The 4 Stages of the Automatic Drawings Process - Ideas

Mar 16, 2022

How do great automatic drawing artists generate thoughts while drawing? And what are the steps during their process of creativity that allow them to bring those ideas into existence? The ability to disconnect from the continuous flow of thoughts and distractions is the most important aspect of the technique for automatic drawing:

Make sure you are in a relaxed state of mind. Draw with no thought, and stay clear of conscious control over the image. Keeping your pencil in the same place on paper will aid in the flow. Actually, automatic drawing is a sort of enhanced or accelerated doodling which a variety of unexpected and improbable pictures can be visible and then used as the basis for the more elaborate visual games.

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Araki Koman is an illustrator who freelances within the UK. As a child drawing, she did it automatically until the age of 16, and eventually stopped for about an entire decade. She took a graphic design course when she quit her job in digital marketing. Then, Araki has allowed intuition to guide her work and creativity process.

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Examples of automatic drawing: earthy color palette, raw lines, and organic designs

Organic lines, soft raw lines shapes, matte texture and sand-like colours are merged into Araki Koman's auto-drawings. Araki Koman is currently working on a black ink Raw Feminine series she started in the year 2020. See the following automatic drawing examplesbelow:

Automatic drawing examples: Medicine Woman. Black fineliner on a white paper.
Medicine Woman. Raw Feminine Series (2020 -in progress)
Automatic drawing examples: Moon (2020). Hair drawing on a earthy colored background.
Moon (2020)
Automatic drawing examples: Japan nostalgia (2016). Two Japanese women. Black fineliner on a white background.
Japan nostalgia (2016)

Araki regarding her auto-drawing process:

For the record, everything I do is automated. When I have a project or a task I'm aware of exactly where it's supposed to go. I understand what the customer wants. I always trust the process and know that it will eventually produce the result we both enjoy. There are times when I do am able to reference something, however I then give the reference away and let the process lead to the final product. (...) If I look at my old drawings I am unable to draw them again, and I am not feeling that I am the one drawing them. Yes, it's my hands drawing, but I'm drawing it but I am very spiritual and I feel like it's a higher consciousness working through me.

Four stages of drawing automatically by Araki Koman.

Stage 1: Preparation

"Usually I begin by drawing the reference image I enjoy. Then, I draw the element. eventually there is no longer me that is drawing the remainder of the drawing anymore, the hands are creating the designs. It's like a puzzle, it's happening all on its themselves, and I'm simply watching."

Stage 2 Stage 2: Creation

"I love listening to music or podcast while drawing to focus my attention on something else. I have to completely detach myself from the process to focus on something different such as the music I'm listening to or the dialog of the podcasts. It's just me allowing my hands to handle everything on their own."

Stage 3: Editing

"All editing also happens in a natural way. When I am editing it, I'm completing the process also without being entirely present. Sometimes, I must close what I am doing, step away from the task, to another place, and revisit the result. Do you think it's the best product? Am I happy with it Or should I consider adding another thing that didn't happen at first? The majority of the time the process is very easy as I'm totally disconnected from what's happening in the world around me. The majority of my time is spent letting go 10 percent of the research and 10% editing in the final."

Stage 4: Verification

"When I see my automatic sketches from my past, I don't know how to do them again And I'm not feeling that I am actually doing the drawings. Sure, my hands are drawing, but it's my drawing, but I am very spiritual, and I think it's a higher-level consciousness doing it through me. I guess I had a talent initially that pushed me to draw often as a child. I was quite interested in drawing and I'm sure this is my mission to do that in this particular moment, specifically in this area, and embrace this as my current job."

Take a look at some of her automatic drawings on Instagram. Instagram account.

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