#creative crisis

[pelaajanifta]

hi there! so this is Strider and well i’m having an art crisis. i’m in a dire need of a feedback from someone xdd

please help! i have a feeling that i could’ve drawn him better. does he look uncanny? what’s wrong with his face? to what should i pay attention? what am i missing? 😫 *sigh*

[adharagranley-writer]

when i'm about to crash out but then the how to train your dragon music plays and i gotta vibe.

[nobodysprobablysimplethoughts]

anytime i think about making/creating something i just stop in my tracks and think what's the point? it doesn't even matter?? nobody cares and anything you make is not useful just decoration just stop and then i... stop... and do nothing

[tea-party-with-drosera]

Rereading the manga Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, I am amazed at the drawing. How beautiful she is!

On the eve of the holiday and leaf fall, it is even more interesting to reread! I'm screeching.. if inspiration hadn't flown south with the birds, I would have tried to sketch the ASL brothers Q^Q

[anomalianmultifandom]

oh, hey! hello

Look, I know this probably won't reach a lot of people or even be liked but I'd really like to post this here

I'm recently addicted to xiaolin showdow and well I have ocs and I decided in this early morning fatigue to post one of them here

So I present to you...

Kaho! let's say she's like my daichi since I'm used to taking characters and making inspired ocs... no judgement, ok? I've been doing this since I was young

obviously I give my creativity and originality

but what I have in creativity I don't have in terms of drawing so I used the life saver

picrew! and that was the end result!

very cute I would say in my opinion

unfortunately there were no clothing options so I got one from Pinterest

credits to the artists!

Well, I would say that I would have to complete some information so here goes

Kaho is a very ancient warrior despite her very calm and carefree appearance

His strength should not be underestimated for physical reasons

Believe me, she is very strong

Kaho has a very average height, being 1.71 tall, but that doesn't bother her since she doesn't see a problem with being short or not.

she is a wanderer

always traveling around getting to know new cultures and different fighting styles to complete your dream

Be the best fighter possible as long as you live!

and will overcome any obstacle that hinders her!

Other than that, love being with your bFFS

liang and kaito

ocs that I intend to present in the future

well... and that, I don't know if it will get much reception but I'm happy to do it

good night or good morning or good afternoon depending on what time you are viewing this

and bye bye~

[monarch-moon]

Creative Crisis

If you all would humor me for a bit while I spill some thoughts about things....I would like some input if you can provide it.

TL;DR: Creative and existential crisis as an artist has plagued me for years now, along with shame and anxiety despite feeling confident in the stories themselves, and at this point, I'm desperate for an answer that will help me move past it. More info below:

It feels like for the past 4 or 5 years, I've been going in and out of this existential crisis of being an artist, and my relationship with art and creating has been shattered. Every time I feel like I'm making headway, I'm back at square 1, and I can't create with the same amount of excitement and love like I used to prior to 2017.

And it sucks. Drawing and creating has been a part of my identity my entire life, and it feels like something broke in the last few years that I don't know how to repair. Therapy, trying other mediums, going outside, finding inspiration, forcing myself to do it, none of it seems to work.

I feel like a combination of things destroyed it: pandemic, IRL stuff, online stuff, and seeing how the internet as a whole treats art and artists nowadays is just discouraging as all hell. Almost makes me wonder what's the point anymore, I feel kinda jaded in art. I almost hate it.

The weird part is that I can still make stories, I found my confidence again in the art of storytelling, and was SUPER excited to draw all the Elegy stuff I wanted without filters and shit, but the drive to do the art is sorely under powered. Almost makes me wanna give up drawing.

I would say that it is probably the sleep deprivation talking, but it's been going on for so long that I'm actually considering it. I've just been playing games to numb the creative crisis.

If you've been in this state before and have gotten out of it, how? How do you do it? How do you get past the shame and anxiety of drawing and creating and showing off?

Y'all have no idea how desperate I am for answers. Realistically, I don't want to give up drawing, and a deep part of me still holds love in the act of drawing, but...something is broken, I don't know what...

So...I guess I'm grasping for straws here but...I need help from anyone willing.

[silentmoonbutterfly]

[capitaobarba79]

I always wanted to draw my fursona like an art from the Werewolf - The Apocalypse book: hyperrealistic and savage. But everything I draw ends up cartoonish and my werewolf looks like a Willie Coyote ripoff. And I felt like crap.

But this year, finally, I think I'm starting to come to terms with my own style. My art is really cartoonish (I'm deeply influenced by the 70's underground cartoon), and yes, my werewolf looks like a ragged generic Warner coyote. And that's okay.