This might be useless to most, but the answer to some of the "how do I get motivation to draw" questions might be to lower your energy levels before sitting to draw. Trying to sit down to draw after speeding through internet shitposts or after gaming or right after work is like trying to take a nap after running away from an axe murderer, your mind is on high gear while the state of creative flow is on a far lower frequency, for a lack of better words. Wind down, sleep for a while, listen to an entire album with your eyes closed, and getting started drawing might be easier. Idk it's what worked for me. >inb4 post your workIt's picrel
>>8076854you just need some good d
its the opposite. release the tension by doing activity. i shadowbox a little, do some stretching, get the blood going to unclog the pipes and be ready.
>>8076862Then your creative flow is at a higher frequency, if you allow me to sound like a hippy. We all have that right level of mental restlessness or restfulness that makes entering the creative flow state easier.
>>8076854>>8076870Is your monitor at 1000 nits brightness or something anon? Can't see anything over here.
>>8076880I just like dark winter-themed drawings and photos with vague indirect lighting, it's comfy.
>>8076854I think its just about feeling good, you cant go into drawing starved of dopamine and hope to accomplish anything, so I side with >>8076862, though It doesnt work for me.I can only draw until I make a bad drawing
>>8076893If drawing doesn't give you dopamine, you are wasting your time with art.
>>8076912Indeed I am
>make time to draw>feel dread and despair like waking up for school or workI'm not making it
Lately if I make a "step forward" with a drawing I don't attempt another. If it wasn't bad enough for failures to put me off drawing you can add in successes now.If there is one single thing that I actually stick with it's *thinking* of how to improve my skills, it's the last line of defense. If I ever make it I'll tell anons to "just draw" so they fail though
>>8076893dopamine isn't real
For me the thing that helped was getting out of prebeg because when you can't draw anything it's like sitting down to stare at a wall but with a little skill all the possibilities open up and it's a buffet of different difficulty levels, styles, techniques, just have to pick one and zone out for the next 5 hours to some good music
The best tool for maintaining art discipline is methamphetamine. Not only does it enable one to break down the natural barrier of laziness and existential angst that comes from life, but due to the dopamine flood induced by methamphetamines plus art practice there exists a primordial joy and big funtimes due to the synergy of music, art, and drugs.
>>8076854>>8076870lovely artworkdo you have socials?
