You may think it's bad, but I certainly don't!

If you insist however, a fresh nap or meditating on music can usually cheer me right up, although as for artistic inspiration, chatting it over with a friend can get the muscles working again.

well, sometimes just posting the work in question helps...people can respond and that sometimes gets things going: "oh, people actually do like my stuff"

or must forcing yourself to do something - just one drawing - with the style/pose/etc you want to try. 15 minutes. and then you've done it and it wasn't so hard after all

either way, the hard part is actually doing it.

what helps me a lot to not do 'stale poses' or perspectives is to do a thumbnail of my concept-- a tiny, itty bitty doodle-- and then draw that same pose/subject, but from a different angle (which at times will make you re-think the character's pose, position, or give you ideas to move their body in a way that helps the composition at different angles). Also, always try to avoid the standard side-view of what's going on' and opt for angled shots, or shots that take on a more subversive position, that involve the viewer a bit more? Though it depends on the piece! I don't even follow my own rules, but it helps to hear it I think.
I MEAN you're on my tumblr but y'know these things I've been posting that maybe can help give a visual idea:
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l.....08ogo1_500.png
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.....JTxpD0hrpU0%3D

really just sit down and do as many thumbnails as you have to 'till you get something that looks good. Really you can do like 5 in only a couple minutes; never settle on the first draft. always explore it more, and wait until you get one that really delivers.

I THINK I SHOULD DO THUMBNAILS, YEAH...
I honestly just do a lot of sketches of bodies and legs and the arms I just... uh..... get stumped
(I have MANY MANY things that would be totally hot if I could figure out their arms lol)