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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:47 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:44 am
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It depends on what I want to do. Mostly, I keep looking at works by other artists. I spend time at Conceptart, ImagineFX, and other gallery/communities. I also play games. Reading gives you no end of inspiration. Writing helps too.
Sometimes, it depends on subject matter. I like scary art, so I watch scary movies and make note on visual effects (not special effects, but the overall visual direction). I watch a lot of cartoons. (I'm a cartoonist.)
Inspiration is all around. Sometimes, though, you're tired or just tense. If you can't turn that into something on paper, then try and relax. (It's a good idea to doodle when you don't feel like you can do anything. Even scribbles. Doodles can become something more later when you refer to them looking for inspiration. Doing studies can give the same results.
Sometimes, it pays to just go "relax" someplace private and quiet. That helps me a LOT when I have too much on my mind to be productive.
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:05 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:04 pm
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Daft as it may sound I am quite a vivid dreamer, and quite often have weird or bizarre dreams that I can often conjure ideas from. However, I sometimes lose my 'drawing swing' as I call it, the sort of motivation and desire to continue drawing, when this happens I try to relax and wait until something comes to me.
However, if I really need to get a piece of art done I'll just scribble for a while, get in a huff. . . Then put the doodle pad away and grab a cup of tea (once I even tried deep breathing... A sort of meditation/relaxation technique.) After drinking said cup of tea I whack the doodle pad back out, make my peace with it and try again. I repeat this process a few times and if theres STILL nothing I'll wait a couple of days before trying again.
For me, sometimes I'm just simply NOT in the artsy mood. It's annoying, but sometimes that side of your brain can go into overdrive and shut down, whilst the logical side of your brain yells at it to work. xD Pretty funny if you think about it...
I talk WAY too much. XD whee
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:30 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:52 pm
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I really started drawing because of manga/anime, which sounds kinda stupid, but it's true. So rereading my favorite mangas (Fruits Basket, Tsubasa, DNAngel) will get me in the mood to draw.
Hayazaki movies are always pretty inspirational, too. d:
Rereading books that make me think or laugh or are just new can spark new ideas. (For me, Catch-22, White Noise, and The Good Earth come to mind.) I sometimes just browse dA photos, DD's, etc. @ 3@
Loooong breaks (especially if they're forced) from art make me itch to get back to drawing. I haven't drawn a full illustration in weeks. DDD: I barely know what to do with myself! (It's kinda bad, I sneakdoodle. -ninjer- But I have a long weekend, so yay! xDD)
I guess everything in moderation, tho.
My inspiration is kinda... mundane. x____x;; Ah, well...
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:23 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:41 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:04 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:36 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:25 pm
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I honestly don't know. I get images in my head... all the time. Without any provocation. A lot of times, when I'm trying to think up a joke or a response, it'll come up in my brain as a really weird image, and I get all choked up because I just don't have the words to explain it.
When I get art blocks (which happens really, really often), it's not because I can't think of anything to draw, it because it feels like I physically can't draw them. I'll sit down and try, but nothing will come out, nothing will work. It takes waayyy too much effort to try to get simple lines down... if I force myself through it, what is normally a ten-minute-sketch lasts several hours, and it's grindingly dull... I can never finish them. It's like I can't get in the 'zone', so to speak, and I can't draw unless I'm in that particular mindset. So I end up going months without drawing anything.
If I'm trying to get a huge spamfest of ideas, though, then I'll usually pace around the coffee table like a madman. Moving gets blood flowing to the brain, which stirs up creative juices.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:17 am
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:16 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:41 pm
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