Artistic inspiration

[Bob_T]

This has probably been asked before, and if so, my apologies

Im in a slump at the moment.

How do most people here inspire themselves. ??

If this question has been asked in this way before.

Could you possibly point me to a post , and or appropriate category

Thanks in advance

[Takiro]

Try the search

https://krita-artists.org/search?q=inspiration%20%23general-forum%20in%3Atitle

[Michelist]

Here I gave a lot of links where I have fun finding inspirations if the spark of creativity needs a refill, additionally that topic gives hints on how to organize your found inspirations:

How do you guys manage your references?

First I crawl my disk (about 2TB of references over the decades), then I search through my list of picture hosting sites, Pinterest does not belong to them because you seldom (almost never) find works posted by their creators but content of questionable origin or even without naming the origin - and that is a no-go! The list is an unweighted collection of websites: https://purepng.com http://www.freestockphotos.biz/ https://stocksnap.io/ https://www.pngwing.com http…

But if I were mobile, in the sense of being able leaving my home, I’m a bedridden nursing home inhabitant, I simply would take a walk with open eyes in our city, the parks and botanical garden or the forests and the mountain ranges around. Our world’s diversity and beauty are an endless source of inspirations. Use it!¹ Take a kind of notebook or something similar with you which will allow you making notices, maybe already try raw sketches of things that you find inspiring, so you can take your impressions with you.

Michelist

¹ And here’s a tip for anyone who can’t take their eyes off their smartphone. If you’re really going for a walk, your smartphone can live without you. Give it a treat and let it spend a relaxing afternoon without you, and maybe even treat it to a hearty meal from the charger. That way, it will be freshly recharged and able to cope with your joy at seeing it again without immediately running out of steam.

[Dalai]

Sometimes I go to jigsawplanet.com

There are thousands of puzzles and if you explore “last created” they are basically random images of anything imaginable.

I play the puzzles with minimum pieces just to get the full picture of the subject. After a while the system learns what kind of images please you and offers you puzzles depicting such images.

[sognidigitali]

Hi @Bob_T,
start by considering the crisis as an opportunity to do something different. Because sometimes, rather than a lack of ideas or inspiration, it is just a way of telling ourselves that the time has come to break with the usual patterns and turn our attention elsewhere. What to do? Anything that is not part of your routine. No expectations, just the pleasure of looking around and freeing your mind.

[Bob_T]

Many thanks to all those who replied

They’re all great, and I will take them on board

This is a helpful forum.

Thankyou guys!