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LoneWolf
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Member # 99

posted 13-11-2002 06:28 AM

was wondering ...what inspires ya guys to draw when you have nuthing to draw??...me i usually listen to rock music...or have some kind of miracle idea dream....((imagine what would happen if i ever did M.J.))....iam not a drug person..lol.....((thank goodness))...but ...ya have ta think ...what makes ya tick?

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Ayzie
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Member # 25

posted 13-11-2002 11:32 AM

When there's nothing else to draw, I draw scantily-clad women... ..

.. to work on my anatomy...

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tuigi
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Member # 51

posted 13-11-2002 11:54 AM

usually be looking around me...i see somethin and i think hey that would make a good drawing.

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Pixie Nim
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Member # 35

posted 13-11-2002 01:30 PM

teeveee.... and really heavily stylised things, that I think are cool. Like Romeo and Juliet (the film) - cause tho I HATE Leo D'Twateo, I loved that film for it's costumes and crazy looking characters (and I love Shakespeare, too). Fifth Element was a good one, for the same reasons... and Farscape's a good one, too, for their really unusual alien character designs...

Other people's art can be very inspiring... but often difficult to find really good stuff... this link inspired me to get out of a hideous slump! So you might find it helpful! (you'll probably also see massive influences from this in my recent work...)

http://falcoon.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

or try this if you don't find enough images there. Lots of good poses and crazy costumes...

ttp://falcoon.hp.infoseek.co.jp/images/

(hmm, hope those links work. stole 'em off another board).

anyhow, yes. If I think of anything else, I shall return and annoy...

Pix

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Bugsy
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Member # 9

posted 13-11-2002 04:09 PM

I usually get inspired by music or lyrics :]
That or whatever pops into my head at random times o_O;

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kaori shima
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Member # 98

posted 13-11-2002 04:22 PM

when it comes to fanart and i cant seem to make any. . i go online and stare at all the other fanart, and i stare at pro manga art, so it makes me jealous ^o^ and then i attempt it. . and fail. . but hey i did the fanart

for my original work, its harder. if i find myself in an artist block, i cant do anything to get myself out of it, so i resort to fanart to keep myself busy

when im out of my block i look at nature to get myself inspire, or other paintings

music is odd O_o sometimes it inspires, and sometimes it distracts me

but i find switching from original to fanart is helpful! ^_^ when i cant do one i do the other

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<neo>
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posted 13-11-2002 11:32 PM

Usually all it takes for me is some electric guitar music or a nice violent marvel/anime/tv to watch.

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plastic_corpse
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Member # 76

posted 14-11-2002 12:09 AM

Old movies.

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Jackel
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Member # 47

posted 14-11-2002 01:56 AM

Music is a big help.

Also just events or things that happen to me during the day, something funny, something sad, something crazy.

Movies are also a big influence, especially older movies and classic film stars like Audrey Hepburn, etc.

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G.i.A.m.
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posted 15-11-2002 01:46 AM

hard to say I mostly let my thought just wander around and wait that the good stuff comes to my mind.
Looking through art forums and online gallery's is a good thing to do too.
But I wouldnt say that it push me to do similar good work rather than, that it inspire's me.

Music ofcourse can help to but I mainly have it on to blend out the horried sound my comp makes.

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Pyro X
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posted 15-11-2002 02:29 PM

really action packed movies will do it for me like for example; the big hit, war like movies... just anything with alot of action but hey thats just me

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LoneWolf
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Member # 99

posted 16-11-2002 07:11 AM

hmm seriously pyro

(( i wonderthen whyis it that youcannever thinkofanything when you really want to draw?))...

....but wow i really stired up a combostarter here...lol..hey pix and mehave the same movies in our cat6agories of kool costums...and stuff...but yea as much as my hate for leo d'crapio...i do love that movie aswell...

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SilentDan
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Member # 117

posted 16-11-2002 07:19 PM

Hard to explain what inspires me, ideas just pop into my head all the time, I have plenty of ideas, not enough time to draw them all though

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AKATT
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Member # 38

posted 17-11-2002 06:59 AM

music and films usually inspire me. also landscapes can inspire me as well (wierd i know).

right now my inspirtaion is; Dream On by Aerosmith and Smells Like teen Spirit by Nirvarna

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SilentDan
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Member # 117

posted 18-11-2002 05:36 AM

I never really get inspired by music, I play guitar, I keep music and art seperate, never felt I needed to cross them over at all!

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LoneWolf
Grand Member

Member # 99

posted 20-11-2002 11:07 AM

you guys should enter my mind some time and see what effects music has with my ideas...not to menchin that i created an entire series like that..lol...now all i have to do is write it draw about 5000 pictures ...and present it to a studio.....((man ....this will never get out ..lol))...well atleast i got all the other ideas to work on....((yea about 1000 times more then those 5000..))

..life is to short ...((got to find that damn fountain of youth))

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LoneWolf
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Member # 99

posted 20-11-2002 11:08 AM

..life is to short ...((got to find that damn fountain of youth))

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neo
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Member # 88

posted 20-11-2002 05:32 PM

I discovered a new method recently with this story ive started with Dan. Simply think to yourself 'whats cool?' think of a car chase, a gun battle or something that fits with what you want to create as if it were on tv. The visual grammar has been much easier for me since I started this. Im not sure I explained that very well...

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LoneWolf
Grand Member

Member # 99

posted 21-11-2002 07:41 AM

well neo ...i see a couple of holes in your swiss chees....you see...what if your trying to come up with a character ..?or a style for it ..or maybe ...hmmm..i don't know ..a time period or world ??....you see nothing wrong with your idea ..if your working of our world..lol...but ..you came up with an action ...iam looking for more of a ..who?..or a what the? desings you know...not action

...i mean anybody can think ..car chase fight scene ...heck anybody can think where it miht be ??..the question is what is the style in the caracter what is he wearing and who or what is his personality...

...got it

.....so um neo...got any thoughts???

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flashdragoon
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Member # 81

posted 22-11-2002 01:05 AM

I usually find some reaaaaaly good art, and it inspires me to be better, music is good, listen to something hard like disturbed, or some angry rap like eminem, that usually inspires me to a new level.

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neo
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Member # 88

posted 22-11-2002 03:38 PM

The holes are there for your minds eye to fill in. Take it one step further. Whats a cool outfit, whats a cool car. Scribble the first thing that pops into your minds eye and then develop on it. Kind of like a quick draw minus the 6 shooter. I dont think I explained that very well either. I may just be going slowly mad, tortured and derranged by daytime tv brainwashing.

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