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A Writer's Life in Images and Quotes
The Quantum Mechanics of Writing
Word Warriors!
A Writer's Life in Images and Quotes
The Quantum Mechanics of Writing
Word Warriors!
Some useful tips for writers:
Paintings and portraits are a fun source of inspiration for novels and characters. I often find character faces hard to imagine from scratch, so I use portraits to base them off (or I use people I see in my life!).
Some of the best artwork for inspiration is old oil paintings and fantasy art by spectacular authors such as Josephine Wall and Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (see pictures below). Even in paintings, its hard to find a face that really captures the character you want to write about, but I've found some nice ones in art galleries and, of course, the seemingly infinite stream of google images. All you need is one beautiful face (or maybe not so beautiful...) and you can craft them into a prince, princess, magician, villain, librarian, adventurer, or anything else and set them off on an adventure!
Check out my Fantasy Character Inspiration Board for more:
The World by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law ©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Beneath the Eildon Tree by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law ©Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
The Enchanted Flute by Josephine Wall
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797)
The Hermit Studying Anatomy by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797)
Old Man Holding a Pair of Spectacles by Carel van der Pluym (1625-1672)
Words:
My dear emerald dream, why do you droop like an old willow?
It was a witch's night; the moon shone yellow and cackled above the misting fields.
Where cats are involved, you know there will be an opera of demons all night.
What on earth do those mean? I have no idea, I just wrote them without thinking much--but let the words come and you'll be able to make something intriguing out of them.
Writing Inspiration: Clouds
My dear emerald dream, why do you droop like an old willow?
It was a witch's night; the moon shone yellow and cackled above the misting fields.
Where cats are involved, you know there will be an opera of demons all night.
What on earth do those mean? I have no idea, I just wrote them without thinking much--but let the words come and you'll be able to make something intriguing out of them.
Writing Inspiration: Clouds
Look up. What story do you see there? What bizarre combination of shapes and creatures live and die in those white fluffy worlds above? What monster broods in the grey thundering mist?
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Eyes:
Here is a very comprehensive and creative list of eye colours:
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