Stuck for things to draw? Here's my monster list of art themes
The MONSTER LIST of art drawing themes!
Stuck for inspiration? Need a new theme for your next ATC swap or sketchbook doodle? We came up with a huge list of themes a few years ago and most of them are pretty standard, some a bit weird, all good things to draw.
Note: List originally created for ArtTrader Magazine.
Pick a number between 1 and 550. Have fun! Happy art prompting!
- Ancient tree
- Mystical tree
- Healing tree
- Forest
- God Trees
- Green men
- My favorite tree
- Realistic tree
- Whimsical tree
- Tree hugging
- Eyeball trees
- Christmas trees
- Creepy & dark Trees
- Cherry blossoms
- Fruit Trees
- Scientific Tree Illustrations
- Alien trees
- Tree houses
- Baobab tree homes
- Tree swings
- Lady of the Forest
- Tree Nymph
- Autumn leaves
- Winter trees
- Any type of flower
- Daisy field
- Daisy chains
- Rose queens
- Flower fairies
- Eyeball flowers
- Flower bouquets
- Flowers on hats
- Bees & Flowers
- William Morris Flowers
- Fashion diva
- Fashion disasters
- Victorian ladies
- Ladies of the (era ie 70s)
- Chubby ladies with round bellies
- Size acceptance
- Feminism
- Feminists
- Weird hairstyles
- Lives of medieval women
- Geishas
- Harajuku Girls
- Natural landscape
- Landscape by medium: watercolors, pastes, etc.
- Colorful landscape / landscape by color schemes
- Landscape in a pop / graphic style
- Whimsical landscape
- Candyland
- Creepy & offbeat landscape
- Barren fantasy landscape
- Alien landscape
- Moonlit landscapes
- Sunrises
- Rainy Days
- Family pets
- Animals with hats and scarfs
- Chimeras
- Horse
- Unicorns
- Cute.... but eViL!! (animals)
- Koi fish
- Koi pond
- Deer
- Weird animals with antlers
- Pregnant ladies
- Fertility
- Fertility Goddess
- The Blue-Do: Grandmother hair styles
- Vintage housewife
- Hip dads
- My happy family
- Fishing with grandpa
- Babies & moms
- Hipster parents
- Cooking with grandma
- Disaster kitchen
- Cats with hats
- Funky cats
- Lazy house cats
- Who let the dogs out?
- Dogs in detective clothes
- Pet portraits
- Cats dressed in medieval clothing
- Dogs in Shakespearean costumes
- Obese pets
- Pet fight
- Pet love
- Accountants with calculators
- The office gossip
- Diner waitresses
- Bartenders I have known
- Inappropriate office attire
- Cubicle life
- Librarians
- I love to read
- Pile of my favorite books
- Birds with funky hats
- Gothic Crows
- Roosters with Glasses
- Zetti Bird Collage
- Birds on branches
- Birds of (location)
- Whimsical birds
- Collaged or mixed media birds
- Mutated Birds
- Men in hats
- Flying men with umbrellas
- Winged men
- Construction / working men
- Men of the (era ie 70s)
- Men with long hair
- Nature Kings
- Mustache fun!
- Brothers and sisters
- Me and my Brother/Sister
- Little goth girls
- Kids with freckles
- Schoolyard bullies
- Creepy kids
- Mushrooms
- Groovy mushrooms in party hats
- Fruit
- Mixed media pears
- Fruit hats
- Vegetables
- Still life fruit display
- Cute Princesses
- Mad Kings
- Dark & Evil Queens
- The Tudors
- Marie Antoinette
- Playing Card Royalty
- Knave of Hearts
- Tree Nymphs & Dryads
- Wizards
- Warlocks & Witches
- Elves / Dark elves / Drow
- Faeries
- Floating castles
- Creepy castles
- Dragons
- Dwarven beards
- Dwarven love songs
- Harry Potter universe
- Tolkein universe
- Forgotten Realms universe
- Demons
- Elementals: Fire, Water, Earth, etc
- Brothers Grimm Tales
- Aesop's Fables
- Hans Christian Andersen stories
- Alice in Wonderland
- Gothic Alice
- Mad Hatters (any style hat)
- Vintage Wind-up Robots
- Sexy Robots
- Alien plants / landscapes
- Martian Barkeepers
- Star Trek
- Doctor Who
- Vintage Sci-fi movies
- Cyborgs
- Wind Spirit
- Lady of the Forest
- Witch of the Wilds
- Atlantean Witch Doctor
- Ice Queen / Snow Queen
- The Raven King
- Goblin Kings
- King of Cruelty
- Harvest Goddess
- High Priestess
- Bee Priestess
- Goddess of Despair
- Goddess of Insects / Spiders
