Do you guys have those days when your drawings just seem to suck?

[timinabox24]

I already can't draw, like, at all
but then every now and then I have that one day when I make something that actually looks neat

I feel like it's better not to worry too much about it, for me at least; if I actually try to draw something neat then you know I'll fuck it up, but when I just accidentally drop a pen on the paper then it comes out a masterpiece ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[jonufele]

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[Herofeeder]

when i draw 2 min poses the first 10 are horrible in every sense . and i flip my sh.....t bcs of it , then i keep going and i kind of get the hang of it ...i dont throw it away or anything like that , i think it just takes time to warm up. there are warm up excerises for that kind of a thing.but if you stayed up late and woke up all fuzzy your probably going to draw really bad that day.

[sarrowsmith10]

It's been a week of revisions for me. I like the work I drew, but the paying folks sent stuff back to the drawing board. In many ways that gives me the same feelings as when I'm just in an art block. Like, "really I have to redo this?" then I watch 3 hours of TV and ignore life.. haha...

On days that I just can't get crap onto paper at all, I browse the art on Pinterest or Deviantart and look for inspiration. Sometimes it helps, sometimes not. I also clean my house or organize my files. Sometimes the clutter gets in the way of my zen.

[indagold]

I found my work is good when I don't have much to do, once I'm stuck doing a ton of work my quality just deteriorates if I lack motivation. At least I can take a break and go back and fix what I was struggling with.

[popsiclestick]

uuuGH i have it most of the time, honestly. It feels like there's rare moments when I /can/ draw and all the lines flow, but those are few and far between and so I just fill the other time with colouring/painting.

[Isky]

That's every day for me.

[Tiny_Waffle_of_Doom]

Very often. I hate it >_<

[Ayumi]

Yup, I know that feeling -_- Those times there's nothing else you can do, just have a break. The most annoying is that sometimes I burn to draw something and be productive but when I sit down to draw I'm just looking at the paper or my half made pages, and lose my mood. I really hate that feeling :/

[VermillionWorks]

Do you guys have those days when your drawings just seem to suck?

"Days"? This is kind of my life lately. XD

[thomasfallaeriksen]

Yes. Sometimes it's days, sometimes it's weeks, and sometimes it's months.

[El_Psy_Congroo]

I feel like all my characters are being drawn extra pudgy today. Maybe my subconscious is telling me to lay off the ice cream...

I agree with @sarrowsmith10 though, looking at other artwork is very inspiring for days like these.

[vongcw]

Yup. Although one useful thing I've done to reduce the feeling is to recognise it's just a feeling. I often look at a page or a drawing i did remembering i felt bad or good about it a few days/weeks/months after and realise, hey, it doesn't look that bad nor does it actually look that great. Improvement for me has always been incremental and after a conscious change of technique. But emotions well, they can lie. And that helps me just let go a bit more. Sure i think its a bad drawing but tomorrow i might look at it and say hey, thats not too shabby for me.

[mac]

so,, my entire life? lmao

[Starfestival]

Happens to everybody who draws. You just gotta push through, try taking a break for half an hour or two watch something you enjoy relax and come back to it.

[TrialAndError]

AHHH man it's the worst when I'm using my OLD Wacom tablet. Especially when you envision EXACTLY what you want but it just doesn't translate that well... It almost makes me wanna throw my virtual papers up in the air. Then I realize that's not a thing and it frustrates me more...

[shaneoid77]

Yep I get those days. The thing I do is walk away and go do something else, even for half an our maybe, sometimes that can break the spell.

[rainedragon27]

Sometimes I get those days, I call it "the rotten hand" XD Sometimes i draw other things instead of my comic or do other activities, sometimes is better have some rest to gain strength and keep going with the comic

[UrMom]

That happens every so often. I take them as a sign that I should chill for the day... even if I really want to draw something.

[Marton]

Yes! And more often than before. I think it's because I force myself to draw better for each episode.