We've been truly inspired by the amazing talent and creativity displayed during our 12 Days Challenges. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated and shared their art with us. 🏆 WINNER SELECTION IN PROGRESS Our team is currently in the process of reviewing all the submissions. It's a tough task with so much amazing art to look at! We are as excited as you are to find out who will take home the prizes! To give our beginner artists a chance at winning, we decided that a small portion of the prizes will be selected randomly. Most of the prizes will be selected by the Proko Team. 📅 TUESDAY, DEC 26 Please note that Monday is a holiday for our team, but we're working hard to bring you the results. The winners will be announced this Tuesday! Stay tuned for the big reveal and get ready to celebrate the winners and their incredible artworks. All your contributions have made this event more than just a competition; it's been really nice to see everyone commenting and coming together as a community. Thank you for making this event a success. We can't wait to share the results with you! Hope you all enjoy your holidays!

Today we’re swinging into the action-packed world of Comic Poses! Comics are known for powerful, dynamic poses that tell a story. Focus on creating sketches that showcase movement, emotion, and energy. Use our timer tool to warm up with some 2-minute poses and then jump into longer 10-minute poses to exaggerate or change parts of the pose or body type if you feel it will make the story better. Think about the hero or villain that would take that pose as you draw these. Share your sketches and see how others in the community brought their characters to life! INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 12 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your comic pages here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Creating a Comic Page Course 3 Comic Poses - Female & Male Pack 3 Fighting Pose Reference Bundle LIVESTREAM: Come hang out and sketch alongside Ryan Benjamin as he tests the Timer Tool at 3:30pm PST - https://www.youtube.com/live/ci99NYQ6Pow?si=T2bWV1_NVc9-CafD Ryan Benjamin is holding a livestream today at 3:30 PST on his YouTube channel. Come hang out and draw with him as he uses the new Proko Timer tool.  Link to stream: TBA 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The holiday sale is almost over (Dec 24th), and is the last sale for a while. Use code 12DAYS for 15% off courses and tools. Happy Holidays, and on to New Year’s resolutions in January! Art by Ryan Benjamin

Today's challenge is all about structure. That means boxes, cylinders, Loomis heads, mannequins, foreshortening, planes, and cross contour! Set your Proko timers to 10-20 minutes. This challenge is all about seeing complex organic forms and indicating them as simple 3D forms.. When combined with proficiency of gesture, you’ll become an unstoppable powerhouse for dynamic masterful figure drawings. Don't forget to share how you're doing and what you're learning along the way! I have a lot of lessons on this (see below). Also, I just started the perspective section of my @Drawing Basics course, so the next year or so will be all about teaching you how to think 3D, apply it intuitively to organic forms, and how to add light and shading to make it look more 3D. If you join the course now and follow along with the assignments, you have a chance to be in the critique videos :) Structure Basics – Making Things Look 3D Mannequinization – Structure of the Human Body How to Draw Structure in the Body – Robo Bean One-Point Perspective INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 11 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your structure sketches by replying here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Drawing Basics Courses 3 Proko Model Packs 1 Proko Skull LIVESTREAM: Marco Bucci is holding a livestream today at 10:00am PST. Come hang out and draw with him as he uses the new Proko Timer tool.  Link to stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRiT-E9J55Y If you want to support all the amazing instructors and the team making all this possible, and get yourself ready with some premium courses for the new year, the best deals are the bundle packs on the home page - https://proko.com. Bundle packs and the “12DAYS” discount code can be combined for the biggest discount during our holiday sale :)

Have some fun today. The reference photos are a mix of portraits and full body costumed poses of various types of sorcerers. Use the Proko Timer tool to capture the enchanting essence of these mystical artists. Consider trying something new today, such as new tools, exploring a limited color palette, or trying a new style. I'll be playing with Olo markers to do a few portraits in a Zorn palette during my livestream. Experiment, see where it takes you and share your magical creations below. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 10 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your enchanted drawings by replying here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Drawing Basics Courses 2 Wizard Model Pack 1 Signed Grey Marker OLO set I’ll be going live today at 11am PST. Come hang out and draw some magic portraits with me as I use the timer tool.  Link to stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0r6wUmCSDI If you want to support all the amazing instructors and the team making all this possible, and get yourself ready with some premium courses for the new year, the best deals are the bundle packs on the home page - https://proko.com. Bundle packs and the “12DAYS” discount code can be combined for the biggest discount during our holiday sale :) Art by Artwod

July 2021 Proko Challenge with judge Ethan Becker is getting weird! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. We will have a community choice award :) To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://proko.com/lesson/july-proko-challenge-influencer-animorph-with-ethan-becker/notes Deadline is July 19th at 11:59 PM (PDT) Thank you to our sponsors for providing prizes - Wacom, Sentient Academy, Vision X Live, and Trekell. *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See reaction video and winners here - Feeling Good About Your Art? NOT ON MY WATCH! - Ethan Becker Proko Challenge

