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  • Batichibatichi@masto.batichi.net
    Jul 17, 2025, 12:46 PM

    I'm not going to lie, it's been frustrating not being able to really draw 'things'. I've been stuck in an endless loop of getting exhausted from just a few scribbles. And even this took a lot of self coaching to finalize into identifiable shapes.

    I'm most happy that I can lean back on drawing my characters again. It's weird saying that something you drew for 10+ years suddenly felt impossible. It was like my brain couldn't even piece together shapes.

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  • Batichibatichi@masto.batichi.net
    Jul 17, 2025, 12:51 PM

    I don't really know if it was entirely 'art block'. It felt a lot deeper. Like the parts of my visual imagination had just kind of broken or completely shut off. I went from being able to visualize whole scenes in my head to barely being able to turn a scribble into a face, or even visualize expressions. It's probably the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced. Like the core of your being just isn't there anymore.

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  • Batichibatichi@masto.batichi.net
    Jul 17, 2025, 12:57 PM

    The armchair psychologist in me can best define it as completing a life goal, like a trilogy - and not getting my fantasy results was a 'breaking point' but not in the way of being broken.
    It was more like, by fulfilling a very old fantasy; one that was admirable but with incorrect motivation from the start. And when your brain can only accept the end result, it rewires... well everything. Neuroplasicity is weird. And scary.

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  • Batichibatichi@masto.batichi.net
    Jul 17, 2025, 1:01 PM

    The older the core fantasy, the more neurons it effects kinda deal. I guess I just want to put it out there for anyone else who is struggling with this too.

    Being cruel to yourself won't bring your art back. Compounding pressure will probably make it difficult as well.

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  • Batichibatichi@masto.batichi.net
    Jul 17, 2025, 1:03 PM

    But it will come back. When it wants to, when you're actually ready for it. You'll know it in the itch of your shoulder when you see your supplies. When lines become play again, when your hand starts to move faster than your brain will catch up.

    Just please be kind to yourself. As best you can. Your brain is doing a lot of work behind the scenes & you really don't have any choice but to let it.

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