same here. I love working on actual game projects, and I always want to keep improving and doing stuff, but it's really difficult for me to do a personal project with nothing attached, with the dota 2 stuff it's really motivating and feels rewarding seeing items on a character... so as long as it still feels that way I'm…
I don't think it's necessarily a complete motivation factor but the somewhat daunting task of doing something your not confident doing on your own without any guidance. Because I'm 100% sure we all have wild fantasy models and ideas we would love to do but always factor in time, priority, and ability while weighing each…
I see frustration as a lack of memories or something to build from. So your next step could be trying to make memories to refer/associate from. This is where failing comes in. Fail fast - recover fast. If you know you are going to fail, you will more easily recover and learn from it so you can take another step. Motivation…
Hello, I am a senior graduating from school this May. I seem to not enjoy much of anything game related now a days. I keep wanting to dig myself in to a good project with some sort of modeling. But I try to start but find I have a lack of motivation, inspiration or even ideas on where to start. So i always stop, hit a dead…
You don't need motivation, you need structure. You need to practice and study. Don't worry about waiting for inspiration to hit, it's a waste of time. The more you practice, the more mature your skill becomes, the more refined your ideas will be. If you wait around and procrastinate too long someone else will take your…
Depression is a real problem among artists. And sometimes it's the main cause of no motivation. Most wont admit they've been there . I can't count the number of times I've lost all motivation from depression and then it turned into a vicious cycle of becoming more depressed because I'm not working towards my goals. And in…
I agree with Hazardous! Stop dicking around, and do work. If you want to get motivated just cut out the demotivating, time wasting crap in your life. For me it was watching youtube videos and playing games for like 12 hours a day. Thats just a destructive way to live! Now I'm here doing work for once and it feels so much…
The question for me has never been one of motivation, but rather one of worth. I have endless motivation, but dealing with and pushing through the inevitable, and very personal failures makes me constantly ask, "Is it worth it?" Very few professions are as deeply and inwardly depressing as pursuing a creative endeavor. Art…
These 2 things are super motivating and helpful- thanks Hazardous and Nysuatro! I think today I'm going to go to the beach with my boyfriend and learn how to surf, then go block out the rest of them shapez :D "In 2d one of the ways to combat that problem of getting caught up in details is to paint with a large brush…
Valid point man. :thumbup: But in a motivation thread dealing with students finding it difficult to improove, self help etc, All I would add is that this not be interpreted as 'Dont worry about your folio - just make friends and you can get there too'. They are the absolute last thing needed on an art team, yet I'm sad to…