Studies in Crap presents ’80s Action Heroes Where They Don’t Belong, Part One: Rambo Coloring & Activity Book! Pick your worst image and print it. You can just colour it in and/or add to it in some way… Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1332

Nobutaka Aozaki asked people for directions in NY and did not let them use their phone but asked for a drawing. From their drawings sprung ‘From Here to There,’ a ‘map’ of Manhattan made entirely of hand-drawn pointers to famous landmarks and buildings. Get a few people you meet to to draw you a map and pull together a map ‘from here to there’ of your local area. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1322

Get inspiration from as many of the 26 amazing inventions in this British Pathe great footage, draw your very own amazing invention! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1320

Relax in a quiet place. With your eyes closed, imagine a tree. Then imagine a seed. Then a star. See them joining or touching, creating a picture together. When you’re ready, draw your picture. From “Source Imagery” by Sandra G. Shuman    Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1318

We came across @quasimondo whilst using a number of his Twitter bots. In an interesting response to a question on their Tumblr s/he speaks to ‘creative authorship’ in tools like these. Try it and reflect on who is creating what as you experiment. Scribbler is an online tool so no download is necessary. We found a non-professional tutorial to get you started too, should you need one. People make wonderful stuff using it! Have fun!   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1315

Make a comic without a comic!  Thanks to @Nsousanis for this fabulous assignment which he set for our friends at #clmooc.  View on You Tube for all written details of the assignment and the link to the whole Google Hangout (well worth a listen).  You can also submit your example to #clmooc should you wish to (link under the video on YT also). Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1307

Create a calming collage. Choose images that you find soothing, calming or even meditative and combine them to create an attractive collage that can help you to relax. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1306

Draw a map of your ideal summer carnival, festival, or fair. Music, treats, rides, and other amusements…your map can include your favourite people having fun too, if you like. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1304

Draw in the dark. Not being able to judge what you’re drawing or having to worry about whether or not it’s “right” can be very liberating. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1299

Make a drawing with a cut out for clothing. Take a photo of your  card and environment to complete the image. Need more challenge? Add more than one cut out. Want to see this skirt in different environments? Go ahead and take a look.   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1298

monstrous, one appears needed; forgiving, one dances imperfectly — everyadage (@everyadage) July 19, 2015 Illustrate this bot’s wisdom with a drawing. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1292

Use Franklin’s Drinkers Dictionary. Select your favourite entry. Illustrate it. The Daily Create suggests you drink responsibly. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1281

  Apparently this idea comes from The Sketchnote Workbook ( We have not had a chance to check the image against the workbook. If we are wrong, blame Twitter).  We can draw everything with these 5 basic elements. Shall we try it? Find a complex subject for your composition and draw it using only circles, squares, triangles and dots! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1278

ugh I wish I could draw. pic.twitter.com/By11jWjfK8 — Emergency Kittens (@EmrgencyKittens) June 16, 2015 Can you outdo this #cuteoverload? Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1277

It seems such a great idea for any day of the year that we think we can celebrate all things handwritten any day of the year! If you need instruction we have that, of course. If you do not have the Twitter, that is sad but you can still add to the Flickr. Have fun! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1275

Drawing above by Silvia Plath titled ‘The pleasure of odds and ends’. What odds and ends give you pleasure? Make an ink drawing. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1274

Draw an image of the best place or thing to do with your best friend(s)! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1270

I saw a fox last night. Two foxes in fact. But my photos were terrible, so I have drawn a fox instead. pic.twitter.com/vBpK2tBHQT — Louie Stowell (@Louiestowell) June 10, 2015 Pick a terrible photo and draw it instead. HT @Louiestowell Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1269

For those of you who don’t know what the word “contour” means, it means drawing an image without lifting your pencil from the page, and blind is pretty self explainatory… you do it with your eyes off of the page the WHOLE time Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1258

Draw a self portrait of what you think you will look like in the year 2050. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1257

Draw the best moment of your life, this should not take long at all Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1255

We follow up from yesterday’s lines and today create a drawing by using multiples of one type of shape. (all circles, stars, etc.) Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1247

Making lines http://t.co/JZ3rWP7BR2 pic.twitter.com/XNDJpVirY0 — jason toal (@draggin) June 5, 2015 Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1246

Draw a circle, then draw something expanding on it. It can be anything! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1243

We are awash in “infographics” aiming to explain information and relationships visually. Sometimes they fail miserably, as shown in Vox’s 27 Hilariously Bad Maps That Explain Nothing. Your challenge is to design a bad map that mangles information but looks like it might. You can learn a lot by doing bad design! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1237

Draw yourself as a witch/wizard character! you can be a hogwarts student or have some funny special magic power or maybe give yourself a familiar (a magic companion, like a cat or an owl). Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1221

Draw the best and most detailed picture of a cell you can in 20 seconds. Time yourself! It can be any kind of cell–get creative: plant cell, animal cell, jail cell, etc. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1213

Logos are everywhere. Transform a logo of your choice into something new by drawing. Digital or old school tools. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1206

It is still cold somewhere in the world…draw an artful snowflake. Feel free to travel somewhere to make one in real snow! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1204

bridges do connect people.   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1203

Create a stick figure drawing that is unique and specific to you as a person. Some inspiration from the best stick figure art around. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1198

Sketch an image of something that scares you. Here is the twist…make it a bit less intimidating in some way. (e.g. Draw a fun costume on a spider) Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1197

Create your own interpretation of a famous work of art. How would you have painted the Mona Lisa? Using a famous work as your inspiration, create your own work. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1188

Make drawn, collaged, or photo art around your fingerprints. Your fingerprints are as unique as you are. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1174

Draw a staircase, and think about your biggest dream.Draw it at the top of the staircase and then fill each step with the “steps” you’d have to take to make your biggest dream a reality. HT to our friends at Daily Art prompts on Tumblr. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1163

Pick a favourite activity and create a lesson for us all!   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1162

Make an abstract sketch to illustrate it. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1158

Draw your comic strip map of what you still need and what you must have and show us. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1153

What if DS would stand for Deep Space? What would our space station Deep Space 106 look like?   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1145

A coffee, a pencil and some paper. Go! Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1138

This one is by Jan heigh and you can find many more examples by other artists of the Creative Hands Project. What do you creative hands look like?   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1129

It’s David Kernohan’s birthday today! Known by some in DS106 as **that** David, he always makes awesome daily create submissions. Let’s draw him a portrait for his birthday. Draw one or make one online. If you need inspiration you can see a lovely photo of David by @cogdog. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1128

Dot anyway you want! Celibri-dots might inspire you. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1126

Make a picture with words on them. Your theme: I’m sorry. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1122

Make one! This one by Vince Low. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1120

  Droodles was a syndicated cartoon feature created by Roger Price and collected in his 1953 book Droodles. The trademarked name “Droodle” is a nonsense word suggesting “doodle”, “drawing” and “riddle.” Wikipedia. You can get inspiration on Flickr. Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1114

See more of Wayne White’s Word Paintings (Inspired by Gardner Campbell)  Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1113

Make a cat, on a synthesiser, in space.   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1109

What is this grey box hiding? What is it for? Make a drawing of the inside of the box.   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1101

Somebody decide to improve on the Batman logo. Pick a favourite superhero logo and improve on it.   Upload your drawing as a photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1090