ocddoug opened this issue on Jul 17, 2003 ยท 32 posts
Nick_G posted Fri, 18 July 2003 at 1:23 PM
Man, I'm with you. I'm totally in a slump right now as well. I find myself coming up with all these ideas in my head, and then I sit down in front of the computer and try to draw them and I end up with bad stick figure art. And I get so frustrated that I just end up walking away. A part of my problem, at least, is that I really have no idea what I'm doing whatsoever. Another part is a lack of inspiration. (The third part is a lack of time, but that's something I have to fix independently of the other two). How do I solve this? I start reading the tutorials, and I do what someone else said - I go for walks and get the hell away from my computer for a while. Just a quick walk down the street can give me an image that I'd like to attempt. Search through the galleries here and see what some of the other artists have come up with. I know that Rochr and Mel3d have been constant sources of inspiration for me, just to name two, and I find myself trying to emulate what they've done. Sometimes I succeed, and the small victories eventually will turn into bigger ones. So there's my $.02 - for what it's worth.