Tips for extracting creativity when you think you've run out of creativity to extract. (In no particular order)
*sketch, doodle, document- If you're in class, draw the people around you. If you are outside, draw your surroundings. If you have cartoon characters battling in the back of your mind, put them onto paper-make them concrete. Getting your ideas onto paper is like writing in a diary, some things just need to be made more permanent before we can get them out of our mind.
*learn the rules
*follow the rules- Can't think of a way to spice up your latest idea and make it more unique? Stop thinking ahead and get the basics down. Do the part you are sure about and add the detail later. Seeing something on your paper may inspire you more than dreaming it all up ahead of time.
*break the rules- You've learned what you are allowed to do to the form the box, now it's time to step out of it.
*go on a sketch-scavenger hunt- decide what to find. find it. sketch it.
*carry a camera
*take pictures to document the things you see
*take pictures of everything
*if your mind is wandering, sketch its journey
*listen
*observe
*don't start over every time you mess up
*connect to your work
*enjoy what you're doing
*don't let anyone change your style
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