How to get your creative inspiration back when you've lost it
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- @BlackOreoCookie contacted me this week asking how to kickstart the inspiration that they used to have and find again the "Voice they had when they were younger."
In this video I give my thoughts on the problem - a problem that faces almost every artist or creative person at some time.
BlackOreoCookie post said: "I feel like I lost the passion and the "voice" I had when I was younger. When I started to take art seriously, I feel like I completely forgot why I did art in the first place. I still love it, and I still practice, but my art feels empty and scattered all over the place. I don't feel like I have a message anymore that could function as a foundation for the meaning behind and the style of my art. How do I get it back? Or do I need to get a new one? This is quite frustrating to me :("
Art doesn't not need to have a message. It can just be a pastime - it can be for design or decoration.
A "voice" is something that grows in confidence and volume with practice and experience. Youth is a wonderful thing. You might think you know it all when you are young, but you soon realise that you don't and then comes the time to put in the work. Draw - paint - sketch - whatever it is that you do.
Learn ceaselessly. Involve yourself in ideas and other points of view. See things, experience things, and eventually you will come to make firm conclusions about life. Then you will probably want to tell people about your beliefs and what you have discovered. That's when your voice begins to gain power and clarity.
Good luck :)
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..I'm not sure what to do anymore. I feel like art isn't for me because. I put too much thought into my art work. I don't know how to just draw something. I don't have a style. I'm not good at drawing faces or bodies I just - I love art though. I feel like it's all I have. it's what I've planned to go to college for. I'm so lost..
Shoo Rayner well you see, I don't draw every day. I actually took a break for more then a year because I became so busy with life. I'm taking an art class but I feel like my teacher doesnt believe I have the talent. I have been itching to draw, but the process of the drawing style I wish to do..I'm not sure how to accomplish it. So I become upset and don't try at all.
I see a list of criteria - your list of what your art doesn't have. That's a lot of burdens for something that doesn't exist yet. Check out the book Life, Paint, and Passion. I did the art first, and let it say something later. I have even started making videos explaining paintings that I didn't even understand until.agter I did them.
Me, I'm terrified of doing art. Really, consumed by a sense of DOOM. Any advice?
@@chaosbubble5216 Hi, I know it has been 4 years since you wrote this comment but I just want to say that there's no such thing as "not talented enough", Art is the most subjective thing in this world, it is all about expression of one's thoughts, ideas, and emotions, the only thing that teacher taught you is how some people won't believe in you because of their own insecurities, you have nothing that can stop you from studying and perfecting what you love and you can do it cause I've been through your same days. Please do continue, it doesn't matter how different you are from other artists or how long it took you to draw the way you draw, all it matters is that what you do makes you happy, no matter what you picture.
i dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know a trick to log back into an instagram account..?
I somehow lost the password. I love any tips you can give me.
@Brooks Legend instablaster :)
Im not smart
Im not talented
Im not confident
Art is the only thing im good at
And i lost inspiration
I even forgot how to draw....
Friend, allow this comment to boost your inspiration. It's not much: One Person Can make a difference
Nuff Said - Stan Lee
Meeeee lmao
We dont lose our gift....its just on pause. The fact you can vocalise how you feel.....as an artist.....you are amazing. Keep going.
See you at the top xx
I AM smart*
I AM talented*
I AM confident*
Dang he just liked it but no comment lol
Hopefully you’ve gotten out of the rut now
I find as I have grown older I have gained more focus but at the same time that has shut off my creativity. How do I get it back and keep this focus?
My creativity has been lost for a while, and im scared that im never able to get it back
Hey 4 years late but I have to ask. Did you find it?
@@garrettgerber155 yes, I’ve got it fully back and so much more 😊
@@ultraviolet7270 how did u do it man?! I got this story and characters I want to do and Ik they r there but I can't connect or rather unlock them it's like they r locked away and I can't undo it atleast yet , well college and exams r not helping I really need to sleep but exams and stuff constantly stressing me out
@@pinkzdraws4511 sadly i can't remember i guess it just came back naturally
@@ultraviolet7270 oh I see well I hope mine comes back too well I'm making a story and got a character but now I can't connect properly with him so that frustrates me well I hope to get back in it and glad u were able to do it!
Hi, I'm a 16 yr old in highschool and I'm having some thoughts. My elementary and middle school life was full of art. I'd draw on my non dominant hand, doodle on my tests and school work, and even on the desk sometimes. I feel like I've lost my passion. I'm now starting to look at colleges and looking at what I want to do with my life. I've switched what I want to do from music and sound production to other things. Now I'm heavly looking at art. I haven't drawn in years, but I enjoy it when I get around to it. But most of the time it feels forced. What do you recommend, taking a break? Slow down? Push through?
