Speed Drawing Challenge For Pro Illustrators To Sketch In 10 Mins, 1 Min, And 10 Secs

Drawing is a skill, and the more you do it the better AND faster you get. That's what illustrator Mark Crilley proves with a challenge to his colleague illustrators.

JAN 3, 2017

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Drawing is a skill, and the more you do it the better AND faster you get. That's what illustrator Mark Crilley proves with a challenge to his colleague illustrators.

The rules are as follow: pick a character and make sketches in 10 seconds, 1 minute, 10 minutes and then put them side by side for easy comparison.

The competition has revealed that even in 10 seconds illustrators managed to identify the base elements that make up the character and put it on paper. Pretty amazing how automatic the process has become for them. (h/t)

#1 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Igor Cheban

#2 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: TheBoxOfficeArtist

#3 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: markcrilley

#4 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Draw with Jazza

#5 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Joe Hogan Art

#6 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Robin Clonts

#7 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: markcrilley

#8 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Joe Hogan Art

#9 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Dat Duong

#10 10 Minutes / 1 Minute / 10 Seconds

Image source: Jullelin Art

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