June 2022 Proko Challenge with judge @Marco Bucci is here! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. We will have a community choice award :) To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://www.proko.com/lesson/june-proko-challenge-sketching-light-and-color-with-marco-bucci/ *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See reaction video and winners here - Light and Color Sketch Tour with Marco Bucci

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Today we’re studying facial expressions! The reference pack covers a broad range of emotions, including the common happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise, and contempt. Using our Timer tool, start with a session of quick 2-3 minutes per image to capture these fleeting expressions just like you’d have to do while sketching out in the wild. Then do a session of longer duration, 10-30 minutes, to capture the subtleties and the deformations of the forms that define each expression. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 9 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your expressions by replying here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 1 Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet 1 Proko Skull 3 Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle 1 Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 3 Model Pack 1 Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 2 Model Pack If you want to support all the amazing instructors and the team making all this possible, and get yourself ready with some premium courses for the new year, the best deals are the bundle packs on the home page - https://proko.com. Bundle packs and the “12DAYS” discount code can be combined for the biggest discount during our holiday sale :) Art by Lois van Baarle (Loish)

THE CHALLENGE:  Let’s dive into today’s challenge - Mermaids! Use the provided human anatomy references as inspiration for the pose and give ‘em a tail. Feel free to use any materials you like, and remember to have fun with it! Make sure to use the timer tool, but try to keep your sketches within 25 minutes. Today's all about being creative and enjoying the process. All of the images in today’s reference sample are graciously provided by Grafit from their Mermaid Reference Bundle. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 2 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your full-page mermaids here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 1 How to Draw Fantasy Female Figures Course 1 OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan 5 Mermaid Reference Bundle 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. We’ve also got a sale going on! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store. Art by @ahmedald

Hands down, the second most expressive part of the body after the face, is the hands! They hold a remarkable range of emotions and gestures. Challenge yourself with 5-20 minute poses using our timer tool to practice the gesture, structure, or anatomy of the provided hand photos. If you need a hand ;) with this challenge, I have a whole series of video lessons (several are free) about drawing hands in my anatomy course. Here’s the first lesson, and the others are in the playlist on this same page:  How to Draw Hands – Muscle Anatomy of the Hand All of the images in today’s reference sample are glorious photos of Marshall Vandruff’s hands, featured in the Proko Hands pack - Poses for Artists - Hands INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 3 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your hands here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Anatomy for Artists (Arms) Course Parts 5 Proko Hand Reference Packs 1 Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. We’ve also got a sale going on! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store.

Today, we focus on warriors! Vikings, Barbarians, and other historical groups. Many of the photos have clothing, so you'll get to practice your folds along with the typical fundamentals that come with dynamic poses. Today you have a lot more flexibility with the time. You can do a session of quicksketches (2-7 minutes), full page Layins (20-30 minutes), or longer studies (1 hour +) if you want to pay attention to the details of the clothing, or spend some more time with the shading. Use our timer tool to get the reference and then share your work with the community. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 5 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your warriors here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Viking Model Pack vo1 3 Viking Model Pack vo2 3 Barbarian Vol1 3 Barbarian Vol2 1 Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet LIVESTREAM: Ben Eblen will be holding a livestream today at 4:00pm PST on his channel. Come hang out and draw with him as he tests out the new Proko Timer tool. Link to livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isKp_umziwE 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. Get a last minute gift for yourself or another artist! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store. Art by Ben Eblen

We’re exploring a classic Proko topic today: gesture. Gesture drawing is all about capturing the action of the pose. As you’re sketching, focus on the movement throughout the body parts and the expression rather than the details of the anatomy. Use our timer tool for a quicksketch session, ensuring you’re not spending too long on a pose. 5 minute poses are a classic. If you're feeling brave, challenge yourself with 1 minute poses, leaving only enough time to capture the most essential action lines. The references we’ve provided will give you a range of dynamic poses to practice from. If you need guidance, I recommend reviewing these lessons: How to Draw Gesture Draw Any Pose From Any Angle - Rhythms INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 8 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your gestures by replying here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Figure Fundamental Courses 5 Proko Model Packs 1 Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet LIVESTREAM: Mike Mattesi is holding a livestream today at 12:30pm PST. Come hang out and draw with him as he uses the new Proko Timer tool.  Link to stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVw6WEkgqg 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. And don't forget about the SALE! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store. Art by Mike Mattesi

