@ Robyn:Awesome! Love it. I'm glad George asked this question and prompted you to post this.
@ George: Mr Pinckney is a great example of someone who has mastered the technique of using inspiration. Been watching him do it for years and evolution and all that do come when you take it to finished pieces.
Well, as to your question, it's certainly not uncommon to have that happen and it's the dominion of those who don't have clients asking for something specific at the moment. One of the things that's hardest when doing commissioned work is that when those ideas come, as they will often times when you're headed in a specific direction, is to grab it and wrestle your momentum back to what it is you're supposed to be doing.
The creative artist inside can perhaps make some notes and go back to it later, hoping that the fire is still burning when you do, or you might get away with letting it influence what you're doing if appropriate. Commercial art is largely a discipline (can also be fun and challenging and a growing thing though). But it's a fine line between aiming your creative shots and losing the ability to be spontaneous with fluidity.
Writing is a great example of where the story will run off with a will of its own and, again whether it's a good or bad thing is determined by whether you're writing for a specific reason (example a script for an existing set of characters in a particular universe) or if you're making something up and have the where-with-all to follow it out to the end, good, bad or indifferent. Big names in the arts have each their own way of managing it, and they're successful in both cases. So whatever works for you.
It's a constant tug-o-war because the inclination is to run with whatever is welling up from inside because there's definitely great energy potential and the possibility to do something very fresh. And those who can do that are very fortunate and will often create scenarios wherein that creative flow is stimulated. For fine artists, A.D.D. and schizophrenia and all can be your friend for the artist's a-Muse-ment. Or it can conversely be something that will make it really hard to get a handle on a complex thing that requires continuity in direction.
But while you got it happening and you have no pressure to do something different, heck yeah! Run with it. It's super fun to discover there's a whole other creative voice inside who's clamoring to get in the mix and play.
One caveat, if you are running with the flashes of inspiration, make sure you most often keep drawing or painting it out to a complete resolution, lest you just get distracted out of taking anything to a high level because it will split your comfort zones among (to use a chess anology) beginning, middle and end game. You want to be practiced and strong each step of the game.
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and like Peter said....when it happens? let it happen
Originally Posted by Gms9810
