I wanted to talk about inspiration and daily practice! Here is a thread of a few of my daily sketches from the past couple of weeks. Daily practice is important to keep up what I call a continuity, a narrative that evolves over time naturally with our interests. 
By working every day, this narrative can take us places that we wouldn't have expected. By following this thread sincerely and without judgment, our work can take on a really interesting and personal quality.
While inspiration is exciting and can lead to great results, if we wait for it then we can find ourselves out of practice when it comes. With daily practice, you are already comfortable with the tools and can focus on higher level aspects of design when you are feeling inspired.
In addition, the hardest part of any task is starting and once you’re over that hurdle the inspiration often comes through the work. Over time, that barrier to entry gets lower and lower. Here are sketches from life on my phone which makes it easy to start painting anywhere.
So how do we keep up a daily habit? I’ve found accountability from others, and even friendly competition, to be powerful motivators. I do these with friends and if I really don’t feel like doing art one day, the accountability from the group is always enough to get me painting.
I always wind up enjoying it when I do start, and over time the internal motivation increases and the journey becomes its own reward.
If you'd like to see more, here are links to my free twitter tutorials where I break down fundamental art concepts like light, shadows, and edges. Let me know if you have any requests for topics for future tutorials! devinkorwin.com/pages/tutorials
