/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.6416075]

>I can't draw now, I'm too hungry
>I can't draw now, I need to finish this drink
>I can't draw now, I need to wait for an idea to come to me
>I can't draw now, its too hot
>I can't draw now, I have a headache
>I can't draw now, its past 6pm, way too late
>I can't draw now, its the middle of the night and I should be asleep
>I can't draw now, I need to shower and brush my teeth and do adult things
>I can't draw now, I just woke up, I need to eat breakfast

[Anonymous No.6416084]

[Anonymous No.6416087]

>>6416075
>I can't draw now, I have to make a thread on /ic

[Anonymous No.6416092]

A-A-R-D-V-A-R-K

That being said, Arthur liked to draw even if he was pretty eh at it.

So just draw.

[Anonymous No.6416120]

start 30min timer and you will act on it

[Anonymous No.6416126]

>>6416084
>He replied to his young students.

[Anonymous No.6416136]

>>6416120
Yes, this shit has given me the most drawing intensive month of my life.
I've gotten back from drawing after a small break and was noticeably slower at starting, turns out I was forgetting to use the timerchan program.

[Anonymous No.6416137]

>>6416075
this >>6416120
I have the exact same problem, anon.
Maybe it's lazyness, maybe it's ADHD, maybe it's because you have way too high expectations for yourself and you're too scared of not fullfilling them and failing.
What helped me was creating structure. But not too much structure to the point it suffocates you with no wiggle room.
I use a calendar app and make appointments for the next day before I go to sleep.
I create like 4 appointments spread throughout the day that are 60 minutes long drawing sessions.
I've noticed that if I don't do this, it's much harder for me to start drawing.
You need to give yourself restrictions if you want to get shit done.
Too much freedom will unironically limit you more.

[Anonymous No.6416140]

>>6416120
it takes me 30 minutes just to think about what to draw. I'm always pre-drawing in my head waiting for something good to appear.

[Anonymous No.6416396]

>>6416136
Timerchan? Also is it 30 minutes to draw or 30 to start?

[Anonymous No.6416414]

>>6416396
Ye. I turn it on and give myself 10 mins to start, it's easier since there's a timer staring at me, then I draw for 6 hours usually.

[Anonymous No.6416423]

>I can't draw, it won't get any likes/retweets

[Anonymous No.6416427]

>>6416137
What is the app called?

[Anonymous No.6416430]

>>6416075
It took me 3 days to draw hair, then I learn
Then it took me 1 day to draw hair then I learn
Then it took me 6 hours to draw hair, then I learn
Now it took me 1 hour to draw hair, and took me 2 days to draw arm, then Iearn.

[Anonymous No.6416440]

>>6416075
>I can't eat now, I need to draw
>I can't drink now, I need to draw
>I can't ideate now, I need to draw
>it's too hot, I need to draw
>I have a headache, I need to draw
>its past 6pm, I need to draw
>I can't sleep now, its the middle of the night and I should be drawing
>I can't draw now, I need to shower and brush my teeth and then draw
>I can't draw now, I just woke up, I need to eat breakfast and then draw

[Anonymous No.6416601]

>>6416427
I just use the basic google calendar app. Any basic calendar app will do.
It's just about creating structure and having an overview over everything you want to get done for the day.

[Anonymous No.6416715]

>>6416120
What do you mean, draw for 30 minutes or force yourself to start within the next 30 minutes?

[Anonymous No.6416838]

>I can't draw now, but do I really want to? I just waste my time browsing and watching tutorials and still don't touch my pen but there is a part of me that force myself to having some fake interest to it but I can't draw now

[Anonymous No.6417045]

>>6416838
>I deliberately enter a place of autism, full of autists, to complain about them

[Anonymous No.6417062]

>>6416075
Yes. All of these things are correct.
If you're tired of being a sad-sack you'll have to become >>6416440 or stick to weekend drawing with wagies and wine-aunts.