What I use to doodle was random shapes, but they don't interest me (even though they're fun to draw). What interest me is drawing people, but I don't have much fun doing it. Should I stick with the basic shapes or push through and trying drawing people?
I feel similar - I *want* to love art (specifically drawing) like I used to when I was younger (I drew a ton and don't remember being bored by it. Frustrated, sometimes, but not 'bored and dreading doing it again. Barely even had to think about picking up a pencil).
Trying to come back to it properly after a few years' break and... it's a bit of a slog. Sometimes I feel like I enjoy it, but I am currently just trying to make it into a habit and seeing if my love for it comes back (as it's harder to start the longer you put it off anyway) but just feel like I might be running out of steam. Lol, sorry for the long reply and I wasn't trying to hijack, just needed to get it out!
push through but have a back up plan in case anything happens
@@ShintogaDeathAngel can I ask you what happened with your art since this comment, have you continue or have you stopped? I'm in a very similar situation
Hi :)
It’s been a long while since you’ve commented.. what’s happened to your art since then? I’m the same age.. I had the same issue and never got back into it :/ working on that now!
Hoping you got back into it :) please let me know ! Curiosity kills me haha !
Going to College for art kind of killed my creative spark... it became something I had to do instead of wanted to do. You dont have to be "good" or perfect at it in order to make art. Picasso was good with abstract art, which isnt perfectly realistic. I like to follow artists on instagram who are just starting out, who dont post the most amazing pieces you've ever seen. I've found more inspiration through them because they are doing it for the pure joy of making art and not doing it for the way others will interpret it. And people still really like it! Dont force it or guilt trip yourself, only do it when you feel inspired. Could be collage, patterns, anything! Experiment. The biggest creative killer for me was making art for other people and not for myself. I finally got back into art by painting little scenes on rocks. Completing something small scale, seeing it through, on something that only took 2 hours to make helped get the juices flowing again.
There's a part of me that feels like I HAVE to make art or I'll feel guilty if I don't. Feeling guilty does nothing to solve it. Take a break from it if you need to, it's not an obligation. Art should be fun. There have also been plenty of times where I start back up and get frustrated because it doesn't look good. But keep going! That's just a stage in the process. Chances are it will look a lot better if you just keep going. Then the pride you feel is so rewarding and encouraging.
First of all I hope you are always feel happy and creative when it’s come to drawing ,second; just thank you so much really , your words just make me feel satisfied about my talent and also you just make me realize that all I follow are a really amazing wonderful talented people which makes me feel a LOT smaller than them and thats cut me off because I thought i would never be great as them but that’s is not true they as well were in my place one day , so thank you for your kind words it meant a lot to me 💖💖.
ThISSS. I remember in high school I would wake up excited to go to school because I could doodle on my papers. I would choose a new show or thing and draw scenes and comics all over my papers. Now I can't even imagine that anymore. I went to art college and it was like the excitement was slowly being drained from me. Now, 4 years later, Ive taken a break from school for mental health and now I don't even draw in my free time. I feel so unhappy with myself because drawing is what I used to make me happy, now it causes me so much sadness and anxiousness. I found your comment really helpful. I try to draw doodles during my lunch break to get over this rut. I still feel stuck but I'm hoping things can get better. Thank you for your words
This was super inspirational to me. Honestly, I felt better in the first 3 mins of the video. Thanks for the little push.
Musician here and I'm coming out of a pandemic related depression which seems to have completely blocked my creativity. Thanks for this! It's been difficult keeping my head up this past year, and even though it's gotten better, I find i still need some reassurance that my mojo is not all gone. Yet.
keep going!
Focus on Work so you can have the finances to buy the tools you need for your art aka gear!! I do believe stability is essential to growth in any and everything !
thank you for this
Guys this is the new internet Art Dad, protect him at all costs.
lol Thank you :)
back in elementary school I could think of anything but now as a high school student i just can't
I lost my drawing skills😭😭
Hey I'm having the same problem, could you tell me how you dealt with that situation?
I’m having the same prob...
It’s like I can’t move my hands the way I want them to,it’s hard to explain..
I'm having the same problem.. the ability to connect your thoughts and your art ability just lost. i feel so lost.
I can't be the only one watching this for Minecraft right?
I was actually struggling with the whole "nothing I do is original" thing tonight. I had recently found your channel and really enjoy content so I thought I would watch some of your videos to help deal with that feeling. This video helped and you talk about drawing is in such a genuinely loving way.
thank you!
