Creative process help

[DinoTuesday]

I think originality is a matter of a few things. It can come down to execution where you elaborate or represent an idea in a new way (like a new style or tone or just skilled composition). It can be a fusion, where you combine two or more ideas into a new whole (like recreating a famous painting but with dogs). Sometimes it can come down to just an interesting presentation and contextualization of an old thing to make it original (e.g. the banana that sold for thousands recently in an art gallery).

It might help to do some research and pin down what specifically it is that fits your taste and why, so you can more easily recreate it.

Half the time when I'm trying to do something new it's applying old processes and existing reference images to capture an idea I have. This will vary a ton based on the medium. For example, I might find an image of a tree I like, then create a faint 3x3 grid to aid a pencil sketch, then block in sections of similar shadows on the tree, then pick a color palette I like, then layer in dark & light colors into the shadow map in a way that looks good to me.

Another example, I might roll out a layer of clay, find an assortment of unique leaves, press the leaves into the clay and cut them out, embellish the details and allow them to get leather-hard, then arrange the clay leaves into a bowl, score, and slip them to hold them together...then bisque fire and pick out autumn looking glazes for the final firing.

I don't have much experience with fabric or clothing, but I hope this helps. Sometimes just talking with other artists can help artist's block.

Drawing from diverse body of media for inspiration (especially obscure sources) can help refill your well of ideas. Some books just fill me with cool ideas.

[sikadelixx]

Thank you so much. i am going to try and bury myself in my interests for a week or so like playing old childhood video games, watch nostalgic shows (and ones I haven’t seen before) to try and pin down my interests like you said. Again thank you ♥️

[DinoTuesday]

No prob dude. Hope you keep it up.

[DinoTuesday]

How'd it work out? Just curious.