If you ever took an arts-based elective in high school, you’ll probably remember making an ‘influences and inspiration’ book: which, at least for me, looked like an A3-size portfolio full of cut-outs, drawings and brief words that visually described my creative project while drawing on pre-existing material.
Visual arts projects are, to be perfectly frank, best communicated visually. Before you tire yourself out writing everything down in the Notes app or scribbling half-baked thoughts into a notepad, you can start a board on Pinterest and quickly collect a bunch of images that convey the ideas better. And it saves you turning your bedroom wall into something out of A Beautiful Mind (no judgement if that’s your thing, though).