Well, it's been a much, much too long a while since I last posted here! So much has happened since my last post: my brother got married (the wedding was lovely, I made the bride's dress), me and J. had a wonderful, awesome holiday in New York, I volunteered at the Helsinki Comic Festival again which was lots of fun and I've done a whole lot of other stuff too. Sadly none of this stuff included making plushies or taking photos of them.
It's not that I lack inspiration, on the contrary my head is stuffed full of ideas, but I guess what I'm missing is the motivation or energy or whatever nebulous thing it is that makes us do instead of think. I think I just have too many ideas and don't quite know where to start with them.
So, I thought I'd ruminate a bit on inspiration in the hopes that thinking out loud about this stuff will make the jumble of ideas in my head more clear and organized.
For me inspiration can come from anywhere and usually it strikes at the most inopportune time, like when I'm just about to fall asleep or when I'm having a shower. Anything can set off my imagination, from something I read, saw on TV or in a dream, or as far as plushies are concerned, inspiration usually comes in the form of a theme I like or mood I'd like to convey or then I come across a brilliant fabric that's just waiting to be made into this or that plushie. I also find inspiration looking at photos, and they don't even have to be pictures of other plushies, like I mentioned, anything and everything can spark my imagination!
And on that note, here's a little mosaic of photos that have lit up my imagination of late.
1. deer 3, 2. 棕面白梅 Cotton Candy, 3. Untitled, 4. afternoon, 5. puppy, 6. Wake, 7. fall = flannel, 8. E is for.., 9. inspiration - SM2 autumn, 10. Souvenir, 11. Pigeon at the Empire State Building, 12. ersatz dress, 13. Naughty Needles Outtakes: Into the Woods, 14. Orange Square Inch 1, 15. Untitled, 16. Modern Souvenir
P.S.: Please excuse any flubs or fumbles that might be in this entry, as right now I'm afraid my head is more full of snot than ideas. I've caught an autumnal flu and it's making my thinking a wee bit fuzzy.
It's not that I lack inspiration, on the contrary my head is stuffed full of ideas, but I guess what I'm missing is the motivation or energy or whatever nebulous thing it is that makes us do instead of think. I think I just have too many ideas and don't quite know where to start with them.
So, I thought I'd ruminate a bit on inspiration in the hopes that thinking out loud about this stuff will make the jumble of ideas in my head more clear and organized.
For me inspiration can come from anywhere and usually it strikes at the most inopportune time, like when I'm just about to fall asleep or when I'm having a shower. Anything can set off my imagination, from something I read, saw on TV or in a dream, or as far as plushies are concerned, inspiration usually comes in the form of a theme I like or mood I'd like to convey or then I come across a brilliant fabric that's just waiting to be made into this or that plushie. I also find inspiration looking at photos, and they don't even have to be pictures of other plushies, like I mentioned, anything and everything can spark my imagination!
And on that note, here's a little mosaic of photos that have lit up my imagination of late.
1. deer 3, 2. 棕面白梅 Cotton Candy, 3. Untitled, 4. afternoon, 5. puppy, 6. Wake, 7. fall = flannel, 8. E is for.., 9. inspiration - SM2 autumn, 10. Souvenir, 11. Pigeon at the Empire State Building, 12. ersatz dress, 13. Naughty Needles Outtakes: Into the Woods, 14. Orange Square Inch 1, 15. Untitled, 16. Modern Souvenir
P.S.: Please excuse any flubs or fumbles that might be in this entry, as right now I'm afraid my head is more full of snot than ideas. I've caught an autumnal flu and it's making my thinking a wee bit fuzzy.
