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When I was taking college drawing courses I had two teachers, one for introductory drawing and one for studio work. I'm not sure what prompted them, but both of them told me not to give up on drawing. I figured that if they were both saying that (when I had no intention of quitting) there must be a time in most artist's lives when they want to quit.

Years later, I think there are several times in an artist's life where they want to quit.

Maybe you can't always do art as a career. Then again, maybe you can. Either way, I hope if art is something special to you, that you don't give up on doing it for you.

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Does anyone else get into creative slumps after finishing big projects?

I’m not the sort of person who gets classic writer/artist block anymore. I write every day. I draw, at minimum, once a week, and have for the last two years. I am motivated and want to do it. But my brain just can’t seem to decide what it wants to make. I sit at my keyboard or pick up my pencil/digital pen and just sit there and end up fiddling around doing nothing much of anything worthwhile and struggle to finish anything. It feels like I’m waiting for the next thing to tickle my brain enough to get it to hyperfocus and get the creative juices to start flowing again.

Trying to be patient with myself, because this happened after I finished Owned too, and it’s only been a couple weeks since I finished AtDP, but it’s bloody irritating when I WANT to create. I’m praying it doesn’t last as long as with Owned, because that was a long three months without writing much of anything.

Doesn’t help I’ve been feeling really uninspired about what to draw since before I even finished AtDP and I don’t like most of what I’m making. Then when I do manage to draw something I think is decent, I am struggling to colour it. I have several digital linearts done that I like and have been waiting for colour for months. I might just start posting the linearts or maybe do some simpler shading or something tbh. I’ve been doing a lot of gestures, studies, etc when I can’t figure out what else to draw, but inevitably end up not feeling like they turn out well either.

This too shall pass, I know. I’m not looking for sympathy or anything like that. I’m just annoyed at the minute as I continue to flip through my 10 other wips and make zero progress on any of them.