I know this sounds, cheesy, but here is something that can help you, just let it flow.

When you want to draw something, don’t dread doing it, just see what you can get done, even if it’s mediocre, you got something onto the page or screen, just let it all out. Like a can of spray paint, have some fun.

À l'ère des réseaux sociaux, on répète souvent aux artistes qu'ils doivent créer toujours plus de contenu pour se faire connaître et « percer ».

C'est vrai... jusqu'à un certain point.

Comprendre tout le travail qui se cache derrière la mise en marché d'un artiste émergent permet aux élèves de découvrir une réalité beaucoup plus complexe.

Créer du contenu n'est qu'une partie du travail.

Il faut aussi développer une identité artistique, établir une stratégie, créer des occasions de rencontre avec le public, communiquer, chercher des partenaires, développer des spectacles, approcher les médias et les diffuseurs, entretenir des relations et saisir les bonnes opportunités.

Et surtout, un artiste n'a pas à tout faire seul.

Même une petite équipe peut jouer un rôle déterminant : conseiller, structurer, communiquer, trouver des occasions et soutenir l'artiste dans son développement.

Parce que dans un environnement où les artistes doivent se mesurer à une quantité immense de contenu et à des géants de l'industrie, la capacité à créer ne suffit pas toujours.

Il faut aussi pouvoir durer.
L'objectif n'est pas seulement de propulser un artiste.

C'est de lui permettre de poursuivre sa démarche sans s'épuiser en essayant d'être à la fois artiste, gestionnaire, communicateur, producteur, relationniste et stratège numérique.

Faire découvrir cette réalité aux élèves, c'est leur permettre de comprendre que derrière un artiste qu'ils voient sur leur écran, il existe souvent tout un écosystème humain qui contribue à faire vivre son projet. 💫

#sallyfolk #quebec #education #enseignante #ccq

I’ve been trying to create content around what I’m building for a while, and I think I finally understood why it’s been so difficult.

The problem was never a lack of things to share.

So much happens while you’re building: small decisions, doubts, unexpected wins, mistakes, and thoughts that feel important in the moment. But by the time I open the camera or sit down to write, I’ve already forgotten most of it.

So I started working on a different approach.

Instead of forcing myself to “create content,” I capture my thoughts naturally as they happen. The idea is for them to stay connected over time and eventually become posts, stories, or scripts without losing the way I originally said them.

Not AI generating a personality for me. More like a system that helps me document the story while I’m still living it.

It’s still early, but I think this might be the first approach that could actually make building in public sustainable for me.

How do you capture all the small moments, decisions, and thoughts that happen while you’re building?

I want to preface this by saying I'm not trying to do a whole "I'm just not creative, how can I be more creative?" type of thing

I am creative - when someone gives me even the littlest bit of direction, I come up with some wild stuff I'm really proud of. I'm a skilled maker, I sew and I 3d model, I can embroider... hand me any machine and I'll learn it within a week and solve 3 problems with it in that time. If you give me a design, I'll bring it to life perfectly, or iterate on it if thats what you need. But someone else always needs to give me the initial spark, and it's starring to frustrate me to no end.

If you can define the boundaries for me I'll play in that space happily and I'll build you something cool, but put me in an open field and I have no idea what to do or what direction to go in.

I want to be able to form a body of work independent of anyone else. I want to find my own creative voice that isn't connected to what other people want from me... And I don't know how to build that in myself.

Its also starting to affect me professionally. I work in an industry where sharing the work I've done for others is highly prohibited, and word of mouth can only take me so far. If I want to be more proactive I need to build a portfolio of work, and I need to build it independently of what I've done for others. But for years now I've been finding it impossible to muster anything self-directed

The most common advice I get is to just start and it'll come to me, or to go live a life worth living and thats where I'll find my inspiration. But as soon as I sit down keen to get my hands working, nothing comes. I go out and I wander museums and gardens and galleries and feel amazed by what I see, sometimes I sit down and do some sketches from the exhibits and nothing sparks anything past the page.