I've been having this problem for a while. Since I was in middle school I loved drawing abstract things, I never had an image in mind I would just draw and when I was done I felt proud of it because I really liked the way it looked. As of lately I just haven't had any motivation to draw, sometimes I try forcing myself to draw hoping I can just get back in it but I can't. I use to just draw some lines, shapes and just know how to keep it going by seeing a part of what I was drawing and wanting to expand it. Now I draw and have no idea how to keep it going. Drawing has been a part of my life that I have deeply enjoyed for a long time and this problem is very frustrating for me.
This is me bro havent drawn in 4 years cause this
Thank you for your video, I liked it a lot :) I used to write more when I was younger (I'm almost 30 now), but with the time I started losing creativity and motivation. I thought about this a lot and I came up with three main reasons: thinking too much about how I should write something rather than writing it, and being for too long in the same places and not being able to travel are te first two and I'm trying to work on them, but the third one is the one I have no idea how to overcome: I completely lost interest on people and I became too cynical! I travelled a lot during the last years, I did many experiences and volunteering in my country and abroad, so is not that I didn't widened my choices, but what people usually do or say is too boring for me, even if they actually do something interesting in their life. And when they tell me about weddings, children etc the only thing I can think of is how can they be happy just following cultural stereotypes... So how can I write stories about people and for people, if I hate talking with people and I'm not interested in them at all? Aren't writers supposed to listen to people and take inspiration from them? I always wanted to write stories about adventures, those stories that people can dive into when they need to escape reality and that made me company for a lifetime, and I still have some good ideas, but there's something missing...
Thank you very very VERY much! i was about of having a mental breakdown, so this help a lot to calm my mind and just let things fluid along! Again, thank you~
I want to draw and paint again but I just can’t find it in me to do it 😪
Recently I've been very stressed out because I really want to finish my sketchbook. However, I think I might be pushing myself too much.
I don't really feel like drawing, I dont think my art looks that good and it is a struggle to keep the pen on the paper for more then 5 minutes.
I dont know what to do and I really dont want to lose my inspiration to draw, espacially since this is the field i want to work in, in the future.
Im going to try to not do anything art related for awile and see if I can get my inspiration back, but if I dont, i'll be devistated.
(Sorry for my grammar)
omg i search a video about how to get your creativity back and i get when young people lost their virginity
I haven't drawn seriously for a very long time, I somewhat abandoned it because of my grades. I want to continue art but I do not have the skills nor the progress to improve my art. It's very painful to look at my art, and I can never be happy or proud at whatever I do. I lost motivation, and I honestly can't seem to image the things I want to image, I can't convey what I want to convey and yet art is all I have and I don't want to break away from it despite loosing the will and motivation to do so.
try spending some time doing some art history and forget creating for a while. nothing comes is you try too hard. Have a break and let it happen in it's own time. Skills can only be gained by constant practice!
I've been drawing for 4 years but I losing my " Mojo" because I am not good enough. I feel like every drawing I draw looks like shit
Every great artists starts off like that just keep going I haven’t drawn in like 3 years I’m probably never gonna get back to it I just want to warn you life without having that artistic view sucks so please keep at it
This is what I needed to hear! You helped me so much! THANK YOU!
Me too it help me change my persperctive daily
I used to love art and be very passionate about it but not to long ago I started to find it boring, and a waste of time, this helped me get back some of my former passion thank you!
I lost my writing skills and I want them back 😭
This helped me a lot, halfway through the video I picked up a pencil, got a small doodle book and started drawing and I seem to have got my passion for drawing back c:
I dont feel creative...
I lost my creativness
I CANT STYLE AND DRAW 😩😩😩
😞
I literally am so depressed because of this but my guitar was my first love and writing was a way I have always expressed myself
Ty! I felt like everything I created already excist. But like you said everyone copies. It so difficult with social media. Instead of looking outside you look on the internet for inspiration, where everyone has acces. I also try to hard. What makes that I get to critical to myself and my art. Also nice that you see every style as art even doodles. Ther is way to much high expectation these days. I will let it go for now and hope soon my itching will get back.
Nah bro I just lose my ability to draw every now and then entirely 🤧🤧🤧🤧
Absolutely insightful !! This explained my creative block very well ! Thank you for voicing your interpretation
Glad it was helpful!
I just graduate college with my degree in literature. The entire time I kept telling myself 'oh well I'll write a book when I dont have to worry about school'. Well here I am, with no creativity. I keep putting so much pressure on myself to write that it seems like a chore , it feels like I'm forcing something that came so naturally. I rarely sit through an entire video like this, but this was exactly what I needed to hear. I cant sit at my desk and expect something to come, I need to live the mundane to write the extraordinary.
I know this video is several years old now, but thank you. Thank you for putting into words what I feel like my subconscious was screaming. I need to let it be natural and not forced. I need to not let my daily life limit me but instead inspire me.
