every time i doubt i draw harsh with various weaponry and i am right back in there

to be more serious though ive been keeping up a pretty steady art pace for most of this year with a few week-or-two breaks where i felt things start to wane. messing around with various techniques and approaches has kept it from getting stale-- i think if i tried to always sketch, or colour, or shade in the same way every time it'd lose me fast. i gotta make sure im havin fun

yeah this "u know what let me just fuck around with clay" or "fuck it im coloring with this never-used-before brush the entire thing" does a lot of work for creative sanity
i believe you pont, ur so handsome pont, keep draweling ur big lush creatures ´w `

^^
likewise u keep on with ur badass graphic design n composition skills

I hope your well will fill soon, it’s tough when it happens even if I think the rest period does us good sometimes.

I’m having fun with art in a “I’m the most skilled I’ve ever been and I really enjoy the outcome of these pieces”, but also “I’m I satisfied as an illustrator?” Is a question on my mind a lot recently. I think I just really need a big project to sink my teeth into and work on alongside the illustrations, I really hope I have more breathing room next year.

babylove hit the "we're so back" and just jumped again
and u know what, i can tell
that bunny on a swing really does it ....

"“I’m I satisfied as an illustrator?”" - Huge question. Like, yes, ever so often I think and wish to be part of a bigger, collaborative project (video game, comics, something for an event or at)
I love what I draw with utmost certainty, I never felt so loving about my OCs ever since I begun drawing my cats and my art is at it's coolest it's ever been in 18 years yet here I am just drawing my jpeg's and png's which you stop interacting with the second you look away
I'd lie if I'd say that I think "am i doing enough" since "below" us are a minimum of 1000 artists that'd love to draw even remotely like us and where we are is honestly QUITE up there let's not forget

First thing is first, put on some music, preferably your favorite playlist. I like to put something with alot of energy to it.

Secondly, take an empty canvas, restrict yourself to one layer only and make random marks. Don't think about it, be instinctive, follow your gut and draw the random shapes/things that your hand dictates. If you discover that you can create something out of those messy markings, LEAN into it, see what you can sculpt out of the chaos your own mind brings. DO NOT try and make a beautiful drawing, that's not the goal. ( If you do find that you can create a beautiful drawing from these markings, it's a bonus, but not the main purpose ). Your goal is to invoke that chaos, sculpt from that chaos and lean into it.

Whenever I develop artblock, I do this kind of exercise above, most of the time with a whiteboard and marker. I would draw really simple figures, landscapes, objects out of the random ass shapes I make with a marker and erasing the markings away with my finger. I find that not only I create really cool ideas/thumbnails for future illustrations, but I end up priming myself with alot of drawing motivation. It's also so much fun to do and I feel like a little kid again, making doodles with chalk on the pavement with not a single care in the world. That's the feeling you gotta try and invoke.

You know how in sandbox games that you don't really have a goal, but you're just messing with the random tools you have and having fun regardless? Think of it that way, you're not trying to achieve an objective, you're just playing around. No bar to reach, no objective and no pressure from yourself and other people. Think of it like that.

I hope this helps! Art block can be a pain in the ass, but like you said, it will and always will eventually pass. c:

I myself don't really look for advice, actually I'd probably say almost all of those things too haha, especially the "restrict urself" (only in limited spaces we can unleashed limitless potential), I was asking if YOU are having fun ´w ´
but everything you said, fact, true, co-signed, chiseled in stone and preached

Oh no, sorry about that! My unsolicited advice'ing can come from a place of passion, I do apologize :'3

To answer your question, always. Magic happens as soon as I place that pencil on paper, the stylus onto the tablet, my finger on the sand. Even when drawings don't turn out well at the end, I would always appreciate the little things I've learnt from the journey and feel invigorated to do it all over again!

you can and can't actively work against an artblock.
you either find the delicate line that will help you guide yourself back to a strong current of lust to create art or you lead yourself to an even worse drought.
most importantly, you have to learn to forgive yourself if you didn't succeed finding a way to break the blockade. sometimes all you need is rest and you havent realized you have been running on fumes for so long

even tho i was drawing semi-regularly in 2023-2024, i was all over the place and just didnt make a lot, it got a little frustrating so i gave myself a project to work on and i've been very happy with that. i;m still taking time when i feel like it for flights of fancy, but for times when i feel like i can't start something, i actually have a thing to focus on and im happy with how its coming along. if anything i just wish i had more time to be productive

hi nahyon

YES.
I'm soon done w my current comms. On the side ive finally had money to invest in some new pencils and a PRINTER so I'm very invigorated. I tested to print out an old digital sketch I had given up on and had a lot of fun coloring it on paper. physical media my beloved...

it's hard to work on art when you can't even hold a fucking pencil without shaking I feel it

I'm probably having more fun with art than I ever have in the past. I've finally improved/beat my inner critic into submission enough that I can look back at a finished piece and actually feel proud of myself. I wish I could be better and draw faster of course, but overall I'm pretty happy with where I'm at rn.

and y'know, sometimes you just gotta say fuck ambition and do a bunch of loose doodles on a giant canvas with zero regard for making a finished product. we've all been there

<3

i'm still having fun with it but i can feel the well starting to dry up..........need to experiment a lil bit inbetween work otherwise it gets boring!!!

i'm having so much fun, everyday, for one year and half since i quit my 10yo art block, i think it's maybe because i'm madly in love with my own project and it brings me so much joy to see my kids and their world becoming alive, if i don't draw, i storyboard in my head in a day dreaming state, i often (every week) refuse to work at day job (and not be paid) to be able to draw, i probably lost 15kg since that because i barely eat but this needs to having fun, having or FEELING the passion for art after all these year stolen drawing without love without purpose ... i don't know i feel like i'm 8 again

i kinda wish everyone to find this passion (not in the destructive way i'm doing it tho) and be easily able to step the "art block", btw i hate this "art block" word it means no sense for me, like, "i can"t draw" NO SIS u are not happy with what u're doing u need CHANGE, new color in you canvas, move your desktop desk 90 degrees do something IT HELPS so much new air

whatever i'm yapping

i may add- it's probably also because i'm self inserting myself a lot in my kids, i "live" through them, nothing happens in my life because i stay in my cave, i want to feel feelings through my characters, yeah i'm a very very queer minded person and my main ship is F/M cis, but, it's my only way FOR ME (irl) to explore both genders because i don't consider myself gendered or human anymore in fact, i draw everyday to explore, to feel, that's my take on this