THE 4 BEST WAYS TO FIX ART BLOCK

Why does art block happen, and what should you do if you have it? And why do some artists say it doesn't exist???
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[neptoons]

There's a debate on if art block is real?
Honey, *i **_am_** art block*

[celcuiszjanusz]

Her: “Debating if artblock is real”
Me: *pauses video*
Also Me: *goes to drawing monitor as stares blankly..*
Me: “yeah no it’s real”

[spotliker]

One huge art block for me: Seeing other's OCs, characters, and animations and comparing professional work to my amateur work makes me feel like trash and it prevents my creative flow. I get over it by learning to love my OCs and trying to design new ones.

[quietperson]

Busy school day:
*tons of drawing idea +
inspirations*

Holiday:
*ART

[KaseyTheGolden]

Taking a break is my jam! I usually move to another hobby, like sewing!

[MustardDad]

**realizes I've been in a constant state of art block for approximately 3 years**

[seuleement.]

When I have trouble with creating a new character, I either:

- humanize one of my stuffed animals or anything in my room, really, and add some characteristics

- take me from one point in my life and add some characteristics, maybe exaggerate some

- watch a show in a language that I’m not familiar with and no subtitles, and make a character based off of the characters in the show. if I don’t know what anyone is even saying, then my character will be completely different from the one in the show

_I’ve edited it so that the points will be more spaced out and easier to read for all of you, lately it’s been a bit hard for me to read big walls of text and I don’t want you guys to go through the same ((:_

[lovesickrat]

Does anyone ever go crazy when you get ideas when you're watching anime or something and then you stop to work on it and now you have no inspiration?


Or is it just me...?

[bina]

*lavendertowne video* good day-

*about art block* GREATDAY-

[motoroil.]

People say art block isn't real but writers block is? Writing, music, art are all forms of art and you can have a lack of ideas with any form of art

[pinklemoonade]

Does anyone have a thing where they kinda get a ton of ideas, start one thing, then say ‘oh, I’ll work on it later!’ Then, ‘later’ I find another idea, and say ‘oh, I should start now!’ And the other idea is forgotten




....just me? Ok

[eliseheartless]

*sits down, has a great idea to draw*
Me: alright, let‘s draw
My hand: *oh hell na*

[lilacpen]

I'm really enjoying the softer shading!

[ichiigoneko]

I often have art block, this feeling to draw like shit and can't go on with drawing.. It often happens when i look at better artists than me

[ratlord]

I usually daydream, and my mind will casually design a character.

[Anon-wymj]

*Sees art challenges*

"Try to Draw with your Non Dominant Hand!"

Me: Oh Yeah!
Also Me: *Remembering I'm ambidextrous.*

[nekogalaxygirl]

*gets home from school*
*runs upstairs*
*grabs tablet*
*gets on sai*
IM SO READY TO DRAW
*"draws"*
Nvm I'll just go sleep...

[zekko]

My friend really loved my oc, that she drew him, which I’m fine with. 2 days later I see she put him in her comic and claimed it as her own! But she said that it was a mistake because she was thinking about the oc and accidentally drew him instead of the character she intended to be there and said she changed it.




But she didn’t.

edit: 2 years later and wow this got so many likes lmao i’m shocked but uh just a little update i don’t talk to her anymore and i have no idea if she’s still a thief

[Lingx_Cats]

Artblock is 100% a real thing.
I get it all the time thanks to my lack of motivation from ADHD, so I don't like sticking to projects for more than a day. only exceptions are when I just take a break then don't get back to it till the next day or it's late when I start
But uh
If I don't get it done quick it aint getting done

[pixelpudding]

Does anyone else do this thing where they look for art as reference and inspiration, then end up getting distracted, and when you finally get focused again, you don’t want to do art anymore? I’ve done this countless times and it’s a real problem