is my sense of humor. I make no apologies. #junicorn day 26 "Sci-Fi: Invasion" and I went full ham.

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