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How do you avoid creative burn out
I like drawing and I have ideas but when I actually get to illustrate them I don't feel like drawing anymore. It's been over a month since I've last enjoyed drawing. This happens year long too, I pump out tons of art when I feel like it and then stop for months. #art
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Emilia’s Answer
Hi Selina! I hope you are doing great!
I totally get this. I love drawing and writing and this happens to me a lot! Specially when I'm kind of forcing myself to write or draw just because I got an idea and I want to put it on paper. That just doesn't work for me... I want to keep doing art so I don't lose practice but at the same time, I just don't feel like it and I start lacking creativity and that just frustrates me more.
A tip from one of my teachers, is to draw, daily, but only for 10 minutes (with a timer), just not to lose the practice. This has helped me to focus during a small period of time and not to get frustrated with bigger or more difficult pieces. I usually do it at the end of the day and I keep my drawings in a journal. For my 10 minute sketches, I get inspiration from random moments of the day, they maybe the highlights of my day or maybe something that made me feel something in particular.
Maybe keeping a journal can help you being more constant and keep you practicing!
And also, if one day or one week you just don't feel like doing it. It doesn't really matter! Art is supposed to be something you enjoy and a way to express yourself, if you don't wanna do it, give yourself some time to rest, I'm sure you'll come back to it.
I hope my answer is helpful!
Best of lucks!
Emilia.
I totally get this. I love drawing and writing and this happens to me a lot! Specially when I'm kind of forcing myself to write or draw just because I got an idea and I want to put it on paper. That just doesn't work for me... I want to keep doing art so I don't lose practice but at the same time, I just don't feel like it and I start lacking creativity and that just frustrates me more.
A tip from one of my teachers, is to draw, daily, but only for 10 minutes (with a timer), just not to lose the practice. This has helped me to focus during a small period of time and not to get frustrated with bigger or more difficult pieces. I usually do it at the end of the day and I keep my drawings in a journal. For my 10 minute sketches, I get inspiration from random moments of the day, they maybe the highlights of my day or maybe something that made me feel something in particular.
Maybe keeping a journal can help you being more constant and keep you practicing!
And also, if one day or one week you just don't feel like doing it. It doesn't really matter! Art is supposed to be something you enjoy and a way to express yourself, if you don't wanna do it, give yourself some time to rest, I'm sure you'll come back to it.
I hope my answer is helpful!
Best of lucks!
Emilia.
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Hi Selina,
It happens!
Remember the moment you get an idea of drawing something. Grab a paper and draw it!
Don't wait for the right moment or time to draw. When our mind is wandering with creativity, that's the right time to enjoy the work we are doing.
In case you feel like starting but don't finish because you no longer feel like working on it. It's okay! Save it somewhere, come back to it after some time (A day, a month or months).
Remember! Don't force yourself to be creative! We enjoy only when our mind works freely with what it wants to do.
I hope my answer is helpful!
Good luck!
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Take it easy!
Stay Calm!
Design only when you feel like!
It happens!
Remember the moment you get an idea of drawing something. Grab a paper and draw it!
Don't wait for the right moment or time to draw. When our mind is wandering with creativity, that's the right time to enjoy the work we are doing.
In case you feel like starting but don't finish because you no longer feel like working on it. It's okay! Save it somewhere, come back to it after some time (A day, a month or months).
Remember! Don't force yourself to be creative! We enjoy only when our mind works freely with what it wants to do.
I hope my answer is helpful!
Good luck!
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Frank’s Answer
Hello Selina,
The feeling of creative burn out has always been a concern for me as well. I can have an idea and want to run with it but there will be a point where I lose that drive for that project. For me it has always seem to hit that point when it was no longer a fun project but something I felt obligated to do. I just remember what one of my mentors would tell me " It is easy to do something if you are having fun with it but if you try to force something it usually ends with bad results." If I started feeling obligated while working on a project I was working on just because I just wanted it down I was never happy how it turned out but if I gave it some time like a few days usually that spark will come back.
The feeling of creative burn out has always been a concern for me as well. I can have an idea and want to run with it but there will be a point where I lose that drive for that project. For me it has always seem to hit that point when it was no longer a fun project but something I felt obligated to do. I just remember what one of my mentors would tell me " It is easy to do something if you are having fun with it but if you try to force something it usually ends with bad results." If I started feeling obligated while working on a project I was working on just because I just wanted it down I was never happy how it turned out but if I gave it some time like a few days usually that spark will come back.