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hi guys welcome back to our channel the number one place for people who love design art and all
things creative i'm jacqueline and i'm an interior architect and designer here at D & B in today's
video i want to share with you some ways to get inspired for creating things in art and design
as someone who creates things for a living whether that's designing a hotel for a client or selling
my artwork online and even making videos like this i'm pretty much creating something every week and
just like you guys who are also creators it can be really hard sometimes to find that inspiration
to actually get the design process started and we all know that hours days and even weeks can go by
if we don't find the inspiration and no work gets done whether you're an artist
an interior designer fashion designer architect or just anyone who needs creative ideas to get
inspired i really hope that this video is helpful for you so let's jump into the video
if i think about how i actually find inspiration myself one way that always works is if i actually
step back from what i'm doing and just relax i know it sounds counterproductive right
but i find if you walk away and do something that you love or even just rest you kind of take your
mind off this whole oh my god i don't have any inspiration rhetoric just by simply getting your
mind away from the problem you're able to think about other things and also the problem kind of
solves itself sometimes for example a lot of my video ideas and content ideas come from when i'm
sitting in the bath very cliche and i have no idea why that actually is but honestly it's just
something that works for me and also going back to this idea of resting sometimes when we feel
burnt out or have a lack of motivation sometimes our mind and our body actually just needs a break
i really like this idea of solidly working for two hours then walking away for a break and
then coming back afterwards rather than sitting at my desk for five hours procrastinating and
only work for two my point is just make sure that if you're feeling tired overwhelmed or uninspired
sometimes you just need to walk away so step away to get back into things if that makes sense
another thing that really inspires me creatively is by listening to music
i find that it really helps me to raise my vibes and it takes my mind off the creative
block i'm having at the time and sometimes even get inspired by lyrics and cover art
i don't really think i need to explain why music is good but yeah you get my point one
way i love finding inspiration for creativity is by going to different places and traveling
yeah this point really annoys me because i find that this is actually the biggest way i get my
inspiration both as a designer and for my artwork and of course for ages we have not been able to
do that and i'm really really hoping at the end of this year we will be able to here's hoping
seriously though i find by immersing myself in a new culture talking to new people and just
taking in all of the atmosphere of a new place it really inspires me there's just so much to
experience and i really do think that travel expands the mind i absolutely love this quote
which is the world is a book and those who don't travel only read a page mind alone and never let
anyone tell you that going to a different country is not worth it or it's too expensive or whatever
their excuse might be because trust me travel is an investment and when you're exploring a new
place you're actually investing in yourself and going hand in hand with that is nature the world
that surrounds us sure as hell has a lot of things that we can take inspiration from you only have to
watch one episode of blue planet to realize that and geez i'm not suggesting to go scuba diving
in the pacific or trek through the amazon great if you can but you know you can find all this
stuff online and in books there is actually a term for getting inspiration from these kind of things
from nature called biomimicry and just by searching that term online it could really
be a good starting point for you or instead of going online turn to books and especially
look at the detailed botanical or biological diagrams as i find those are really fascinating
and speaking of books i think that they can be great holders of inspiration too
maybe you're someone who does a lot of fictional reading and in that case it would be really good
for expanding your imagination and creating vivid storytelling personally the only reading i do is
things on personal development financial growth and spirituality so i wouldn't really turn to
those to get inspiration for creativity so the books i do turn to to get inspiration
for art and design are ones like these i mean i guess you could call them picture books right
but basically the ones that i like are just ones that are very visual if you're a creative
person then these visual books are great ways to get inspiration from other creators aside from
books there are of course movies and sometimes movies can be even more inspiring if they have
strategic cinematography and set design recently we watched promising young women and the way
that the atmosphere and costume design reflected the character's emotions i just loved it it was
so cleverly thought out and i'm even thinking about doing a whole video on this topic but yeah
definitely watch if you haven't seen it movies can be great and you never know which one is
going to spark that inspiration and also watching movies is fun so it's a great way to do that
creative research now although my next point has a lot to do with me and my profession i
really do think that anyone can get inspiration by looking at architecture like i said of course
researching architecture has a lot to do with interior design already but there are some really
interesting architectural features that could make your creative juices flow maybe it's just
a simple building feature that interests you the whole structural element or even the design
style that it's home to nonetheless architecture speaks for itself contrastingly i also find a lot
of inspiration from materials themselves so i'll look into things like different textiles pattern
work building materials and even fashion garments as designers and artists we all fall under this
umbrella of creativity right and i think that we can actually learn a lot from each other's
professions and ultimately inspire each other in fact simply by talking to someone who is
like-minded to you or who's in the creative field you can usually find lots of new tips and ideas
also from a fresh new perspective which is always good i cannot even tell you how many times i've
asked laszlo for inspiration and ideas and vice versa he asked me the same we have a great way of
bouncing ideas off of one another and obviously i kind of knew that otherwise we wouldn't be in
business together but i find that just by talking about my design ideas and my creative block
it really helps me to come up with a solution i feel like i can't avoid talking about social
media in this video can i no more times than not as designers and artists we often retreat to
social media to find inspiration and there is of course method to that madness both pinterest and
instagram are visual platforms so instantly we're able to enjoy and feed our creativity
with that information and particularly i like to type in obscure hashtags to find that inspiration
so if i were wanting to paint a piece about a bird i wouldn't just type in bird but maybe bird
watercolor native american symbols or something like that so it's not so vague i find that by
being more specific on a social media platform you can find that inspiration a lot easier
and i also get a lot of inspiration here on youtube there are so many designers and artists
out there who are sharing their tips for free online for example if i'm feeling unmotivated
and uninspired to create my artwork i always watch carol aravello's channel here on youtube because i
find her to be such an inspiration especially when it comes to creating pieces of art from the soul
i could go on for hours about amazing creators here on youtube and what they do
but i think that you really have to find them yourself because each creator's work is completely
different and we may not appreciate them in the same way from one another but i think that youtube
is such a great creative community and it's also why we want to be part of it and create our own
design tribe to inspire and help you guys out too i hope that these tips really helped you out
and i'd love to know what art and design projects you're up to at the moment and maybe i could even
bounce some creative inspiration forward to you in the comments if you're new to our channel then i
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