Day 6 - Anatomy - 12 Days of Proko Today I encourage you to do anatomy studies! Understanding the human machine helps us draw from reference, memory and invent from imagination. Some artists who have a lot of experience with anatomy can do quick studies at about 10 minutes per pose, but if you don't have several years of anatomy sketching under your belt, then it's better to allow more time (30+ minutes) to analyze deeper and gain a better understanding of what you're looking at. Beyond accuracy, go heavy on the structural skeletal scaffolding and design dynamic muscle shapes on top. Focus on the intricate relationships between body parts and how they change shape with movement. When you're stuck on a particular body part, my Anatomy of the Human Body course is the perfect resource. There are over 100 free lessons, so you're likely to get some clarity on any body type and over 250 premium lessons for when you want to get even more serious. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 6 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your anatomy sketches here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Torso Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course 3 Arms Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course 3 Legs Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course 3 Anatomy Study Reference Bundles from Grafit 1 Proko Skull LIVESTREAM: Josh Black is holding a livestream today at 12pm PST. Learn about anatomy and sketch with him as he uses the Proko Timer tool. Link to stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/yEuI6MkTNrY?si=xBhbS-AVP5xQcTjm 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. And don't forget about the SALE! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store. Art by Joshua Black

Do 25-minute full-page HEAD layins, focusing on proportions, structure, and capturing the likeness. Just like figure layins in Day 1, don’t get caught up in details. It's not about finishing drawings fast; it's about getting good at starting a drawing by practicing several starts in one session. This helps you get better at the initial setup phase for more detailed work. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 4 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your head layins here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 1 The Block In Course 1 Portrait Drawing Fundamentals Course 3 Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle 2 Proko Skulls LIVESTREAM: Stephen Bauman will be doing a livestream today at 10am PST on his channel. Come hang out and draw with him as he tests out the new Proko Timer tool. Link to channel:  https://youtube.com/live/QsVypQKnsak?feature=share 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. We’ve also got a sale going on! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store.

Gear up as today’s theme is Armor. Focus on how it aligns and interacts with the human form. The challenge is to understand and depict the way armor encases the body, following its contours and movements. This exercise will help you practice drawing interactions between hard and soft forms, emphasizing the relationship between rigid armor and the fluidity of the body beneath. Use our timer tool with whatever duration and materials you'd like, but if you'd like a suggestion, I'd say try ink or markers today at 20 minutes each. Share your sketches below and let’s see what you can do! INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 6 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your armor sketches here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 2 Templar Model Packs 2 Scythian vol. 1 Model Packs 2 Warlord Model Packs 1 Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet 1 OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. And don't forget about the SALE! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store. Art by Peter Han

THE CHALLENGE: Do 25-minute full-page layins, focusing on the elegance and balance of classic poses. These layins are really effective for developing skills in proportion, gesture, structure, anatomy, and shape design. The time limit makes you focus on the basic stuff instead of getting caught up in details. It's not about finishing drawings fast; it's about getting good at starting a drawing by practicing several starts in one session. This helps you get better at the initial setup phase for more detailed work. INSTRUCTIONS: Go to https://proko.com/timer, select the Day 1 reference pack, choose the quantity and duration in the right sidebar, and start the session! When you’re done, share your full-page layins by replying here in this thread for a chance to win some prizes. PRIZES: 3 Figure Fundamental Courses 5 Proko Model Packs 1 Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet LIVESTREAM: I'll be doing a livestream today at 11am PST. Come hang out and draw with me as we test out the new Proko Timer tool.  Link to stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/KMcufMIQB6g?si=CzrW_b87q-Fu1lu1 12 DAYS OF PROKO: The 12 Days of Proko is a holiday event from December 11th to 22nd, featuring daily sketch challenges with prizes for participants using the Proko Timer tool and themed reference packs. Each day brings a new theme, and artists can submit their sketches in the Proko community for a chance to win items like courses, model packs, and tablets. Additionally, pro artists will host livestreams on YouTube, showcasing this new Timer. Check https://proko.com/12days daily for details and updates on each day’s challenge. And don't forget about the SALE! Use code 12DAYS for 15% off anything in the Proko store.

The October 2022 Proko Challenge is here! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. The community choice will be one of the three winners. :)  To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://www.proko.com/lesson/october-proko-skull-challenge/notes *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See reaction video and winners here - Proko Skull Challenge Results

September 2021 Proko Challenge with judge Peter Han is here! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY.  Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. We will have a community choice award :)  To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://www.proko.com/lesson/september-proko-challenge-reference-bash-with-peter-han/notes *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See reaction video and winners here - Combining Reference and your Imagination - Peter Han Proko Challenge

June 2021 Proko Challenge with judge Karla Ortiz is here! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. We will have a community choice award :) To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://proko.com/lesson/june-proko-challenge-my-life-movie-poster-with-karla-ortiz/notes *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See reaction video and winners here - This Movie Poster Art is INSANE - Karla Ortiz Proko Challenge!

The July 2022 Proko Challenge with judge Jeff Hein is here! This thread is for posting your FINAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. Remember to upvote your favorites from other participants. We will have a community choice award :) To post your works in progress, and get the challenge details, rules, and prizes go to: https://www.proko.com/lesson/july-proko-challenge-creative-group-portraits-with-jeff-hein/notes *EDIT: This challenge is closed! Congrats to all the winners! See the reaction video and winners here - Group Portrait Challenge Results with Jeff Hein (Vision X Live)