Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Welcome to the JAM

Hi everyone who's browsing!


This is the start of the blog for the Ai of Minneapolis Minnesota Sketch Jam!

The idea for this is one I got from watching several professional artists on Deviant art (http://sketch-jam-cafe.deviantart.com/), and I figured this would be a great idea for building my skills, but also my peers.

Every Monday we'll meet and jam together at school. We pick subjects and themes that we want to try and the whole group gives it a go. We usually limit the amount of time to 5 to 20 minutes each time. Then when we're finished we show the group what we got and give feedback. We're more than willing to change things up once in a while but if that sounds good to you we'd be glad to have you.
Every Wednesday we'll post the Jam drawings scanned in as a collage or pattern of our talent and progress. We'll be here with postings of the sketch Jams and we're always looking for new and fun ideas to put up for Jam sessions.
We may also have separate week jams where you'll have a week to do a certain task and turn in a copy for the blog to show off.

We'll be featured as part of Ai's website and be visible to all the other Ai's as well.


This is a great opportunity to sharpen and show off your skills in conceptual sketching, design layout, and execution of your ideas. It's an important skill you'll use the rest of your careers no matter what part of the industry you're in. But even better than that it's a time where you can relax and draw fun things. We can always use a break from work once in a while.


Thanks and welcome to Sketch Jam Minneapolis!

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