Some designs I did last year, I based off of this picture of shattered windows. The negative space in each window frame looked like a silhouette for a character. So I traced those silhouettes on to moleskin notebook paper and created a design next to them that fit the silhouette. The first one I could see a character in was the 2nd panel on the right window.
Using abstract shapes to come up with character, creature or machinery designs is a technique that I commonly use to avoid "artist block," to warm up, and just as another avenue to gather inspiration. I've heard of one artist (totally blanking on his name) that will throw or slap down a wet sponge or paintbrush on a tan canvas, then use whatever random shape the splat is as a silhouette for his creature and mechanical designs. Another artist I like, Monty Oum from Rooster Teeth, did something similar to create the map for the world that his show RWBY takes place in. He went to a diner, grabbed a napkin, squirted ketchup and mustard in it, crumpled it up, and then unfolded the whole napkin. The stains on the napkin represented the continents and of course the negative space was the water surrounding them.
Below are the results of my shattered window silhouette designs and below those are my sketchbook pages for September.
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