This is a an old drawing actually, but I wanted to show it
becouse I have made a few improvements.
I highlighted the eyes a little bit in Photoshop CC,and also adjusted
the colours and highlights a little bit.
This is one of my own favourite pieces becouse I like the playfulness
and the bright colours.
Now, what I also would like to talk about today is that I see a lot
of people in the drawing group I'm in on Facebook asking
"What should I be drawing?"
Well, first and foremost, it depends on YOU. What kind of media
do you like to use? Digital, watercolours? Colour pencils?
It can sometimes also be useful to try a new medium. I, forexample,
was very fond of colour pencils and I was like; "I'm never going
to draw digitally."
I also know other illustrators who says that they don't like to
draw digitally, becouse it takes out all the fun of drawing.
But guess what? You can still have fun with your Promarkers,
graphite pencils or whatever media you like to draw with and
then take it into Photoshop and try new things.
You can use different brushes and maybe you will see that it's gonna
give you new ideas and you will end up with a better image than
you could think of before. I also often sit and go through old drawings,
and see if they can give me new ideas. To get what you want,
it can often be a good idea to see why you started in the first place.:)
Here is a list that can give you inspiration:
1. Walk through the city and look at the people there. Bring
your sketchbook and try and draw what you see.
Sometimes I can forexample see a kid blowing bubble gum
and it will get my imagination running.Other times, it can
be a girl with really cool hair and you will go "oh, that would
be kinda cool to draw."
2. Visit a museum.
3. Visit art sites like deviantart and also pinterest,tumbler
and instagram.
4. Look at fashion magazines or other magazines, or
maybe you will look at Science illustrated and it will
give you ideas to draw something like space,
maybe you will look at National Geograpic and it will
give you the idea to draw an animal or a volcano.:)
5. Go to the library and check out some books.
Like to draw scary things? Going to the childrens'
section will often give you fresh ideas.:)
6. Use the "Cross method." You take a sheet,
write a line between and take one side with one word,
and one side with an object or an animal. It can also
be a person, forexample a real estate agent or an
ballet dancer.
While using this method, it is important that you don't think
"Naah" that's stupid, can't do that." Block out all your
negative thoughts and just use your imagination, write
down anything that comes to your mind.
I find it also useful to simply draw different objects in a
classifieds, forexample a fridge in one, a flower in the other,
ice cream, a chair, a cute pillow, a dog etc.
Then you combine one with the other.
I used this method when I headed a creative course with
my colleagues, and one of my colleagues came up with
an ice-cream with the taste of flowers!
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7. Tell a story in one drawing. I have previously talked about the
messy world of fan art, and you should always check
what applies for what you want to draw.
-Having said that, it can sometimes help to think
of something funny. Forexample, before I made my
drawing
"Frankenstein running from the wedding"
I thought of the movie with Frankenstein and his bride.
Then I thought of the movie with Julia Roberts,
"Runaway Bride". Bingo! (Of course, in my idea it was the
other way round-the groom running from the bride;)
It can also of course be something simple, like
a girl playing with her dog, a woman sitting under the three in a
old-fashioned dress reading a book-which brings me to
8. Decide on the geographic and historical element.
Does it takes place in the late 1800 century? Does it take place
in 1995? In India or Amazonas? Kinda get's your imagination
running, doesn't it?;)
9. Try to copy another artists' style.
And of course, I do not mean stealing.
But challenging yourself by trying to draw something
in a style you are not used to can be a good thing-
and if you're pleased with the result, you can also get that
self-esteem feeling with "Hey, I did it!" and it will
also give you a boost to try more.
"Good artists copy, great artists steal"-Picasso
10. Go to a concert/ listen to music.
I personally often doodle while listening to Spotify, and
then I can suddenly get an idea,
Well,that's it for now, hope it was useful.
Have a nice summer!:)
