wtf.
AnguishI know it just started, but how has summer been for everybody? Got any special plans? C:
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Sorry for the inactivity. I don't know how long it's gonna last, though.
I'm not too sure what's wrong with me. I can't...produce...any art whatsoever.
I don't know what it is. If it's art block, I've never had it this bad in my entire life. :/
I had a lot of things happen to me.
My heart got completely DEMOLISHED by someone...which made me not even pick up a pencil for 2 weeks.
Then I got in a car accident, and that just scared the shit out of fkdsaj. I got tboned and my car is totaled xDD
But yeah. It's a weird feeling not being able to draw.
Normally even when I get upset, that's what I do to calm me down is draw. But that doesn't even work.
I have absolutely no inspiration AT ALL. I see so many things everyday that would normally make me want to get creative, but nothing is...working. My brain doesn't think the way it used to. I've come up with no new ideas in about 2 months.
I don't...know how to draw. Like I feel like I've never drawn or painted or anything in my entire life.
You know how people who have no artistic talent act? That's how I feel.
Nothing I draw comes out right. And it's not like I'm having too high expectations for my art, I can't even draw as well as I used to.
I've tried to do different things, like different animals, people, landscapes...all things I'm not used to. And that doesn't help either.
I feel like I'm not an artist anymore. Like I'm just...broken.
And I don't know what to do. It's frustrating because art is the only thing I've had going for me.
My art teachers and family have said that this is disapointing to them, not seeing anything from me.
I'm scared that I'm gonna lose it forever.
Does anybody have any advice or anything? Has this happened to anyone before?
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UHG car wrecks are horrid D= at least no one was hurt I take it?
hmm I was like that durring the middle of the school year..I hardly drew anything....what I did was re-draw some old pics and look at what improvements I had made from that and then see what I could try to improve from there and messing around with computer art programs drawing BG's is always fun :3 also trying something new like panting
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That's been happening to me for the longest time to.
I'm still going through it myself. :c
It's like I've got no desire at ALL to draw.
When I do draw I get bored and stop.
Maybe I'm just loosing interest in it all together.
I hope everything gets better for you! :c
Being in a car accident is NOT fun at all.
think of things you like and just keep trying like if you need inspiration for your art listen to your favorite songs and base them off of that.
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A few things can help Like changing mediums, Or finding some local artists and chatting with them. Biggest thing is you need to not stress yourself out.
It's ok to let things get you down some times but don't let them keep you down.;
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL
Let me
tell you a story
..!
So, for me too, art is the only thing that's going for me. It kept me going in my darkest hours and then BAM everything I drew was just so shitty. I kept trying because not only was it the only thing going for me, but it was sort of what made me stay alive too. This was in the beginning of April. And then within three weeks..I had gave up. Tried to kill myself. I was severely depressed, had been, but without art it was just so not worth it. And I still regret not taking more pills BUT that's another story. Anyway..it was sometime after that while I was in the hospital, that it slowly just..came back. I just was able to do it again. And that's what's keeping me alive now so it better damn stay with me.
NOW
I am in no way saying kill yourself
I just wanted to tell you a story.
And now I'm drawing fine. It was just the. absolute. worst art block of my life and it came at a bad time.
SO to help you out I suggest trying some new mediums, looking at famous people's art, maybe an art museum? Seeing other people's art always makes me want to draw. And just..keep trucking. It always comes back. Just don't turn it into more than it is and get angry with yourself.
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I so sorry
That sucks some major monkey.
Listening to: Crooked Teeth
good choice.
but yea
uhh.
try drawing Leo or something o:
that might work.
And dude that sucks, maybe try drawing weird animals like lemurs, okapis, bush babies ([link]) or OKAMI..kuz yea that game is pretty boss.
BUT YEA. I'm sorry.
and SUMMER PLANS. Yes I have some.
Take guitar lessons
Take driving school
Go with at least 2 friends to Santa Cruz
Get my braces off before my birthday
Go to Disneyland
Ride every single ride (that I can fit on) at Great America
LOL redesign Kaylie
WAT ARE YOUR PLANS?
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Trust me, I've been completely destroyed and felt unable to produce anything at all, even bad things.
You've just gotta scribble it out. Try drawing on a new material or with a new material. That's how I started coloring all over my walls and now my room is covered. It's gonna be hard to motivate yourself, but it'll happen. If you've got a talent, then it's not just gonna poof like that. Sure, it feels hopeless, but just keep trying. Something will come to you eventually.
I'm going through a similar thing as well. My inspiration and drawing mojo is GONE. but the advice I get from my friends and others, is that you shouldn't force it? cause if you think you don't have talent, which is bull btw, then you'll have that upsetting mindset that you don't and your drawings wont look good to you.
Hopefully that made sense
but
if you THINK you can't draw, then you wont be able to draw. It's all in confidence I think. You have to have a certain amount of confidence to make yourself keep drawing! Sometimes when I can't think of anything to draw I go and draw from real life. Like if my puppies sleeping, I'd go draw her, or go outside and draw the landscape of my backyard. I have confidence in drawing dogs, so that's why they turn out so well.
If I think one of my drawings sucks, then I'll have that mindset and delete it completely.
BUT yes things you aren't used to might not help, because your still starting to draw that, instead of the awesome dogs you're so good at! I draw things that are easy for me, so I can build my confidence back up to where it used to be.
I agree with listening to music, or watching your favourite cartoons for inspiration! maybe that'd help get it back.
I think if you just relax, it'll come to you eventually. Don't force it! You've been through a lot and I hope it gets better for you<3 Good luck!
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