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  • Artemisartemis@dice.camp
    Nov 4, 2026, 2:34 PM

    If you don't have any ideas of what to make, get a blank page & start making marks. Do whatever you feel like.

    It may turn out cool, but even if it doesn't, you will have woken your brain up.

    If you "don't have any ideas", then do random stuff. Try things. Mess around.

    Exercise your creativity.

    Don't wait for inspiration. Inspire yourself.

    At least for me, nothing fills my brain with artistic ideas in the same way that dedicating time to making things even when I "don't have ideas" does.

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  • Artemisartemis@dice.camp
    Nov 4, 2026, 2:40 PM

    I think it takes about 5 days or so for me.

    5 days from "I'm going to work on making something every day whether I feel inspired/excited or not" is when my brain starts to fill with images & ideas.

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  • Artemisartemis@dice.camp
    Nov 4, 2026, 2:40 PM

    I used to think I couldn't visualize anything in my head, but I CAN now visualize design concepts. I still can't picture my own mother's face, but paper crafts are a different story, apparently.

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  • Artemisartemis@dice.camp
    Nov 4, 2026, 2:45 PM

    But if I stop making things, the ideas stop flowing. The only way to get the ideas to come back is to start making again.

    It's not just okay to make art when you don't know what you are doing & don't have any clear ideas. It is essential.

    That's my personal perspective anyway. Creativity flows when you are being creative.

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