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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.
It's Not Easy Being Small
Grab your elf spotting certificate, because we're finding ourselves some little folk. What, you don't believe in them? Well let me tell you, they're there, and they do not have it easy.
Imagine every difficulty you face, every need you have, every moment's struggle - and now consider how on earth you'd handle it if you were a tenth, a hundredth, even a thousandth of your current size! How would you cloth yourself? What would you eat? Where would you live? How on earth would you even get onto the internet?! Oh, the horror!
For this prompt, first choose how small your folk will be. A foot tall? An inch? This will help you think about what kinds of lives they lead, what kinds of challenges they'll face, and what possible solutions they might employ. From there, pick some of these difficulties and show us how they can be overcome.
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: Bathroom Spacecraft >>>
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Ellipse Master Template
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.