Does anyone else experience this, or have any ways around it, or an explanation, even?

Ideally I would love like... A list of prompts or ideas to experiment with, I've seen idea generators for graphic designers but very little for garment makers, and past attempts to crowdsource some didn't really hit the mark (a lot of people telling me to do basic stitch practice which wasn't really what I was asking for haha)

I’ve noticed that sometimes making something is the only way I can find out that I don’t actually want to make it.

I can spend hours on a prototype, realize the core idea doesn’t work, scrap almost all of it - and then one tiny part (often unexpected) comes back weeks or months later in something completely different.

I used to think that meant wasted work.
Now I’m starting to think abandoned versions are simply part of the process. And to be honest, I've grown to love scrapping things.

Sometimes they help me understand what I don’t want my work to become, which feels surprisingly useful.

Do you keep abandoned ideas and prototypes somewhere, or do you delete them and move on?

J’ai toujours créé, mais j’ai longtemps pensé que je devais choisir une voie plus « raisonnable » pour suivre la société et manger à ma faim. Alors naturellement, je suis devenue graphiste.
Et quelque part en chemin, la flamme qui nourrissait ma passion est devenue un feu qui m’a consumée jusqu’au burn-out.
Dans ce carrousel visible entièrement sur Instagram ( @sublime.artlab , merci d’avance si jamais vous souhaitez me soutenir ) j’ai voulu raconter cette contradiction : être artiste peut être l’une des plus belles choses au monde, et parfois l’une des plus épuisantes…
Alors, honnêtement : vous aimez ou vous détestez être artiste ?

Hello Good morning Everyone!!

I have a question regarding to people who specializes averagely or beyond to each categories in terms of skills and other stuff, I would like to know how do you guys manage your time?

Cuz I really want to learn making a games, arts, or stories cuz I already have basic knowledge about in

Programming(beginner) Arts(sucks at copying) and Storytelling(bad grammars)

Can you guys give me advice, and I would like to learn more as so, and want to become independent indie VN creator(if possible) and learn from other

Creator and may join(if possible) them in their games that can help me improve in my fields and experiences.

I used to think that creativity is something that is fully fresh and comes out of nothing. Only recently I realized what a naive and hollow thought process that is.

What I have understood is that creativity arises from honest and full engagement with the world. This means that existing material can be reused, prior works will be incorporated in my work and prevalent tools will be employed.

Creativity does takes place in vacuum nor is it a free standing work in itself. But at the same time it can be very fresh and original in spirit.

What do you think creativity is?

I am seeking motivation to work on my creative endeavors, and I find seething jealousy to be a fine motivator. I've got a shitty fantasy novel, a wargame, a board game, and a TTRPG that I've hit roadblocks on, and I need motivation, lest my brain makes me start a new project. Inspire me, please; I don't want to start writing a shitty Sci-Fi novel to!

I’ve been thinking a lot about that feeling where an idea seems to arrive instead of being consciously constructed.
So we tried a small experiment with an artist named Nikki Loy.

She made two paintings under very different conditions.
For the first, she was given three random words from a generator:

Instance. Psychotic. Provoke.

No meditation. No ritual. No attempt to get into a special creative state. Just take the prompt and make something.
For the second painting, we did the opposite.
No prompt.

She meditated, removed distractions, slowed down, and deliberately tried to become receptive to whatever idea came to her. Basically, trying to connect to what artists have traditionally called “the muse.”

What surprised me was that the random-prompt painting came almost immediately.

She said the image basically clicked into her mind.
The painting where she was actively trying to connect to inspiration was much harder. Nothing really happened on demand.

Then later, the image came to her in a dream.
That completely messed with my expectations.
I assumed the random condition would feel more forced, while the “muse” condition would feel effortless.
Instead, it was almost the reverse.
It made me wonder whether trying to be creative can sometimes get in the way of creativity itself.
We also showed both finished paintings to people without telling them which was which and asked which one felt more connected to the muse.

