Those ''bad days'' where nothing good comes out...

Blond

Aargh, how frustrating is it? I can't be the only one who have those wretched bad days where no matter how much effort you put you put into your art, drawing, modeling,etc...nothing good comes out...-_-

There are days where you will come satisfied with your work after a few hours of good concentration but others (like today in my case) where, even though, I'm pumped, full of energy and willpower, it's like I forgot everything about what I'm doing...

I've taken plenty of breaks already to try and solve this but damn, right now, it feels just like a hit and miss and it's not the first time this happens.

Anyone else been in my shoes?

Edit: Even, worse, I'm super concentrated into my work and feel like I'm on the right path toward my goal but whoops, after a moment, I realize it doesn't look at all how I imagined it and I'm up for a bunch of ''CTRL+Z'' to the last steps..

RyRyB

Yup, happens here on occasion as well. It doesn't last long anymore, however. Maybe a day at worst. 

I will usually take a step back from whatever I'm working on and do some organizing. That seems to be the trick for me. Just anything to get the brain off the task at hand for a short time but still be productive.

Good luck! It totally sucks and you are definitely not alone.

Kwramm

also happens with programming - what Gonzo said, take a step back, or if possible, switch to another piece or type of work and get something else done

huffer

I think this mostly happens at the learning stage; at one point, doing game art becomes like any other job, and like in any other job a professional is expect to deliver no matter what...and with experience any setback of any nature could be overcome, whether it's lack of ideas or of polish, etc. And I think this applies to any other creative field, like writing, painting and so on.

JacqueChoi

It's every day for me.


;(

erroldynamic

It can be frustrating at times for sure.... Drink a beer, play a game, watch a movie, get some sleep, walk away and come back refreshed the next day.

almighty_gir

Bletzkarn

Every hardship is an opportunity to get better! It's tough but every hour spent on art, whether it be good or bad, is making you a better artist

ExcessiveZero

Everyone has them, sometimes you just need to relax trying to force it can have the opposite effect.

garcellano

oh man, yeah I know the feeling

wizo

yep, got those a lot, I think Gonzo has a great point here, get organized. Also try to understand on a smaller scale whats not working.

Try to not think :"omg, I've got this character to do, the face is all wrong, the boots are wrong omg...panic...everything looks shitty."

Thats the big picture, but break down the big problem into many smaller problems.
Is it technical ( the pencil needs sharpening, polyflow is wrong)? Is it artistic ( the proportions are off, arm posing is wrong etc..) ?
Back yourself up with some good references (hi-res plz) or polycount\pinterest tutorials (for the technical stuff) if you are not too sure how to tackle challenge.

You might want to rely on collegues or anyone why a fresh eye to help you out point out what is wrong.

That's what I usually to and it helps making those days a little bit less terrible..

Good luck

GrevSev

I quit trying to make things look like how I imagine and start putting up more reference 
No more of those days where things aren't coming out correctly. I'm just not making them correctly.

ExcessiveZero

GrevSev said:

I quit trying to make things look like how I imagine and start putting up more reference 
No more of those days where things aren't coming out correctly. I'm just not making them correctly.

you made me think of this http://3d.about.com/od/Creating-3D-The-CG-Pipeline/tp/How-To-Make-Really-Bad-Cg.htm no.1 lol

lorenzo_di_pietro

you made me think of this http://3d.about.com/od/Creating-3D-The-CG-Pipeline/tp/How-To-Make-Really-Bad-Cg.htm no.1 lol

Hilarious article. "White Lights and Pure Black Shadows Only" will be my motto from now on. Lol