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How to deal with art block?

Art block. Sooner or later every artist will face with it and it is really not the nicest place to be. It stops us to create art, to enjoy the process, it makes us feel miserable and helpless, it makes us question everything we did or plan to do. Why is it happening and how can we avoid it or deal with it? Why? Art block happens when we hit our "art low" point: this is the time when our brain is catching up and our eyes starts to see flaws in the things we are drawing. So, this means a week before we were at the "art high" point, tried out something new, we loved it, OMG this is awesome!, art is my life, etc. Making art felt effortless, it was a joy, everything seemed to happen easily. And then the brain is stepping into the scene, caught up with the big jump we achieved in our improvement and got used to the new style/newly learned skills and won't treat it as a miracle anymore. As we learn more and more about art, the more and more mistakes we will see - therefore as we are more and

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PE: It isn't Photoshop's fault

Oct 5, 2014

Community Week I’m sure all of you have heard about artist who said: “I can’t draw better because I don’t have Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Easy Paint Tool SAI, etc.”"I wish I had a tablet.""This drawing software sucks""I can't improve if I lack of…""I need *x element*" I had thought about encouraging artists to be... artists! I want to show you that making art doesn't depend on having a tablet or a wide used good drawing program. Also if you're a traditional artist you don't need the most expensive markers or a wide collection of different colors. Of course, we want to be great artists and when we improve our

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5 MORE Mistakes Beginner Artists Make [VID]

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How to show variation in your lineart: part 1

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Anatomy FAQ

Sep 29, 2013

A lot of people have been noting me things about anatomy, like how I learned, can I help, and so on and so forth. Now I am happy to answer any and all questions you have regarding the matter but here are some questions that pop up quite frequently. Q: How did you learn anatomy? A Ahah, it was a very long and arduous journey. Once upon a time I belonged to an oekaki group (I was 10), and in that group I submitted a picture of a dog (I think) and someone told me my anatomy sucked face (they were right). Now at the time, said someone was a pretty good artist in comparison. So when they said my anatomy sucked, I took it to heart. Instead of let

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Agression vs Fear in Wolves cheat sheet: Snarls

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Cat anatomy tutorial/guidelines and tips [Legs]

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How to deal with art block? by Mocarro, literature

Literature

How to deal with art block?

I am Me by Iduna-Haya, journal

I am Me

Dec 19, 2015

Are you up for a little challenge? We all feel insecure about ourselves sometimes. I know I do. So I've thought of a nice little game/meme/journal thingy to spread some Love. This time, it's not about Love for others. It's about Love for Yourself. You don't have to be perfect. No one is, and frankly perfection is boring. You are you, and that is fine. If you find this challenge difficult, don't worry. To be honest I had to think quite hard to find enough things I like about Me. I've now written them down, and every time I feel a bit down I recite them to myself ^^ Don't think about it too much: Write down whatever comes to mind. So how does

Beginner Artist Advice - ALL MY TUTORIALS *UPDATE! by sambeawesome, journal

Beginner Artist Advice - ALL MY TUTORIALS *UPDATE!

May 14, 2017

Commissions | YouTube | Twitter | Twitch | Support Me ---*EDIT: THIS LIST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED, THE NEW LIST IS HERE!Patrons get additional videos, walkthroughs, and resources each month! Check out my page for details! Hey guys! So on quite the regular basis, I have people, watchers or random strangers, come to me asking for advice on their art. No big deal, I do present myself as a teacher of sorts (though bear in mind, I'm still learning too!), but unfortunately, I just don't have the time to go through each one and dive deep into how each of those individuals can improve or be able to set up a learning process for them. Since the m

Miracle Cures by moonbeam13, journal

Miracle Cures

Jun 22, 2015

This weekend started off relatively uneventful with Rob and his dad going golfing Friday morning while I was busy working away. In the late afternoon however, Rob sat on the couch and I guess something didn't agree with that position because he got a sharp pain in his back. Figuring it was a muscle strain he asked me to massage it :eyes: and once I touched the spot on his back, he literally hit the ground. Now, I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried, I mean here's my beast of a husband lying face down on the floor unable to really turn around -- he was turtled. However, I would also be lying if I said I wasn't in hysterics. Those of y

Be Happy Every Day by imonedesign, literature

Group-Kickstarters Tutorial: Group icons by Felizias, journal

Group-Kickstarters Tutorial: Group icons

May 6, 2015

The series of 'Group-Kickstarters Tutorials' will introduce you to the tools you can use as an admin and their many features. Get specific help with your group trouble at Group-KickStarters (https://www.deviantart.com/group-kickstarters). The group icon is often your group's first visual impression A lot of deviants will see your group icon before knowing what the group is about. In this short tutorial I would like to tell you a bit about what requirements a group icon should fullfill and how you can get one suitable for your group. The purpose of a group icon A very high number of deviants displays rather the group icon then the group name when talking or mentioning groups. The reas

How to Deal with Change by Agaave, journal

How to Deal with Change

Oct 18, 2014

This week deviantArt released new features. And when this happened, my inbox exploded with mostly negative opinions of these changes. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and it is ok to express harm these changes are causing to you. But instead of underlining things you don't like, why not to learn how to use the new features and take all advantage out of them? So before you panic and decide that you hate all the change, spend a while to get to know these new features. I added some links below so if you haven't read what these changes actually are about, what they're meant for and how to use them, you now have easy access to the related jo

Being a miserable artist = being a bad artist. by Suzanne-Helmigh, journal

Being a miserable artist = being a bad artist.

Aug 14, 2014

I recently felt it being one of the most important things, not just for an artist; being happy with what you do. No one wants to get up every morning thinking.. shit .. another work day. Of course there can be days, maybe even a full week of that, but the majority of your time you should be feeling content and happy even. With that lack of love and enthusiasm it is most likely reflected into your work. Now it's not always your own fault that your work doesn't make you happy and doesn't feed your creative monster. But it can be in these cases. You make your OWN workday miserable when: :bulletblue: If you don't speak your mind and stand up

Macro Interview : Olivia Michalski by Rick-TinyWorlds, journal

Macro Interview : Olivia Michalski

Nov 8, 2014

The work of creative photographer OliviaMichalski (https://www.deviantart.com/oliviamichalski) stands out trough a certain calmness and clarity, showing us the magic in the tiny worlds around us. "The jump." How did you get started with photography?Olivia Michalski: "I started to think about taking pictures as a passion was when my grandpa died in April 2010. We did not have many pictures of him, and suddenly his presence was terminated. That was the moment I wanted to take images to catch the moment." "Little diamond." "In summer 2010 I worked very hard and spent my whole summer holidays to gain money for a DSLR. And then, in August 2010, I finally bought my first DSLR!" Wha

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