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help...suddenly can't capture emotion...
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 2:41 pm
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i'm hoping someone can help, i get writers block and artist block and what not, but i can usually get passed that at some point. but right now i seem to be having a problem with just plainly getting a feeling to stick. i have ideas, and i can draw them out, but there's always something missing...AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!!!! any suggestions would be mucho appreciated!
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 2:53 pm
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Hmm...that is a problem. What I usually do to get some ideas for emotion is I watch a movie that's on the dramatic side or listen to some music that has some meaning in it or I read stories to get the juices flowing. Hope I helped out good luck! ![[emoticon]](http://www.paperdemon.com/images/forum/mysmilies/15pxyellow_laugh.gif)
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Posted: Nov 23, 2005 3:01 pm
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thanks Jill V! but unfortunately, it watching and listening to this with powerful emotions that got me into this mess in the first place, ha, my mind is a...pain.... but still, thanky for the advise >^.^< i'll see if a movie will help things
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 11:35 pm
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From a writing perspective (since I can't draw to save my life) I listen to sad music. I also imagine a time when I felt the way a character felt and try to remember what that was like and go from there. For example if the character is sad, I think about the times when I've lost those close to me, if the character is happy I think about when I graduated from college etc. I don't find that situations have to be similar, only the emotions. Another thing I do is talk about what I want the characters to feel, sometimes an outside perspective is helpful. I hope that helps!
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Posted: Nov 24, 2005 3:17 am
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You're mulling too much- that's your problem. You either make use of your depressed emotion to draw a sad picture, draw a picture with something with a BIG grin, or just say 'screw that' and go and have a brilliant day when you don't think of your sadness. Don't mull. Either make use of that emotion, or cure it. Sleep also helps- you may have a lack of it at the moment
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Posted: Nov 24, 2005 6:51 pm
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I aggre with arkillian. Use your emotion to its fullest! Sometimes it makes the most magnificent work, expecially for writing. As for the drawing aspect, goto google and type in something that interests you, like, for me it would be anime. There are usually awsome pics..and it either inspires you to draw, or makes you jelous, and you try to draw as good as them and better. I hope that helped
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Posted: Nov 24, 2005 9:31 pm
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ok, lack of sleep...heh...that could be a problem...haha, yeh, i'll work on that one...and jealousy, let's just say things get ugly when i get envious...thanks for the suggestions! i got bored last night and drew a pic and it look pretty good, still didn't feel right but it was better! *bows* thanky very much! ![[emoticon]](http://www.paperdemon.com/images/forum/mysmilies/15pxyellow_bounce.gif)
Posted: Nov 24, 2005 11:07 pm
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*nods* Lack of sleep is a killer for artists- It's ok to be a little drunk (infact, you can some up with some damn interesting stuff cause your mind doesn't hold back on pics it doesn't think would work ![[emoticon]](http://www.paperdemon.com/images/forum/mysmilies/15pxyellow_wink.gif)
), but narcolepsy is only good for getting to sleep.
Another suggestion, is to fall in love with art again. I'm assuming that this is where you are haveing the problems mostly? (since you haven't posted any art) Maybe you need to try something like drawing a scene from your story (I do this ALOT), or drawing from a picture you like, and spend AGES makeing it as perfect as you can, or sit there in front of your desk and mull a picture in your head till it forms into something inspirational to you. I can spend HOURS mulling over a way to draw pictures, making holes in the page with lines that don't fit my mood.
Give it a go anyways. The big thing is- don't stop drawing, or you'll lose your eye for detail.
), but narcolepsy is only good for getting to sleep.Another suggestion, is to fall in love with art again. I'm assuming that this is where you are haveing the problems mostly? (since you haven't posted any art) Maybe you need to try something like drawing a scene from your story (I do this ALOT), or drawing from a picture you like, and spend AGES makeing it as perfect as you can, or sit there in front of your desk and mull a picture in your head till it forms into something inspirational to you. I can spend HOURS mulling over a way to draw pictures, making holes in the page with lines that don't fit my mood.
Give it a go anyways. The big thing is- don't stop drawing, or you'll lose your eye for detail.
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Posted: Nov 25, 2005 8:18 pm
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wow...never thought about it that way...as for not posing art, heh, i have drawings, and i keep most everything i draw in a drawer of my desk, unfortunately, computers...hate me...i haven't a clue how to get my art from hand to internet...my printer isn't even hooked up...(i fail computer works numerous times...) but i mainly have ideas with people in them, unfortunately, i suck at drawing human figures...that's another problem of mine, i get easily discouraged by failure... ![[emoticon]](http://www.paperdemon.com/images/forum/mysmilies/15pxyellow_sorry.gif)
Posted: Nov 26, 2005 2:47 am
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Scanner hon They are dirt cheep for ok ones. Just don't make the mistake I did and get a hand held XD Aincent and they never line up right. Aim for one that does colour A4 flatbed and up to 600 DPI. If you ever print them- 600dpi at A4 is how I save mine, and they print perfectly on A3. Good advice there XD
They are dirt cheep for ok ones. Just don't make the mistake I did and get a hand held XD Aincent and they never line up right. Aim for one that does colour A4 flatbed and up to 600 DPI. If you ever print them- 600dpi at A4 is how I save mine, and they print perfectly on A3. Good advice there XD---
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Posted: Nov 26, 2005 3:28 pm
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well, we have a scanner...or at least i think the dang thing can scan...we have this printer/copier/fax...all this crud combined into one and i haven't the foggiest clue how to set it up or work it! i tried once and it said i needed some kinda installation disk to even hook it up to my comp, and when i used to be hooked up, no one could figure out how to get the fax and scanner to work....heh, i have the worst luck with computers...mind you i'm 17 and my dad runs the show, wasn't my first choice to bye the blasted thing
Posted: Nov 26, 2005 4:52 pm
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*Christmas prezzy* If it can't hock up to your computer, then its no good. I suggest Xmas prezzy, or borrow a friends. Some Libuarys in New Zealand have scanners. That may be an option. That, or internet cafes. That, or a digetal camera. Take photos during the day so you don't use the flash, and do it on a dull day That'll work ^^
If it can't hock up to your computer, then its no good. I suggest Xmas prezzy, or borrow a friends. Some Libuarys in New Zealand have scanners. That may be an option. That, or internet cafes. That, or a digetal camera. Take photos during the day so you don't use the flash, and do it on a dull day That'll work ^^---
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Posted: Nov 26, 2005 6:38 pm
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haha, well i doubt i'm going to New Zealand to use a scanner, and my parents wont go for getting a new scanner when our printer thingy already has one, and...heh...i'm in south dakota...no internet cafes here...how sad...but i could ask a friend...
Posted: Nov 26, 2005 7:34 pm
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Christmas prezzy, or serch the net for drivers for the printer. What is it?
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