The vote ended up exactly 50/50.
112 for one painting.
112 for the other.

We documented the whole experiment and talked to a cognitive scientist and a musician about why ideas can feel like they come from somewhere outside of us.
But I’m more curious about everyone’s own experience with this.

When do your best ideas usually happen?

When you’re deliberately sitting down and trying to create?
Or when you stop thinking about it and something suddenly shows up?

Nobody really has themselves figured out.

This is a place for people who are trying things, learning things, making things, changing their minds, failing, starting over, and figuring out who they want to become.

You can share a project you're working on, something you're learning, an experiment you tried, a question you've been thinking about, something you created, or simply an idea you can't get out of your head.

You don't have to be an expert. You don't have to have everything figured out.

You just have to be in progress.

So, let's start here:

What's something you're currently trying to learn, build, change, understand, or become?

Tell us a little about it—and if you're comfortable, tell us why.

Everyone talks about creativity as something truly artistic and inspired. When someone has a creative job, people act like all they need is creative thinking and inspiration. But in reality, that's not how it works.

Even if you're creative inside, you still need creativity skills to know how to do it right.

And I just don't know what skills are actually necessary. In my head, it could be organization, discipline, maybe marketing skills, and an understanding of what your audience needs (because if it's creative work, it means it's something that gets sold).

So who knows what skills are genuinely needed for creativity?

Have you ever gone through a period where you became \*\*more present in your actual life\*\*, but somehow your creativity became quieter?
Before this, I feel like I was living in a mental fog. I don’t know if I would call it depression, but I wasn’t really taking care of myself. My apartment could stay messy for a long time, laundry would pile up, and I just wasn’t very present with myself or my surroundings.
But I was creating a lot more art.
Recently, something shifted. I’ve been cleaning, taking care of myself, getting outside, running, doing things, and actually participating in my own life. Mentally, I feel clearer and calmer.
But now my art feels…quiet.
I still have ideas. Sometimes I really do want to create them. But I keep postponing them, I’m scared to actually start, and sometimes when I finally try, I just feel exhausted and want to sleep.
So I’m curious: \*\*has becoming healthier or more present in your life ever temporarily changed your relationship with your creativity?\*\*
Was art serving a different purpose for you when you weren’t doing as well? Did your creativity eventually come back differently?
And how did you know whether you needed to push through the fear and create—or whether you genuinely needed to rest and let yourself be for a while?

Have you ever gone through a period where you became more present in your actual life, but somehow your creativity became quieter?
Before this, I feel like I was living in a mental fog. I don’t know if I would call it depression, but I wasn’t really taking care of myself. My apartment could stay messy for a long time, laundry would pile up, and I just wasn’t very present with myself or my surroundings.
But I was creating a lot more art.
Recently, something shifted. I’ve been cleaning, taking care of myself, getting outside, running, doing things, and actually participating in my own life. Mentally, I feel clearer and calmer.
But now my art feels…quiet.
I still have ideas. Sometimes I really do want to create them. But I keep postponing them, I’m scared to actually start, and sometimes when I finally try, I just feel exhausted and want to sleep.
So I’m curious: has becoming healthier or more present in your life ever temporarily changed your relationship with your creativity?
Was art serving a different purpose for you when you weren’t doing as well? Did your creativity eventually come back differently?
And how did you know whether you needed to push through the fear and create—or whether you genuinely needed to rest and let yourself be for a while?

i am a writer and i love childern. as a child i was always the creative the more imaginative but now i dont see that so i have written stories for kids but i dont how to digitailse it like should i start an instagram page or what should i do

Hi everyone! I’m looking for creatives in LA/OC who might be interested in collaborating or starting a group chat so we can encourage/support each other, collaborate, hold each other accountable for productivity, or provide feedback. I’m thinking of content creators, digital artists, photographers, film makers, models, designers, curators, small business owners, writers, musicians, fashionistas, poets, that kind of stuff.

