Hey guys its been a while since I last posted an exercise!  Here's an idea I recently came up with.  As artists/designers, its natural for us to get inspired by things around us.  Sometimes the things around us can help us design, invent, and create 'new' shapes that we can then use to make our characters. So... given the items above, try making a character, or any kind of design.  You can rotate, cut off some pieces, free transform, or whatever.  The point is to simply get inspired.  Once you already have an idea, the reference should already served its purpose.  Once again have fun and lets hope we all get different ideas from them!