Starting to get discouraged

~Kiruame Jan 7, 2013 Student General Artist

Hey. It's Kiruame.
I've always loved art but now, for the past few weeks, I couldn't think of any ideas on what to draw and so my art "talent" (my mom calls it that, I call it rubbish x3) has visibly decreased. I hate drawing what I see and I can't imitate detail that well if I'm outside so what should I do?
any ideas about what I should do or draw is awesome so, please help?

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*viobear Jan 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

You are over thinking it. There is a great quote that I can't remember word for word but its something like "You are most creative when you are a child and when you grow older you lose creativity because you try to be CORRECT." That was a horrible interpretation but the quote is basically about how we get older and we don't think creatively because we are afraid of mistakes. As a child you think of absolutely everything! Mistakes are fantastic! You need to stop being uptight with yourself and your abilities and just know that your way of thinking right now is what is setting you back.

Art isn't specific to anything. What is so wrong with creating your vision of detail or your own logic of shadowing? If you can do it in a creative way that makes sense to the whole composition then WHY THE HECK NOT? You don't need to follow any rules. What if you draw a world where shadows point differently than they would in our world? Or hard textures are actually soft in your world.

I hope this helped a little.

~Kiruame Jan 16, 2013 Student General Artist

this actually helped a lot!! thank you so much!!

*viobear Jan 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

It helped me a ton as well. Last year, I felt the way you did. I read a book called "Thinking Critically" and the author goes deep on creativity.

It's a step in the right direction. Just don't expect too much out of yourself right off the bat. Keep practicing and drawing! No limitations.

Bye

~Kiruame Jan 16, 2013 Student General Artist

thank you and bai bai!

=zummerfish Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Drawing exactly how you see it is just one way of creating a visual image. You could always go through stylization and abstraction of the referent object. Another good tip would be using photo or 3D reference. By doing that you can improve a lot on anatomy, colors, texturing and etc. Once that step is cleared you will find it much easier to draw using your mental vision.

~Kiruame Jan 16, 2013 Student General Artist

alright~ I'll try this~ thank you very much

=zummerfish Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

welcome

~Blackrosekane89 Jan 16, 2013 Student General Artist

You don't "have" to draw what you see. It's. Great way to learn, but if you really don't like doing it you don't have to. Forcing yourself to do something you hate will just make you dread doing the thing you enjoy.

Maybe just set aside time for it? Like maybe an hour or two once or twice a week to practice drawing what you see and then spend the rest of your time having fun with art and doing what you like!

~Kiruame Jan 16, 2013 Student General Artist

Ok~! I'll just have to find time to set aside haha

~habla-babla Jan 16, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

maybe youre just getting bored? Try new sources of inspiration, or new things. Painting, sculpting, 3d modelling etc.

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