The 4 Stages of the Automatic Drawings Process - Ideas
How do the best automatic artist come up with concepts while they're drawing? And what are the steps in their creative process that enables the ideas to come to life? Disconnecting from the constant flow of thoughts and distractions is an essential part of the technique for automatic drawing:
Try to be in a relaxed state of mind. Draw without thinking, and avoid controlling the drawing with your mind. Keep your pen at the point of the paper may aid in your flow. Automated drawing can be described as accelerated or intensified doodling in where unexpected and unpredictably shaped pictures can be visible and then used to create the foundation for additional visual game.
Araki Koman is a professional illustrator living in UK. When she was a young child, she used to draw in a computerized fashion until she reached her teenage years, and then stopped for about 10 years. She took graphic design classes when she quit her position as a digital marketer. From then on, Araki has allowed intuition to steer her career as well as her creativity process.
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Automatic drawing examples: Earthy color palette, raw lines, and organic designs
Soft raw lines and organic designs, textures, and sand-like hues are fused into Araki Koman's automated drawings. She currently works on the black ink Raw Feminine series she started in the year 2020. See some of her automatic drawing examplesbelow:
Araki on her automated drawing process:
In truth, everything I do is automated. If I'm working on a project or a task I am aware of the exact location it needs to be. I understand what the customer wants. I have faith in the process and that it will eventually produce the final result that we both are happy with. There are times when I do have a reference but I quickly give that reference up and I just let the process lead to the end result. (...) As I review my old drawings I am unable to draw them again, but I don't feel as though I'm the person making them. It's not my hands drawing, but I'm drawing it but I am very spiritual, and feel that there is a higher power doing it through me.
The four phases of the automated drawing process by Araki Koman:
First Stage: Preparedness
"Usually I begin by drawing an image of a reference that I like. I draw an element and eventually, it is not me that is drawing the remainder of the drawing any more, it is literally my hands doing the shapes. It's like solving a puzzle. things are happening on their own, and I am simply watching."
Stage 2: Creation
"I like listening to a podcast or to music when drawing. It helps focus my attention on something else. It is necessary to remove my attention from the drawing process to focus on something different like the music that I am listening to or the dialogue in the audio podcast. It's just me allowing my hands to handle everything on their own."
Stage 3: Editing
"All editing also happens in a natural way. While I edit, I am continuing the process also without being entirely present. Sometimes, I have to close what I am doing, step away from the task, do something else and then come back to look at the result. Is it the final product? Do I feel satisfied Or should I consider adding some other thing that hasn't happen the first time? The majority of the time the process is very easy and I'm completely detached from the world within me. It's 80% of letting go, 10% of research and 10% of editing at the end."
Stage 4: Verification
"When I look at my auto drawings from the past I don't know what I can do to recreate them And I'm in no way feeling like I'm responsible for the drawings. Sure, my hands are drawing, but it's my drawing, but I'm extremely spiritual and feel like it's higher consciousness doing it through my mind. I guess I had a talent initially that pushed me to draw often when I was a kid. I was very interested in drawing, and so I am aware that this is my duty to draw in this particular moment, within this particular realm and embrace the task as my own."
Check out more of Araki's auto-drawings on the Instagram space.
Are you an artist? Make a video of the creation process
One of the best ways to earn an extra income from your work is to share with viewers the process behind your art creation. Just turn your camera on and record how you make the art. You could create a quick video as you create your art and then sell the course online via a video platform. This will provide your viewers with exclusive BTS information.
Short video courses are an excellent way to involve your viewers while creating your artwork and earn money for it. The creators typically decide the prices of their short videos between $10 and $50. However, how much you'll earn depends on how you rate your course online and the importance to the audience. If you've put all your effort into creating the video and promoting it on social media, you can make an additional revenue stream on every one of your artworks by showing people the process you used to create the video.
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