Shout Box archive

17 Jun 03:15

Brian Hermelijn

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Lets not kidding our self that we will find a kangooro reference, if someone is living in a place where there is no kangooro to begin with. Unless the person picks up his belongings go to the places where he can find kangooros, take pictures, come back home. (Fly to other places)

17 Jun 03:15

Jan Kloidt

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just try it :) not saying you need to do it forever, just do 1 design without online ref

17 Jun 03:14

Brian Hermelijn

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There is room for both, no need to limit yourself to only one.

17 Jun 03:14

Jan Kloidt

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yeh i follow them on twitter, interesting stuff

17 Jun 03:14

Jan Kloidt

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of course, the internet is a great resource, but just try it out to limit yourself that way! it's crazy how much more original and true to yourself it'll be

17 Jun 03:14

Brian Hermelijn

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By the way, check thisiscollosal if you haven't already ;D

17 Jun 03:12

Brian Hermelijn

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Always find new interesting things since I do not specifically search for something, rather I just put some time to just explore see what new other ideas pops up, and put that in my morgue folder/pins

17 Jun 03:11

Brian Hermelijn

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Hence on pinterest, I diversify the topic and just explore and google + as well.

17 Jun 03:11

Brian Hermelijn

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Why not combine both? If you're not looking for something fresh, you can just google whatever see what you will find.

17 Jun 02:27

Jan Kloidt

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when you look up stuff online, it always is filtered by the intention to find something and that means you already know what it is before you find it so you can rarely find something fresh because you're limited by what you know already. but just draw stuff from outside your doorstep and you'll see a million things you'd have never looked up online

17 Jun 02:23

Jan Kloidt

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its weird how that feels like a hack to get to your personal voice, it's so powerful and simple

17 Jun 02:21

Jan Kloidt

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your life, your surroundings, your own take on it

17 Jun 02:21

Jan Kloidt

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if you cut away images from other people all there is left is you

17 Jun 02:20

Jan Kloidt

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ikr! theres infinite inspiration everywhere that no one else except you will ever get the chance to use

17 Jun 02:20

Artloader

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Sounds like an interesting challenge! Just saw something on my desk that I could easily turn into a space ship!

17 Jun 02:19

Jan Kloidt

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but that would be sooooo cool! i'm pumped

17 Jun 02:19

Jan Kloidt

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if people wanna have a challenge like this, send me a PM and I'll make sth. in the future, right now there's too many challenge work going on already

17 Jun 02:17

Jan Kloidt

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maybe i'll make a challenge for that, i really want to see what happpens when people try it out

17 Jun 02:16

Jan Kloidt

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i SO recommend that to anyone, just draw one thing from imagination and the only ref's you may use are what you find in your immediate real-life-environment

17 Jun 02:15

Artloader

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I've watched a few Feng Zhou videos and he's got a massive library of reference photos that he's captured himself - amazing sunsets etc ...

17 Jun 02:14

Jan Kloidt

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would sketch it directly but i dont trust the weather today

17 Jun 02:14

Jan Kloidt

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just walk around photographing everything

17 Jun 02:13

Jan Kloidt

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yeah i think i'll do that today

17 Jun 02:13

Artloader

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Yep - good point to remember.

17 Jun 02:12

Artloader

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I often think about getting a good camera and carrying it about with me so that I could capture references at the drop of a hat.

17 Jun 02:12

Jan Kloidt

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made me realize how literally anything you find online has gone through at least one other person's eye before you find it, so how can it really inspire personal work unique to you?

17 Jun 02:11

Artloader

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Awesome Jan.

17 Jun 02:05

Jan Kloidt

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man i just went outside and sketched a thing just based on what was there and it probably was the most inspired and fresh thing i did in months. i really should stop digging inspiration from the internet for personal stuff, forget that last request :D

17 Jun 01:13

Jan Kloidt

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something to pop the bubble

17 Jun 01:12

Jan Kloidt

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something like http://ffffound.com/ , but different

17 Jun 01:11

Jan Kloidt

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anyone got some interesting inspiration sites that post wierd new images every day? architecture, design, animals, fashion, anything pretty much

17 Jun 01:01

Jan Kloidt

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see ya!