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Sometimes itās just fun to scribble without thinking and see where your mind takes you. Iāve never been one to really focus on how Iām drawing or what my thought process is, and it leads to the weirdest little creations on a piece of paper. The second one was my attempt at a realistic piece, but I tend to gravitate more towards just letting my hand do the work, and not thinking of what Iām doing in the moment. I have hundreds of sheets of just random, unfinished thoughts and representation of what my conscious guides me to do on paper. No matter how āgoodā or ābadā a piece of art is, itās still art, and it is still something to admire. :p
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š¤¹If you are making art for yourself, you are playing, not working.
I like to really lean into this and do something completely unstructured either as a warm up or as a break while Iām working on a project. I like to do what I call āshit canvasesā where I use up old supplies and garbage and what not. I layer things onto the canvas, building up some parts as I go, covering parts I donāt care about as much, maybe even ripping things off of it. I also so something on a smaller scale in my journal. Maybe Iāll start with a scribbled rant, or writing a few phrases down, and then I start to cover it with more words, or stickers, or I paint a little thing, or a sticky note, then more paint, then take the sticky note off. I have no end goal in mind, Iām just playing and seeing how things work together.
Make yourself let loose
Jul 21, 2025
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š©¹every time Iāve done this Iāve ended up with something inspiringā¦..
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Writingā¦ Ideasā¦
One minute it flows out of you wildly - forcefully vomited thoughts that canāt be contained so they must be spilled. Ink to paper, notes app paragraphs.
Other times it can feel like beating your head against a wall repeatedly and still never breaking through to the other side - blood trickling down your forehead and all.
I truly donāt think there is any solution for this. Whatever your creative pursuit, the process will always feel painstaking until miraculously one day it doesnāt.
Unfortunately you don't get to choose when inspiration hits you like an tonne of bricks and before you know it the feeling is long gone.
Sometimes I like to write all my thoughts down in a stream of consciousness. It doesn't have to make any sense, and it usually doesnāt.
If youāre lucky you may find something in that chain of unfiltered thoughts that makes a lot of sense when recontextualized.
Be messy, because youāre never going to be perfect. It doesnāt always work out, but what else are you going to do about it?
Just write.
One minute it flows out of you wildly - forcefully vomited thoughts that canāt be contained so they must be spilled. Ink to paper, notes app paragraphs.
Other times it can feel like beating your head against a wall repeatedly and still never breaking through to the other side - blood trickling down your forehead and all.
I truly donāt think there is any solution for this. Whatever your creative pursuit, the process will always feel painstaking until miraculously one day it doesnāt.
Unfortunately you don't get to choose when inspiration hits you like an tonne of bricks and before you know it the feeling is long gone.
Sometimes I like to write all my thoughts down in a stream of consciousness. It doesn't have to make any sense, and it usually doesnāt.
If youāre lucky you may find something in that chain of unfiltered thoughts that makes a lot of sense when recontextualized.
Be messy, because youāre never going to be perfect. It doesnāt always work out, but what else are you going to do about it?
Just write.
May 16, 2025
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