- Goddess of Chaos
- Goddess of The Undead
- God of Fire
- The Four Horsemen: Plague, Death, War, Famine
- Angel of death
- Sandman: The Endless
- Superheroes
- Favorite comic book characters
- Favorite TV shows
- Favorite TV character
- TV from the (era, ie 70s)
- Hospital heroes
- Chuck Bartowski & Captain Awesome
- Old style TVs
- Favorite movie scenes
- Design a movie poster
- Movie title mash-up
- Favorite movie character
- Movies from the (era, ie 70s)
- Film Noir
- Hitchcock
- Movie stars from the 40s & 50s
- Silent film stars
- Interpret the lyrics of ____ song
- Scene from a music video
- CD covers
- Skeleton bands
- Musician portraits
- Music from the (era, ie 70s)
- Pointy Hats
- Pet rocks
- Streaking
- Lava lamp designs
- Care bears
- Art Spirit
- Queen of Art
- Craft Junkie
- Art Supply Hoarders
- Artistic anatomy
- Figure drawing
- Reclining nudes
- Favorite Artist
- Self portraits
- Me, by my favorite artist
- Caricatures
- Stained Glass / Tiffany Glass
- Ultimate Sculpture: David
- Cave Paintings
- Black & White
- Color Schemes / Theory
- Shades of (color)
- Warm & Cool (colors) portraits
- By medium: Watercolor
- By medium: Acrylics
- By medium: Markers
- By medium: Colored Pencils
- By medium: Graphite
- By medium: Oil Pastels
- By medium: Fabrics & quilt art
- By medium: Thread art
- Collage part people
- Postage stamp people
- Abstracts
- Impressionism
- Expressionism
- Cubism
- Surrealism
- Fauvism
- Realism
- Pop art
- Art Deco
- Graphic Design
- Art Nouveau
- Mucha ladies
- In the style of (artist)
- Zetti
- Eyeball suckers
- Mad hatters
- Hats you would never wear
- Zombies
- Whimsical zombies
- Zetti Zombie
- Voodoo dolls
- Lord Midnight & Queen Darkness
- Scary kids
- Idiot wizards
- Creepy little girls
- People with antlers
- Creepy masks
- Blind contours with your wrong hand
- Graveyards
- Bubblegum monsters
- Cookie monsters
- Fallen / Gothic Angels
- Monster in the closet
- Things I have trapped in a bottle
- The Big Lebowski
- Grandma with demon eyes
- Eyeball trees
- Eyeball flowers
- Carnival Freaks
- Evil Clowns
- What's on my laundry line
- Careless Bears
- The skull collector
- Fail
- Chimps in office suits
- Evil corporate CEOs
- Best Beehive Hairdo
- Sock Puppets
- Tupperware parties gone wrong
- Unfriendly teddy bears
- Desperate Housewives
- Santa in the Summer
- Funny propaganda posters
- Cabinet of curiosities
- Zingers from Grandma
- Carnival Freaks
- Scaredy cat Monsters
- Distorted human anatomy
- Ship of fools
- Things under my bed
- Weird Sidekicks
- Seven deadly sins
- Offbeat wedding toppers
- Mustache madness!
- The Prom Date
- Voodoo children
- Toilet monsters
- Men with bad teeth
- Evil toys
- Oddly shaped balloons
- Me in 20 years
- Favorite books
- Favorite characters
- Design a book cover
- Book PAT
- Short Story PAT
- Shakespeare: Bad Kings
- Shakespeare: Ghosts
- Shakespeare: Comedies
- Shakespeare: Sonnets
- Portraits of William Shakespeare
- Shakespeare: Character portraits
- Shakespeare: Expressions & idioms
- The poetry of (name)
- Naughty limericks
- Found Poetry
- Favorite Quotes
- Idioms
- Coffee mug sayings
- ABC swaps
- Illuminated Manuscript
- Gods & Goddesses Greek
- Gods & Goddesses Roman
- Gods & Goddesses Hindu
- Gods & Goddesses Norse
- Gods & Goddesses Aztec
- Gods & Goddesses Japanese
- Gods & Goddesses Native American
- Gods & Goddesses Mayan
- Gods & Goddesses Egyptian
- Gods & Goddesses Chinese
- Goddess of Love
- Goddess of Fertility
- Goddess of War
- Goddess of Peace
- Goddess of Nature
- Goddess of Beauty
- Goddess of the Moon
- Goddess of the Sun
- Meditations
- Affirmations
- Madonnas
- Icons
- Sacred Books
- Sacred Writings
- Sacred Hearts
- Tarot Imagery
- Religious Symbols
- People in love
- Holding hands
- Friendship
- Marriage
- Funky bridal design
- My imaginary friends
- Goddess of Joy
- My book shelf
- Kites in the sky
- Tea Cups
- My favorite coffee mug
- You make me so angry!
