July 2021: Personifications

Art Dare Prompt

Illustrate your worst trait & your best trait as personifications, using any art media. A personification is giving something that isn’t human the characteristics of a human.

Watch a demo of this prompt!

Tips

  • Write lists for your best traits and your worst traits.
  • Select 1 trait from each of the lists to personify.

Inspiration

Get started!

In the Art Prof Discord Server, we have an #art-dares channel where you can post your WIP (work in progress), and get feedback & support during the month!

Art Dare Leap

Create a pair of traits per week! Each pair has 1 of your worst traits + 1 of your best traits.

Submit

Post your artwork on Instagram, tag us @art.prof  with #artprofdare. Please know that by doing this, you are automatically granting us permission to repost your art dare artworks on our Instagram account!

Submissions close on Saturday, July 31 @ 11:59pm EST

We prefer submissions via Instagram, but you can also use the upload form. Please do not use the upload form if you submit via Instagram.

Prizes

We award prizes and honorable mentions.

To be eligible for a prize, your artwork must be an original artwork created specifically for this Art Dare, and follow all guidelines.

Art Dare winner

Choose from a portfolio critique, an artist website critique, or an artist Instagram critique, or 5 months free in our Discord Patreon channels.

Artists in the US can also choose to receive both Prof Lieu’s book + Cat Huang’s middle school comic, “The Comic Journal of Cathy Rox.”

Honorable Mention

Artists in the US can choose Prof Lieu’s book, or Cat Huang’s middle school comic, “The Comic Journal of Cathy Rox,” or stickers designed by Cat Huang & Lauryn Welch.

International artists can receive 3 months free in our Discord Patreon channels, or stickers designed by Cat Huang & Lauryn Welch.