Good for you. A degree in literature can often put you off writing forever - so much to live up to. Try forgetting about literature and just tell a story! Good luck
I am so glad your back shoo keep it up :)
I have suffer from art block do almost a year now I’m an ok sketcher but… I honestly don’t know I sit to draw and I just give up and one reason is because my standards are high and when I don’t make such good art every one corrects it and I fell soo bad and I have just lost it ……. Reply for any help for this I want to get back into it
dont show anyone then they wont criticize! you have to push your standards, but make your targets realistic. you have to accept that its a journey. enjoy it and accept that part of the fun is getting there, not juts leaping to the finish post
i lost my drawing skill.. i use to draw alone but now i have my fiancée she always looking me when i working on my drawing i feel like.. i dont know.. insecure? feel bad? i dont know how to describe it.. i like to be alone when drawing.. until i feel like losing my drawing skill and never improve from where i stuck..
@@shooraynerdrawing thanks man i like the word "Drawing is work not a romance" i can agree with you.. this is some kind of satisfying to read from someone stranger if only my friend that wont help..
what about the sudden realization you were never really into art and have been doing it since you were born to impress your dad who is a successful animator. now you feel pointless and nothing matters anymore. lol
idk maybe i just cant enjoy it anymore idk
That's difficult! Try talking to your Dad - he may not know or realise but just wants to help and inspire you as you seem to be art driven. He'd maybe be happy to help and inspire you to whatever you actually want to do. He may actually know or suspect and is waiting for you to say it! It's okay to to give up and move on - it's your life and you have to live it. You will have a load of transferable skills and you never know, six months down the line, you might miss it and become really inspired in a new art direction!
Good luck
I used to draw constantly in school, thanks to me being bored lol. All throughout highschool I was planning on tattooing and I grew in my skills and styles, but I think I set my bar too high. I got an apprenticeship set up in colorado because I've always wanted to live there. However, of course, things didn't really go to plan. I just kinda gave up on it and started working jobs and drinking and smoking a lot. Now here I am 4 years later wishing I had never stopped drawing, it made me so happy, it was my zen. Having a finished product that people would look at and say "Hey, that's awesome I want that on my body." Now it's just harder juggling life, but I know I absolutely have to tattoo. It genuinely made me happy, hell I could cry right now thinking about it. Thanks for your video
don't cry. decide that evreything you did up til now was a mistake. that's great because today you can begin putting it all right again. find a pencil and pen and start drawing. you probably need to get away from people who are dragging you down. that's okay it's your life not theirs. cut down or cut out the booze and smoke and commit yourself to doing the right thing and being a great tatooist! getting good requires some sacrifice!
*MOJO BABYYYY* 🤓
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Hi shoo. it wasn't too long ago that I started to watch videos on drawing.
although I was always drawing sense I was young.
In fact I think I was born with a pencil in my hand because I always had a fedish when it comes to pencils.
as I got older I developed my own skills by watching people like you.
a lot of people always told me that I was a artist. but I never looked at it that way.
I wanted to draw so bad just to show people it can be done.
people use to say that I was natural at drawing.
but I always said that I wasn't.
I was always making mistakes and starting over all the time.
I was always erasing my mistakes as well.
with all that struggling I found out that the eraser was just as good as the pencil.
when it came to drawing I found out that anything was posable on paper because you can always fix your mistakes.
you are right when you say people get there ideas from other people and it goes to show that new doors open in the process.
thanks for your hint and tips and hope to see your next video to come.
Very good video, I just subscribed! As a 17 year old budding artist, I'm doing all I can to immerse myself in animation and cartooning. So glad I've found your channel!
I'm watching this since i kinda lost the spark of doing journalling it hasn't been productive and i've lost my inspiration. So i would stop doing it for a month or so and get back when i feel like it. I also did clean up where my materials are so now i feel the sense of a clear mind. Thank you for this video i really needed it ❤
Lost my creativity and will and I’m working as a freelance graphic designer and full time product designer. I feel like I’m being useless day by day and I am panicking because I might lose my job 😢
Sorry, Only just spotted this. Hope it was a blip and you are on top of it again. Unfortunately, panic wont help much. Try and let go a little and let the ideas come in again. Read and look at books, spend a day in a library, go to a museum, do something really different and maybe even a bit scary - Rollercoasters?!!! you have to put stuff in to get stuff out again! Go back over old stuff and see how far you've come - look at some great stuff and see how far you have to go. Good luck. You can do it. one day at a time - Maybe you are just to ahead of the curve!?
