I drew this up yesterday. I realize I've gotten out of the habit of just drawing stuff for drawing's sake, and having fun with it.
I think it's partially due to having left college without a 'go to' thing to draw in like a sketchbook. While I was in college, I always had a binder for classwork with a special section of blank paper in it. I drew and doodled in it all the time. When I left college, the purpose for carrying around a binder disappeared, and unfortunately it seems (at least to me) my appetite for drawing all sorts of crazy things kind of disappeared with it. However, in the last couple of years, I've created my own sketchbooks to carry around and really appreciate them. I wish I'd gotten the idea to make these when I graduated.
I think another reason is my switch to almost purely finishing any artwork digitally. I can attribute this to my career post graduation. I really enjoy creating artwork digitally, but I think it's impacted my ability to bring anything to a finished state outside of the computer. That's something I'd like to work on more in the future. A blank sheet of paper and a pencil is really all the basics the imagination needs. My imagination didn't seem to need any more then. Maybe I can bring some of that back now?
You might also try doodling or sketching in ink, such as with a ballpoint pen. Sometimes I have a hard time finding the energy to draw, but lately I've been taking a notepad and pen into meetings at work and just letting my hand mess around on the paper while I listen. The results may not be spectacular, but they let off some art steam for me, and sometimes I end up with a sketch that was really fun to do :)
ReplyDeleteThat's an excellent suggestion. I don't often take my sketchbook to meetings. I agree with changing things up with different drawing materials every once in a while. Just using a different tool can change how I approach an idea and spark new ideas.
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