 Here's how to make a monster and train your creativity in five easy steps. The exercise I'm about to show you is just as good if you're a professional artist or if you've never touched a brush before. And don't worry, even if you don't own a brush and ink, I'll show you what to do by the end of this video. My name is Kim Dias Holm and you may also know me as Den Ungerhard Holm and I've drawn a lot of monsters. Over on my TikTok the hashtag DailyInkMonsters has been seen more than 80 million times and some of my videos have been watched by over 80 million people. Some of these monsters are silly, some are serious, others are from folklore and mythology and a lot of them are my own invention. Being diagnosed by Polar, some of these monsters are drawn on days where I'm full of energy and others on days where I'd rather not draw anything at all. One of the most common comments I get is that seeing me create art makes people want to create art themselves. But then when you sit down with a blank sheet of paper it's harder than you think. So in this video I'm going to show you the step by step solution how I solve this problem myself when I don't know what to draw and I'm going to show you in the simplest way possible so easy even a toddler could do it. And if you want you can even follow along, press pause on each of the steps and draw your monster as we go. Step one, place a drop of ink on a paper and blow on it. If you place too much ink it might get messy and if you place too little the monster might get tiny. But either way it's ok, you'll get a feel for it eventually. Step two, place some eyes. You don't have to stare at the ink blot and wait for the perfect monster, you can force the process by placing two eyes. Anywhere, it doesn't matter, just place the eyes and you will start to see the monster. Step three, give it teeth. You've got to eat. Again don't worry exactly where, just try to put them in relation to the eyes and wherever you place them will reveal the monster to you in a new way. There are limitless options, none of them are wrong, they're all just different. Step four, give it legs. It's a monster, it doesn't need a body or a tail, it just needs legs. And there you go, you have a monster. Step five, give it a name. Every monster needs a name, if it doesn't make sense you can just pretend it's named in a dead language. So play around with words and sounds, like clur, like clum, cluck, enk, enk- enklerk? Enklerk! I'll call it enklerk! It's an enklerk. That's a monster. got legs and it knows how to use them. Anyhow, if you followed along, what did you name your monster? Of course, there are countless ways to adapt this exercise to your level of skill, to your level of exercise and to challenge yourself in new ways. And even after making thousands of these, they still surprise me. Now finally, I promise to show what to do if you haven't got the right tools. But first, if you like the video, remember to subscribe and press the bell icon. Even though I've been on YouTube for a while, I'm very new to creating videos like this and if you showed a sign that I'm on the right path, that would mean the world to me. And if you'd rather have me make other types of videos, comment and share your thoughts. I'm still figuring my way and trying things out. Now back to what you have to do if you don't have the right tools. For this demonstration, I'm going to use a Legend of Zelda Ballpoint pen. It's not a particularly good pen. It just looks cool. In fact, it's so top heavy that I found it a bit of a pain. But it doesn't really matter. Step one is just to draw a random doodle or scribble. Then all the other steps are the same. Step two, add eyes. Step three, add teeth. Step four, add legs. Bider legs are cool. Step five, give it a name. This one is kind of like the last one, but spiderish. So let's call it Spiddlerk. Spiddlerk? And you can do variations of this exercise with markers, with crayons, with watercolour, with pencils, with chalk on a sidewalk. If you ever find yourself saying, I'd love to do this, but I don't have the right tools. Then there's probably some other reason you're postponing it. Tools don't matter. There's always a way to practice something, if you really want to. And then when you finally get the tools, you'll be better prepared. So that's it. Your step-by-step guide to making a monster. And if you keep practicing, the exercise will grow with you. Finally, remember that all my art is available for free use. This means there are over a thousand monsters in high resolution that you can download, copy, change, you can write stories about them, you can tattoo them on your skin, and you can even sell them as long as you put my name on them. If you think that's cool and want to say thanks, then supporting on Patreon with only one dollar a month helps more than you'll ever know. And if you want a slightly more in-depth look at the process, then check out the video where I explain my thoughts bit by bit while I'm drawing an ink monster and solving a modern mystery.