As a graphic artist, having graduating from NYCCT with an Associates Degree, I love to look around for inspiration. I often need to get inspired before starting to make something on any Adobe program or on paper. There are a lot of artwork around the city everywhere we walk. From movie posters on kiosks to Times Square billboards, sometimes it's worth taking a second look at what is around us and recognize how these works are made.
Working my way up to hopefully becoming a professional graphic artist or an artist in general, I was taught to start off with basic shapes first. You can do anything and start building on what you want to make with that simple shape. Also, drawing with pen and paper helps to get ideas flowing. Pencil is not something you want to use because you want to practice to accept your mistakes and work forward from it. Having so many different ideas on paper is great especially when you can see that one or more of your ideas can go together.
I love going to art exhibits such as going to Society of Illustrators. It gives you a sense of what is going through other artists' mind and see how creative they really are. Some of these artworks are not made on the computer which makes it interesting to see how there are many different ways in going about making art.
As some writers may have writers block, I believe artists can have artist block. Sometimes, ideas may not come to you right away, but as you do more research and having to talk about it with a friend or two, your inner lightbulb may just spark.
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