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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.
What's With All the Cows?
Throughout human history, we've had a very special relationships with our bovines. They've been used for meat, dairy, and as work animals to plough our fields. Some cultures even revere them as holy animals - and in many others, they are sadly mistreated. All that said, it's pretty clear why we value them so highly.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ALIENS? Why do they care about them so much?
I mean sure, there are stories of aliens abducting humans for experiments and tests, but that makes sense. For better or for worse, we are the dominant species.
Besides us though, it always seems to be the cows. Why? Do their ships run on milk? Do they really love cheese? Were cows really from some other planet, and are they just checking up on how their population-transplanting experiment is going?
Or is it the cows that called the aliens here in the first place, intending to become the new dominant species of our planet with some interstellar backing?
Show us what you believe is really happening when aliens pluck a supposedly unsuspecting cow out of a field.
Example Illustration by DIO.
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: The Court of the Rat King >>>
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Sketching: The Basics
A lot of folks have heard about Scott Robertson's "How to Draw" - it's basically a classic at this point, and deservedly so. It's also a book that a lot of people struggle with, for the simple reason that they expect it to be a manual or a lesson plan explaining, well... how to draw. It's a reasonable assumption, but I've found that book to be more of a reference book - like an encyclopedia for perspective problems, more useful to people who already have a good basis in perspective.
Sketching: The Basics is a far better choice for beginners. It's more digestible, and while it introduces a lot of similar concepts, it does so in a manner more suited to those earlier in their studies.