what do you do when you get in a creative black hole?..

i dont know what it is, but i just cant get back into drawing.. i mean, i draw, but i end up sitting there thinking of what to draw. it just doesn't flow as it should. Is anyone else out there that experienced this that knows how to fix it? haha. Or maybe art school just ruined my creative flow.

but please, let me know what you think!

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Permalink Reply by peepeeland on December 24, 2009 at 4:14am

Regurgitation requires... gurgitation (haha). That's not to say that what goes in is what comes out, but sometimes the best thing for a "creative black hole", is to just experience new things. Go out and play and eat fruits and stretch. And if nothing comes out, maybe there is nothing that one wishes to express. Much like libido, or appetite, or being cold and wanting a blanket... can't really force all that.

Contrived artwork is pretty painful to look at.

Also, there's always drawing from life, and/or forcing oneself to do studies, to improve and go beyond one's comfort level.

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Permalink Reply by Lalu Fernández on December 27, 2009 at 3:26pm

Well, it might sound odd, but I pray for ideas! And they come.
But also, like peepeeland said, you need new things to get into your eyes.
I went to advertising school and they gave us some exercises for these kind of situations. I'm sure there are some of those on the internet, if not you can PM and I'll tell you more about them =)

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Permalink Reply by peepeeland on December 28, 2009 at 7:27am

Yah, one can also create ideas, by randomly pointing out words in books, etc. So if one chooses "dog", "sleep", "barnacles", that's already a loose subject that one can work with!

Much like working on an illustration project/job, one is forced to be creative when given constraints. With no constraints given, the limit is practically infinite, which can be a problem if nothing is flowing right.