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So I haven't talked about it much but I think in the last few months my creativity has been holed in by 50ft brick walls. It's been so frustrating and this rut feels inescapable. Which I know isn't true, but... it sure as hell feels like that. Head Trip is about the only thing I can manage (and even then there's a reason there's only one comic a week - lack of ideas) and I feel like that's not the best I could be doing. Everything is so subpar... I've been trying to catch up on all the old commissions I have but everything looks like crap. Just not worth the money these poor people paid me. The longer the rut lasts the worse I feel and the tougher those walls get to climb over.
I've been thinking of ways I might spur the creative strengths back up inside me and something did occur to me... I grew up in a house with artists. My dad, me, my sisters... and with my sisters I'd play a game with them to get our artsier sides working. We'd all sit down and I'd put a song on repeat. We'd all separately (without being allowed to look at each others' work) draw whatever that song put in our heads and/or made us feel. Once we were all done I'd stop the song and we'd show our work. It was fascinating to see what the same song felt to other people and it'd force a lot of creativity in us.
Been considering doing that again... but it's very much a group activity. I still draw to songs if they inspire me strongly enough but the exercise (which I called "The Drawing Game" - I never claimed to be a clever child) works better with people around so you can see what else people come up with. But my sisters are down in San Antonio and we're all adults now leading our own lives and getting together is hard enough but having the time to play a silly drawing game is just about impossible.
So what to do? I considered inviting local artists around once a month or so and have a Drawing Game party or something. Wine and/or tasty cheese can be there to make it more interesting :P but mostly we'd all have our pencils and paper out, I'd put a song on that people all more or less agree doesn't suck, and we'd draw. But I'm shy about inviting people over, especially when I'm so down about my own skills right now. Plus there's that whole "scheduling" thing and artists are notoriously worse than most people about forcing into gatherings ;) Still... I dunno. It's just a thought bouncing around my head. Wouldn't even need to do the music thing, just having time around other artists and drawing together might help.
Maybe. In any case I'm looking for inspiration and creative freedom wherever I can. This adulthood stress with finances and pain and life in general really complicates the human spirit.
Blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda you get the point. Okay. Yeah.
I've been thinking of ways I might spur the creative strengths back up inside me and something did occur to me... I grew up in a house with artists. My dad, me, my sisters... and with my sisters I'd play a game with them to get our artsier sides working. We'd all sit down and I'd put a song on repeat. We'd all separately (without being allowed to look at each others' work) draw whatever that song put in our heads and/or made us feel. Once we were all done I'd stop the song and we'd show our work. It was fascinating to see what the same song felt to other people and it'd force a lot of creativity in us.
Been considering doing that again... but it's very much a group activity. I still draw to songs if they inspire me strongly enough but the exercise (which I called "The Drawing Game" - I never claimed to be a clever child) works better with people around so you can see what else people come up with. But my sisters are down in San Antonio and we're all adults now leading our own lives and getting together is hard enough but having the time to play a silly drawing game is just about impossible.
So what to do? I considered inviting local artists around once a month or so and have a Drawing Game party or something. Wine and/or tasty cheese can be there to make it more interesting :P but mostly we'd all have our pencils and paper out, I'd put a song on that people all more or less agree doesn't suck, and we'd draw. But I'm shy about inviting people over, especially when I'm so down about my own skills right now. Plus there's that whole "scheduling" thing and artists are notoriously worse than most people about forcing into gatherings ;) Still... I dunno. It's just a thought bouncing around my head. Wouldn't even need to do the music thing, just having time around other artists and drawing together might help.
Maybe. In any case I'm looking for inspiration and creative freedom wherever I can. This adulthood stress with finances and pain and life in general really complicates the human spirit.
Blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda you get the point. Okay. Yeah.
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Schedule something?
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but that might be fun to do with them.
I know I'd like to see art created this way