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LittleLordGothleroy

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:23 pm


i lack it. i have so many art projects to finish, but no motivation to do so. how do you get motivated?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:43 pm


Take a break. Go out, do something else. Find a magazine or a book, talk to some people, go sit on the curb and watch the cars. Do something that ISN'T the projects you're stuck on. It doesn't have to be for a long time, but enough time that you can clear your head and relax doing something that ISN'T art.

It may seem counter-productive. When it gets right down to it, doing this is seen as counter-productive by a lot of people. But you need to look at your creative self as a rechargeable battery as opposed to an unending force that can be tapped at will. Sometimes, you just get drained, and you need to give yourself time to recharge.

When I'm stuck on a scene or I've stumbled across a character that I don't know how to write into a situation anymore, I take a book and a thermos of tea to a local park. If I'm 100% drained of absolutely everything, I take a kyak trip into the middle of nowhere and spend a few days fishing and cooking over a fire and enjoying being completely disconnected from my life in the city. In the winter, I'll hijack my uncle's lakeside cabin for a few days, unplug the TV, disengage the WiFi, and leave the phone off the hook, because disconnection is how I recharge.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:36 am


It's weird but I actually do a bit of exercise or stretches and if I'm hungry I eat. I sometimes read comics and watch a few movies and if I still don't feel like drawing, I sleep (or do something else if I'm not sleepy).

Sometimes I force myself to doodle stuff and then from there, go with the flow. :3
PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:10 pm


I encounter the same problem, started but never finished.
Sometimes I start 5+ pictures that never get finished but my best drawings usually come out of that.
I've been drawing my oc's and practicing poses so I havent had this problem recently.

Sometimes just doing avi art may help though.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:06 pm


i cant thank you guys enough. im going to go try this right now heart
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