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Art and Being Consistent

Anonymous Sun 12 Dec 22:51:32 2021 No.5783176 View Reply Original Report

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Do you guys struggle with being consistent?
Sometimes i spend hours on end drawing and feel really good, and then maybe the next day I get caught in a spiral of laziness filled by self hatred and don't draw a single minute.

How do you fight this?
Please share experiences, I'm curious.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Dec 2021 23:16:23 No.5783211 Report

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Yep, I know the feel. It's easier for me to work out almost every day till I'm all sore than to draw for more than 10 minutes. Some frens on the internet keep recommending me to try meditation and self hypnosis to sharpen my mental focus but I'm pretty skeptic about that kind of stuff.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Dec 2021 23:43:12 No.5783243 Report

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>>5783176
it probably helps a lot when your practice is connected to your finances

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 01:11:28 No.5783375 Report

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>>5783176
If you wanna be productive don't do anything other than chores for the first hour you wake up, then get to drawing. If you work then maybe try having most your free time in the morning to accommodate that. It will definitely be easier. Other tips: cut out all entertainment in your life until you've done a lot of work for the day, once you start you'll never wanna stop until the next day. Change your work environment. Don't draw at the desk you use to feed your addictions, light a candle when you want to work, environment helps a lot.
Sounds like you're addicted to your media, and any anons empathizing with you probably are too. If cutting out media seems insane then we've found your problem.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 02:05:28 No.5783453 Report

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>>5783211
self hypnosis? no. I do recommend meditation.
Personal opinion/experience so take with a grain of salt. The practice trains the mind to not be pulled away by a thought that may distract you. So sitting and focusing on one thing like your breathing and pulling your attention back if you float away in thought. Desire for checking social media, thinking about what that guy you had an imaginary fight with might do, old memories wtv, all barriers to being present. Through meditation, you gain agency over the noise in your mind, that leads to a more precise attention to the moment, and then focus isn't a thing you want to "do" it's a baseline.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 02:12:01 No.5783467 Report

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>>5783176
I do struggle yeah. I'm honestly super lazy and my motivation to draw is just completely random. Sometimes I'll draw a lot in a month but then there are times where I won't draw anything for a few months

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 02:46:29 No.5783523 Report

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>>5783453
>your breathing
You mean Vipassana? I've read a little bit about that and mindfulness. Also TM sounds interesting but you're supposed to get a mantra from the official organization.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 02:55:10 No.5783540 Report

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>>5783176
>I get caught in a spiral of laziness filled by self hatred and don't draw a single minute.
been there, just draw. you're anxious because you've set your own expectations too high. you don't have to best yourself every time you put pen to paper. doodle stupid bullshit you think is funny. draw retard faces. draw some big ass titties. draw retard faces on big ass titties. record where your mind wanders and eventually you'll catch an idea you want to focus on.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 03:58:02 No.5783617 Report

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>>5783523
You have all the tools already to just sit for 15 minutes a day and watch thoughts try to pull your attention away from whatever your object of attention is, breathing, a candle tip, a mantra wtv. If you feel intrigued by the practice, then, maybe look for specific schools of thought. Just starting daily is a hugeeeee achievement.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 09:41:45 No.5783976 Report

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>>5783523
There's also guided meditations, which are mostly just a calm voice talking at you and telling you to imagine things to relax. Mostly woo bullshit but if you can stand that those are a lot easier than the clear your mind type, it's not really for focus but helps me when I start getting nervous before drawing.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 10:50:48 No.5784042 Report

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>1) when you need to draw just start making lines and doodles, don't think of a plan or anything just get the pen in your hand. The motivation will come.
>2) if you find an exercise unbearable and soul crushing, just remember that no matter how miserable you feel and how bad you think you're doing, you're still going to get the gains. Muscle through it and make sure to take breaks
>3) find things you really like to draw (porn, animals, buildings, etc.) And make sure you draw those things often. Find something you can draw without ripping your hair out and lean on those things to help you through days of low motivation.
>4) draw what you want to do. If you want to make beautiful atelier style figure drawings, do that instead of learning how to draw a car in perspective. If you want to be able to draw everything from imagination have that encompass at least 50% of your time. There's no wasted time in art, each drawing you're getting a little bit better.
>5) no matter how bad you think a drawing is, or how much you think you suck, drawing is a blessing. Even the most permabeg drawing is still an absolute wonder that this is even possible. Appreciate the little things. So many people will drive themselves into the ground with paranoia and self loathing over rock dust on wood pulp.
These are some useful insights that help me when I'm unmotivated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 15:11:51 No.5784282 Report

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>>5783176
>Do you guys struggle with being consistent?
It's the thing I struggle most with.
That being said, I'm quite new to "properly" learning to draw and am doing it as a hobby.
One of my problems is, that quite often practice is not "fun", so I feel little motivation to spend my free "hobby time" on something on something that's ultimately difficult and often discouraging. Which results in often very poor consistency. I'm hoping to hijack some of that new year's resolution motivation to get a more consistent art schedule going again.
I just want to get over the bump, where my drawings look decent enough, that I can occasionally draw just for fun with no regard to whether or not I'm improving and still be happy with the result, because currently it feels like a waste of time to just draw, pun intended.

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Anonymous Mon 13 Dec 2021 17:50:11 No.5784497 Report

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Yeah. Can't leave the bed without telling myself that I might save the world or some bullshit like that

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