well, most of these have been requests, but a lot of times I go on google to find poses and ideas. I also use some real life expiriences for them. Like stuff me and my friends have done.
yeah, i really do too! but i have like millions of books (not really) of pretty much any animal you can think of that just have pictures. I also buy the "cat fancy" and "dog fancy" magazines, and they help me alot with coming up with ideas.