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How to Break Out of an Art Slump

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Something a little different from me...

Recently I've been reading some web pages on how to deal with artistic block. Although the advice given is always sound, I've been surprised by how...well... bland it usually is. Good advice -- but frequently much the same thing you might say to a writer or a public speaker.

Here's a collection of exercises that aim to help jump-start the visual/theoretical areas of your brain. They're designed to dig you out of ruts that might be limiting your creativity and/or to help re-kindle your love of making art.

In some cases, merely thinking through the suggested image may be enough to get your synapses firing again.

If the suggestion causes you to think of an image so laughably wrong that you'd never consider showing it to anyone even if you did create it -- Good! Your block may be a result of tension and over-thinking your process. Relax and let your mind explore extreme possibilities. It's like stretching muscles to warm up before exercising.

Warning: A Slump Buster is not a one-step path to an artistic masterpiece. They are a purgative to help you work through the feelings and habits that may be blocking your artistic flow. So if you wind up with something that looks more like it should be flushed instead of displayed - Hey, it was only doing its job...
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