There are exercises you can do to develop creativity. Off the top of my head there are two I can think of:
The hats exercises:
Review any work you've done using different mentalities or "hats".
make a list of the qualities of your work using any or all of the following hats.
Blue: The deep hat. Everything that has inner meaning, or that expresses inner ideas/feelings/concepts goes into this mindset. Include positive and negative feelings but don't dwell too much on them.
Red: The passion hat. Everything that sparks that inner fire that's forces you to do the work goes into this mindset. list the things that make you want to work harder or inspire you. (Negatives included)
Green: The growth hat. Everything that can be improved or can build up to new things goes in this hat. Look at parts of your works that might haven't worked out as you wanted or feel incomplete and try to view the potential behind them. Only include positive qualities.
Pink: The happy hat. Include all the quirky, interesting, funny, unique parts of your works. Only list positive qualities.
Yellow: The money hat. Everything in your works that seems profitable, popular, parts that have an "it" factor, stuff that gets you clicks, include parts that are "lucky" that you view to have a good turnout or answer. (only list positive qualities)
White: The pure hat. List everything that you feel was good, honest, anything that was completely done for the sake of art. (Don't ever dare to put anything negative in this hat)
Black: The negative hat: This is when you go all out on criticism. Everything you hate about your works goes here, destroy your work,roast it. You're allowed to be as negative as you can here. Everything that makes you feel like a failure or bad. (You can add positive aspect but they must be snarky)
After you make these lists compare them and check where are your strengths and what can be improved. After that, try creating something with only your weak points or creating something with only your stronger qualities.
The singles game: Create something with only one instrument,tool or quality.
For painting: use only one color or one brush on different surfaces.
For writing: A story with only one character type.
For music: a song with one chord.
For sculpting: Only use a stylus
For programming: A command line that does one thing really good.
there are infinite ways to play this game, but the main idea is to limit yourself so you can exercise your lateral thinking and create concepts that you can build upon.
It's easier if you have a group of people to work with and bounce around ideas.
There are exercises you can do to develop creativity. Off the top of my head there are two I can think of:
The hats exercises: Review any work you've done using different mentalities or "hats". make a list of the qualities of your work using any or all of the following hats.
Blue: The deep hat. Everything that has inner meaning, or that expresses inner ideas/feelings/concepts goes into this mindset. Include positive and negative feelings but don't dwell too much on them.
Red: The passion hat. Everything that sparks that inner fire that's forces you to do the work goes into this mindset. list the things that make you want to work harder or inspire you. (Negatives included) Green: The growth hat. Everything that can be improved or can build up to new things goes in this hat. Look at parts of your works that might haven't worked out as you wanted or feel incomplete and try to view the potential behind them. Only include positive qualities. Pink: The happy hat. Include all the quirky, interesting, funny, unique parts of your works. Only list positive qualities. Yellow: The money hat. Everything in your works that seems profitable, popular, parts that have an "it" factor, stuff that gets you clicks, include parts that are "lucky" that you view to have a good turnout or answer. (only list positive qualities) White: The pure hat. List everything that you feel was good, honest, anything that was completely done for the sake of art. (Don't ever dare to put anything negative in this hat) Black: The negative hat: This is when you go all out on criticism. Everything you hate about your works goes here, destroy your work,roast it. You're allowed to be as negative as you can here. Everything that makes you feel like a failure or bad. (You can add positive aspect but they must be snarky) After you make these lists compare them and check where are your strengths and what can be improved. After that, try creating something with only your weak points or creating something with only your stronger qualities.
The singles game: Create something with only one instrument,tool or quality. For painting: use only one color or one brush on different surfaces. For writing: A story with only one character type. For music: a song with one chord. For sculpting: Only use a stylus For programming: A command line that does one thing really good. there are infinite ways to play this game, but the main idea is to limit yourself so you can exercise your lateral thinking and create concepts that you can build upon.
It's easier if you have a group of people to work with and bounce around ideas.