How to come up with Artwork Ideas and Original Art [My Creative Process] 

Music is usually what inspires me. I’ll be listening to the lyrics of the song and visualize it and somehow come up with a really cool concept, whether it’s art, a story, or something as small as a cool title for a Spotify playlist

I have to agree. Recording ideas and keeping screenshots and pictures of art that inspires is a great way to be able to be creative quickly. For a long time I was having ideas but just leaving them in my head and most of the time I would forget these ideas which is just depressing. But finally I started to record my ideas in the notes app on my phone for anything, illustrations, characters, stories, games, even companies. And now I always have some sort of story or something that I feel like I could be working on whenever I want to be create. Always record your ideas and make sure they are on some sort of cloud if you record them in a device.

How funny is it when you talked about a magical idea hitting you while walking a magical idea came in my head lol

May all artists be blessed with authenticity and a non-judgemental place to create art. ❤️ May all inner artists are unleashed and all inner callings heard and answered. ❤️

your process is really good but with me I have this problem I get frustrated and distracted real quick and because of this so many of my projects are left uncompleted which is more dipressing

Hah laughed when you took that arrowed paper "ok lets look at it again" XD

Gosh, thank you!!! I've been trying to figure out how to come up with my own original ideas and you helped me! Thank you again for this video!

Fantastic!

another tip, change the basis and traditional materials of work, for instance, just change the normal paper to something irregular like wood, plastic, canvas fabric and... , the results will be amazing

Great Artwork

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thanks for the creative ideas and the advices about ficussing!!

Loveee it

Really helpful, 😊 for some reason I found the video ,funny and interesting to watch ,haha. Thank you

Great video!

Thank you!

Really useful, thanks for this.

before i even heard the advice, i like the video because this man is hilarious

love this video

thank you so much! i already found my stile, but I always had problems coming up with ideas. the video was funny, and interesting to watch!

The combination of the two techniques that you now have as your own style is really cool. And it's always very interesting to see how the artist actually found his way to it. As for getting inspired, I always get ideas spontaneously. Sometimes while watching a movie. sometimes while looking at other artists' stuff... Anyway, this is a really cool video. I doubt the way that you described would work for everyone, but I take it as a possible inspiration for people on what to try to improve their creative process. I think that the goal of the video has been achieved :)

Such an awesome video. So helpful too. Thanks a million. Love your artwork too.

Super useful and inspirational vide

Dude i love your style it's simple but at the same time it's complicated! It's just amazing 😮

I’m trying to get into pan pastel and I’m kinda stuck, I don’t know what to create but this video helped me out I’m sure, it gave me a few ideas for a few different angles of a drawing I’m thinking of

Wow this is such a cool video, seemed like it was posted last year 😂

So good, thank you for this, you covered so many of my past struggles!

you don't know how much you have helped me. this is the perfect video. thank you so so so much!!!

Thank you You have no idea how much this has helped

This was great!

I've been feeling that way. This is very helpful.

This helped a lot lol!!!!!!!!! i find it hard to create my own work though very hard because every thing has all ready been drawn or painted so hard for me to create my own.

This video actually made me remember a poster in front of my office that inspires me to make something...but then I leave work and I forget. Just jotted the idea down. Thanks! :)

Thanks, these tips helped a lot!

thank you for this video! I needed it! #godbless

Like the video, and you have a good sense of humour. Thanks for the ideas. Cheers!

I personally don't have one but i'm doing a graphic design with illustration course at college and our creative process is kinda like this: research, looking for images and annotating them, what we like about them and what we don't like about them, this can be existing illustrations or photos or anything, you could make a moodboard as well to get going, then we go into visual planning where we do things like a mindmap or 2, lots of thumbnails to generate ideas, then you could proceed to experiment with the media, try lots of small, simple drawings or anything like that which could give you ideas for using media in certain ways etc, then we start working on a real illustration or a project where we make about 4 roughs, so a few more developed illustrations but not nececarily polished and finished, then we could either work from one of the developments or start a new one and make a final, polished illustration.

The first minute or so of this video is the biggest fucking read of the century. I felt so freaking attacked LOL

Oh love your work too! It's very unique!! That's the whole idea,right??!!!

This was super super super helpful

Just found your channel! Thank you for this!

This was helpful, thanks!

Good one

Your smile is so perfect.

So helpful thank you

Awesome video man :)

Nice video- as a high school art teacher this will be very helpful for my students- thanks for breaking it down and sharing

This is great information. Thank you. Do you sell your drawings?

this dude's editing is next level

Hi Nick. You have again made a great video. I can see that our way of working is very similar. Make more videos like this.

