Artwork: Nicole Hanusek is creating
365 Daily Drawings
A doodle a day keeps the boredoms away
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Promotion!
I'll promote the crap out of aforementioned gallery show! And throw an amazing opening reception for which you will all be invited! Drinks and prints for everyone!
Crap My Pants!
I'll be so shocked and amazed that I won't know what to do with myself.
About
Why reproduce a photo as a drawing or painting? Because it’s not simple reproduction—it’s reinvention. I’ve always been able to make a faithful version of the original picture, but the joy in it for me isn’t in the purely technical. It’s in creating my own interpretation of that still moment: from turning an orange Bengal tiger into a blue dream cat that didn’t exist before, to leaving out electrical wires in a streetscape and embracing bold colors in the scene as a way of heightening the composition’s impact on the viewer, I have control over the painting in a way that lets me say precisely what I want to say.
Embracing that kind of joy is why I became an artist. When I was ten, I started drawing mermaids. I obsessed over it, and came up with clean two- and three-color palettes. By the time I was in seventh grade, the Little Mermaid was everywhere and when I drew her for myself, I felt the connection and I knew that I wanted be an artist. I dedicated myself to art in high school, and went off to the Savannah College of Art and Design. After a year, I came back to my native Ohio and transferred to the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration in 2000. I’ve been working as a professional artist and designer since.
Embracing that kind of joy is why I became an artist. When I was ten, I started drawing mermaids. I obsessed over it, and came up with clean two- and three-color palettes. By the time I was in seventh grade, the Little Mermaid was everywhere and when I drew her for myself, I felt the connection and I knew that I wanted be an artist. I dedicated myself to art in high school, and went off to the Savannah College of Art and Design. After a year, I came back to my native Ohio and transferred to the Cleveland Institute of Art and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration in 2000. I’ve been working as a professional artist and designer since.
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Cleveland, OH, USA
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In January 2015 I decided to start drawing a doodle per day, but to make it more interesting I asked people — mostly friends and family — to give me topic suggestions. Each day I choose one of the topics to draw and I try to keep them quick, under an hour or so. They are simple pencil and ink drawings colored with markers and pencils, most are around 7" x 7" or smaller.
I post the finished drawings to Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, my art site and here. The original drawings plus a limited run of 10 prints are for sale on Etsy and some of the doodles are available on t-shirts, mugs and greeting cards - requests welcome!
I have a long list of suggestions now and am always willing to add to the list! My goal is to do this for an entire year, but if I keep getting suggestions and support I won't stop!
Once I have 365 days worth of doodles I'd like to show them all in a gallery in San Francisco. This will require matting and possibly framing them all which will be expensive and time consuming — this is why your support will be very helpful!
What my fans say:
And many people have told me in person that they look forward to them in their Facebook feed every day - something fun, new and creative as opposed to the same old stuff.
I post the finished drawings to Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, my art site and here. The original drawings plus a limited run of 10 prints are for sale on Etsy and some of the doodles are available on t-shirts, mugs and greeting cards - requests welcome!
I have a long list of suggestions now and am always willing to add to the list! My goal is to do this for an entire year, but if I keep getting suggestions and support I won't stop!
Once I have 365 days worth of doodles I'd like to show them all in a gallery in San Francisco. This will require matting and possibly framing them all which will be expensive and time consuming — this is why your support will be very helpful!
What my fans say:
- "I'm loving all of your doodles!" ~ Katie M.
- "It's really fun to see how you interpret each suggestion" ~ Rose V.
- "Wow Nicole these have been so creative and unexpected. You have a wonderfully grounded imagination and style." ~ Rick S.
- "I love your doodles! You are amazing!" ~ Kelly G.
And many people have told me in person that they look forward to them in their Facebook feed every day - something fun, new and creative as opposed to the same old stuff.