Where art thou
June 16, 2015 7:43 PM
After a few years, I’ve started to get back into drawing, and I miss having artist friends to collaborate with! Where can I find them?
I did art in high school, and I had artist friends whom I had met online through oekakis and deviantArt (the usual teen haunts at the time). We drifted apart, and I chose to do engineering in college (I’m still in college). So, most of my friends now don’t draw.
I’ve picked up drawing again, and I really miss a couple of things in my relationships:
I’m living in Cambridge, MA this summer. I’ve thought of going to figure drawing or urban sketching meetups here; any recommendations? Suggestions for other IRL/online communities are also welcome, with a preference toward IRL. (I also live in a co-op where there might be other artists. Maybe I should ask around.)
I did art in high school, and I had artist friends whom I had met online through oekakis and deviantArt (the usual teen haunts at the time). We drifted apart, and I chose to do engineering in college (I’m still in college). So, most of my friends now don’t draw.
I’ve picked up drawing again, and I really miss a couple of things in my relationships:
- collaboration: we used to collab on pieces where one person would do the lineart and the other colors, and vice versa. Working side-by-side was fun too. Drawing by myself now is still fun, but lonelier.
- critiques and competition: we pushed each other a lot to improve.
- fandom: creating fanart together instead of just consuming the content.
I’m living in Cambridge, MA this summer. I’ve thought of going to figure drawing or urban sketching meetups here; any recommendations? Suggestions for other IRL/online communities are also welcome, with a preference toward IRL. (I also live in a co-op where there might be other artists. Maybe I should ask around.)
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I’ve thought of going to figure drawing or urban sketching meetups here; any recommendations?
Google says there are many, including Dr Sketchy's and a place that hosts cartoonists' meetup
posted by sebastienbailard at 7:58 PM on June 16, 2015