Sometimes when I'm a funk and I can't seem to make anything I re-evaluate my motives. It's akin to realising that you're asking the two questions Lynda Barry mentions in "What It Is": "Is it good?" "Does it suck?" They trip you up in ways you don't see until much later, and remove all of the depth that comes from doing something naturally. So, I don't know, maybe you just have to consider that and just try and forget those questions entirely?
Another thing could be to just increase your draw time: if five obligatory minutes, why not ten? And etc. Maybe you just need more of a challenge, or more room to have fun, even if you normally indulge yourself when it feels good.
Perhaps for clarity's sake I should say I didn't mean I've only been drawing five minutes. I've been drawing a few hours each day. Even with the shitty mood today, I sat and focused for an hour at lunch and it helped turn the day around.
The work described above wasn't just drawing, it was also work-as-in-my-day-job work and exercise. A general mood infecting all activities.
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Another thing could be to just increase your draw time: if five obligatory minutes, why not ten? And etc. Maybe you just need more of a challenge, or more room to have fun, even if you normally indulge yourself when it feels good.
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The work described above wasn't just drawing, it was also work-as-in-my-day-job work and exercise. A general mood infecting all activities.
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