Rant: Can't get you out of my Head

[Zoetrope]

Corny title, is corny.

For the past three weeks I have been trying to draw a character of mine. Scrapping nearly every picture because I didn't like them or they weren't quite right, or maybe it was too rough. There have been many reasons. It's been an uphill struggle the entire way. I just can't seem to get it right, I even commissioned someone to draw her so that maybe I would be satisfied and chill out. I wasn't satisfied at all. After weeks of mounting frustration any file I saved with a sketch of her was named after some sort of curseword.

Finally I draw a picture of her that I don't hate. YAY! I'm even a little proud of it.

But I still want to draw her. What's the deal?

I just can't stop doodling her. :c My boyfriend told me to take a break from drawing, do something else like play a video game, but I don't want to play a video game, all I want to do is draw this character. I've tried going for walks, sometimes for hours at a time, bike rides etc. Nothing. I go to work and I think about drawing.

If she has stepped up as 'muse' she is the most frustrating muse ever, and she needs to give me a break so I can go work on something else for a bit. I'm not tired of drawing her, I just wish I'd have the same desire to draw everything else.

[Teal]

I have a character theat I can't seem to draw for the life of me. :/

[Aleu]

I have this same issue with one of my characters.

Well...all of them actually but for some reason, there is one in particular that I've wanted to draw but can't.

[Cain]

Same here, but with writing.
I've wanted to do several stories for a while, but I can't because I either don't have enough time or I'm currently writing one of them. I have to write down everything I can think of them in terms of a plan so I can actually write it when the muse has gone and I actually have free time.
It really sucks.

[Zoetrope]

I have a character theat I can't seem to draw for the life of me. :/

I have this same issue with one of my characters.

Well...all of them actually but for some reason, there is one in particular that I've wanted to draw but can't.

I've successfully drawn her though, and still I am not satisfied. :/

[Lobar]

Thanks, now I can't get Kylie Minogue out of my head. :<

[Zoetrope]

Thanks, now I can't get Kylie Minogue out of my head. :<

Oh whut. It's a song? *googles*

...
I'm sorry.

[Lobar]

YOU WILL ALL SUFFER WITH ME.

[Zoetrope]

Evil

*hisses*

Seriously though, post the song if you want, but take off the autoplay. I actually want to hear people's opinions, not have them be scared away.

[Aleu]

Lobar. I hate you.

Just so you know.

[Arshes Nei]

You know, I'm kinda sure (even though this is because "this is what puts food on my table and got a deadline to meet" too) that when creators go through a character - it's basically a fuckton of sketches.

There isn't a "I got it moment" you still want to work more on the character.

You may have motives for your character and not just a look. Who does this person live with, does she have friends? Does she have someone she loves? What kinds of food would she eat?

But see creators that work on shows have to work with restrictions, doesn't seem like you have any so you can redraw the character till your heart's content.

By restrictions I mean - "when I design this character, how is it for others to animate"

[Cain]

YOU WILL ALL SUFFER WITH ME.

NO.
NOOOOOOO.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO

[Smelge]

I like this song.

[Zoetrope]

You know, I'm kinda sure (even though this is because "this is what puts food on my table and got a deadline to meet" too) that when creators go through a character - it's basically a fuckton of sketches.

There isn't a "I got it moment" you still want to work more on the character.

You may have motives for your character and not just a look. Who does this person live with, does she have friends? Does she have someone she loves? What kinds of food would she eat?

But see creators that work on shows have to work with restrictions, doesn't seem like you have any so you can redraw the character till your heart's content.

By restrictions I mean - "when I design this character, how is it for others to animate"

I see what you mean, and while I have drawn a fuckton of sketches of her recently/over the years, I really just wanted something complete. Finally got that semi-complete thing and now I want more. I must be greedy.

[Ozriel]

YOU WILL ALL SUFFER WITH ME.

I will devour your soul.

[Gibby]

Am I the only one here who isn't sure who Kylie Minogue even is?

[Sarcastic Coffeecup]

I kinda wish I had your 'problem'
Right now I can't seem to be able to produce anything on paper

[SirRob]

Yes, let's not be constructive, let's play video games instead.
Wanting to draw is like, the best feeling ever. If you don't want that, could you please send it my way?

[Zoetrope]

Am I the only one here who isn't sure who Kylie Minogue even is?

I didn't know who the heck she was either. :/

Yes, let's not be constructive, let's play video games instead.
Wanting to draw is like, the best feeling ever. If you don't want that, could you please send it my way?

Yeah. I kind of wtf'd to that too.

[XoPachi]

Boy, oh boy. That was me for a while. Drew her once could never do it again. Everyone said it was because of all the detail on her and they'd most likely be right. I didn't want to simplify her though, because I loved every piece of her design (shark with a sort of urban look and a spell casting iPad). But, I just quit, eventually. Not telling you to do the same.
Try drawing something else and when you get some good ideas for those separate pieces down, come back and see how you can incorporate your favorite elements from those into this picture of that character you want. Not really the character's design, but the picture as a whole. Maybe some outside elements will compliment the picture and make you like it in other ways. I don't really know.
Arshes told me that you do everything you can to make the few pieces you do finish shine and that everything else is just more practice. I think that can somewhat be applied to a situation like this too. Trying it at a different angle, I mean. :3

[The_Lightning_Fox]

Boy do I get this thread. If I could ever draw what's in my head even halfway close... So I suggest just keep working on it and even if you think it's not right KEEP THE DAMN SKETCH! I've shot myself several times scribbling/crumpling out of frustration later to realize that was pretty good anyway. Can't Get It Out Of My Head -ELO (eletric light orchestra) listen, like, download.