I’ve said all along that my doodles are inspired by my “every day”. Every experience in any day can be and idea sparker for a design… for any of us. I’m fairly reactionary when it comes to creating new images. Sometimes I’ll sit and think about an idea for a while, but for the most part I tend to think “wow, that’s a neat picture” and I create it right then. Which is why lately I haven’t created much of anything. I think “wow – neat” and then rush off to the next whatever it is I need to handle.
Big raspberry pfffft – yeah right!
is what my “available drawing time” says to me now.
Keep in mind,
It’s always good advice to stop and think before you act. Don’t be reactionary is the general rule. However, I have a new suggestion for you:
Be reactionary about your idea process. If something sparks a thought, write it down, make yourself a note to think about it and consider it. Don’t necessarily act on it right then in the sense of making something happen.. but do let your ideas flow and allow them to flourish. Don’t discount an idea right at the moment you have it… you never know when it might be an idea that goes somewhere. besides, there’s nothing wrong with having a idea book of thoughts that do nothing but sit there and spark new thoughts —
This is what I call long lifetime brainstorming.
Maybe when you have enough ideas piled up, you’ll need a new bag to carry them around… Here’s my favorite idea bag:
What inspired this design idea? A lil’ love, a little sunshine and a lot of fluttering around with smelly yumminess I suppose.
What neat idea did you think up today?
I love your tote bag design! That is gorgeous! It would be great for shopping for silk flowers too … every time I see silk flowers, I think of how much my grandmother would love them … she had the old awful plastic horrible ones that we hosed down every year out in the yard to get rid of the dust and winter grime (we had a coal furnace until I was about 10 years old or so).
Today’s neat idea … use my lunch time to buy dog food 🙂 … but it didn’t quite turn out as expected … you can read the rest of the story at:
http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/tuesdays-topic-draw-your-day
I love your tote bag design! That is gorgeous! It would be great for shopping for silk flowers too … every time I see silk flowers, I think of how much my grandmother would love them … she had the old awful plastic horrible ones that we hosed down every year out in the yard to get rid of the dust and winter grime (we had a coal furnace until I was about 10 years old or so).
Today’s neat idea … use my lunch time to buy dog food 🙂 … but it didn’t quite turn out as expected … you can read the rest of the story at:
http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/tuesdays-topic-draw-your-day
I love your tote bag design! That is gorgeous! It would be great for shopping for silk flowers too … every time I see silk flowers, I think of how much my grandmother would love them … she had the old awful plastic horrible ones that we hosed down every year out in the yard to get rid of the dust and winter grime (we had a coal furnace until I was about 10 years old or so).
Today’s neat idea … use my lunch time to buy dog food 🙂 … but it didn’t quite turn out as expected … you can read the rest of the story at:
http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/tuesdays-topic-draw-your-day