This is really helpfully especially when going through a Creative block! Thank you :)
For anyone struggling with Creativty, Burnout, etc., Ive been reading a book called PsychoCybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. It's a good read to the point where I'm learning a lot about how the human mind works in regard to creativity, motivation, etc.
If you're interested, take one chapter at a time and take notes. Your future self would thank you.
Omg yes! This ‘at the moment’ message is so right! It’s ok to have a break, explore and come back for more! The world made me feel like i have to create and present something new everyday and post on Instagram and social media! I want to have a break explore then do more! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOUU!!
I am amazed at how you understand and explain about its normalcy..I like that so much...thank u for sharing that. Really amazing and refreshing to listen to someone saying what u already know...and know how to deal with it..but can't get around it to actually do it...thank u is what I am trying to say ultimately. Thank u. Regards.
Thank you, this video really helped. My creativity dried up when I became a teacher 5/6 years ago and now I am working part time I want to do some painting. I’ve procrastinated for the whole of lock down and don’t understand why! I have the ideas in my head of what I want to do, but just don’t seem to have the confidence to sit down and do it. You have such a calm and caring voice and demeanour, you have made it not such a big, frightening thing to sit down and paint.
You are so welcome! Jus sit down and start - and keep your paints and materials out - don't put them away - that just another ecuse not to keep going - such a drag to get all set up again! good luck :)
HOW AM I ONLY SEEING THIS VIDEO NOW? I NEVER KNEW HE MADE A VIDEO ABOUT MY COMMENT, WHAT??!?!
Well, one year later, and i actually did pack up my stuff for a while. But after a couple weeks or months i usually get that art "itch" again. And everytime i felt that little frustration again. I wish i watched this video sooner. But now i'm working on it, both my mentality and skill, but MOSTLY my mentality about it.
Thank you so much Shoo, even after more than a year, i still needed to hear this. You hit the nail right on the head for me.
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Shoo Rayner Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.
I love your videos, Mr. Rayner!!
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Welcome!!
No Idea if this is creepy- but I could go to sleep to your voice. Your like an english Bob Ross.
When I was at college I had so many mental ideas and I made so much stuff. Uni kind of killed it for me. Now I work as a freelance Illustrator and apprentice tattooist and I never really do anything for myself anymore. Every now and again i'll get a commission that is right up my street and I really _want_ to do it, but it's rare. I just wish I had my motivation back to spend a week on doing a print, or get back into drawing mad characters again. I love my job, but I feel like I never do anything for myself anymore. Being busy gives me motivation but being freelance it's up and down. I lay awake all night last night thinking of mad things I want to draw, but then as usual, when I do get out of bed I have zero motivation.
Baby steps… solid advice for life too. Thanks!
Why I'm crying
Thank you again sir, your message keeps me inspired whenever I'm down. Thank u so much!! 💛
You are so welcome
What are those pen called that you use to draw(From Amazon)? cant find it...can you leave a link....
You always give such good advice. ;) You must be related to Dear Abby. lol
Shoo Rayner Dear Abby was a long time advice column in the newspaper in the USA. lol
it's really hard for me to fall parties but it's really easy for me to draw faces what should I do
Im a writer and poet and started losing my creative but here I am 💁🏾♂️
Thank you for this! happy New Year good sir! ~ by the way - what do you think of discipline is greater than motivation?
how to be better? i love art. i paint, draw, play on violin... I practis, practise ang... pactise, and i bed . i cant manga, and i cant realistic humans. how learn it . how?
I have a deep passion for art but, because i have been discriminated against so much as an artist has left me feeling futile about art altogether! i am trying to get something patented that is very personal to me but the U.S. GOV only seems interested in stealing ideas from me which doesn't help either
this is so dissapointing my mind is very creative back then when i dont have a phobia and anxiety and traumatic picture about health murmuring my mind it destroys my analytical mind ..i want it back but thank god im ok now but not quite
Yes, yes, yes and yes... I want my mojo back!
But I assume the next 9:06 minutes will help me with that. :)
Thanks for this...I've been getting so frustrated. I don't find drawing fun anymore and I'm not sure whether that is because of my lack of ability and inspiration, or whether I've just reached a point where my passion is dead.
I haven't drawn for a while, I've been trying to avoid it in a way... & when I recently picked up a pencil and tried, I just couldn't get it looking right. I've tried reaching out of my comfort zone and drawing different things, instead of people in the same old boring pose, but my proportions are all wrong and it doesn't seem to matter how much I study it.
Perhaps I could take a break, but I feel like I have just had a break already. I just don't find it fun anymore and I seem to have lost my patience.
Maybe you are trying to make things look too realistic? We have cameras for that - drawing can be anything you want it to be - try a different medium or paper or something and draw something different and don't make it look like a photograph - just draw!
