Artist block?
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Printed Date: 13 September 2025 at 8:57am
Topic: Artist block?
Posted By: Streety
Subject: Artist block?
Date Posted: 05 February 2009 at 5:11pm
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I can't seem to get out of this artist block. Everything I produce is either rubbish or I abandon 2/6ths of the way into it. I can't come up with ideas of art to do, and I'm just having a terrible time. Anyone have some suggestions? |
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 05 February 2009 at 5:45pm
I'd give you some suggestions, but that would be hypocritical, the blind shouldn't lead the blind. 
-------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: Streety
Date Posted: 05 February 2009 at 6:40pm
| It's just frustrating to be in my position, I can't even describe it properly. |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 05 February 2009 at 9:24pm
I'm exactly where you are right now. Exactly. 
------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 06 February 2009 at 1:54pm
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Do a ton of sketches, simple projects. Short stuff. Don't worry about whether it looks good or bad, just make stuff. If you do worry about it being bad, then make it your goal for it to be bad. |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 06 February 2009 at 2:57pm
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 1:59am
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Draw with 2 hands at the same time. It helps to stimulate creativity in both of your brain halfs. Seriously. Did you know that overall left handed people are more creative than right handed people? The creativity part is mostly in the right side of the brain (which is connected to your left body). So training with your left hand is good anyway. ------------- |
Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 9:22pm
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Anyone seen that gif of a spinning woman? it determines whether you're leftbrained or leftbrained depending on which way you seen her spinning. doing creative things and logical things can actually change which way it spins for you. I myself can get it to spin either way without changing my way of thinking, but it spins . . . okay, as I looked at it trying to find out which way it spun for me by default it kept switching directions every time I glanced away, and sometimes as I was looking directly at it. Here it is for those interested: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html - http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html As for creativity, try a bunch of creativity excercises, look at something inspiring, listen to awesome music while you work, get in an awesome mood, throw something down on the paper/canvas/ |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 07 February 2009 at 9:52pm
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Inspiration will come to you as you work. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 08 February 2009 at 2:20am
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Originally posted by Evilagram I myself can get it to spin either way without changing my way of thinking, but it spins . . . Me too. So the image has no use now. ------------- |
Posted By: Streety
Date Posted: 08 February 2009 at 4:02am
| Hey, thanks a lot for your support. I'm going to try some stuff out and definitely take it to heart. |
Posted By: Evilagram
Date Posted: 08 February 2009 at 5:22am
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Originally posted by Lollige Not exactly. It shows that your right and left hemispheres are evenly balanced.Originally posted by Evilagram I myself can get it to spin either way without changing my way of thinking, but it spins . . . Me too. So the image has no use now. Originally posted by Larwick True, but for a beginner that's a rather annoying way to work. When you're out of it, you can't be expected to get inspired by continuing to work on something you have no real faith in. Until you get to the point where you are "auto-catalyzing" you're going to have to rely on tricks to get through art block.Inspiration will come to you as you work. |