Finding photos –the perfect photos, the ones that match what you have in your head– can be a real challenge! This summer, I have spent lots of time searching online for photos to match certain prompts, subjects, moods, and tones for drawings I have done. In recent weeks, I’ve been clipping from magazines, too, and gathering object photos for reference and inspiration.
Photo prompt at the end, photo-based but applicable for all mediums.
Above: Mentioned in this show, a “vest drawing” from many years ago that I did, based on a photo, for a Creative Therapy challenge.
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I know what you mean about photos. I don’t usually save them for a purpose, but save magazine photos that I like. Lately I have been trying to save only photos that mean something or inspire me in a specific way. Too much stuff not getting used, you know.
Have you tried searching Flickr or Pinterest for inspiration photos? I sometimes find it easier to find things on these services than just doing a general search on a search engine.
You should get that purple chair.
I don’t think you should care whether other people want to look at 1000 chair photos. Make yourself happy and don’t worry about what other people think.