@@shooraynerdrawing
Thank you, you're 100% right...I think I am trying too hard to make things too realistic, and that's what's frustrating me. I've just got to be comfortable with my whacky, unrealistic-cartoony style, and just draw.
I need to stop overthinking it...Thank you so much for your help. I've subscribed :)
Thanks for this video it's really helpful for me right now. I've been a successful designer for 15 years and no I just hate it. I feel like everything I do no one likes. I can't take it anymore. I have totally lost my mojo and I think your advice about having a break is a good one. I'm doing to try doing something more hands on
Good luck :)
Why does he make me think of John Lennon? The voice? Are they a little alike? Am I crazy? 😆
Thanks for the reminder that art doesn’t have to have a deep meaning
I used to be able to write multiple songs a day. Now I can’t write one song a year. I sit down, turn on my DAW, open my drum programs, strap on my guitar, strum one chord, then I feel nothingness, I let out a big sigh, take off the guitar, shut everything down and walk away, followed by hours of self loathing. Fuck.
You get so many songs for free when you start out, inspiration from this new world you are experiencing. As you get older and more experienced (cynical?) it all gets harder and you really have to work for it. It goes from pure inspiration to craft. Put all your tech away and go and sit in a field with just an acoustic guitar. You don't write songs on tech, you write them from the heart and then add tech later to polish them up. Don't touch anything but an acoustic for a year, write songs, let a drummer work out the patterns eventually. A daw is a machine for distracting you from the job of songwriting. No wonder you are having problems. Songs and art come from the heart not a chip. Get back to the craft and start loving yourself again. I give you permission! 👍
Sir, you're so wholesome. I was inspired by this. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome
Thank you for this. I've been working for months on work for a small group expo (lots of framing and screwing wires in backs canvases) and am completely exhausted - plus because I haven't made any new art for so long it feels like I've lost my way, forgotten how to do it and feel so low with tiredness and bad housing, problems with benefits etc. I need somehow to get back into creating but am surrounded by canvases+ still unfinished and although I'd really want them finished I'm so so sick of looking at them & working on them - so they sit there glaring at me. Occasionally I can do a tiny bit of play (such as monoprints) but I've lost the joy I had in doing them and pretty much everything else. I've got a brain injury and other injuries and lots of pain and I was never like this before: The New Me (& the situation I'm now in - no job, unsafe unadapted home etc.) is so so difficult but I do my best. Seems like hardly anyone went to see the expo and feels like I worked so hard for so long for nothing - it'd feel so good to get some positive feedback, we all need that sometimes, and to sell some would be wonderful. Got to find my arty way again, somehow but I'm pulled in so many directions... But thank you.
@@shooraynerdrawing I'm so sorry I went on about me so much - thank so much you for your reply. Wow, you had problems with cognitive stuff too so you understand (thanks), I'm glad it went away for you. Yes, I have no income so really must try to sell it. Yes, my art is mostly therapy - but preparing for exhibitions isn't, I really need help with that side of it! Now I've got to go and pack it all up and bring it back to my chaos here. Yes, trying to gradually get back into creating (did tiny bit today, very simple), it feels so alien & difficult but I expect (hope) I'll get it back. Thank you again, all the best to you.
7 years later and I have just been inspired by you, Sir. Thank you for helping me contextualize what I’m struggling with and making me feel better about being in a rut. It’s been a year since I moved across the country without my paints and I finally feel like I could pick them up again. ❤
@@lilputian I don’t know you, but I am glad you were able to do that. I used to go all over to do photography. I even worked in Mexico photographing different tribal people in the southern regions. I used to make short films as well and have not touched a camera in years. If you did it I can too.
I’m so discouraged, I used to love painting and loved colors and the smell of oil paint; I used to get excited but now i have lost my desire altogether and that upsets me quite a lot.
Thank you for your inspiring words sir.
Put everything away and take a break. Do other stuff until that feeling comes back. It’s possible it won’t and something else will inspire you. Good luck
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When you want your homework is finish itself.
I'm older so naturally analytical. If you're anything like me, then I look at other people's art and feel incompetent- like I wonder how are they so brilliant and so unique and I'm not. That's silly but it's coming from my own insecurities - comparison is killing the creativity. Its got nothing to do with talent - we are putting out what's within us in our art. So I say just keep making the "bad art" - the quick doodles and sketches, the waste of paint and canvas painting...keep going until the spark becomes ignites that flame. It's not a competition anyway.
As you say, it's not a competition. But keeping going is a major part of it - and appreciating every little win :)
nice vid shoo
The very near part of your video, really helped me.
