It may be that I’m a slow poke, but the thing that grabbed me initially was the idea of doing SKETCHES. That is, quick little studies. Not fully concepted complex ideas that implied a full model. Something like a bust trying to show “anger” or “beauty” or “badassitude”. Or a gesture. These things are sketches to me.
Maybe if the themes were broader, people could choose which small element to sketch to play with that. For example, if we say “Moby Dick”, you can do a study of Ahab’s head, or Queequeg’s tattooed face, or a harpoon, or a whole page of harpoons, or a monster whale, or a space whale, or the coin Ahab nails to the mast…
Would that help? It’s a mental block, maybe.
Also, this thread is a cool idea and I would have liked to sketch something for the last 2, but have been swamped–so take this post with a pillar of salt.
And, uh, if you’re looking for suggestions of themes, how about “Modern Gods” or “Humanimals (like in Dr. Moreau)”.