The World As Inspiration Part One: How to find ideas in anything!

I am going to start you guys off with two compelling quotes before I dive into the first part of this mini blog series. I believe it will help you find some of the coolest things to pull inspiration from as well as how to find inspiration in anything. 😀
I am arming you with the later first, so you’ll know how to make the most of mining the real gems

I wouldn’t use a club personally, I find notebooks are far more efficient! which leads me to the next quote

Your most important tool as are your sketchbooks and notebooks. You need to carry them on you everywhere you go. why? because the day you don’t, you’ll forget that wonderful idea or miss the chance to even have that idea in the first place! All around you and everywhere you go there are things to use! especially if you do it deliberately! Cameras can also be an asset.

Here is a little exercise I use to keep me sharp on creative ideas. It helps you develop ideas faster and look at things differently once you realize that everything has more potential than you would originally judge it to have.

#1 Look around you and pick something, anything! It could be a pillow, a plant,a book, a piece of carpet or…even a blank wall.

• #2 Take that thing and start brainstorming ideas! There are different ways you can do this, and I suggest giving them all a go because the more angles you look at something the more idea starting points it will have but don’t forget to write them down. Take for instance the carpet.

  #3. What is it’s actual use; when and why was it invented, what trends did it go through, where did it come from, what is it made of.

  #4. What could you use it for; A rug, you could hang it on the wall, on a table, A blanket.

  #5. What particular elements of it could be used and how; the texture might make cool prints with paint onto paper, it’s tough and be good for solid sculptures, it insulates, it protects.

  #6. What could you physically do to it? Burn it, roll yourself up in it, Paint it, cut it into shapes,

  #7. Mixing these answers together is where the magic happens

It’s tough and insulates, you can cut it and paint it so you could make a Tepee
You could roll yourself up in it, cover it in paint and roll across some paper while inside it.
You could make it into wall paper and paint prints onto it
You could make a really durable pencil case with it
You could work on a series of prints and designs of the life time of carpets (which I bet full of cool patterns)

This list would grow really quickly, as will how you question the item, and the more you practice the better and faster you will get. And that’s just carpet, Imagine picking something you have a passion or deeper interest in! Just remember to practice on other items to though, you’ll think of things you never would have thought of before!

I have no right to the photo’s on this article as they are found in Google images

Collaborated Creatures: An Artist Game!

Today Cherice, Kaiza and I Collaborated on a monster Creature drawing. The game is played by folding the paper into three sections, each artist getting one to draw either the head, torso or legs. You are not aloud to see what the other artist is drawing, only a couple guide lines that follow through onto your part of the paper in order to position your body area correctly. Once complete, the creature is revealed to all. This technique turns out some bizzare and absurd characters.
Give it a go! you never know what you might create!

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