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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.
Tool Shark
You've all heard of the hammerhead shark - clearly the result of Poseidon leaving a mallet alone in the sea too long, and life finding a way. But what about the rest of his workshop? No mistake is destined only to happen once - so what strange sharks came out of his other tools?
Take a tool or utensil - you're not just limited to workshop items, consider tools that might be used in kitchens drawing studios, etc. - and use its shape/form language to help you invent a new species of shark.
Here's a quick handheld belt sander shark to get you started.
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Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
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