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Hello! Im Ailurophile (by the way, that means cat lover.)
In this blog, the subject will be about how to find inspiration for
making your skins.
I hope you enjoy :)
Inspiration?
Inspiration can mean many different things to different people. For skin-makers, it is simply the thing that inspires us to create a skin. It might also be the thing that we try to make into a skin (ex: a character from a show that we make into a skin.) If you are reading this, you might be having trouble finding inspiration for your skins. That is okay, everybody has that feeling every once in a while. It is kind of like writers block, but for skinners it is called artistic block. If you are in this dilemma, then don't worry, you will be surprised at how easily you can get inspiration.
Where To Find Inspiration
Look at the photo that I used as my featured image. I chose that skin to feature because of where I got my inspiration for it. You will be surprised, even I was surprised when I got inspiration from this thing...
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Yup thats it. Can you believe it? I was literally browsing online in bath and body works and I saw that and just loved the colors, and then I just made a skin from it. It is that simple! Now, of course, I am not telling you to go to bath and body works and find cool looking lotion. I showed you this to convince you that you can seriously find inspiration from anything! Here is a simple list of places you can look (Or things you can do) to find some for yourself.
- Google images
- Clothing stores
- Read a book
- Watch TV (Sci-fi genre seems to work best for me... Doctor Who FTW)
- Dream
- Talk to friends/family - you would be surprised at the ideas they may have
- Celebrities
- Bottles of lotion
- Characters from cartoons
- Pokemon
- Go outside; talk a walk, or a run- just get your brain juices flowing
- A painting
- Anime (shows, characters, pictures)
.. And the list could go on and on! Hopefully I sparked your ideas a little bit. It could be something as simple as a bottle of lotion to get you started.
Still Cant Get An Idea?
Now, if you still can't get inspiration for a skin, you may just simply need a break. Take a break from your computer, and any other technology (excluding cellular devices), and just give yourself a day to relax and think. Let yourself sleep on it, and then try again tomorrow. This should work for you. You can take longer periods as well, such as a week if you like. I always find that whenever I take breaks for months at a time I come back and the ideas are just bursting out of my head! It really does work to give your head a break from all that thinking stuff and just relax.
A Helpful Tip...
You never know when you might get artistic block. So, if you have subscribers that wait on you for your skins or anything else you post, consider making them in advance and saving them as drafts. Then, if you have a day where you just can't get anything done you can publish what you had already made.
OMG thanks so much guys, its my first popular reel! I can't even control my exciteeementtt!!!! I hoped you enjoyed!
Love, Ailurophile
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