No one draws from imagination
I quote the above from one of my professors in one of the modules he taught me. He was asking the class if there is anything in particular which we would like him to share with us. I raised my hand and asked if he could teach us drawing, character design to be specific. Then in the middle of the discussion I triggered, he gave me a piece of advice, “no one draws from imagination” which I totally agree.
When you were still a small kid, the teachers will always tell you to imagine when you draw. The imaginations that we all have are really only memories of the things we saw in the past and by imagining, we are merely taking those things we saw as references for our works. A combination of references is what gives images a new look. If you need an example, just imagine putting a pan in the hands of a warrior in a modern day airport
