Kick Start

Kick start is about giving that artistic blockage a shove out of the way and letting the creative thoughts flow freely once more.
Find ideas, topics and website links to help improve the creative process.

Write Aide

Writing can be frustrating at times, especially when you have a partial idea and can’t get it off the ground. Here are some ideas to kick that block and start creating.

Story Topic of the Week:

The autobiography of your pet.

Blogging Topic of the Week

Cold weather, pros, cons and everything in between.

Find more ideas for blogs at [link]

Find more ideas for stories at [link]

Just remember you don’t have to crank out a long story or blog every day or every week. Sometimes short blurbs and little thoughts are a way to open the mind to new things.

Writing help links:

Writer’s Tool Box - [link]

~DemonHellNoire was kind enough to link me to the writer’s tool box, 35 links to help you out.
Go give him some love for this lovely toolbox.

Also go find “Wreck This Journal” a book that is a creative writing aide and therapy all in one. You even are instructed to burn a page, throw the book out of the car and shower with it.

Visual Arts

Visual arts are sometimes called the easier side of artistic nature, when in reality visual art can be blocked just as bad as your literature.

Tips and Tricks to kick the block

1. Draw a holiday scene that you aren’t familiar with, like Chanukah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, and ect.

2. Draw a bookshelf and make up titles of books, you get a writing aide and an art aide all in one.

3. Try a new way of painting by using a tooth brush for a fun spray effect.

4. Sketch out your room from an upside down view.

5. Design a piece of clothing or a whole outfit; try your hand at sewing!

6. Give chalk or oil pastels a try and work on a planet in our solar system.

7. Try something abstract, paint/draw/scribble/doodle your mood.

8. Try some detailing, like a fingernail with a design on it.

9. Draw without any references at all, just what’s in your mind.

10. Have a friend pick an object, put it in a bag and then let you feel the object. Try drawing it out by feel and see how close you get to the actual object. NO PEEKING. D:


Also remember that the stock photo section is your friend. You can always find a reference there; also seeing other images is a great way to inspire yourself to create a whole new world. Just remember to give the artists their credit and then go nuts.

Photo Box

Photo Theme of the week:
Blue

Extra Credit:
Go deeper into the theme, not just the color blue. But things it represents, what does it mean to you?


Kick Start and XxTrinityxX regrets:
That this article is late, I was feeling a bit ill on Saturday and ended up sleeping most of the day. Sorry for the delay!

Hope you can kick the block!
<3 XxTrinityxX
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