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drawing burnout?

I took a semi-long break (a few months) from drawing every day because the pressure I put on myself made me very miserable.
At that time drawing just felt horrible...
Now I want to get back into it, but even though I don't pressure myself anymore, there still is this miserable feeling in me when I'm drawing, like my brain connects misery with drawing.
Could this be permanent?
How do I get out of this?

>> No.2969880

>>2969876
Fuck a Fleshlight while you draw, and you'll associate the good feeling with drawing after a while. Only downside is that you'll probably just be constantly cumming yourself everytime you draw, even without masturbating.

>> No.2969886

>>2969880
Does that actually work?? ._.

>> No.2969894

>>2969880
uhh I might try this one day

>> No.2969896
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2969896

>>2969876

Whenever I'm in a rut I go redline another anon. The comfy feeling of helping someone out and getting (you)s in return is nice.

>> No.2969902

>>2969876
If you have to force drawing id suggest you pick up another hobby, if youre dead set on becoming an artist look forward to years and years of misery.

>> No.2969938

>>2969876
try a different subject matter besides cute anime girls, like I know you obsess over.

>> No.2969939

>>2969938
Cute anime boys?

>> No.2969948

>>2969896
You didn't even draw that properly.

>> No.2969951

>>2969939
let's see some recent art, bruh.

>> No.2969953

>>2969948

Redline it then :^)

>> No.2969983

>>2969880
h-hot

>> No.2969988

>tfw /ic/ can't even redline a fucking box

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>>2969953

>> No.2972080

>>2969876
Yeah, it's permanent. Been trying to deal with it for years. I get occasional breaks of a few weeks where I'm motivated and productive, but drawing is mostly associated with misery.

>> No.2972106

>>2969876
I can at least speak for myself when I say that the best way out of a creative rut is to just draw something you like and immediately destroy it afterwards. I often show what I draw to my friends or strangers, and when I do I expect approval. Soon my art becomes a way of getting my approval fix, rather than my SATISFACTION fix, and that's a very important distinction. Are you drawing because you just want yourself and other people to appreciate its outcome, or are you drawing for the very pleasure of it? This is why most people end up doing porn. Porn is fun to draw because every little curve makes feel aroused (if you do it well). I imagine the old masters felt the same way about trees and shit.

>> No.2972107

>>2972106
>trees were the porn of the old masters days
Really makes you think

>> No.2972460

>>2972106
Thank you very much, this seems to be an very good idea!

I'll try it, I can really imagine it working.

I should destroy the drawing so no one will ever see it, right?

>> No.2972497

>>2969880
>in a couple years there will be a podcast interview with a famous artist sharing his story on how he "made it"
>he'll mention this

>>2969876
No specific advice, just take it easy, don't push yourself to be crative and instead do some perspective and form exercises (impossible to mess up) until they give you that sense of accomplishment, which will remind of why you started drawing in the first place.