Yet another overcoming artist's block post

When you're an artist, it's really only natural that you draw what you have on your mind. For example, I read a lot of books about dragons and cats, so a lot of my pictures end up being of dragons or cats. Next time you find yourself unable to come up with something to draw, find the closest book, open it to a random page, and draw the scene that you read!

Another trick you can try, is picking a game, either board game, card game, or video game. Take something you remember from it, a character, a certain location or scene, or even just an item you need to play. Then, with that thing in mind (Or with a visual reference if you're like me and you like things to be as similar to their original as possible) take a piece of paper and a pencil and try to draw it either as close to the original as you can, or put your own spin on it!

And finally, the third trick I've come up with since the last inspirational-themed post, is...

Legos!

Whenever you find yourself bored with nothing to do and no muse to draw, either get out your own legos, or download the app Lego Digital Designer. Using legos, make something fun, cool, or just random. Then, when you're done, draw what you've created in your own way.

Anyways, that's all the tips for now. If you have any more ways to get rid of art block, leave a comment below!

More Insparation Ideas

Alright, so you remember this post? If not, I suggest you go and read it. It talks about taking inspiration from places that you might not expect. In this post, I'll be talking about more places to gain inspiration for your images, and hopefully by the time I'm done, you'll be taking in inspiration from everything you look at!

Alright, so first off, take a look around you. Are you sitting in your room? Pay close attention to the designs on your blankets, and study any toys that might be lying around, could you take some of those designs and put them into your drawings? Are you sitting at a desk? Well, are there any paintings around? Or some books with elaborately drawn covers are sitting nearby. Or maybe you are outside, or perhaps in the car. Look at your surroundings; are there any funky looking trees? Or maybe a cloud shaped like a mermaid princess!

Another good place to look for inspiration, is by watching a movie, but instead of watching the main character, the person the screen is focusing on, focus your gaze at the background stuff, and see what inspires you from there!

Take in all the little details, and pause the movie at random scenes to see what's going on.

Or if you like Legos, try designing a build, and then making it, or perhaps do it the other way around, do the build, and then make a drawing based on your build!

I sure hope these tips have helped you.

Do you have any tips to share? I'd love to hear them!