Daily Exercises

[Rognvaldr]

I was just wondering what kind of daily exercises people do to keep their skill and imagination up. Maybe some kind of warm ups before you start doing some serious drawing.

I was wondering because I feel like i'm starting to lose my skills. especially in terms of imagination. so waht do you guys do to keep yourself prime.

[riceface]

i just copy other peoples imagination.. like bobby chui's awesome little creatures, and try to download it into my head

[ShroudStar]

I draw my own characters, mechs, environments. Anything really outside the norm can work. Sometimes, I just doodle whatever comes into my head or what my hand dictates and something comes out of that. I also read a lot of fantasy, sci-fi, and world news - just an eloquent phrase or description can set my mind churning out imaginary stuff.

[phifehinds]

Although this is not necessarily about specific exercises, I think Jillian Tamaki's post about sketbooks applies here. A lot of good tips:

http://www.jilliantamaki.com/sketchbook/2009/06/thoughts-on-sketchbook.html