Inspiring great drawing comes from these top 20 sentences.
1. Today I will draw no matter what!
2. Make a list of associated words to inspire creation.
3. Draw tiny thumbnails and archive them.
4. Draw multiple sketches of what you love to draw.
5. The quicker you draw the more spontaneous the art produced.
6. An ordered workspace makes a happy draw space.
7. Plenty of paper equals another new idea.
8. Look at other artists works and study it closely.
9. Try and draw things you have trouble drawing.
10. Change your focus for fresh new ideas and concepts.
11. Always carry a portable sketchpad with you for on the spot ideas.
12. A bit of computer manipulation could improve aspects of your drawing.
13. Music and movies help your creative side flow.
14. A walk in the park, seeing scenery and other locations give you a refreshed perspective.
15. What angle can your drawings convey, ask yourself this often?
16. Look at how other artists solve drawing problems.
17. Hang your best pieces near your work studio to inspire you in hard times.
18. Have a reference file/folder filled with photos, magazine clippings and other reference material to look at when the need arises.
19. Look at real life people and landscapes for some realism.
20. Have some fun and choose your projects with a view to seeing them through.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Thursday, 15 January 2009
The Amazing Fantasy Art Of Other Zazzle Designers
I like to look at art quite often and I get inspired by other artists work on a regular basis and when I look at other artists work on Zazzle I think how often can I better my own, but not saying mine is bad, just to say that heir are some exceptional artists out there also who may have done some professional work or commissions around the internet.
What strikes me though is the quality of some of these artists work and the effort they put into it, you can see that they love their work and what they do, so this is their gallery of fantasy art and related fantasy art with paintings and art prints galore.
make custom gifts at Zazzle
Zazzle is also a really great business if you concentrate all of your efforts into it, the creation of designs may be easy but the marketing of all of your hard work becomes the hard work and the most important part of your zazzle business, but if you look online, then you will find lots of free advice, plus on zazzle they have a pdf that goes through the things you could do to promote your zazzle galleries.
Here you can go and find advanced promotion methods for your zazzle promotions.
One thing to remember with Zazzle is that it's a great site to brand yourself and get the word out on your art, plus you can have more than one account and build multiple online stores for different themed art.
What strikes me though is the quality of some of these artists work and the effort they put into it, you can see that they love their work and what they do, so this is their gallery of fantasy art and related fantasy art with paintings and art prints galore.
make custom gifts at Zazzle
Zazzle is also a really great business if you concentrate all of your efforts into it, the creation of designs may be easy but the marketing of all of your hard work becomes the hard work and the most important part of your zazzle business, but if you look online, then you will find lots of free advice, plus on zazzle they have a pdf that goes through the things you could do to promote your zazzle galleries.
Here you can go and find advanced promotion methods for your zazzle promotions.
One thing to remember with Zazzle is that it's a great site to brand yourself and get the word out on your art, plus you can have more than one account and build multiple online stores for different themed art.
Monday, 12 January 2009
Fantasy Art Inspiration In The World And Influences Around Us
All around us inspiration can be taken from the real life images our eyes capture everyday, these mental images are stored in our computer like brains for lots of creative stuff that we as humans do quite naturally, whether it's making the perfect cup of tea right down to making the bed with origami folded sheets.
Drawing and creating fantasy art comes about when we are drawn to or sucked in by the contagious and inspirational artwork of other artists and then we tend to see realistic looking life landscapes in paintings and the inspired choices that the artists made and combine all these mental images into our own imaginative creations.
To see how other artists do what they do and how they do it is best. But also inspiration can be found within stories, books and lists of words, these are far better to imagine your creations with, something that you read and then conjure up images in your own mind as to what can be sketched on paper.
Medieval history for me is a good source of inspiration especially for castles and knights armour that kind of thing, years back in real history has influence in the future of many created pieces of artwork, whether it be a painting or portrait. Your imagination can be used to exaggerate your influences and make them your own ideas and concepts.
Art of the past can be one of the main sources of inspiration, because many artists had little distractions such as the internet or even television, so they had the time to concentrate on their works of art and become good at it much quicker. But even now there are more and more fantasy artists out there who are earning a reputation as quality and professional artists from their own websites and blogs and the ability to command artist commissions from all the available sources.
Top idea - Make A Concepts Folder Of The Art You Are Influenced By
Unique Fantasy Art Drawing is an easy to follow concept once you understand the basics of sketching out ideas.
