52 Weeks of Art

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Every week we'll have a new prompt. All visual artistic mediums are welcome whether it's pencil, paint, digital, sculpture, embroidery, or whatever medium you prefer or want to try. Prompts might include a technique, style, subject, color, or other inspiration. Creativity is the point so feel free to stretch the prompt as far as you want.

If you missed a prompt, you are still welcome to post your project later. Please include the prompt in your post title.

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2025 Challenges List (self.52weeksofart)
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Thank you to everyone who made suggestions. I included most of them. Many of these prompts are broad and can incorporate multiple ideas. I will make a post each week where we can discuss ideas on how to use the prompt.

I can't wait to see what you all create. Have fun!

Week 1: 12/29/2025 New Medium

Week 2: 1/5/25 Inspired by Lemmy

Week 3: 1/12/25 Wet

Week 4: 1/19/25 Collage

Week 5: 1/26/25 Fur

Week 6: 2/3/25 White

Week 7: 2/9/25 Put a Bird on It

Week 8: 2/16/25 Abstract

Week 9: 2/23/25 Fire

Week 10: 3/2/25 Tiny

Week 11: 3/9/25 Textures

Week 12: 3/16/25 Ugly

Week 13: 3/23/25 Symmetry

Week 14: 3/30/25 Inspired by a Song

Week 15: 4/6/25 Hatching

Week 16: 4/13/25 Extraterrestrial

Week 17: 4/20/25 Outside

Week 18: 4/27/25 Ritual

Week 19: 5/4/25 Sadness

Week 20: 5/11/25 Cubist

Week 21: 5/18/25 Metallic

Week 22: 5/25/25 Something Familiar

Week 23: 6/1/25 Landscape

Week 24: 6/8/25 Light

Week 25: 6/15/25 Cute

Week 26: 6/22/25 Cancer

Week 27: 6/29/25 Inspired by a Meme

Week 28: 7/6/25 Reflection

Week 29: 7/13/25 Asymmetry

Week 30: 7/20/25 3D

Week 31: 7/27/25 Sport

Week 32: 8/3/25 Distance/Perspective

Week 33: 8/10/25 Home

Week 34: 8/17/25 Negative Space

Week 35: 8/24/25 Psychedelic

Week 36: 8/31/25 Movement

Week 37: 9/7/25 Still Life

Week 38: 9/14/25 Monochromatic

Week 39: 9/21/25 Wood

Week 40: 9/28/25 Season

Week 41: 10/5/25 Hole

Week 42: 10/12/25 Portrait

Week 43: 10/19/25 Color Wheel

Week 44: 10/26/25 Nightmare

Week 45: 11/2/25 Four Legged

Week 46: 11/9/25 Inspired by Famous Art

Week 47: 11/16/25 Comic Strip

Week 48: 11/23/25 Bubbles

Week 49: 11/30/25 Memory

Week 50: 12/7/25 Joy

Week 51: 12/14/25 Give Away

Week 52: 12/21/25 Fun

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Week 2: Inspired by Lemmy - Penguins (lemmy.world)
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Ink and colored pencil on paper.

This one is inspired by the larger-than-average number of Linux fans on Lemmy.

Original photo:

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Week 2 Intro and Weekly Discussion: Inspired by Lemmy (self.52weeksofart)
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Hello artsy lemmings,

This week, we pay homage to the forum that has brought us together by making art inspired by lemmy. Ideas:

  • Draw your own version of the lemmy lemming.

  • Paint a portrait of someone not pooping for 3 days.

  • Have you ever made a meme or do you just consume them? Now’s your chance to make one.

  • There are a variety of art communities here with professional and amateur art. You could try something in a style you find there.

  • There are a variety of communities with beautiful pictures of animals and landscapes.

  • There is a lot of Star Trek content. Like, a lot.

Go forth and create.

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Week 1: New Medium - Violent Night (lemmy.world)
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David Harbour as Santa + tattoos + man bun = a yes for me. Though I think this image looks more like Nick Cage.

Used new pencils for the sketch and new marker paper. I'm not sure if it's only that I'm new to markers or if the paper is shite, but these Ohuhu alcohol markers are supposed to blend and that was just not happening. I like the final result but I'm frustrated that my markers are not behaving like they're supposed to. I've seen a few how-to videos, but if anyone has recommendations, please drop me a link.

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Week 1: Intro and Weekly Discussion - New Medium (self.52weeksofart)
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Hello artistsn

This week you will use a medium that you have little-to-no experience with. Obvious choice is to pick up a type of paint, drawing material, clay, digital program, or other item you've never touched before. But that can take money and we don't need to make this challenge expensive. So here are some ideas:

  • Use a new tool in a medium you normally work with. Try out a new paintbrush or pen, or add a different material to a collage.

  • Combine materials/mediums. If you tried painting and drawing but not together, you can combine them. Or maybe sculpture and collage. Photography and comic strips?

  • Crayons - have you used these since you were a kid? If you've only used them in coloring books, you can try making something more advanced with them. There are plenty of childrens’ art materials you can usually pick up inexpensively.

Go forth and create.

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Reclaimed Machinery (lemmy.world)
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Trying to expand my skills, not sure I like this. It's hard to do detailed things like this.

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Pregnant mythical monsters (self.52weeksofart)
submitted 2 months ago by FauxPseudo to c/52weeksofart
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This one has been in my head for a bit. A goblin mom to be trying to manage the chaos of a cave filled with goblin children.

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Brainstorming prompts for 2025 (self.52weeksofart)
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We'll begin doing prompts the first week of January. For now, I'd like to brainstorm a list of 52 prompts. I can make them all myself if necessary, but it would be great to get input/ideas from people who want to participate.

Here's what I have so far, in no particular order:

  1. 3 Dimensional
  2. Collage
  3. Negative space
  4. Outside
  5. White
  6. Ugly
  7. Fur
  8. Nightmare
  9. Season
  10. Tiny
  11. Light
  12. Still life
  13. Cute
  14. Metallic
  15. Give away (make a present for someone)
  16. Abstract
  17. Inspired by famous art
  18. Portrait
  19. Inspired by a meme
  20. Put a bird on it
  21. Landscape
  22. Movement
  23. Time
  24. Sadness
  25. Joy
  26. Memory

Please feel welcome to comment with ideas or tweaks to the ones I've mentioned.