Inspiration Moodboard

Lately I've been collecting and gathering anything which inspires me in some way. Whether it be for Art, Fashion or something Beauty related, it's all been either going into my journal, or a file on my computer. These images are all collected within the last couple of weeks from Tumblr.

It seems I'm really into bright colours lately and plenty of shiny/glittery textures. Maybe because my wardrobe has gone darker for Autumn, I'm still craving these things in some way. I'd like to create some of my own collages to reflect this, or maybe a painting if I can find a way. It's really difficult where we're living at the moment to paint, there's not much space and I miss it.

Do you guys keep a collection of things to inspire you? Or do you just pin it all?

Also, if you have links to those Pinterest boards, or Tumblrs that inspire you - leave the links! xx

Four Things I Do To Feel Inspired

1. Make a mood board. Whether with paper, magazines, glitter & photos, or even just on Pinterest; I always come out feeling so much more inspired by creating a visual collection of things I like. Don't think too hard about it, just collect and put things together which appeal to you visually. Include quotes, reminders of happy moments or snail mail. If you can display this over your desk or somewhere you'll see it often, it will bring you a pinch of inspiration in a flash.

2. Look back. Sometimes looking back over my archive of work, and reflecting at what I've already achieved can really help to give me current ideas. Look over things you forgot you wrote about, did you fully explore that topic? Could it be extended in any way or possibly redone differently? Has an old project inspired other work you haven't talked about or shown yet? I find looking over the past helps me evaluate where I am and what I'm still yet to conquer.
3. Do what you love. Forget the stress for the time being, and go do something you love. Read, workout, sew, hang out with friends, watch a movie.. whatever. Taking your mind away from the problem and filling your thoughts with happy things is good for it. Think of it like 'cleansing' your brain. It keeps it refreshed and will help when you go back to the drawing board. If like me you blog about what you love, doing these things will probably make you think of an idea related to them anyway!

4. Think ahead. Say for example I'm at a loss for what things I can blog about in the next week or two. I take the pressure off by forgetting about the next two weeks completely. I think about next month, or even the month after. Are there any seasonal projects I would like to do, or upcoming events/issues I want to write about? Plan those instead. It might seem counter-intuitive but I can't even go into how many times this has helped me. By taking the pressure off the now, and instead looking forward, I begin to feel productive again and it actually helps me with ideas for the present anyway! Also, this sort of planning ahead means less chance of it happening again next month..

Art Journal Pt. 4

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Happy Sunday everyone ^_^ Hope you've all been enjoying the weekend and had a chance to relax a little bit. As usual now, I've been playing away in my Art Journal and have another weekend installment for you guys. As I've said before, this is simply something I like to do, I don't take it too seriously and I simply want to create a whole sketchbook full of work I like. Whether it's drawings, collages, prints, writing. Anything put together in a way I enjoy or am inspired by. I hope you enjoy too. This week I was happy about the rain and gloomy weather, as I'm a bit tired of all that sunshine business now! I think that influenced this weeks pages a little, as I was a little more focused on nature and its beauty.

So what do you guys think?

Adding the leaves got me pretty into the idea of doing some pages of only found objects, if I can glue them down! Maybe I'll look into that one soon.

Also, bonus points if you spotted I used one of the prints from this blog post.

Leave your thoughts below ! :)

Need a creative boost?

So I seen this on Tumblr this week...

And I think it's a fab little list of things to inspire you or keep you motivated for anything.

As you know I've been creative this week myself, see this post.

If I were to add any additional tips to this list they would be:

• Take a notebook and pen everywhere.
• Doodle a lot.
• Try cooking/baking something new.
• Find an Artist you love.
• Try out a new style; hair, makeup, clothes, accessories, anything!
• Get up early.
• Review movies you see.
• Explore your city/town.

That's just some things I find quite inspiring and helpful.

What do you do for inspiration?

x Jemma x