[Anonymous No.6419078]

>>6416440
easy to draw all day when every line you make is the right one

for most people its a cost benefit analyses

[Anonymous No.6419131]

>manipulating 3d model
>5 hours later
>still moving it around trying to create a good pose
>sketching thumbnails
>5 hours later
>still sketching thumbnails without any progress
>draw from imagination
>5 hours later
>still staring at blank canvas eliminating shitty ideas as they come

>time spent drawing: 0 seconds
>mental energy: depleted

[Anonymous No.6423860]

>>6416075
Start drawing something you are interested in (for me it is guns, but it could be something else for you, cars, booba, loli, crabs, boats, trains ecc..) work from there , shit just starts comming to you after you have a problem to solve
>example: yes this gun is good but what is holding it robot,human hand, ork, hand, (maybe it is on a gunstand or leaned agains the wall)., alright is it a boy , girl sexfiend, an abomination, rotten , chromed, a chud ecc. What is its job, police, gangster, stalker, student
, poorfag , innawoods bro (hunted by a skinwalker), - based on that , what are they wearing..
So on and so on

[Anonymous No.6424472]

>time to draw
>suddenly feel extrme fatigue
>vision getting blurry
>dozing off in chair
>fight through it
>start disassociating
>look at clock
>an hour passed
>feels like ten seconds
>give up and play vidya
>100% alert and invested in the game

[Anonymous No.6424478]

>>6416075
draw on the shitter

[Anonymous No.6424486]

>>6416075
Just fast and draw

[Anonymous No.6425438]

>>6424472
Is that a thing?
I forced myself to do flashcards every day for 7 years, for about 2 hours.
But recently something inside my brain fizzled out and I can't bring myself to study, I just stare at the screen, unable to slog through it.

[Anonymous No.6425711]

>>6416075
Shit on the drawer

[Anonymous No.6426798]

>I can’t draw, I can’t stop focusing on how wrong it looks and how how wrong it looks reminds me of how everything I do turns out wrong and
>goddamnit anon what makes you think this will be any better
>all your life is a collection of friendships broken, family disappointed and goals unmet
>none of the things you love impress anyone and if you killed yourself you’d probably fuck that up
>go play warcraft, you’re bad at that too, but you’re allowed to be bad at that, and don’t you ever get it in your head that you can draw
Why is weed the only thing that makes me able to recognize that negative talk and stop it midsentence? When I’m sober I just reminisce on getting shamed by teachers 20 years ago and feeling like ass the rest of the night

Unironically, I want to be creative but I can’t stop sabatoging myself with self-hate, self-destruction and unwelcome thoughts that sap my creativity. It’s all easier when it’s flowing like wonderful animation in my head; then I grab the pencil and it’s wrong, and I don’t know how to fix what’s wrong with it.

[Anonymous No.6426898]

>>6426798
unironically consider therapy if its within your power

[Anonymous No.6427276]

Structure is pretty much key I think, also a workspace that agrees with you. Personally I find sitting down and drawing feels very frustrating, so I only stand and almost exclusively do big canvases. If I've got my day job off I've built a soft schedule for it, and my art desk pretty much dominates my living room so I'm forced to look at it at all hours
>wake up
>coffee, light brekky, play some vidya until noon
>yoga for one hour, shower, go to the shop for some whiskey or wine
>Make some food, watch a bit of tv, shitpost
>Drink the rest of the night, listen to music, call friends, watch old movies, dance around and goof off in my house, really just do whatever
>the piece slowly comes together because this whole time I've been adding, subtracting, blending and drawing during these times

Maybe it's not efficient, and I don't study properly or whatever, but the point is to make it feel spontaneous instead of a forced march. Like I'll walk past and notice something that bugs me about the piece and fix it, which can turn into hours uninterrupted cause it's not like I had anything better to do. Or be like, "fuck it, I'll just stick some lines on the blank paper and see what it reminds me of in a couple hours" and forget about it. Maybe it'll be something, maybe it goes in the scrap. Don't care until I'm invested in it.

Naturally I am not a real artist for money and do it just cause it's important to be creative and it's fun. People seem to like what I do though I don't have much of a presence.

Posting my work for the first time here, Christmas present for my friend WIP started last week

[Anonymous No.6427362]

>>6426798
Maybe the weed destroyed your brain

[Anonymous No.6427759]

>>6427362
you, are why George Carlin came to the conclusion we waste our gifts
just circling the drain

[Anonymous No.6427796]

>>6426798
i like to draw while high so youre just a weirdo

[Anonymous No.6430058]

>>6416084
Was Da Vinci talking about sodomy?

[Anonymous No.6430080]

>>6416075
just make a routine.
>go to work
>come home
>play a few games
>cook dinner
>draw for 2-3 hours
its just easy and natural for me now.