Since I did a recent post on art (the painting/drawing type) and how it can inspire your writing, alongside music, other books, films and such, I figured I’d dig up a few other sites for you all to peruse during your down times, in between those muse-inspired bursts of creativity.
This gallery has a bunch of sci-fi landscapes and concept art from various movies and stories, including Serenity, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Alien V. Predator.
Here’s a favorite:
Sometimes, if you’re trying to set a scene or emotion in your head, having some specific colors or a building layout can make the action easier. I’ll often draw a map of a city or sketch out a basic lay-of-the-land for a fight scene so I can coordinate the characters better. But right now, for instance, I’m struggling with a scene that involves a boat, a lake of fire, and a bunch of netting. So I’m trying to give myself a visual anchor, as it were, to hook the scene in and draw it out of my mind. Or just find a picture that works as a seed and lets me build off the basic setup it portrays. No visual plagiarism here. Whatever comes through these eyes gets twisted flipwise and then spit out onto the page.
Do you have any favorite artists that you head to? I’d love to see, and I’ve got a few more to pop onto the page this week, so stay tuned.
I see that smile.
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