How i can light the spark of drawing again?

[Anonymous No.4038080]

Hello /ic/, i draw everyday, i have a ongoing webcomic, but there's something wrong.
sometimes i don't feel inspired when i draw it. i have a "deadline" for every Saturday for publish a new page. sometimes i rush and i don't feel the draw its good, i feel like there's a spark and i can't feel it.
Should i take a break? please be honest

[Anonymous No.4038089]

>>4038080
I have a webcomic too OP and I sometimes feel the same way you do about making my comic too. I feel like at a point, especially if you have most of the story planned out it becomes routine and mundane. I think this is kind of a normal thing, because you can't be running on 100% passionately inspired mode all the time, but at the same time I think taking a break can help you find your love for the story again, sometimes.
One thing that I found helps is to do all the more creative parts, i.e. thumbnailing in one go. Just carve out a few days to a week to do all your thumbnails for the chapter, when you're feeling most excited about the project so you can get really into it. Then the more routine parts, like inking and coloring, can be done update-by-update. You still might not feel super passionate while doing those parts, but you will have been inspired for the parts that really count.

[Anonymous No.4038099]

i don't know anymore anon i'm lost too. the only thing i have going for me is drawing, that's literally it. without drawing there's nothing interesting about me, people only remember me for my drawings, people only talk about me because of my drawings. without drawing i'm just a shell, i have no other interests or hobbies and i'm not drawing i'm watching anime and reading. but i don't draw much at all anymore and i struggle to do something as simple as sitting down and drawing. its come to the point where i feel as if i can't do something as simple as drawing i might as well kill myself because how the fuck am i going to do something more frustrating like studying if i can't just sit down and fucking draw.

[Anonymous No.4038131]

link ur webcomic

[Anonymous No.4038139]

>>4038080
Goals and discipline.
"Spark" is just fagspeak for "Motivation" and it's at best a nice extra that can't be kept up indefinitely or be controlled.

[Anonymous No.4038178]

>>4038080
>Should i take a break?
Beware of the Dresden Codak effect, you may end up updating once a year with apologies to your readers and being depressive and shit. As a reader, I would rather read a less polished, uncolored, "sketchy" page or even an illustration or a joke and see you publish better pages later. Have you any friend who can make a "guest comic" page that you'll use the week you feel down?

[Anonymous No.4038630]

>>4038080
could just be me but I feel most inspired by other peoples work more than thinking about my own. when i read a good book I wanna write. when i see good art I want to draw. etc.

Take a break and flood yourself with a bunch of cool content to get the juices flowing if that works for you.

[Anonymous No.4038657]

>>4038080
Dude I can't even START something that is not for myself. Be happy at least you can draw anything at all for the people who are waiting.

Anyway, draw something you wanna draw. It's YOUR comic, so why don't you go batshit and change everything?

[Anonymous No.4039011]

>>4038099
Anon, you do realize that the vast majority of the entirety of humanity is known for.....nothing, absolutely nothing. The fact that you have a skill at all is a step above every normie on the planet, if they can get by having no reputation and no skills, I’m sure you can get by with even the minor Appreciation you get and the joy you can get from the work that you do.

[Anonymous No.4039032]

>>4039011
>the vast majority of the entirety of humanity is known for.....nothing
kinda spooky

[Anonymous No.4039040]

>>4039011
a step above normie level will still yield in you being known for..... nothing.

good luck finding work being above average

this is art, you gotta be the best or you'll become a barista or push papers

[Anonymous No.4039144]

>>4038080
You’re passion became your job and now you hate it

[Anonymous No.4039277]

>>4038080
Spend a lot of money on frivolous art supplies like rotring mechanical pencils, series 7 brushes, alcohol markers, bristol or watercolor paper, or tablet, etc. If you dont draw, you gonna feel real bad and stupid for wasting all that money and force yourself to draw.

[Anonymous No.4039284]

>>4039277
DONT do this, it's not a surefire way to get yourself motivated. ive wasted a few hundred dollars on art supplies and all I use is my tablet, a shitty ball point pen, and an 8b graphite pencil

[Anonymous No.4039538]

You can't give up until you can draw like this.