More and more animals in hats!
Day 40 and counting.
40 days ago I had the ridiculous notion to start The 100 Day Project. As I love creating characters I set myself the challenge to create 100 animals in hats. Why? I don't really know...it's fun and we all need more silly nonsense in our lives. I'm contributing to the greater good of course! Or am I just doing something silly because why not? Really, who cares? It's been fascinating. I started with full enthusiasm, got prepared, made loads and loads so I was able to upload every day because lets face it I'm not actually going to sit and draw a character every single morning for 100 days. Neither my life or my brain work on that kind of regimented, consistent routine level. Sometimes I have a few hours to scribble like crazy and my mind is full of ideas so I'm able to file all the paintings and they're ready to go. It's not following the proper rules. Again, who cares?
Connections and feedback
What I have managed to achieve for 40 days on the trot though is sharing an image to Insta' every day with a small collection of hashtags including #100daysofanimalsinhats. How catchy is that? haha. And the delightful bonus that come out of it is a small collection of gorgeous people that say things like 'These things brighten up my day' and 'I love this one' and it gives me a happy glow.
What next?
Well, I'm going to have 100 characters to think about. Some of them are rubbish and don't inspire me. Some of them, like the lovely whale and hippo, have inspired me to do more with them. For the time being I am a little behind schedule with making them so I'm going to plough on and take stock later. I'm hoping for many more greetings cards and patterns.
