where I dump my scribbles
hai hai hai!!!!! mega fan of ur art!!! Im a young cartoonist (15) trying to get a little better at my work each day, but sometimes i dont find motivation and some days im just really bad, can you give me some helpful tips of how to be able to draw?? I love your art so much and i wanna draw like you when I get older!! anything is helpful!!

Heya! Aww, haha, that’s too awesome! Always in favor of others also getting into art at younger ages! C:

I don’t think I could say anything different from what I’ve told others that have asked me questions similar to this before; just draw!

Even if you feel it’s not a ‘good’ art day for you, draw something, anything that comes to mind. Especially whenever (heaven forbid) you feel unmotivated! Sometimes you come across an idea that may spark something in you to keep arting away, thus you get your mojo back!

And trust me, I know it may sound frustrating, ‘cause it can be. I’ve definitely been down that road before… heck, I still am sometimes! It’s probably silly (or crazy, one of the two), but for the past several weeks or so, I picked up the habit of immediately worrying about how ‘good’ my art may be on that particular day. If I feel ‘aw man, I could doodle a bunch today!’, I tend to stay mellow and start the day. 

But if I feel something’s… ‘wrong’, I get extremely anxious and nervous right before I pick up a pencil and grab the nearest bit of paper I can draw/scribble on. If I find whatever comes out of it to be half decent or, for what it’s worth, pretty alright, I just pass it off and go about my day! If I think it’s awful, as I typically do on days where I can wake up and immediately feel ‘off’, then I’m just on art mode from minute one and I try to get my mojo back all throughout the day.

Getting lots of sleep and resting yourself in general can also help you to get motivated and feel you have better art days!… Two things of which I’ve been horrible at lately, but hey, still hasn’t stopped me so far!! :)

But yeah! So many tips/bits of advice could be said on how to draw (in terms of how to get motivated)! But what I do is just draw whatever comes to mind! More than likely, I’m bound to get on a roll and keep myself drawing continuously!

I hope motivation/a good art day comes to you soon! <3

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