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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.
Weird West
Don't you miss the good old days, back when everything tasted of dust and smelled of filth? Back when you could stroll over to the local saloon, grab a mug of sarsaparilla and play a round of cards with a table full of pistol-packing hotheads? What about that time you got shot in the chest for cheating and your family had to pay half their year's earnings to get you resurrected by the local cult to Gulthu'um, but couldn't scrape it together fast enough so now your jaw clicks when it gets cold out?
Yeah, neither do I. Design a character, a prop, or a creature that would fit right at home in a old western town infested with cultist activity. A land where people get killed for the smallest slight, but are back by the next full moon to do it all over again, because at the end of the day, there's not a whole lot else to do with one's eternity.
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: Junkyard Symphony >>>
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Color and Light by James Gurney
Some of you may remember James Gurney's breathtaking work in the Dinotopia series. This is easily my favourite book on the topic of colour and light, and comes highly recommended by any artist worth their salt. While it speaks from the perspective of a traditional painter, the information in this book is invaluable for work in any medium.