October art challenges have become a big hit among art communities over the last few years. Starting with Inktober around 2016 - a daily prompt list to inspire artists to draw every day for the entire month of October, artists around the world have taken to pen and ink to create beautiful traditional drawings.
Since then, many artists have since started their own spin on the world of October art challenges, such as “drawtober”, “doodletober”, “witchtober”, and everything else ending in “tober”. All of them with rules that tend to be a bit more lax and welcoming than the official counterpart, including digital artists and even writers or crafters to join in. While I had done the official Inktober challenge twice in the past, it seemed time to try a new angle. I especially had a specific theme in mind that I already felt inspired to draw, so I set out to build a prompt list to reflect that. While I was thinking of things I wanted to draw, I did make sure to throw in some wild cards that I didn’t immediately have an idea for to keep a sense of challenge.
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Hi! Kenage here. This time we’re going to address the phenomenon that every artist experiences at some point: art block. Don't know what to draw? Nothing you draw is turning out how you wanted or imagined? Feeling like you want to draw, but that blank page is taunting you? Just don’t feel like drawing, but have a billion ideas bouncing around in your head? That’s artist block. Artist block (also called art block, creative block, etc.), is a lack of ideas, motivation, or inspiration. It can also occur when you have too many ideas or too much inspiration that it’s overwhelming and pushes down your motivation to draw.
Basically, you are unable to create anything, or be happy with what you create. Every artist will experience this eventually, and every artist will have different ways of managing it. It's really easy to become frustrated and feel like giving up when this happens. But don’t worry -- it’s also very easy to overcome artist block if you know how to deal with it! As an artist myself, I have dealt with artist block many, many times. In fact, I wrote and edited this article while going through it! Sometimes, the cause will be completely different from the last time I experienced it. So of course, the remedy had to be different as well. So here I have compiled a list of artist block relief methods, in hope of helping other artists out there who also struggle with the occasional block. Kenage here! I previously wrote this in 2020 for Clip Studio’s Tips service. I have since revised it and decided to host it here as well. This is a simple guide to drawing Victorian-Gothic attire. I’m not an expert on the subject, but I’ve observed and studied a lot of the clothing styles of the era in my own efforts to accurately portray this theme. I would not only like to share what I’ve learned with other artists, but also compile a handy reference for myself and others. It’s definitely one of my favorite styles to draw! |