CURATION OF INSPIRATION
Beyond life experiences, the visual input that you consume has a big influence, consciously and subliminally, on the work that you produce. As Austin Kleon says in Steal Like an Artist, “GARBAGE IN. GARBAGE OUT.” Seek out those kindred-spirit artist role models who excite and inspire you with work that you love. Soak up work that, inexplicably, you find you must look at over and over again. Refer back to the characteristics of artwork you are drawn to when thinking about strong imagery, as described in Chapter 1.
It’s important to look in a variety of places for inspiration, so you are not influenced too heavily by one artist, style, or even medium. Photography and painting are wonderful sources for ideas, but there are ...
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