Severe Design Block

How do I get rid of it? Anyone been here before?

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   MykeCatastrophic said 3 months ago

   I just scribble on paper and listen to music. Eventually something comes out of it.
   Other times I take a break and chill out. That helps me.

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   JoshInvincible said 3 months ago

   I haven’t done anything legit in awhile. I feel like I can’t make cool shit anymore

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   image620 said 3 months ago

   MykeCatastrophic said: I just scribble on paper and listen to music. Eventually something comes out of it. Other times I take a break and chill out. That helps me.

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   Cole said 3 months ago

   drugs.

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   JoshInvincible said 3 months ago

   Cole said: drugs.

   I knew that was coming.

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   Cole said 3 months ago

   or go to the shitter with a sketchbook and a beer and dont come out till you have some shit down. (teehee)

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   sittingduck said 3 months ago

   umm, I hit a big design block and I just quit thinking about designing for awhile, went fishing, hung out with my friends, then when I got back I had some insane ideas and it all started flowing again!

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   jaynajaynajayna said 3 months ago

   drunk & draw party

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   scapyyy said 3 months ago

   watch a movie & listen to some rad jams.

   usually does the trick for me.

   but now to avoid stuff like this, im constantly writing ideas down and then putting em in my big folder of ideas & inspiration on my computer, it works and you can never run out of ideas and stuff to do.

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    MykeCatastrophic said 3 months ago

    Cole said: or go to the shitter with a sketchbook and a beer and dont come out till you have some shit down. (teehee)

    Jimmy...

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    Birdie3431 said 3 months ago

    just do anything out of the usual, like for me i go running biking find and read new blogs or just get out of the house

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    RustyEight said 3 months ago

    Cole said: drugs.

    jaynajaynajayna said: drunk & draw party

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    HeyMikeGarde said 3 months ago

    

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    godmachine said 3 months ago

    re-trace your steps.

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    quakerninja said 3 months ago

    stalk a hobo.

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    Matthew88 said 3 months ago

    sittingduck said: umm, I hit a big design block and I just quit thinking about designing for awhile, went fishing, hung out with my friends, then when I got back I had some insane ideas and it all started flowing again!

    +1....well that kind of thing anyways lol

    Don’t think about any design for a while. Or buy a magazine or a book for inspiration.

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    corefolio said 3 months ago

    weed and some good movie/comic/book ;]

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    deepee said 3 months ago

    Mw_Design said:

    sittingduck said: umm, I hit a big design block and I just quit thinking about designing for awhile, went fishing, hung out with my friends, then when I got back I had some insane ideas and it all started flowing again!

    +1....well that kind of thing anyways lol

    Don’t think about any design for a while. Or buy a magazine or a book for inspiration.

    Theres a file line which defines inspiration and ripping tho. Prior to this, I was looking through Deviant Art, and found a piece on PF’s Dark Side of the moon. I liked it, and wanted to make an interpretation. Now to some people, that would be considered ripping, and I’m not sure about some people, but I don’t want those connotations attached directly to my name.

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    ceccepp said 3 months ago

    coffee and cigars

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    edgillustrator said 3 months ago

    i get rid of my block by reading books watching documentaries. both those things screw with my head and as im a paranoid person i start to think all weird shit and sketch it up.

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    Greg said 3 months ago

    start a movie and mute your TV, then close your eyes and count to 50 and open hem! now you have to draw the first thing you notice! it work for me...

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    Ben Danger said 3 months ago

    I’m in the same boat. http://emptees.com/posts/6559-burnout-city
    I might try to track down some boomers or salvia. Hallucinogens are usually good for a little creativity boost.

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    Moss said 3 months ago

    It’s over. You should probably kill yourself now to avoid future embarrassment.

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    Moss said 3 months ago

    Or just get drunk/high. Whatever.

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    Kevvbo said 3 months ago

    all of the above haha

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    DrewGliever said 3 months ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_in_folklore_and_mythology

    epic list of inspiration.

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    electricthreads said 3 months ago

    I had a huge design block and I just finally got out of it and came out with a new design haha I have like inspirational music that ussually gets me along pretty well :P

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    jimiyo said 3 months ago

    Moss said: It’s over. You should probably kill yourself now to avoid future embarrassment.

    LOL.

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    HeyMikeGarde said 3 months ago

    Moss said: It’s over. You should probably kill yourself now to avoid future embarrassment.

    FTW!

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    RustyEight said 3 months ago

    DGliever said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_in_folklore_and_mythology epic list of inspiration.

    Holy shit, thats fantastic.

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    collisiontheory said 3 months ago

    ffffound.com

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    awakendesigncompany said 3 months ago

    hey man. i had a HUGE block for the past 2 days, and didn’t want to see anything that remotely looked like a computer.

    but then i just chilled outside for like 4-5 hours by myself not really doing anything, then went for a drive and listened to the new emarosa cd for the millionth time, then i came back in a had a ton of inspiration and ideas to design with. i designed from like 9pm til 9 this morning.

    so just getting outta the house is good for me.
    hope that helped and wasn’t just a big ramble.

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