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Need more arting by Sizalia
My artistic mood has been on the low end of the meter for a while. It's been tough to get myself to make any sort of art, despite all the ideas I have. I still manage to do regular updates on my online comic strip (Roll for Intelligence), but my story Tumblr, my naughty Tumblr, and my accounts on art sites are suffering.
I've narrowed it down to being burnt out from retail work. A couple of weeks ago I had a nice, productive day where customers didn't interfere much with me getting tasks done, felt accomlished, and was scheduled off a half hour earlier than the usual (which, somehow, made it feel like I was getting to leave earlier than a half hour). I got home and felt so energetic, like I could spend the rest of my day cleaning and then jump right into a few art projects.
So, yes, work is killing my art drive. Hopefully I can get it so things are easier on me this coming year.
Anyway, had a couple of ideas icing around that I was thining of pushing myself towards, to hopefully break some of my funk. Both naughty-ish, of course.
One would be an ongoing story of two Starbound characters, with at least nudity showing up.
The other is making one or more of Sezin's race (Drabolds) and do a MSPaintAdventures/Prequel type of comic, because I've always wanted to do one of those. Naughtiness possible to happen in that one, as well.
But, tell me what you peoples think! Knowing there'd actually be some interest in at least one of those ideas would give me more drive to wor on one.
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You're welcome for the watch! And thanks for you two cents! I've also had the thought of doing more pieces just for me, but I always feel like I don't have enough time in my day for everything I want to do. I went into management a couple months back, which doesn't seem to be helping anything at all on the creativity front. But, management looks good on resumes, so that's a step towards a job that takes less out of me!
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I can sympathize, retail killed me too, I think everyone should work retail for one full year, just so they all know what it's like. It's funny, but since I left retail to be a housewife, my art drive went through the roof, and even more funny, ever since I left the anime convention scene, I have done more art pieces in the lat two years than I did in the ten years I did conventions!
As far as "pushing your self towards" artwork, it was always hard for me to separate doing art and doing work. I was always trying to do pieces I thought the masses would like, and it took me years to even do a piece for myself, and you know what? That one piece I did just for my own enjoyment looked so much more alive and energetic and dynamic than any of my "work" pieces. This is just the opinion of a stranger, but I think maybe you need to try to do some artwork for yourself, something only you would enjoy. Make art fun again. remember when it used to be fun?
Just my two bits, but I could really relate to your post and wanted to share my ideas. And, by the way, thank you for the watch!