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Define Your Comfort Zone

This week, be inspired by your Comfort Zone. Create within your comfort zone, using materials and techniques with which you feel comfortable and confident. Or alternatively, illustrate the boundaries of your comfort zone when it comes to relationships, career, fashion, et cetera.

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Get creative by interpreting this topic through art, words, photography, however you feel moved to express yourself. Post it on your blog, then leave your link* in the comments section of this post so we can go check it out.

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38 Responses to “Define Your Comfort Zone”

  1. Fourborne says:
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    My comfort zone: micron pen, watercolor, faceless.

  2. vivien says:
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    my comfort zone is mixed media and working very freely :) http://vivienb.blogspot.com/20.....gress.html this is one that is virtually finished - I’ve posted the wip’s on earlier posts in my blog.

    I read this blog regularly but don’t always manage to take part :(

  3. H. Buchholz says:
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    It’s better than the Twilight Zone!
    http://hbuchholz.blogspot.com/.....-zone.html

  4. lily says:
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    I created this accordion book for my Spirit Houses swap on swap-bot.com. Everything about it — the deep, rich green of the background, the collage elements, the house shape and the fact that it’s a book — goes right to the heart of my comfort zone.
    http://lilymarlowe.blogspot.co.....or-my.html

  5. carla says:
    5

    To be honest, most of my paintings go through a decidedly uncomfortable phase during which I feel as if we’re fighting each other. This one, however, was a joyful and comfortable experience from start to finish… I used my favorite colors and included my favorite motifs, and it all came together… perfect cooperation!

    http://anonyrrie.typepad.com/m.....tch-o.html

    Have a great week!

  6. Jodi says:
    6

    Oh, this works well with what I posted this morning! I love, love, love winter and I find it very comforting. I prefer subzero temps and barren land over any temps remotely tropical. That said, this is my contribution.

  7. Tricia says:
    7

    My comfort Zone: art dolls and papier mache

    http://www.patriciaanders.com/.....20000.html

  8. DebraAnn says:
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    My comfort zone is my love of needlework. You can see examples of my needlework there too if you wish!

    http://tanglestitch.blogspot.c.....rsday.html

  9. Deb G says:
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    Comfort zone? That would be photos of flowers.
    http://beecreative.typepad.com/bee_creative/

  10. eslina says:
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    my kitty and me share the same comfort zone :D I love painting kitties in their cozy and comfy poses :)

    http://oceanandme.blogspot.com.....-sofa.html

  11. Pattie says:
    11

    My comfort comes from honoring myself and my creativity..with the whispers from within…
    http://writingaffirmations.blo.....esire.html

  12. Diong says:
    12

    Shadows

    One of my “comfort zone” in photography, “shooting shadows“… Also, I drew these studies on Moleskine directly inspired by the same “comfort zone”, might make them into block prints later…

  13. Julia says:
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    http://juliavanderwerf.blogspo.....html#links

    Create colors and stuff in my Graphic Programme, that’s one of my comfort zones :)

  14. MissiSnowWhite says:
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    my comfort zone is lino printing. here’s one I made recently.

    http://missisnowwhite.blogspot.....-tied.html

  15. shannonjyl says:
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    http://shannonjyl.blogspot.com/2008/01/zone.html
    :)

  16. Coralie says:
    16

    My comfort zone is special when it’s raining …
    http://www.coraliesaudo.com/bl.....-leau.html

  17. mitsi says:
    17

    watercolour and poppies comfort for life
    http://michelle-brown.blogspot.....rsday.html

  18. curlyillustrator says:
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    Spin class always takes me OUT of my comfort zone. I think thats supposed to be a good thing…

    http://curlyillustrator.blogsp.....-spin.html

  19. lee says:
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    here is mine
    http://leekre.blogspot.com/200.....ation.html

  20. Charlie says:
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    Drawing and doodling in my sketch book while curled up in my bed is my comfort zone. When I was a kid I loved to color in coloring books…
    http://artfulcollections.blogspot.com/

  21. sararenee says:
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    I also made this Spirit House accordion book for a swap-bot swap. The colors, illustrations, placement–tell a lot about me and my comfort zone. I would like to add that my pup, Sylvie, is a major part of everything I do. Sometimes I’m not sure if I’m more dependent on her or if it’s the other way around!

    http://reneesara.blogspot.com/.....house.html

  22. irisz says:
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    I feel comfort in the nature:
    http://artistahowto.blogspot.c.....-hess.html

  23. m. heart says:
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    it takes me a while to get there, but it’s an interesting journey…

    http://secretnotebookswildpage.....-zone.html

  24. yolonda says:
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    hi everybody! just surfing the web, found your blog;thought it was a good topic and wanted to reply. my comfort zone is working with fabrics and unique stones;however my creativity expands when i incorperate other materials in my work;I’ve learn not to be complacent,always think outside the box -a place where creativity is born;and peace and joy reins.

  25. Anna Lloyd says:
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    My comfort zone is coloured pencils, collage and acrylic, although I haven’t used the first two much of late.

    http://anaspangle.blogspot.com.....-zone.html

  26. miriam says:
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    I just wrote something off the cuff…no art…but take a look if you would like!
    http://juneblue.blogspot.com/2.....-zone.html

  27. Melissa says:
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    Heres my comfort zone http://alterediva.blogspot.com.....n-one.html

  28. Kelly B says:
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    Here are my creations:

    http://artsyvisions.blogspot.c.....ne_17.html

    thanks for looking!

  29. V says:
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    Knitting has been my comfort zone as of late.

    Thanks for looking!

    http://gravityandfusion.blogsp.....-zone.html

  30. Melissa says:
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    Oops I posted in the wrong comments. Heres mine http://alterediva.blogspot.com.....n-one.html

  31. Gabrielle says:
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    This image is drawn in Illustrator which has become second nature to me. The subject matter is also a comfort zone, for me and for the woman I met during this experience.

    http://www.tindaisies.com/?p=112

  32. Ella says:
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    Photographing objects is definitely within my comfort zone:
    http://photo.kampfhorn.de/index.php?showimage=16
    I have to start shooting people more often…

  33. H. Buchholz says:
    33

    http://www.hbuchholz.blogspot.com/
    I guess i posted in the wrong part, too!

  34. zhenia says:
    34

    Better late than never: my comfort zone.

  35. Diana Evans says:
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    Hi Everyone….

    My comfort zone is cooking and perhaps that is what has lead to my “Yummy Sketch of the Day” features on my blog….

    you can check out some of these here

    http://dianaevans.blogspot.com/

    I also take requests for Yummy Sketches….and sometimes I have to do research when I get a special request for something I never tried before….

    My comfort is in my daily art and the smiles and inspiration it brings to others…

    Have a wonderful day….

  36. miriam says:
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    I guess I ALSO posted in the wrong area? I didn’t create anything, just wrote about what a comfort zone means to me. I’d be interested in opinions!

    http://juneblue.blogspot.com

  37. Stacia says:
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    My comfort zone project was creating ANOTHER blog!
    http://espialdesign.blogspot.c.....-zone.html

  38. Laurel says:
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    I am really late with this but here is my comfort zone.

    http://laurelenglehardt.blogsp.....zones.html

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