So I decided to take on this challenge of drawing 100 themed drawings lately. Not sure how long it will take me or if I'll be able to even get through it, but it will give me something interesting to focus on drawing when my regular ideas for things are limited. You can find the page for the group promoting this challenge here:



I should mention that I've decided to make some key alterations to the challenge. The themes themselves were selected from laying all five current variations of the challenge side by side, going down number by number, and picking the ones I liked. There was a little bit of shuffling involved as well, so I'll be entering this challenge as a "Misc Challenger".

Another thing was that I wanted to tie this to my studies of Japanese (especially Japanese onomatopoeia) since I'm living in and attending college in Miyazaki, Japan now. So all the pictures will be drawn with the text in Japanese and I'll provide translation in title and notes.

So with that said, here is my list (in both English and Japanese):

1.Introduction ( 紹介 )
2.Youth ( 青春 )
3.Fantasy ( ファンタジー )
4.Lock and Key ( 鍵と鍵穴 )
5.Rot ( 朽ちる )
6.Break ( 壊す )
7.Pirate ( 海賊 )
8.Innocence ( 無垢 )
9.Cut ( 切る )
10.Garden ( 庭 )
11.Sadness ( 悲しさ )
12.Fear ( 恐怖 )
13.Edgar Allen Poe　( エドガー・アラン・ポー )
14.Mask ( 仮面 )
15.Silence ( 静寂 )
16.Vampires ( 吸血鬼 )
17.Morning ( 朝 )
18.Rainbow ( 虹 )
19.Friend ( 友達 )
20.Pet ( ペット )
21.Joy ( 喜び )
22.Time ( 時間 )
23.Cat ( 猫 )
24.Desire ( 願望 )
25.Insomnia ( 不眠症 )
26.Solitude ( 孤独 )
27.Cigarette ( タバコ )
28.Zombies ( ゾンビ )
29.Urban ( 都会 )
30.Rain ( 雨 )
31.Candyland ( キャンディーランド )
32.Smile ( 笑顔 )
33.Puppets ( 操り )
34.God ( 神様 )
35.Fruit ( 果物 )
36.Hold ( 持つ )
37.Eyes ( お目々 )
38.Abandoned ( 捨てられた )
39.Dance ( 踊り )
40.Right ( 右 )
41.Under Water ( 水中 )
42.Play ( 遊ぶ )
43.Die ( 死ぬ )
44.Wings ( 翼 )
45.Illusion ( 幻想 )
46.Family ( 家族 )
47.Dirt ( 土 )
48.Red ( 赤い )
49.Upside Down ( 逆さま )
50.Jungle ( ジャングル )
51.Sport ( スポーツ )
52.Old ( 古い )
53.Farm ( 農場 )
54.Horse ( 馬 )
55.Waiting ( 待っている )
56.Mother　( お母さん )
57.Sacrifice ( 犠牲 )
58.No Color ( 無色 )
59.Mad ( 怒る )
60.Rejection ( 拒否 )
61.Bugs ( 昆虫 )
62.Fairy Tale ( おとぎ話 )
63.Falling ( 落下 )
64.Dinosaur ( 恐竜 )
65.Horror ( ホラー )
66.Snow ( 雪 )
67.Drum ( 太鼓 )
68.Envy ( 羨望 )
69.Adhesive ( 接着剤 )
70.Underworld ( 裏社会 )
71.Obsession ( こだわり )
72.Silhouette ( シルエット )
73.Robot ( ロボット )
74.Video Game ( テレビゲーム )
75.Mirror ( 鏡 )
76.Ocean ( 大洋 )
77.Bird ( 鳥 )
78.Drink ( 飲む )
79.Teeth ( 歯 )
80.Teenager ( ティーンエイジャー )
81.Clone ( クローン )
82.Clumsy ( 不器用 )
83.Numbers ( 数字 )
84.Space ( 宇宙 )
85.Song ( 歌 )
86.Surprise ( 驚き )
87.Hunger ( 空腹 )
88.Bunny ( ウサギちゃん )
89.Ice Cream ( アイスクリーム )
90.Fire ( 火事 )
91.Drown ( 溺死する )
92.Love ( 愛 )
93.Fast ( 早い )
94.Stamp ( 切手 )
95.Sparkle ( キラキラ )
96.Storm ( 嵐 )
97.Lost ( 迷った )
98.Buttons ( ボタン )
99.Rocket ( ロケット )
100.Gone ( 居なくなった )

And here is the first entry in the series of them: [link]

Thanks goes to Professor Hirase and Nagai here in Japan for helping by proofreading over these choices of words and offering alternate suggestions. Thanks also to my friend and fellow student of the Japanese language Charlie for providing his own suggestions as well.

(P.S. - Dammit! Isn't there a way to disable smilies for DA Journal posts? I just had to run through and put spaces by all those instances of Japanese text so they wouldn't turn into bloody smilies! Seriously, I hate smilies... guh!)