After 5 years of working as a graphic designer, I've lost my creativity. I'm drained and I don't know where to find it :(
I made you a video - hope it helps 🙂
shoo can you draw wolverine from x-men? Great advice buddy
I love this video. I honestly am so lost. I don't know what am I good at. Life decisions were always made by my family. They choose the schools, colleges, degrees and other things I did in life. So I never really got to EXPERIENCE what I love. What I ENJOY. wat am I good out. Or what I am capable of doing. I have failed at so many things, from blogging to marketing jobs, to what not. I don't understand what is it that I really enjoy. I don't think I have a creative side anymore. What kind you suggest.
Please help me
sounds like you need to leave the clutches of your family before you can ever start to work that out - Very hard to do.
Make a plan. Start day one like it';s a whole new life and don't expect everything to be wonderful instantly - it takes time and hard work and a very brave heart. Good luck.
Thanks for the great advice! Creatively blocked musician here, I'm going to try your suggestions. Cheers!
Rock on!
Great advice, thank you really needed such tonight!
I Just wanted to take a break
Now it s been 1 year... Help
Maybe you didn't really want to do the thing you took a break from in the first place or had reached a limit? Maybe you find it hard to let that thing go. If so, then you need to accept that you have moved on, be grateful for what you had and enjoy and make the most of what you have and what you will now start to build and create
@@shooraynerdrawing you're right. Maybe I need to do something very new that might inspire me again to keep my creativity and motivation alive...
Thank you so much that was so helpful
Im a singlemom so im just on and off with my art.. Because I always need to work a lot to give my son he's needs. Earning with my art alone isn't enough for all our needs.. It's just sad, not having enough time for your passion then you'll just find yourself dont know where to start again every now and then :/
Keep pushing through and good luck
Thank you i couldn't think of ideas and had no motivation
Thank you so much for this. I had been struggling, blocked for months to draw and with your video I just felt like something came back to me that I thought I had lost for good. I just started doodling and doodling and doodling, so far having filled a whole page of sketches and will probably fill even more. So thank you, thank you so much, I got some of my 'mojo' back and I just can't thank you enough ^^
Lots of love and appreciation from Costa Rica!!
Glad it helped!
Excellent video, sir! All of us artists need guidance once in a while.
I'm trying to write a song right now, and at first I was really excited for the song. But now, I feel like I'm not satisfied with any ideas I have for it. Part of it is because I'm writing it down before I record it. And just because it doesn't work on paper, it demotivates me. I just don't want it to feel like a mess in the end.
I used to write songs. Sometimes you have to wait to find the other bit that makes it whole = make sure you have a record of it for when the key comes and fits the lock! good luck (then get on to the next song - that may hold the answer :)
I used to create art all the time and had interesting ideas, but I've totally lost that. I feel like I draw the same thing all the time now, portraits, and they all end up looking the same. I can't draw bodies, only faces, and I've wanted to do some figure drawing but don't have the drive to make me practice anymore. I don't have a voice or style, and I'm finding it really difficult to think outside the box. I don't know how to get back my passion for art, or how to become inspired again...
you could look for some life drawing classes to go to - don't worry, everyone there will be as shy as you might be. But you would learn a lot. draw portraits of real people - get to know them - really look at them and get to know them - see the differences. Oh and be gentle of=n yourself - but work hard!
I’ve always loved art grew up doing all kinds of things, but now everytime i do it just doesn’t feel like..me? It feels like I’m forcing myself and that i don’t have the same feelings or magic I used to have. It’s just.. not the same. It doesn’t feel achievable, or enough to surpass as art and makes me feel not me art was who i am and now i feel lost.
It sounds like you need a break. Just forget about it and don't worry about it. The more you worry about it. The more it becomes a problem. Just go and do something else for awhile and it will suddenly creep up behind you before you know it, you'll be creating art again. Go and learn some new stuff and create a new art shaped hole inside of you so that it can come back and fill it in!
