Joeh! ([info]grumblybear) wrote,
@ 2008-04-09 21:57:00
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I feel like I'm an uncreative, unimaginative person.

My brain just doesn't have that capacity, and I don't know what I'm doing pretending to be an artist.

I've never been the type of person that can just think of things. My mind is constantly blank.

I think I need to figure out what kind of artist I want to be. It seems I'm always trying to be something I'm not.

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[info]kiwikat
2008-04-10 02:37 am UTC (link)
why not futz around and play and see if you have a happy accident? i often don't know quite what to do when i sit down to draw but i figure out something to copy or do or imitate. even copying from a photo can lead to other little ideas, it's mostly about coming up with a little visual hypothesis. what if instead of making the line go this way i make it go all weird the other way?

as far as feeling like a fake/pretender, i've often felt that way. every artist i've ever talked to on lj feels that way sometimes. it's part of the scariness of making art, because we want to do good and meaningful things but we worry we can't. i would suggest that you try to calm down your critical side and just try to have some fun. draw some loopyass weird shit. you might hate it but you might find a different direction to go in. try a different media, do portraits of local dogs. change it up and try to do something that makes you smile.

sorry, i'm not trying to come off like a know it all. i just get all passionate about following what you want.

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[info]xpseudosmile
2008-04-10 03:39 am UTC (link)
I think trying to figure out who you are defeats the purpose of identity.

It's already there, and its already been there; yesterday, the day before, the year before, etc.

Just be, you know?
It's probably the hardest thing ever, but really.. who you are today is a bit different from who you were yesterday, the day before, the year before, etc. It's not a constant, but thats a good thing because everyone learns new shit every day.

And that's what art is, a constantly shifting embodiment of everything you're consciously and subconsciously learning or noticing.

Sigh, but yeah, I feeeeellll you.

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[info]sealiaison
2008-04-10 03:43 am UTC (link)
Oy I am feeling this as well, in the film-studies-region. I feel like I can't say anything remotely in depth about any film we have watched. I am going insane, especially when comparing myself to others in the classes. Meh!

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[info]dracothrope
2008-06-18 01:45 am UTC (link)
Find out what interests you and then do research into it; set small goals to help you explore the areas that interest you (eg: "I really like character design but I suck at building up background/world building images", so research some cultures that you find fascinating, take from them what you'd like in your designs, and do 50 thumbs/roughs of different locations and people in the culture/area that you're trying to build up.)

I don't know if being so direct will help if you don't even know where to start, but setting up goals like that will definitely give you a direction when you're feeling at loose ends.

;) Find a good art/design school and dump a shit-load of money into it. Guaranteed to help you find out what you don't want to do, and might even help you find out what you do want.

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