The 4 Stages of the Automatic Drawings Process - Ideas
How do the best automatic artist come up with ideas when they are creating? What are the key steps they take in their process of creation which allow the ideas to come into existence? Disconnecting from the constant flow of thoughts and distractions is an essential part of the automatic drawing technique:
Put yourself in a receptive state of mind. Draw without thinking, and avoid conscious control over the image. Keep your pen at the point of the paper may assist in your flow. In fact, automatic drawing is an art form of accelerated or intensified doodling in which unexpected and unpredictable images can be made to emerge and serve as the basis of additional visual game.
Araki Koman is an illustrator who freelances within the UK. When she was a kid and drawing was her passion, she would do it automatically until her teens, but eventually stopped for about 10 years. Araki enrolled in an art and design program following her departure from her position as a digital marketer. Since then, Araki has allowed intuition to guide her work and the process of creative thinking.
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Examples of automatic drawing: earthy colour palette natural lines, rough lines and organic forms
Organic lines, soft raw lines shapes, matte texture and sand-like hues are fused into Araki Koman's auto-drawings. The artist is currently working on an ink black Raw Feminine series she started in the year 2020. Check out some of her auto-drawing examples:
Araki about her automatic drawing method:
In truth all my actions are automated. If I'm working on a project or a task I'm aware of the exact location it needs to go. I know what the customer wants. I always trust the process and know that ultimately, it will lead to the end result we both are happy with. There are times when I do am able to reference something, but I quickly give that reference up and I just let the process lead to the end product. (...) If I look at my previous drawings I am unable to recreate them but I don't feel that I am the one drawing these drawings. It's not my hands drawing, but I'm drawing it , but I'm very spiritual and believe that it's a higher consciousness doing it through me.
Four stages of drawing automatically by Araki Koman:
Stage 1: The preparation
"Usually I begin with the reference image I like. Then, I draw the element. eventually the drawing isn't me that is drawing the remainder of the drawing, but the hands are creating the designs. It's like solving a puzzle. it's happening all on its themselves, and I'm simply watching."
Stage 2: Creation
"I love listening to music or podcast when drawing. It helps concentrate my mind on another thing. I must completely remove myself from my drawing and concentrate on something else like the music I am listening to or the dialog in the audio podcast. It's just me allowing my hands to take over everything by themselves."
Stage 3. Editing
"All editing is done naturally. When I am editing it, I'm completing this process without actually being completely there. Sometimes, I must stop what I'm doing by taking a break from my work, go do something else and then come back to look at the final product. Is it the final outcome? Do I feel satisfied, or should I add something else that did not appear the first time? Most of the time, it is quite effortless, 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 sketches from my past, I'm not sure how to do them again but I'm not sure if I'm actually doing the drawings. It's not my hands drawing, it's me drawing, but I am extremely spiritual and believe that it is a higher power working through my mind. It's possible that I have the ability to draw from an early age, which led me to draw a lot when I was a kid. I was very drawn to drawing, and so I am aware that it's in a way my mission to do that for the moment in this specific realm, and I am embracing it as my job now."
Gaze at more of Araki's auto-drawings through Instagram. Instagram account.
If you are an artist, Create a short video about your creation process
A great way to make some additional money from your art is to show viewers the process behind your artwork. Simply turn on your camera and take a video of how you create the art. You could create a quick video as you create your art and offer it as an online course on a video platform to keep your customers entertained with special BTS information.
A video-based short course is an excellent way to involve your audience as you create your artwork and earn money for it. Course creators generally decide the prices of video short courses that range from $10-$50. The amount you get depends on how you rate your online course and its value to people. If you've put all your effort in creating your video and promote it through social media, you can earn a passive income on each of your art pieces through showing the process you used to create the video.