14 y/O...I hate to admit it but I'm a lazy person and for the most of my life I hated doing anything! I only felt motivated about drawing and improving my creativity.I found my love and passion about drawing at the age of 10.Thats when I found out that I seriously wanted to become successful at it and turn it into 24/7 job,earn a lot of cash( if I'm lucky enough) and in general do something I love for living ..I asked people with lots of experience for tips and techniques ideas,entering art academy,high school..ect...People told me all kinds of stuff and I was happy to say that I was finally starting to think heavily of my future..I knew that it will be a long 'trip' so I practiced a Lot..like A LOTT,drained all of my ideas on paper for past 2 years..At the start of 2019 I decided to stop for a while,just give myself a break...then it began..I lost the will to draw,started skipping my daily doodling in class that I'd Always do while I felt bored...and every source of practicing and having fun genuine fun while drawing slowly decreased... I slowly started to grow hatred towards it. I felt like something bad was about to happen,it felt wrong...but I didn't think much of it.Currently I'm on a spring break...I noticed that the 'thing' "OH I have time I'LL practice tomorrow" began..The feeling I get when I'm bored of doing something..I call it the lazy factor..When I'm only able to do certain thing if I'm forced to by somebody else because I have a strong negative feeling about it..Im seriously starting to get scared.. I might have started to hate drawing ..I...feel like Ill just throw all my hard work and love for drawing for the past years and expirience down the drain...I don't want it to end...because for the most of my life I've been ONLY motivated about drawing,for once in my fucking life..I was ALWAYS fascinated how people capture their ideas on one simple peace of paper,tell a story whitout saying anything,just feel extremely happy of what they made and bring joy to others..I want to do it too..I don't want it to stop....
Can you help me ? I'm willing to try anything! I just want everything back to normal,just how it used to be. :(
Or...should I totally stop drawing
same for me. art was the only thing I thought about doing. it has been a year since you posted this comment. have you found a fix?
Have u got it back?
Since I started work I noticed I stopped drawing as much and I have been habing difficulty making things I enjoy. I want to draw, I have the motivation to do it but often when I sit down I can’t think of what to draw. I try and try and try and my brain completely blanks and I don’t know what happened to me. I used to use a method to get myself to draw where I would jus start drawing the first thing that popped into my head whether I like it or not. And it worked very well it got me to think and come up with more ideas. However that doesn’t work when literally nothing come to mind. I used to have ideas jus pop into my mind while going about my day all the time but a year ago that suddenly stopped. My head is just. Empty. And I don’t know why.
That's tough. I'd say keep doing that thing and to work through it. maybe just start drawing the thing ion front of you, so you don't have to think about ideas. We've been though weird times with the pandemic. You may have a post viral infection - you may have a lot of stuff going on in your personal life. I had a dizzy thing when I made this video. I thought it was early alzheimers as I was starting to have trouble putting words together! Lucky I solved it. Keep trying - maybe take a break, or a holiday. Mostly don't worry about it let it go - maybe it's time to do something else.
I recently gave up being an author -thought I was done - a week later - slam! a brilliant idea and I'm an author again! lol good luck - Re read your comment - "since I started work," you have other stuff filling your time and mental bandwidth there!
I appreciate your wisdom, from an older artist 😊
I appreciate that!
Hello Shoo,
I wanted to give you a challenge. In my childhood one of the most embarrassing things that has happened to me was an incident with me and my dog. I was wondering if you could draw it for me and possibly send me or illustration. Let me set the scene, I was in the park with my black Labrador and there was a big school football match with a big audience. My dog saw his best friend (a border terrier which belonged to my brunette best friend) and they ran towards each other dragging me across the ground while I was holding his lead. My white blouse went green and I had grass in my blonde hair. I think it would be a really good picture! And would make a good video. I would love it in watercolour because I love your technique. It was me and my best friend being dragged towards each other by our dogs, our white blouses going green while my other brunette best friend chased after me trying to catch me. I think it is a big challenge and I am sure you could draw it. I am blonde and was being dragged by a black lab and my other friend was being dragged by a border terrier. While my other friend was chasing us. All three of us girls found it a really fond memory and I think you could bring it to life. You are a great illustrator and good luck with my challenge!
Thank you so much - you are my inspiration!
Good thing I found this video I was very artistic till I moved in with my roommates and then with my bf I'm trying to get recouraged to draw I haven't drawn in a year
You need a studio or a corner that is always yours that everyone knows you are working and leave you alone
To be honest...I really want to be an artist but ppl around me have more higher aims n it makes me feel inferior when I'm around them so...I kinda lost my passion because of that, I thought art will lead me nowhere n I thought I should adjust with them-
What higher aim is there than to be an artist? Leader of thought and vision, revealing the world to others in ways that they could never conceive of. Can you imagine what the world would be like without artists? No designs on anything - Corflakes boxes would be grey with the one word on them in the one and only typoeface available as there would be no one to design the typefaces... or the buildings or video games, no parks or gardens, no galleries or museums just grey walls everywhere. No music, no song, no theatre, no books, no entertainment. Art is what we live for. Boring jobs are what the others have to do to pay for the privilege of having artists in their lives. Look around you - everything manmade that you can see comes from the mind of an artist.
I make cyberpunk models. I feel like I lost my mojo but this really helped me think about it differently and not be so hard on myself. Thank you.
Glad I could help!
Very reassuring. Thank you!
All I can say to you is THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
When you said it doesnt nid to have a message u already lost me man.