Dollmaking - 10 Ways to Get Ideas for Spectacular Characters
You enjoy dollmaking, but sometimes you get that confounded artists block.
You don't feel like you can come up with something new and unique.
Try these 10 ideas to get your creative brain working again.
1.
Look around you.
All sorts of different characters live in your real life family and friends.
Take one quirky gesture or look and make a whole new character based on that idiosyncrasy.
2.
Read a good book lately? Did you like something about one of the characters? Spin off from that and make an original doll.
3.
How about a movie or TV character? Is there something in the actors features or the characters personality that you can incorporate into your next art doll? 4.
Pick up different magazines that show photos of people in different life situations.
Thumb through golfing, boating, fashion, outdoor, and any other magazine that might inspire you.
5.
Drive to a mall, find a bench, then sit and observe people.
You will get massive amounts of ideas here from everyday people going about their business.
How old are they? Watch what they do, how they interact with others, and what their hair and clothes look like.
Pay attention to details because realistic qualities will bring your dolls to life and make them appealing to the masses.
6.
Visit an art museum.
See what other artists are creating.
Take one idea from several artists and combine them to make a doll that is totally different from anything else.
7.
What's your profession? Do people joke about your work (example: lawyers)? Can you make a character from the joke? How about combining two unlikely professions.
The less likely the professions complement each other the more wacky your character.
8.
Search the internet for clip art.
Combine different clip art ideas for an extraorinary doll.
9.
Internet art galleries can stimulate great ideas.
Many artists can be studied since the internet is so vast.
10.
Finally, don't forget your own imagination.
Did you have a dream that you remember? Did your own brain create the perfect character in this dream? Or try brainstorming.
Write down anything that pops into your head.
Use this list to prompt your brain and consider the possibilities for making the most spectacular character you've ever created.
Always, carry pencil and paper with you to jot down ideas as you go about your daily business.
Something you see may inspire you but by the time you get home you forgot your idea.
It's OK to look at others work for inspiration.
Don't feel you are cheating.
It's perfectly acceptable as long as you are not copying.
So, try these 10 ways to get your dollmaking moving again.
It takes a little work and thought to keep coming up with fresh ideas but you can do it.
Now, break through that block and create!
You don't feel like you can come up with something new and unique.
Try these 10 ideas to get your creative brain working again.
1.
Look around you.
All sorts of different characters live in your real life family and friends.
Take one quirky gesture or look and make a whole new character based on that idiosyncrasy.
2.
Read a good book lately? Did you like something about one of the characters? Spin off from that and make an original doll.
3.
How about a movie or TV character? Is there something in the actors features or the characters personality that you can incorporate into your next art doll? 4.
Pick up different magazines that show photos of people in different life situations.
Thumb through golfing, boating, fashion, outdoor, and any other magazine that might inspire you.
5.
Drive to a mall, find a bench, then sit and observe people.
You will get massive amounts of ideas here from everyday people going about their business.
How old are they? Watch what they do, how they interact with others, and what their hair and clothes look like.
Pay attention to details because realistic qualities will bring your dolls to life and make them appealing to the masses.
6.
Visit an art museum.
See what other artists are creating.
Take one idea from several artists and combine them to make a doll that is totally different from anything else.
7.
What's your profession? Do people joke about your work (example: lawyers)? Can you make a character from the joke? How about combining two unlikely professions.
The less likely the professions complement each other the more wacky your character.
8.
Search the internet for clip art.
Combine different clip art ideas for an extraorinary doll.
9.
Internet art galleries can stimulate great ideas.
Many artists can be studied since the internet is so vast.
10.
Finally, don't forget your own imagination.
Did you have a dream that you remember? Did your own brain create the perfect character in this dream? Or try brainstorming.
Write down anything that pops into your head.
Use this list to prompt your brain and consider the possibilities for making the most spectacular character you've ever created.
Always, carry pencil and paper with you to jot down ideas as you go about your daily business.
Something you see may inspire you but by the time you get home you forgot your idea.
It's OK to look at others work for inspiration.
Don't feel you are cheating.
It's perfectly acceptable as long as you are not copying.
So, try these 10 ways to get your dollmaking moving again.
It takes a little work and thought to keep coming up with fresh ideas but you can do it.
Now, break through that block and create!