Where does an idea come from?

by haydnlock on Sat 25 Dec - 0:34

I am often asked where my ideas come from. The truth is from no where. My school teachers always told me I would get no where with my cartoons. To get no where takes some discipline. I have got no where many times and enjoy being there So how to get no where?. I let go of my worries and ignore the distractions of other people’s affairs. Nothing must disturb me. You see most cartoonist are already disturbed. I allow time to ponder. After a long day selling shoes, resolving customer queries and struggling to get by, desperately fighting to find my own space in the public transport system, my mind retreats in to a day dream. As I escape from the chatters of commuters and the grinding noises of traffic, I wait in a comfortably numb state of mind. Then a odd moment triggers some ideas. This moment could be a split second where a word amoungst the chitter chatters is said or a curious noise happens and then fiction washes over me. Then I need to be some where urgently. That place is home, where I barge past the wife, trip over one cat and kick the other, dive for the broken, used and abused lap top and CREATE.

Love light and peace.
H R Lock

by Simon Lake on Sat 25 Dec - 2:14

I thought that seeing as how you are in the business of selling shoes, this project may possibly be of interest to you Haydn.....

http://www.freelancer.com/projects/Graphic-Design-Illustration/Cartoon-Character.html
I already bid $100 on it. Idea

by haydnlock on Sat 25 Dec - 21:29

I don't understand how these freelance sites work and what the bidding is all about. Have you found any work there?

by Simon Lake on Sun 26 Dec - 14:58

Yes it's all about getting positive feedback and building a reputation. I haven't made a lot of money yet no, but then Rome wasn't built in a Day and all that. These are the reviews I've received from the three bids I've been awarded so far.......

http://www.freelancer.com/users/feedback_1495931.html

https://www.scriptlance.com/cgi-bin/freelancers/feedback.cgi?p=funnybusiness

I'm more interested in *this site at the moment..... because it's more like an open competition where instead of flashing your portfolio/ website around you just submit a design and the best man (person) wins. It beats playing in the Park for me. Okay, I didn't win that one and it took about three days to complete but it's a start to my portfolio on there which is comprised only of projects you have submitted designs for. And they still have bidding projects as well.
*http://www.designcrowd.com/contest.aspx?id=5801

by epmonroe on Sat 29 Jan - 1:40

What I often do, is see a subject and say "There's something funny there." Then I sit down with a legal pad and brainstorm it. I write every little thing that comes into my head, especially any contradictions or 'opposites'. I'll usually get something out of that, and I will write that down and think on it, sometimes for a few hours, sometimes for days. I find putting an idea away and coming back to it later with fresh eyes often helps.
Sometimes I get lucky and it just pops into my head! If I laugh out loud - I go draw it immediately!
The largest hurdle is starting in the first place. :-)