Recently I went through a rough patch for a couple months where I was only filling about one page of my sketchbook every week and it felt like buns :(
However, a couple weeks ago I started hyper-fixating on Transformers and Iāve drawn so many of those stupid fucking robots Iām not even lying to you. So basically what that means is try and find something that would appeal to you and draw inspiration from that!
Expanding on the inspiration piece- for embroidery, I have a huge Pinterest board of things Iād like to put on my jackets/jeans/shirts. Thereās no shame in taking inspiration!!!!
Finally, if none of these things work (and I know itās easier said than done) literally just force yourself to do one creative thing a day. When Iām bored at school I draw random faces and people passing by. Just by forcing yourself to get back into the habit, hopefully that will encourage your brain to return to its former creative glory.
Good luck!!!!!
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I am a huge fan of pinterest, it helps me constantly find new artists and inspo, its especially great when the algorithm catches up with the stuff you like, i have boards for every type of art medium and i constantly reference back to them when iām stuck creatively
Secondly keeping a sketchbook on you at all times is great, it allows you to sketch out/jot down ideas as they come, my sketchbooks are always full of half-baked ideas and plenty of notes. Even if i dont end up making anything i sketch out it helps reinforce the idea-to-page pipeline that is very important for art makingā¦ good luck :)
Apr 11, 2024
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As someone who often falls into burnout and creative slumps with my art and animation, I find that taking a little step out of your comfort zone and trying something different really helps! It can be a different medium, a different style, etc. as long as youāre doing something creative.
Oftentimes what gets me out of my slumps is switching from digital to traditional art, and also doing a bit of writing! I always return reinvigorated and full of ideas.
Jan 7, 2025
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i had been in a creative funk for months, had hardly made anything outside of college classes and a sponsored exchange where i worked on frescos. recently started getting creative again and this new work feels more original, skillful and me than anything iāve ever made.
basically i was burned out and my anxiety was through the roof and i was forced to get creative again. i know this isnāt an option for everyone but i kind of crashed out, isolated myself and didnāt do any school for 3 weeks and started staying up til 4AM every night. building my own canvases and focusing more on process and a slim idea of what i wanted to paint than on a grandiose plan. also making an effort to find new music and getting inspired by other artists. i watched all of david lynches filmography during my crash out weeks and it did influence me in wanting to create something of my own. in the past shrooms have helped me too, but thatās not reliable because the art i make on drugs often turns out kitschy and stupid. it did work for grimes when she made visions.
moral of the story: if you want to be a productive member of society dont do this, but i feel like artists seldom are anyway
Feb 8, 2025
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I love these movies dude Iām so serious
1d ago
A.I. as it exists currently will never be capable of truly mimicking the human mind, including the many emotions we feel on a day to day basis. Right now, A.I. is mostly just advanced algorithms that rip things from whatever its source material is or takes what it can from the wealth of all human knowledge that is the internet. Because of that, A.I. cannot grasp the human experience. It can pretend to, by pulling a post from any social media website and saying āwell, when this situation happens, most people tend to feel Xā but thatās not real emotion, is it?
However, technology is constantly evolving. If at some point in the future, some tech bro can figure out how to perfectly and consistently create digital neural networks that mimic the human brain, then yes, that A.I. might be able to feel emotion, though it will never be āhuman emotionā as A.I.s will never be truly and completely human in the sense you and I are.
So I guess it depends on what your definition of āemotionā is. If you mean emotion as in āthe full sensory and mental experience that emotions spawn in humans,ā then the answer is no, an A.I. will never fully experience the complexities of human emotion. If you mean emotion as in āWhen X stimuli occurs, I react X way,ā then yes, an A.I would be capable of that.
Overall, A.I. bad, humans good.
For some media to peruse, Iād recommend Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick (if you havenāt read it already) as well as anything related to Bladerunner (which is based on the aforementioned book).
This is a great question, thanks for asking it!
1d ago
1) Recently have become more and more disillusioned with the big three religions
2) Agree with the Satanic Templeās principles
3) The art of him is beautiful
4) Generally agree with his whole shtick of questioning authority and refusing to blindly follow anyone
5) HEāS PUNK AS FUCK!!!!
2d ago