How you got such a nice place!?? 👍👍

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Do I have any animaters or drawers who are into Pokemon and would like to make a RU-vid video? I have a few visions, depending on your art. *If you animate and operate characters:* *1.* Geodude having a fistfight with Machop, Graveler in acrobatic combat with Hitmontop, Midnight Lycanroc doing martial arts with Lucario, Cranidos with Scraggy headbutting each other, and Regirock brutally fighting Urshifu, with touches of grappling. To give context, I think the five Rock Pokemon ought to be Fighting types too, so I wanted to see my theory onscreen. *2.* Kadabra and Braixen having a magical duel with the spoon and stick (respectively), until they evolve. Alakazam uses Alakazite to Mega Evolve, so now it's a wizard Pokemon dueling Delphox, a witch Pokemon *If you make comics:* *1.* Misty panickily running away from Bug Pokemon in an infested forest. Wherever she goes, a different Bug type is there. Here's what makes this interesting: this includes Vibrava and Lurantis, who aren't even Bug types, and yet are modeled after a dragonfly and mantis (respectively). Misty's _gotta_ be afraid of those bug-resembling Pokemon, even if they aren't Bug type. Also would like to see Escavalier in "hand-to-hand" combat with Beedrill, who Mega Evolves to continue the duel. *2.* A sequel to season one's _"The Punchy Pokemon,"_ in which Brock registered his Geodude for a Fighting Pokemon tournament. I can think of other non-Fighting Pokemon that should be allowed, like Greninja and Incineroar. This comic would feature martial arts in a ring. Please let me know if you're interested, and ask any questions you have.

Great video, cool to see your process. I guess mine is kind of similar, only less arrows. I've been watching other artists for years, especially those with walkthroughs and tutorials of their techniques. I spend a lot of time watching tutorials on RU-vid and Pinterest. Even for stuff I might never do, or that I'm not even interested in their art style, but I want to learn the techniques and materials and apply that knowledge. I make things that are uniquely me, maybe they have many ideas from other sources, but what I create will be its own style. I don't want to compare my art to millions of other artists who might be better than me, none of them are me, so they wouldn't make what I'd make anyways. So I would rather learn from those whose skills I admire and not expect myself to be them. That can be one of the greatest discouragements that block creativity. I thrive off of the community. Feedback and recognition of my accomplishments helps me strive to accomplish more. Recently, I participated in Inktober. Even though I wasn't able to keep up with an artwork every day, I was continually being creative, getting feedback and giving feedback to other artists. So, into November and I'm continuing to try to do something creative every day. Making lists. I need my 'Arty to do list' to keep me on track. I'm easily sidetracked by things (RU-vid) and might feel lost if I don't know what I'm 'supposed' to be working on. So, I make a list of several goals. Then I get to work on it. I'm drinking several teas, peppermint is a favorite, but often I am in a spicy mood and drinking something with cinnamon in it. Adequate lighting is important to me as well. And a window, sunlight! And keeping the art table somewhat clean and organized. I've finally gotten a computer to do art on and it really has improved my productivity. Since now, I draw/paint/etc then take pictures/scan, and then upload my files. Also, it means I am at my art desk every day, rather than sitting on the laptop glowering over at the mess of it whilst scrolling through Facebook endlessly. Lately I have been getting involved with Patreon and on Twitch.TV communities. All my social networks are filled with artists. I watch artist pages on FB, follow artists on Twitter, here, deviantART (of course). And even though I might not be creating something, socializing with those artists does influence creativity just like you said. I would love to go to a devMeet or somewhere to hang out with a bunch of artists, like an art colony! Thanks for making these videos, it is always entertaining to watch.

I Will try TALKING to myself WHY i like other People’s art and then trying to get some ideas to my character.... I havent tryied it out but i Will do a :) or :D when i have tryied it out

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Love the ideas, just a thought, you have excellent drawing skills, upgrade your watercolors to a professional artist quality watercolors instead of the student grade. Away with anemic colors with low pigment loads and step up to bold color in your work! No harm meant, good luck to you!

I think my art skills are pretty decent, but I have trouble coming up with ideas, especially when it comes to landscapes. I go on Pinterest and I see everyone else’s great art and wanna almost copy it! Thanks!

I love that edit of you randomly punching a bird😂

I had 3 months to do an art project for school and now I have 2weeks left and now I’m going crazy cuz I changed the project 7-9times

I find an obscure reference to an ancient civilizations artifact, Like "the Sacred Egg of Heliopolis" Then I find ancient text with a reference to it, like Bryans Mythology Or the two Babylon's. Both have a crude drawing of the bronze statutes. After some research you can sketch out 4 thumbnail sketches, Break the egg on to the planet or just having it sitting there broken open on the surface. Then all of life can spring from the clear Egg white and all the rivers can become the Mesopotamian rivers & Plants

I want to see what I draw when I get high haha. BUT most of the time, I get original art by dazing in class and doodling then turn it into something cooler.

mighty car mods :D

Do yoy have any ideas for a prompt "drawn to explore" and about space

You’re cute ❤️

Wish you still made videos ☹️

Are you by chance a New Zealander or Australian? Helpful vid btww ⚡😌

Thanks for taking the time out to create this video - love the comic relief parts lol - the advice helps a lot though

you like art and cars ... where have you been my hole life, why aren't we friends lol

0:29 lmao

incredible video! g(old)

Thanks for the Only Chillstep idea, very handy. Good video, always so interesting to hear how other artists work through the art process. Just had a thought - check out PeterDraws on youtube, his pen line work is amazing and very inspirational.

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are you hairy potter?

Roll a blunt

ZeFrank?! OK. thanks. Had to Cringe trough 1 minute and 55 seconds to maybe get the awenser I am looking for. Nex video, please cite your sources first.

Thank you!