Contest Week 58: Opposite Hand Drawing *Two week contest.

These next two weeks are to show us how well you can draw with the other hand. Get that left (or right) side of your brain working. It can help you to learn form and composition more by having to concentrate on your lines, and show us the range of your skills. (and if you ever break your drawing arm you'll be able to draw while your waiting for your cast to come off) You can have 3 entries per person, best one will be judged. Good luck, and do not copy other artists work.

For those who use a mouse you can draw better by reversing the buttons.

To reverse your mouse buttons:
To open Mouse, click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Mouse. On the Buttons tab, under Button configuration, select the Switch primary and secondary buttons check box to make the right button the primary mouse button (or left if your a lefty). Clear the check box if you want the left button to be the primary mouse button.
Notes:
Be aware that if you switch the mouse buttons using the right (or left) mouse button, you will have to use the right (or left) mouse button to switch them back.

Contest Week 58 will be open for entries from Sunday August 5, to, Saturday August 18, 11:59 AM PST.

CLICK HERE FOR WEEK 57 WINNERS

*1st Prize:* You may choose a T-shirt from Oddica's website. Each shirt comes with postcards, stickers, a backpack button and a collectible library card.

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JUDGING CRITERIA:
Creativity: The amount of imagination, originality and expressiveness that was put into the entry.
Technique & Effort: The amount of style, skill and craft that was put into the entry.
Following the Theme: How well the entry followed the theme of the contest.

WINNERS:

1st. Quizical by mooki-_{be sure to check out the judge's comments!}
2nd. summer by lori
3rd. Ode To My Right Hand by Dr Moony

There were so many great entries I decided to have some honorable mentions:

Hokori//My Reaction to 'The Two Coreys'
Silvair//Birdiee
sweet insanity//Elven Mage


***SHOWCASE ANNOUNCEMENT!***

After every 10 contests, one contest winner from the 10 winning entries will be put in the Showcase Gallery.

Awesome idea for a contest. But what if you're ambidextrous?

Then you'll have the edge. :DDDDDDDDD))

I think my left hand might fall off, but damn I want to try it. (I've wanted to be a lefty ever since I found out that a good number of those brilliant artists and thinkers were left-handed, haha.)

I'm a little terrified of how bad my attempts are going to be.

let's just hope people are honest :)

I'm ambidextrous, I guess. I really write and do alot of things with my left hand, but ever since I've been drawing here, I've been using my right hand and the mouse. So hm, maybe I'll try lefty with the mouse, since it doesn't feel natural at all. This should be interesting.

Oh no XD;; I've actually never used my left hand before. But I still want to try this :'D

Guhhhhhh....D:>
Wow to use my opposite hand to draw, that will be alittle bit hard for me, guess I'll have to try to use my right hand to draw in this one.....XuX
..........Logging of Lore.V..............

I'm gonna pass on this one, I sometimes get confused when I have my fork in the wrong hand... :D

I'm gonna pass on this one, I sometimes get confused when I have my fork in the wrong hand... :D

Ok..... you just made me gaffaw. Thank God I wasn't drinking anything. XDDDDDDDDD LOL!

Well I just gave it a try and I have as much control of my left hand as a newborn does of its bowels.. and my hand cramped so badly I had to give it up.. I gotta sit this one out, too. ..hands joycie the left handed fork

Okay, I tried this earlier today and I thought my left arm was going to fall off.

Funny story: One time I had only gotten a little over an hour of sleep in a 48 hour period, and needless to say, I was tired. Really tired. But I went to class anyway, and I picked up my pen in my left hand, without realising it, and started to write. (My right hand was holding my head up.) And I looked at my handwriting and thought, "Why is my writing so bad today?" And then I realised why. Maybe it's not that funny. But it was funny then. Haha.

I can draw with both hands at the same time.
Can anyone else here do that?

never tried it, but I prob'ly could

ok, so since i'm ambidextrous does that mean i'm cheating?

I'm ambidextrous too >_>;

Can We draw one with our FEET ?

I haven't tried It with a mouse before, but I'm good with a pencil.

I'm left footed so would I have to use my right foot ? But I'm right handed so I should use my left foot ?

If you say yes than i will do one with my foot.

lol Taco

I'm not Ambidextrous. Wish I was though. The first drawing for the contest I did was done totally by my left hand ( I'm Right Handed ). It was hard, but you know what? There was hardly any conflict in my brain! I was just letting flow what I had in my mind.. Not exactly what was in my mind, but close. Because of this excersize, I really think it will improve my art a little. And I will continue to practice drawing with my left hand more often so that I can get my right brain into high gear ( But I will not submit any drawings with my left hand to 2draw other than the contest )

well see, my main thing is i draw differently with each hand,
and if it weasn't strenuous who knows, maybe you're ment to be ambi?

I'm going to have a hell of a hard time choosing this one. And it's not even the end of the first week. Keep em coming though guys.

might have a go but it will be slow and painful!

Ok..... you just made me gaffaw.

What is guffaw?

UPDATE: Thanks to all who entered.

yay! thank you so much!

this one was one of the tougher contests by far