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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.
Serious Situation but it's Muppets
"May I be damned!" cried Ivan as he cradled his son, whose glass eyes had already glazed over in unconsciousness. Blood trickled falteringly from the wound at his scalp, soaking into the fleece of his skin. Ivan's soft, bulbous nose pressed his heir's damp brow, the gravity of his crime dawning upon him. In his arms, the future of his kingdom sagged limply, for he was a puppet and had no bones.
There are few paintings as sobering as Ilya Repin's "Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan," with that hauntingly empty stare, the utter awareness of what he has done, and that it can never be undone. But ask yourself this one question: What if they were muppets?
Choose or devise a serious event, but replace some or all of its characters with muppets. Whether you want to lean towards the juxtaposition of serious and absurd, or keep it all buttoned up and as serious as possible, the choice is entirely in your soft, puppet hands.
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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.