I have been severely stucken with this....
It's like I have these partial ideas but they never pan out when I try to move them from mind to paper, and I just can't get any significant comic-ing done when I really want to and arrggh....
MUST....DRAW COMICS...but CAN'T..... STUPID WORLD AGGGHHH
BLAHHRHGHHH!
Thank you.
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I have been severely stucken with this....
It's like I have these partial ideas but they never pan out when I try to move them from mind to paper, and I just can't get any significant comic-ing done when I really want to and arrggh....
MUST....DRAW COMICS...but CAN'T..... STUPID WORLD AGGGHHH
BLAHHRHGHHH!
Thank you.
Draw what you HAVE to draw... is there something your brain wants you to draw before you can move on to that which you want to do?
Alternatively, doodle yer little heart out until things are flowing better.
Just suggestions, not commands or guaranteed fixes.
Kelly J.
This is why people have scripts.
Write down your ideas. It helps to have a friend with whom you can talk about these things over with. Trust me, a lot of my blocks are solved by just talking it out with someone else.
You can also use brainstorming charts for ideas, as this tutorial explains here.
Take a shower.
Seriously, it usually solves it for me. Of course, the down side is that you won't have anything to write ideas down on.
Unless you count soap.
yeah i have kinda the same problem sometimes.
its not like i get part of my idea or something because
my comic is only one shot jokes. as in only one panel.
so i'd have this great idea but i'd be like driving and
i'd tell myself, "when i get home i'll do this comic.|
then i get home and dont have a fucking clue what i
was about to do!!!! (i know its from all the smoking i did
in my life hahaha) short term memory and stuff,
but damn! i would have an idea and 5 minutes later forget
it! do i need help? yes? (oh and can i swear on this board?
cause i just did!)
byeeee
:D
I suppose the best advice I can offer is have faith in yourself.
I had no joke for tomorrow and, today being a workday, I had to draw it at lunchtime (CDT) or I couldn't update midnight GMT as is my wont. When I went to class at 11:00 I was planning on reusing a joke from my previous project - second best, definitely, but better than depleting the filler reserve. But on the way back to my office from class - which is to say, at the very last minute - I had an imaginary confrontation with someone who probably in reality hardly noticed I'd passed by, the highlights of which I condensed to two panels, cast with my characters, and drew over lunchtime.
(Of course since it happens I won't be home at midnight GMT today I won't be updating punctually anyway, but I'll still be updating as punctually as possible, and - and here's the important part - with a joke I hadn't yet written when I woke up. There's no thrill to equal it.)
Not exactly your situation, but there we are.