Anyone else just love looking at pictures to give them a little inspiration? I do. Its not how the picture them selves look or what is in them. Its the feeling that I get from them. Its the way that the colors contrast. Its the names written in the tiny credit font in the corner. I can think of stories about the pictures at a drop of the hat.
In my search for pictures on the web, I have found Deviant Art and Iqons. The first website is a artist community where members post drawings, writing, photos, and other forms of artwork. This isn't a professional site, but even the crudest paintings can inspire. Just look at cave drawings! The second site is the fashion version of myspace. It has the usual mix of designers, models, magazines, and the fashion forward. There are some truly talented and beautiful people on that site.
Foreign magazines are also quite fun to look at. My best friend brought me back a fashion magazine from Tokyo, and it is just really interesting to see the different aesthetics between my American culture and the culture shown in the magazine. Small home-grown magazines (not just fashion ones) can jump start an idea or two. Searching around for some local music rags in your area might show your muse where exactly the perfect heroine for your hero(ine) is. A punk rock chick for a stuffy banker? Anything is possible with romance!
Any style mags from the New Yorker, W, and Home and Garden are game for perusal. Heck, I've been known to get an idea or solution to a plot problem from flipping through the Weekly World News in line at the grocery store!
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But are the models in Tokyo fierce?
Not up to Miss Tyra's standards.
Actually, many of them have a very blank expression. :/ Still very pretty though.
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