- Depression
- Loneliness
- My worst quality
- Fruit and Flowers still life
- Beer! How I love it
- Sweets, Cakes & Candy
- Inside my refrigerator
- Recipes on ATCs
- Female Shoes
- I carry too many bags
- Weird eye glasses
- Design-a-dress
- The morning after
- Beautiful decay
- Things my psychiatrist told me
- Asymmetrical Me
- Blind
- My salvation
- The apocalypse
- Vanity
- Matriarchy
- Strongly Vaginal
- My mental blocks
- Art Therapy
- Imagination: What's in my head?
- Enlightenment
- Yin & Yang
- Fountain of Youth
- Lab experiments gone wrong
- Scientific illustrations
- Medical anatomy
- Peace Signs
- Hearts – Valentine type
- Hearts – anatomical
- Hearts – sacred
- Hearts - Gothic & Black
- Love letters & hate mail
- Disco Dancers
- Mermaids
- Underwater worlds
- Shopaholics
- The Waif Look
- Masquerade masks
- Venetian Ball
- Pirates & Ninjas
- Mad Scientists
- Scientists Named Steve
- Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Summer of Love
- The Wild West
- Steampunk vehicles
- Steampunk ladies
- Steampunk cowboys
- Dancing skeleton
- Fantasy shaman
- Zombie pets
- Halloween
- Black Cats & Pumpkins
- Sun & Moon people
- Star spirits
- Magicians
- Clowns
- Circus People
- Carnival King
- Flappers & Gangsters
- Naughty women in history
- I have a bone to pick with you
- Teddy bears on shoulders
- Eiffel Tower
- Paris!
- Vintage radio shows
- Painted nails
- People with stitches
- Riding my bike
- Getting in shape
- My fitness routine
- Diets gone wrong
- My food pyramid
- Anthropomorphic food
- Recipe art
- What I did today
- Mushroom forest
- When Mars attacks
- Little green men
- Captain Kirk and any random woman
- Tribbles! Tribbles! Tribbles!
- Ballet
- Dancers
- Lollipop hearts
- My pen collection
- What's at the end of my rainbow?
- Why I use the eraser so often
- Free kisses
- Monsters drinking tea
- Tea party of the damned
- My tea cup collection
- The mess on my desk
- Top 10 list (anything from movies to books to shoes)
- Fruit basket hairdo
- My favorite chair
- My favorite dress
- I can write poetry (and then write a poem)
- Favorite poem
- Art nouveau comic book characters
- Art Deco style
- Alphabet art
- Shells and beaches
- When lobsters attack
- Snowglobes
- My first love
- My kids (parents, brother, sister, etc.)
- Dr. Suess characters
- Best way to spend a Sunday afternoon
- Camping & campfires
- Friday afternoon joy!
- Monday morning blues
- Favorite day of the week
- Wreath of hearts
- Wreath of flowers
- Daisy & dandelion chains
- Beehive hairdo
- Vintage TV shows
- Warm drink recipes with art
- What's in my desk drawer
- My laundry line
- Rebellion!
- The summer of love
- Historical men with painted sunglasses
- It happened at the disco
- Your own hands
- Your left foot
- Your right foot
- Self portrait!
- Mini still life - whatever is on your desk right now
- Glass bottles as a technical exercise
- Victorian fashion
- Edwardian fashion
- Vintage Sci-fi scene
- Alien with phaser
- Future astronaut
- Future space shuttle
- Undiscovered undersea creature
- Known deep sea creature
- Mug shot of yourself
- Mug shot of fictional character
- Mug shot of someone famous
- Zombie Spock or Kirk
- Your comic self
- Viking warrior
- Man in a kilt (he should be hot)
- Modern Frankenstein
- Birds in hats
- Whimsical bird pair
- Biggest beehive hairdo ever
- Still life: art supplies
- Still life: stack of your fave books
- Realistic rose or peony
- Your fave car
- School bus
- Man on a bike
- Woman on a tricycle
- Cool kid unicorn
- Chubby unicorn on a rainbow cloud
- Raccoon in a dress
- Red fox - your style
- Art nouveau comic book character
- Art nouveau self portrait
- Giant with big wooden bat
- One eyed monster
- Cutest monster ever seen
- Creature with HUGE teeth
- Clothes on laundry line
- Laundry line in a busy city street
- Ridiculous yoga pose
- Your favorite Doctor (mine is the 10th)
- Chef at work
- Foods you hated as a kid
- Biggest cake ever
- Cat lady
- Frida Kahlo
- Unibrows
- Maude Lebwoski
- Blood mask
- The notorious RBG
- Horn rimmed glasses on anyone
- Local diner cook
- The librarian
- Your favorite meal
- The blue beast
- Angelic demon
- Demonic angel
- Satan drinks a beer
- Friday
- My laundry pile
- best pair of slippers ever
- Goth wedding
- Gangster cats
- Thought balloons
- Crowd scene
- Careful man, there's a beverage here!
- Halloween Henry VIII
- Shining Twins
- Panda bear
- Postage stamp people
- Rainbow hairstyles
- The bowling king
- Your favorite mug filled with coffee or tea
- Sandy beach
- Profile of anyone