I love drawing, I always have, but lately I've been feeling demotivated due to my lack of skill despite how many years I've been drawing. I've returned to my studies but I don't feel like I'm making as much progress as I'd like. How do you deal with this? So far I've been coughing it out, but I don't want to end up burning out either.
>>7942933Remember why you love drawing.
>>794293 I tend to have periods of heavy drawing, medium drawing, mild drawing, and breaks. It just varies on my situation and how I am feeling. It is normal. But if you have been feeling that way for a long while, perhaps you feel your drawings lack purpose? Maybe you can try setting a simple but achievable goal. If the problem is you have too much pressure on yourself, try making absentminded patterns, or start with whatever feels easy or fun to do.
Stop practicing and start drawing what you want.
>>7942933been going thru the same thing lately. for me tho it's mostly study paralysis and knowing every minute i'm watching a video or a course is a minute i'm not drawing. but wtf, i need the video or course so i'm not just aimlessly fucking off. can't reinvent the wheel etc. etc. good luck to you man i wish i had tips. i'd say dip into your comfort zone and draw whatever poses you feel somewhat competent at but idk
I'm a creature of spite and use it as a means of motivation. Works like a charm.
>>7942933Me just draw daily. It's better to draw ugly, draw 5 minutes a day than no drawing and get nothing done.Right now me doing the japanese animation sensei method:>Phase 1Step 1: Draw thing from brain.Step 2: Find 10+ pictures of thing from different angles. Put in box.Step 3: Take 2 or 3 pictures and trace them. Feel how every part connect.>Phase 2Step 1: Choose 1 picture of thing from box. Few minutes observe hard.Step 2: Hide Picture. No peeking! Grab pencil. Draw from memory.Step 3: Pull picture out. Look at drawing, look at picture. Find where brain do oopsie. Wrong line? Wrong shape? See it!Step 4: Hide picture again. Draw new one. Fix the oopsies.Step 5: Do many times until drawing look same.Step 6: Pick 1 new picture from box. Do Phase 2 again.>Phase 3Draw thing from brain again. Compare. If better, feel good, if same, repeat Phase.
>>7942933Same here. I've been trying to draw stuff I actually like instead of doing studies, but I'm completely mentally blocked when it comes to creating. And even when I manage to draw something I like, I can't stop thinking about how much I suck and that I should be grinding fundies instead. It's an awful cycle of despair, Last year I ended up burning out and stopped drawing for months, shit sucks
