Getting mighty sick of the MonotonyThis has to be the most frustrating feeling in the world. I have such a strong urge to draw, but everything I put down on paper looks like shit; I'm not even kidding (I've drawn stick figures better than the shit I've been cranking out lately)
ARGH! Its infuriating! My mind is so blank and devoid of any originality and artistic flair! I can't think of anything. No poses, no gestures, not even a quirky expression on a characters face!
I'm pretty sure its because my total and utter lack of any communication with anything or anyone artistic other than myself. Everything is so fucking 'BLAH'... My mind is so fucking empty! I feel like a retard, like seriously mentally handicapped!
My mind stops and stutters, pauses and doesn't complete any thoughts anymore. When someone asks me a question it takes me a whole 5 seconds for my mind to even fucking start up!
I have zero interaction with people, absolutely nothing to engage my mind. It feels like I have a half rotten brain in my head, like its about to start oozing out of my ears and nose any minute.
I need to become original again.
All this anime, manga... anything cartoon-ish; I'm getting so fucking sick of it!
I enjoy the storylines and the in depth plots of the manga I read, and I do wish I will one day be a comic artist... though my complete lack of ambition and my total lack of knowledge on the matter makes it seem impossible at the moment =_='
ARGH, I need to do some fucking art! Not drawings; ART! Something to assure me that I still do have a creative mind, something original, a little spark of SOMETHING that at least sets me apart from other artists (though I can't fell I can even call myself something like an artist at the moment)
When I see other people's works of art; not just drawings but photographs, music, sculptures... something that really shows that person's talent it makes me want to fucking cry because I can't even understand it anymore!
I think shit like "oh... thats pretty..." but I don't know why its pretty, I can't think anymore! It feels like this big cotton wall is dividing up my mind, I can kind of see through it to the other side but I don't know whats there...
Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Do I even make sense anymore!? Argh! I need a break from the internet, a break from TV and a fucking break the this shit-ass hick town in the middle of fucking nowhere, where nothing happens and the people are just fucking zombies!
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did you know even drawing different sized circles can get the mind flowing? it's a good simple practice.
another thing you should do- go to granvilles and draw people just sitting around- just do gesture drawings.
or take a look at the kids when they're not paying attention
this will definitely get you better at drawing.
if not just try something cliche that everyone else has done- a single character on a wallpaper thinger
I think the main thing is that you're overthinking it. Drawing usually takes place when you relax and don't completely worry about how things are supposed to look. You just keep it in mind.
There are two things that get me motivated. Going to a bookstore or comic book shop and surround myself with manga while reading manga, or watching a Hayou Miyazaki film. I don't know if my methods would help you, but they're the only things I can suggest.
Goodluck to you.
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"I know what I am. I know what makes me, but you are my sweetest mystery." -Hayven
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