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Suffering Badly from Creative Block
Hey Polycounters, As you can probably guess from the title, I'm suffering from a creative block. Booked myself about 9 days off of work so I can get to work on my portfolio and start applying for artist positions, but I just haven't got any 'umph' in me, my creative mind is dull, it needs sharpening and I just can't quite… -
Re: Suffering Badly from Creative Block
Thanks for all the helpful tips and ideas guys! @Alemja - I'm now watching the stream whilst I play around with ZBrush for a bit =] I definitely see where you're coming from, need to get out and stretch the creative muscles maybe. @Add3r - That's not a bad idea, using a Twitch stream, I'm going to look into that! Yeah I… -
Re: Suffering Badly from Creative Block
I feel that once I started playing games again much more, constantly keeping up to date with new tech and content being created throughout the games industry, and browsing sites like Artstation/Polycount has really started to inspire me again in short bursts. Can use these short bursts of inspiration and drive to get ideas… -
Re: Suffering Badly from Creative Block
Cool suggestion to never run out of things to do: every time you are inspired by something or have an idea or dream for a project, write it down in a document -- write it as a concise pitch about the thing, like you're writing it for someone else that has no idea what it is. You can also add rough sketches if the visual… -
Re: Suffering Badly from Creative Block
I watched a stream that Anthony Jones (aka RobotPencil) held recently and he talked about artist's block, pretty much saying that it happens when you exhaust your visual library and have no new ideas. https://www.twitch.tv/robotpencil/v/56602497 I think there is some truth in this, and the solution would be to go out and…
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