tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post8461620477263368388..comments2023-06-24T09:00:06.928-04:00Comments on On the Slipdown: Down-time- What I Do to RechargePoSmedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990787370344091916noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post-56297522555922074842011-12-02T11:39:43.314-05:002011-12-02T11:39:43.314-05:00teddy - right now my drawing ability is very limit...teddy - right now my drawing ability is very limited or I would join. I hope it changes soon. ;)<br /><br />Doc- Doofus, your 'inspiration' comes from being so generous and wanting to help folks (like me, and thanks for all the times you did and do)PoSmedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990787370344091916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post-42672670329782910252011-12-02T08:43:16.439-05:002011-12-02T08:43:16.439-05:00I never have that problem... I'm never really ...I never have that problem... I'm never really inspired. My writing? Mainly comes from the desire to help folks, warn them about stuff I see on the web... art? No one in his right mind would ever call what I do art. I take an image and play with it. If I like it I keep it. If not? Meh. Recycled immediately. Creating an image, though? Forget that. My inspiration would be a hand or eye... then I start and waves of nausea overcome me. I look at earlier stuff I did only to induce the inevitable outcome and end the agony of wanting to, but not quite being 'there' yet. Like a sneeze that almost happens.Sethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post-301852347753366242011-12-01T20:36:54.235-05:002011-12-01T20:36:54.235-05:00Damn you Noah...I loved that video, the music...bu...Damn you Noah...I loved that video, the music...but the ending.....*sigh*....<br /><br />What I do for down time...I skype with Anna..when I'm down, she's up, when she's down I'm up...we share ideas on projects some collaboration we could do...I will also work in one of the many programs I have like... Apophysis, mandelbulb3D, artrage, twistedbrush, harmony ( I started a group...drawing must be done in harmony and someone suggests the idea or object..come and join us)... Photoshop, taking photos...and so on you get the idea. I also draw with pencil/pen if I'm desperate...or I will tear apart a closet and clean it. And watching something funny, or sad...or listening to very sad music...crying is good for the eyes and heart. Well sorry I wrote a book, I'll try and keep it shorter next time! lol!teddybearchollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322022357772239401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post-19774331495334267202011-11-16T06:48:33.342-05:002011-11-16T06:48:33.342-05:00I picked up a couple of new programs as well. I th...I picked up a couple of new programs as well. I thought I would challenge myself to get motivated again. All I ended up doing was creating some new curse words to express my frustration. ;)<br />Let me know if FFFFOUND! helps you at all. It's such an eclectic mix of art and design, I found it very refreshing.PoSmedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990787370344091916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026278049306758280.post-20009225363055051932011-11-16T01:17:23.129-05:002011-11-16T01:17:23.129-05:00I hear you on that lack of inspiration problem. I ...I hear you on that lack of inspiration problem. I have been going through a bit of that myself. What I have been doing is using Google image searches to help get me inspired. I've been typing random words into the search bar and looking at the images associated with it. Sometimes that will spark something, sometimes not. <br /><br />I've realized that I have been trying to top myself, make something better, cooler, cleaner than what I have made before. I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not, and it's been getting harder and harder to do.<br /><br />I've picked up a couple of new (for me) programs in the hope that I will learn something new that will spark something, but have not had a lot of motivation to get into those. I open one up, play with it a little and close it, accomplishing nothing. <br /><br />Maybe I just need a break, or maybe I just need to keep looking for that spark. I'll check out that site you linked to, maybe I'll find something there.Cyndie (Xiandi)noreply@blogger.com