Drawing and creating fantasy art comes about when we are drawn to or sucked in by the contagious and inspirational artwork of other artists and then we tend to see realistic looking life landscapes in paintings and the inspired choices that the artists made and combine all these mental images into our own imaginative creations.
To see how other artists do what they do and how they do it is best. But also inspiration can be found within stories, books and lists of words, these are far better to imagine your creations with, something that you read and then conjure up images in your own mind as to what can be sketched on paper.
Medieval history for me is a good source of inspiration especially for castles and knights armour that kind of thing, years back in real history has influence in the future of many created pieces of artwork, whether it be a painting or portrait. Your imagination can be used to exaggerate your influences and make them your own ideas and concepts.
Art of the past can be one of the main sources of inspiration, because many artists had little distractions such as the internet or even television, so they had the time to concentrate on their works of art and become good at it much quicker. But even now there are more and more fantasy artists out there who are earning a reputation as quality and professional artists from their own websites and blogs and the ability to command artist commissions from all the available sources.
Top idea - Make A Concepts Folder Of The Art You Are Influenced By
Unique Fantasy Art Drawing is an easy to follow concept once you understand the basics of sketching out ideas.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Use Zazzle Galleries For Featuring Fantasy Art And Random Photography
Just thought I'd include my Zazzle gallery and just mention that everyone who likes art in some form or another should have their very own Zazzle store and gallery to sell their work, it's free to sign up and the potential to earn from selling your own designs is part of the reason that many are earning a good income for their work.
Wayne Tully's Zazzle Gallery
create & buy custom products at Zazzle
Wayne Tully's Zazzle Gallery
create & buy custom products at Zazzle
Sunday, 28 December 2008
How To Draw Creatively From Your Imagination
Drawing creatively from your imagination takes some practice but it is possible with lots of it.
Here is a quick run down of my creative process to draw from my imagination in a creative way, first like any muscle we must exercise our minds, our hands and eyes and seperate them from what we actually want to start drawing.
Take a pencil and paper and draw anything that appears in your head, could be a line, a circle or some other scribble, what matters here is you are exercising your mind, drawing hand and eyes all in one so that they feel comfortable and are ready for the next phase of imaginative drawing.
Drawing from your imagination is all taken from your own mind so it exists somewhere in your creative mind to create concepts out of simple drawing exercises such as doodling.
As a kid doodling for me was the fun part of drawing not knowing what was going to appear on the page, but it was a journey to discover what could fit onto a piece of paper if I planned a drawing out from doodle ideas that really fired my imagination.
Your favourite films and music and books all play a part in your imagination, try to tap into this often for best results from inspired media, in fact the human brain takes loads of mental images from anything we see in everyday life, so we already have some good reference material in our heads anyway, but a little help along the way cuts down time and relaxes your mind to let the creative side of your brain take over.
Some other ways of thinking creatively drawing ideas from your imagination include:
Also read - Visualize Success With Creative Art
Here is a quick run down of my creative process to draw from my imagination in a creative way, first like any muscle we must exercise our minds, our hands and eyes and seperate them from what we actually want to start drawing.
Take a pencil and paper and draw anything that appears in your head, could be a line, a circle or some other scribble, what matters here is you are exercising your mind, drawing hand and eyes all in one so that they feel comfortable and are ready for the next phase of imaginative drawing.
Drawing from your imagination is all taken from your own mind so it exists somewhere in your creative mind to create concepts out of simple drawing exercises such as doodling.
As a kid doodling for me was the fun part of drawing not knowing what was going to appear on the page, but it was a journey to discover what could fit onto a piece of paper if I planned a drawing out from doodle ideas that really fired my imagination.
Your favourite films and music and books all play a part in your imagination, try to tap into this often for best results from inspired media, in fact the human brain takes loads of mental images from anything we see in everyday life, so we already have some good reference material in our heads anyway, but a little help along the way cuts down time and relaxes your mind to let the creative side of your brain take over.
Some other ways of thinking creatively drawing ideas from your imagination include:
- Time to think is an obvious one, but one that doesn't get the attention it deserves without time to ourselves to stop and think, new ideas and image concepts would not materialize.
- Brainstorming your best or favourite associated words and phrases, something like "robot cyborg futuristic armour" may inspire some new ideas and sketches.
- Play a video game, often whilst solving puzzles and other game levels your mind is at it's most creative, but this could apply to anything that stimulates your mind such as film and television.
- Draw what you feel could help to create some interesting results, if you feel angry then draw some evil frowning faces or just some dark art, you'll feel better for getting it out of your system and also you may have some good ideas at the end of it.
Also read - Visualize Success With Creative Art
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