Yet another overcoming artist's block post

When you're an artist, it's really only natural that you draw what you have on your mind. For example, I read a lot of books about dragons and cats, so a lot of my pictures end up being of dragons or cats. Next time you find yourself unable to come up with something to draw, find the closest book, open it to a random page, and draw the scene that you read!

Another trick you can try, is picking a game, either board game, card game, or video game. Take something you remember from it, a character, a certain location or scene, or even just an item you need to play. Then, with that thing in mind (Or with a visual reference if you're like me and you like things to be as similar to their original as possible) take a piece of paper and a pencil and try to draw it either as close to the original as you can, or put your own spin on it!

And finally, the third trick I've come up with since the last inspirational-themed post, is...

Legos!

Whenever you find yourself bored with nothing to do and no muse to draw, either get out your own legos, or download the app Lego Digital Designer. Using legos, make something fun, cool, or just random. Then, when you're done, draw what you've created in your own way.

Anyways, that's all the tips for now. If you have any more ways to get rid of art block, leave a comment below!

How to Deal with Artist's Block

Have you ever heard of Writer's Block?

If you have, then you probably have a good idea about what this post is about. If not, let me take a moment to explain.

Writer's Block is when an author is simply stuck in a rut about moving on with their book.

So looking at the title which says Artist's Block, you can probably guess what it is. Artist's Block is when you are an artist and are just completely stuck in a rut about what to draw.

From experience, I can tell you that Artist's Block is a pain. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've sat for hours on end, staring at paper with my pencil in hand.

But when you get Artist's Block, I've actually found several ways to push past it.

1) Take out all your old pictures...

...and laugh about how horrible you used to be, before proving you've gotten better.

Alright, that kind of sums it up, but really, that's one of the things that's knocked me out of Artist's Block before.

Go through all your old pictures you've saved, find one you were so proud of when you drew it, laugh about how horrible it really is, get paper, and draw it again, but much better.

2) Just let your brain wander

This one is the one I turn to most often. I simply sit with a piece of paper in front of me and a pencil in hand, and I just let my hand draw whatever it wanted. Last time I did this, I ended up with various pictures of characters from a show I like to watch!

And finally,

3) Take a break

Sometimes, Artist's Block comes from trying to hard. So, just stop trying. Simply take a break, a day or two or three to clear your head. Then go back to your paper, and I think you'll find yourself having a bit of better luck than you had been having before.


Do you have any other tricks for dealing with Artist's Block? Could you share them with me?