How do I get more creative?

Question

I dont mean like professional drawing but I doodle all the time. I know its like supposed to come from what your thinking but recently its been like all the same things that I draw. What could I do to get more creative?

Answer 1

Try reading "The Artist's Way".  Good advice in there.  Also, creativity is stimulated by inspiration.  Get out and LOOK at things, really look.  Analyze what makes up an object, or thing.  Start seeing the parts, rather than the whole.

For example, sit outside and look at a tree.  Sketch it from the center out - not the outlines, but the lighter and darker shapes that make up the tree.  See it as a sum of its parts, not as the whole.

You can sketch any object this way.  Art is about seeing the world around you in a different way.  What inspires you?  Break it down into smaller parts and tackle those.

Abstract them if you want.  Cut open a pepper and see how the insides are constructed.  Pick up some clay and sculpt the cross-section of a flower.  Pick anything, just see if from the inside out.

This helps to stimulate the right side of your brain.  Learn to "see".  Take a drawing class or a photography class.  They can help you to sharpen your eyes and look beyond the ordinary and see the extraordinary.  Have fun with it!

Answer 2

you can do the most creative job

Answer 3

Open yourself up to new things. New music, new movies, new books, whatever. Something you are not used to. It might help you find inspiration and guidance which you may notice in your work.

Just try thinking differently.

Answer 4

My favorite thing to do to get the creative juices flowing is to use a book I have. it's called Caffiene for the Creative mind.

I love it. I'm always looking to expand my creativity and think Outside of the box. When I do it all the time, it gets harder to come up with new idea's. So I turn to this book and do a couple examples. It really helps.

It's basically a book with a lot of different creative excersizes to do. Idea's on things to draw and take pictures of and all sorts of things to create. Really gets you to think and use your Creativity in different ways. Here is the link for the book on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-Creative-...

Have fun!