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I was recently asked by a fellow artist what inspires me in art. This question really made me stop and think. I don't get caught thinking too often, so I thought I would get some help on this one. I'm curious how other artists get their inspiration for art. I know there are several different approaches you could take to this topic. I'm wondering if anyone gets inspired by art by going to a special place. Do you guys have some special tree you climb and sit in to get all inspired for doing your next work of art? Is there some special chair in the attic you sit in and ponder the puzzles of the universe or a spot on the roof at night you'll visit? See, I don't really go about drawing up inspiration for art that way, and I know I've tried a few times. I may go for a jog to clear my head and work off some stress, but the actual light bulb on inspiration comes from just everyday life. Most of my ideas in art come from drawing something I've seen or experienced lately and then flipping it upside down in my sketchbook a few times until I find a new creative way to look it. How do you guys go about getting that big idea for your next project?
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~Ancient-one Feb 16, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I think a problem itself is most inspiring for me. When I have a rough idea in mind and I really really want to make something out of it. I try to open it up from the inside out and twist and shake it until something useful comes out of it. It is different when I'm doing personal work or freelance stuff. For the first one there is no initial problem to solve, so I need to observe anything around me and keep an open "omnilateral" (as I call it :D ) mind until something catches my eye that interest me. That happens mostly while either traveling or laying on my couch dreaming. Sometimes art also inspires me, but that's mostly in later stages of idea finding.
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~animallover1990 Dec 31, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
good question i think its overall life that inspires me to take pictures and throw clay. i think music helps inspire me as well
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:iconmarty-crouz:
museums, classical artists, secondhand trades, my own photos, art of others (just to give me the energy), traditional tales, and I go to the cinema every week end. Sometimes friends of mine have good ideas or tale me something interesting, I write it on my phone to remember these ideas.
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*Novawuff Oct 21, 2011  Professional General Artist
dude, you need to update your journal and ID photo... that's like, a year and a half old, or something. The kids have changed since then :D
I have some great photos of krischan throwing a fit, if you still really wanna capture his true personality. *snerk*
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~jadisofeternity Oct 20, 2011  Student General Artist
hair on the wall?
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:icontanager:
For photography I am inspired by other photographers and beautiful places (easy) and sometimes by very small things or a change of some sort that makes me want to capture a moment. My best stuff seems to come from travel.

For drawing... well it depends. A story is very inspiring, perhaps I want to illustrate. I've drawn/painted dreams and nightmares, but since my mind is always so full of things, it seems that a muse visits me only when I've got room for her in my cluttered head.
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:iconyamiookamibrittany:
I'm mostly a poet than an artist. I use all my senses. sometimes something will inspire me, like a certain shirt that feels.. different. Or nice. Or a smell, like what's for dinner, or a candle I have burning. Anything can be used for inspiration!
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:icondont-lose-heart:
imagination can be built up like a muscle.
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:icondont-lose-heart:
inspiration is overrated. i just draw =P
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