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joeyv7 — Project Disability submission
Published: 2009-01-10 00:14:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 2921; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 30
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This is my submission for 's challenge for any and all dA artists, Project Disability. 1pen.deviantart.com/ The idea is to experience what injured and disabled artists go through as they continue to create, despite the handicaps they face.I played it safe with the subject, a simple form. Drawn and colored entirely with my 'wrong' hand in pencil, ink and Copic markers. Erasing was really difficult, and I could NOT move the Copics freely at all. But after a bit, a funny thing happened - I just became involved with the process as if I was using my good hand. Making something I liked became more dominant than my self - imposed 'handicap'.
This has been a great experience, and you should try it.
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Thanks very much, it was an interesting experience
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My pleasure^^, yes indeed I enjoyed mine as well
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Great outcome of an interesting self-experiment.
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Oh, give it a try, you'll be surprised how your brain kind of takes over, and it doesn't feel awkward, just different.
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So please tell me whether or not it is your sole purpose to make me 
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This really turned out great! Much better than I could even do with my RIGHT hand
What a cool project... I think I may have to try it. Not sure how to do that with clay though!
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Wonderful concept and exercise for creativity. I do the ambidextrous exercise a lot to help with creativity. I will have to check out the link here.
Nice work Cathy!
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You should - I had a lot of fun with this. It does help with creativity, too 
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Do you know when the deadline is for this project?
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I don't think they set one . . . they extended the first one because of so many contributions.
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wow, very impressive. It's your style even done with the hand you're not accustomed to. I'm wowed
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Thanks, Em - what's cool about this is the 'creative' part of my 
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very interesting observation there
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Awesome, Cons - you'll really enjoy it, and you might learn something like i did
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Of course!
Dramatization:
"Just a few strokes here and... OH CRAAAAAP!!! I'LL NEVER USE MY FUCKING LEFT HAND AGAAAAAAAIN!!! *tears paper*" xD
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That'll teach you!!! XD XD
No seriously - it taught me to use more direct/bolder lines. If I can remember to do it
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Oh, you DID it! I'm really mooved by your art. I have to read the project rooles again and to submit my art as well. Thank you
And the drawing is vibrant, with great colours and really beautiful.
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Oh, thanks my friend! Very very simple - draw/create with your wrong hand. Or your mouth. Or your foot, in an effort to experience what disabled and injured artists go through. That's all you have to do.
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And then just to post in my DA page with a reff to the poject?
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yes - and go to and give her a link to the deviation
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Gorgeous! I love the sheer "rough immediacy" of it. Very vibrant! I can't believe you did this using your "wrong" hand!
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You gotta submit one, Jodie, it's a great experience. It may have improved art from my 'correct' hand, if I can hang on to some lessons I learned here . . .
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I would have not guessed you have used your left hand! 
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Ooh, I can't wait to see your submission, glad you had fun!! 
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I can imagine....at the moment I'm not even able to paint with my dominant hand
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Why, what happened?????? How alarming.
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ohh....I don't know....nothing terrible...just feeling completely blocked like never before
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Oh. Yeah, I'm casting about for ideas too. Meantime that disability experiment was fun. But nothing's coming . . . . it's not much fun, is it?
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no fun at all...it gets me depressed and I miss painting
but I feel so empty and uninspired...every time I try I discard it after a while....
I really hope we will overcome these blocks
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This is really great work. If you didn't write it I wouldn't even realize you did it with your left hand.
The contest is very interesting. I was thinking about it some days ago and I'll maybe give it a try...
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YOu should - it was an interesting experience. I was forced to work with crude, bolder lines & came up with a more expressionistic work
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XD - thank you . . . but one of them seems to be drunk.
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woah.. that's beautiful!
which does obviously nót mean that the paintings with your dominant hand are less beautiful than this one...
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I hear you - I really liked that side of the exersize . . . exercize . . . I can't spell that word. But I was forced to work with less fine detail, so I had to accept a bolder line, and build from that. You should try it, it's really fun
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well.. that sure looks like it's a lesson that's maybe hard but a good one
Did I ever mention that you have a very good eye for (combining) colors?
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XD thanks . . . this one was pretty dicey for awhile there - I had to quit because a few more lines, and it would have been MUD.
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Heheh.. yeah, that happens often. And then my teachers say: you just paint. Go on, paint. The worst thing that can happen is: you used another sheet of paper.
Teachers..
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Your (left?) hand is talented. Amazing work! 
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Heh . . . my left hand is drunk. No you should try this, it was a blast. My shoulder hurts, though
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