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Artblock vs Inspiration

Nov 11, 2022

I received a question about how I get inspired in the face of artblock, typed up a much too long response, and then had trouble pasting it in a comment reply, so I guess a journal entry will be fine? And now it’s here in case others are interested. I’ll try to address both how I get around artblock, and how I get inspired. (I'm not trying to be full of myself, I've got plenty of learning to do and others have amazing advice, I just got a little excited/nerdy about it, sorry, read it at your own will.) I’ve spent a lot of time working to overcome artblock, and it’s gotten to the point where I personally don’t experience it for more than a few weeks at a time, usually much less. There’s lots of existing tips for this, and each artist discovers their own over time, but here are some of mine. The main one for me is actually that I have branched out in to a ridiculous amount of different mediums (traditional and digital paint, markers/ink, pastels, sculpture, sewing, jewelry, writing