The four Stages of the Automatic Drawings Process - Ideas
How do the best automatic drawing artists come up with ideas when they are creating? And what are the steps they take in their process of creation that allow their ideas to be brought into existence? Disconnecting from the constant flow of distractions and thoughts is the most important aspect of drawing automatically:
Try to be in a relaxed mindset, draw in a relaxed manner, without thought, and keep away from controlling the drawing with your mind. The pencil should be in the same place on paper will assist in to flow. Actually, automatic drawing is a sort of accelerated or intensified doodling in which unexpected and unpredictable images may emerge and serve as the basis of further visual play.
Araki Koman is an illustrator who freelances in UK. When she was a young child and drawing was her passion, she would do it automatically until her teens, but after that, she stopped drawing for around a decade. Araki enrolled in an art and design program following her departure from her job in digital marketing. Since then, Araki has allowed intuition to steer her career as well as her creativity process.
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Automated drawing examples: Organic colours Raw lines and organic shapes
Organic lines, soft raw lines forms, matte texture and sand-like colours are merged into Araki Koman's automatic drawings. She currently works on the black ink Raw Feminine series she started in 2020. Check out the following automatic drawing examplesbelow:
Araki about her automatic drawing method:
In truth the way I work is automatic. If I'm given a task, a commission I am aware of the exact location it needs to be. I know what the client is looking for. I have faith in the process and know that it would eventually lead to the result we both are happy with. There are times when I do have a reference but I quickly give that reference away and let the process lead to the end outcome. (...) When I see my previous drawings I don't know how to draw them again, and I am not feeling as though I'm the person drawing the drawings. Sure, my hands are drawing but it's my hand doing however I'm extremely spiritual and I feel like there is a higher power doing it through me.
The four phases of the automatic drawing process by Araki Koman.
1. Preparedness
"Usually, I start with an image of a reference that I like. I draw an element and in the end there is no longer me doing the rest of the drawing, but the hands are drawing the forms. It's like solving a puzzle. things are happening on their themselves, and I'm watching it."
Stage 2 Stage 2: Creation
"I love listening to podcast or listening to music when drawing. It helps focus my attention on another thing. It is necessary to remove my attention from the drawing process to focus on something different like the music I am listening to or the dialog on the podcasts. I am just allowing my hands to handle all the work."
Stage 3: Editing
"All editing is done in a natural way. While I edit I'm continuing to work on the process also without being fully present. At times, I need to close what I am doing by taking a break from my work, go to another place, and come back to look at the final product. Is it the final product? Are I satisfied with the result Or should I consider adding another thing that didn't appear in the first place? The majority of the time the process is very easy, I am completely disconnected from what's happening in the world around me. It's about letting 80% go 10 percent of the research, and 10% of editing in the final."
Stage 4: Verification
"When I see my automatic drawings from the past I never know what to do next, and I am not feeling that I am actually doing the drawings. Yes, it's my hands making drawings, but I'm drawing, however I'm highly spiritual, and I think it's a higher-level consciousness acting through me. Perhaps I was born with an initial talent that led me to draw a lot when I was a kid. I was very interested in drawing, so I know it's my mission to do that in this particular moment, in this specific realm, and embrace it as my job now."
Gaze at more of Araki's automated drawings on Instagram. Instagram space.
Do you consider yourself an artist? Create a short video about the creation process
One of the best ways to earn some extra money on your work is to share with others the process you followed in your artwork. Just turn your camera on and record how you make the art. You could create a quick video of your work and then sell it as an online course via a video platform. This will provide your viewers with special BTS information.
A short video course is a great way to engage your viewers while creating your art and getting paid for it. The creators typically set the price of their short videos from $10 to $50. But, the amount you get depends on how you market your course online and the value to people. If you invest your time into creating the video and promoting it on social mediaplatforms, you could earn an extra passive income on each of your artworks by showing people how you created it.