How to be creative in design & arts?

[decentralized]

I'm studying graphic design and we need to do some assignments every week. It was going well in the first few months but after a while I got burnt out, I wasn't able to act out my "crazy ideas" because the type of designs asked from us are too certain. I've lost some of my creativity, the designs I do look too simplistic and without soul. I really want to have fun making art, but maybe I lack the skills & enough creativity to do it yet. I know these issues won't get fixed all of a sudden, but I really need to do something out it.

 

[Thought Art]

Sometimes the path to creating something amazing is just literally brute forcing it. Keep putting the hours in, keep using your artistic compass and don't let some bad art, or songs or drawing whatever stop you.

It's like running the water... It is cold for bid before the warmth comes.

My best songs came from 3 hours sessions of garbage. By then end the water is warm. Then soon you can build up a lot of momentum that carries day after day.

Also, drop the perfectionist expectations and simply enjoy the process. Become a craftsman, let go of ideals. They will come in time. Focus on developing your craft and enjoy the process. 

Edited October 19, 2021 by Thought Art

[Flowerfaeiry]

Some things you can do to boost creativity are, spend time in nature, rest, do something different, look at other people being creative, brainstorm, explore new areas

[decentralized]

18 hours ago, Thought Art said:

Sometimes the path to creating something amazing is just literally brute forcing it. Keep putting the hours in, keep using your artistic compass and don't let some bad art, or songs or drawing whatever stop you.

It's like running the water... It is cold for bid before the warmth comes.

My best songs came from 3 hours sessions of garbage. By then end the water is warm. Then soon you can build up a lot of momentum that carries day after day.

Also, drop the perfectionist expectations and simply enjoy the process. Become a craftsman, let go of ideals. They will come in time. Focus on developing your craft and enjoy the process. 

That's really good advice. The best work I've done came out of a few weeks of deliberate practice and research, and after that it just "clicked". I think I'm a bit impatient, I get bored easily and discouraged if the drawing on the paper doesn't match how I imagined it in my head. But obviously, good work doesn't come out of that.

7 hours ago, Flowerfaeiry said:

Some things you can do to boost creativity are, spend time in nature, rest, do something different, look at other people being creative, brainstorm, explore new areas

Thank you, I try to do all of these things but when I sit down to work I get discouraged easily. I guess it's a mindset / self-confidence problem rather than creativity

6 hours ago, lxlichael said:

@decentralized Energy, it is all energy transmutation and through this cellular augmentation in a way that opens up consciousness to new vistas, possibilities, ventures into the unknown dreams of in your vase, visual worlds we've never tasted before. On a practical level, think more in terms of what aids your energy versus what takes away and indirectly unless you have some specific method you will create the space in your being in which your natural creativity will unfold: meditate, curate your visual and emotional environment through smart choices, live near nature, set dedicated times where you're truly going to focus on moving your minds potential in new ways, be kind to yourself, have gratitude for life; more.

Best.

That's really beautiful, thank you! I'll think about what aids my energy vs. what takes it away, this may help me to flow through creativity more easily. Creativity is such an abstract thing, and the articles I read about how to become creative doesn't really help me because they're mostly written from a more materialistic perspective. I need to read ideas like yours, I'm interested in how being creative is linked to god-consciousness. In fact I'm waiting for Leo to make a video about it for a few years!