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Having trouble coming up with something to draw? No worries - while you'll eventually learn how to start from a tiny seed of a thought and gradually nurture it into a complex concept to explore through design and illustration, it's perfectly fine not to be there just yet.
For now though, here's an idea that might interest you.
Cosmic Confectionary
Imagine you're far in the future when space travel has become a part of the everyday. Technology has advanced, and we've made contact with other intelligent life forms. Much as the internet made the Earth a smaller place, our universe too has become more... neighbourly.
Humanity's introduction to all of these different cultures has lead to many great things - not least of all the creation of many new tasty treats. But you know what aliens can't do? For all their technology and their conquest, they're awful when it comes to marketing.
Come up with a branded snack that you'd find on your space voyage. The possibilities are endless and can be as grounded or as fantastical as you'd like. From the realistic and admittedly sad paste we space-faring apes eat today, to the wacky nonsense designed to snare tomorrow's youth. Or perhaps you'll an entirely different route - tasty goodies with a cosmic horror filling!
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: Junkyard Symphony >>>
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Michael Hampton's Gesture Course
Michael Hampton is one of my favourite figure drawing teachers, specifically because of how he approaches things from a basis of structure, which as you have probably noted from Drawabox, is a big priority for me. Gesture however is the opposite of structure however - they both exist at opposite ends of a spectrum, where structure promotes solidity and structure (and can on its own result in stiffness and rigidity), gesture focuses on motion and fluidity, which can result in things that are ephemeral, not quite feeling solid and stable.
With structure and spatial reasoning in his very bones, he still provides an excellent exploration of gesture, but in a visual language in something that we here appreciate greatly, and that's not something you can find everywhere.