How to learn drawing with a day job (or busy life)

6 Reasons for Drawing Daily I have been drawing everyday for the last 365 days. And these are my 6 personal reasons as to why I draw daily. 

Building a drawing habit is one of the best things you can do for your art skills.  But if you go about it the wrong

One of the most common questions I get asked is: ‘What to draw every day?’ Last year, I drew every single day for 365 days.

Most people try to form a consistent Daily drawing habit, But fail, miserably to do so.  Then they complain about the tactic itself. “Drawing everyday

I drew everyday in 2025 for just 10-20 mins/day and got drastically better at my craft. And I just followed these 3 steps… Little things

Here’s a drawing of a character that I’ve drawn a couple of years ago 👇 And here’s a drawing of the same character I drew

1) 30 Days of Manga Bodies Last month, the theme for my daily practice was ‘Manga Bodies’ Those thin, tall, lanky and stylish looking characters that

1) Making my Comic – “The Shadow Within” I’ve been busy the past month or two making my comic for the anthology I’m part of

This is the last ‘Art Truth’ I wish I knew: I used to think that I needed to be born with this special magic sauce

I used to believe in the myth of the “Starving Artist”. Which basically says that there’s “No money in art” 💸 or you’ll have to

I once had a day job that was ‘ok’.  I was a Video producer at an ad agency. 🎥 I was doing what I liked,

What if I told you Drawing is NOT art. 🤔 My Younger self would have scoffed at this idea. And he’s mostly right.  But he

Most artists who are starting out has this goal of finding their “own Style”, Their own way of making art that’s recognizable.  And they spend

1) The 12 Commandments of Making Comics Veteran comic creator and illustrator Jake Parker has a set of “Commandments” for making comics. 📋 I came across it a while

1) The Biggest Lie Artists tell themselves A few years ago, I came across the term “Multi-potentialite” : Which basically means people who are interested in many

1) How do I follow my passion with a Day Job I speak with artists who often have a day job that’s completely unrelated to

1) My Comic Page Process Here’s a quick Breakdown (and Timelapse) of my comic page from the upcoming comic.  – It started with the Super Rough pencils

1) My Comic Project Lately I’ve been working on a short 21 page comic called ‘The Shadow Within’ 😌 – It’s a story of a young warrior

1) The Key to Better Drawing: Construct better than you think Here the Same Drawings Drawn by 2 Different Artists. Why does one look better

1) 30 Days of Drawing Hands So I practiced drawing hands everyday for 30 days (for just 10-20mins/day) and that had a drastic impact on my ability

1) The Chibi Drawing Breakdown One of my favourite animated movies from this year is K-Pop Demon Hunters.  It was quite unexpected hit for me

1) Drawing Anime Heads I’ve been practicing the art of drawing anime heads for this month of Sep at Drawdaily365.✏️ The goal is to study

1) Creating Characters for my Dream Project I’ve had this epic story in my head that I’ve been dying to tell for the past 5

1) Sketchbooks are Back! The more I witness the rise of AI, the more I want to go back to my roots of making Art

1) The 6 Min Sketch Challenge Here’s the challenge: • Draw for 6 Mins or more everyday – for 100 Days. That’s the challenge that

1) The Need for Rest After a month full of sketching in my Sketchbook – I took 3 weeks off from work and making art.

1) Weekly Illustrations I’ve recently picked up a weekly illustration or drawing habit.  I’ve been feeling a bit off from not creating anything finished or

1) The Secret Comic Project I’ve been working on a secret comic project along a whole bunch (and I mean a bunch) of really talented artists. ✍️

1) 4 Ways to Use a Sketchbook Words I like: The Art of Sketchbooking is all about maintaining a sketchbook by observing, reflecting, practicing and playing