This weekend, which happened to be the opening weekend for Deadpool 2, I challenged myself to create Deadpool fan art in Adobe Illustrator in under two hours. Why under two hours? Because that was the exact amount of time before  needed to head towards the movie theatre to see the movie itself (it was AWESOME btw). Anyway, I would have much preferred to freehand the artwork but given my self-imposed time restraints, I knew I needed a little help. I decided I’d have a better chance reaching the finish line on time if I used a reference behind my art board. I was right….from start to finish the drawing took exactly one hour and 42 minutes (including several breaks to care for and feed my furbabies and to get more coffee).

All-in-all I don’t think it came out half bad for a quickie personal project. AND it allowed me to distribute the result using my “five around” method. (a general rule I use to determine priority and set up of various deliverables: If I make it for one specific purpose, can it be used in at least four other ways?). In this case, the original purpose was to create tiled Instagram posts for fun but because I knew I’d want to find four more ways to use it, I screen captured the entire process. I then sped it up, added some royalty free music and created the video above. Then, I was able to post the video on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook….and as for number four? Well you’re reading it. So there you have it….one for-fun challenge, five distribution points, and a pretty neat looking deliverable.