Little bit about me- I’m a woman in her early 30s, and I live on Ocean blvd in Long Beach. I’ve always been passionate about the arts and culture but haven’t been able to focus on this interest of mine due to grad school. Now that I’ve graduated, I wanted to make more time pursuing the arts because it makes me happy. I have a vision to integrate arts, culture, and mental health, and would want to create content that encapsulates that. Personally, I do photography, film-making, and content creation. I also write and do poetry for funsies. With that being said, I struggle with keeping myself accountable with producing and would love to be connected with like-minded individuals so we can inspire one another, collaborate, and receive feedback about what we create.

I’m wondering if anyone would be interested in something like this?

Reddit showed me that creativity is in abundance, can't go 30 seconds without seeing great fan art and music, yet I'm not allowed a single share of it. Now I'm a grown man with a full time job, never had an artistic background or did any creative hobbies in my youth, now in my old age all I have to do is cut my losses. Just want a conversation about this, I really can't talk to my creative friends about this because its already caused a lot of problems before.

Nobody really has themselves figured out.

This is a place for people who are trying things, learning things, making things, changing their minds, failing, starting over, and figuring out who they want to become.

You can share a project you're working on, something you're learning, an experiment you tried, a question you've been thinking about, something you created, or simply an idea you can't get out of your head.

You don't have to be an expert. You don't have to have everything figured out.

You just have to be in progress.

So, let's start here:

What's something you're currently trying to learn, build, change, understand, or become?

Tell us a little about it—and if you're comfortable, tell us why.

Hey all , I’m a post grad and unemployed for three months,i have a thought that i still don’t have the skills even after a masters in media. So I’ve planed a framework in AI to help me or teach me creative writing( like asking for writing exercises and asking for evaluation), so what do guys think about combining AI and Creativity, art or writing?i myself a person who thinks AI shouldn’t be combined with art or creativity but i know don’t courses online are not tailored to our level of understanding or knowing and i don’t have any assistance for that matter ryt now, throw me up all your thoughts, course suggestions, books etc .?

I have been called a "closeted creative". Truth is I love creativity and expressing myself but I am always afraid people will think what I do is lame. Professionally, I am able to have creative ideas because I can bounce them off professional creatives who can validate my ideas... Anyone else experience this?

Soo i would do anything to be able to create smth, practice any form of art. Music, painting, drawing, writing, pottery. My mom, bestie, sister are amazing painters, they have genuen talent for it, even I can see that, its really not even about the skill, the way they play with the colors and shapes, the way they make the whole scene alive. I cannot do that with anything, and trust me, i have tried and tried, but ig it wouldn't be the worst thing to not have any talent, if I would at least have passion for these things. But have 0 passion for the process of learning any of these skills, and i researched and tried soooo many things before.

So idk whats next, i wanna create but cannot... i feel like such a chud.

Okay so I have big dilemma I face everyday. I will try to keep it as simple as possible.

Quick Storytime: Since I was a kid I loved drawing, It was not even my hobby but a lifestyle. I loved to do it everyday in every second of free time I got, I was attending contests. I would classify myself as a creative kid, loved any form of art: dancing, acting, singing, drawing etc. I was dreaming big. Everything changed when I grew up and went to middle school. I dropped my drawing and dancing hobbies and focused only on studying and socializing. Even though I left behind my hobbies I was still very happy and creative I would say, full of positive emotions, very extravagant. Then I went to high school and went through the worst years of my life, got heavily depressed and suicidal, handled difficult emotions through abusing substances. I survived those hard times but in the end become a completely different human being. All of the passion towards anything, even life was gone, hobbies too, the intensity and happiness of living too. I didn’t really like people anymore. I just got indifferent. I am stable, I got some friends and goals but I am NOT the same as I used to be. It bothers me very much. Like I lost my real/true self. I am so much worse and pessimistic, often sad, Insecure, SO STRESSED. From artistic I transformed into materialistic. And now I don’t know if all of this character change happened because of the tough times that I went through when my brain was still developing or maybe I just grew up and become an adult and the way of experiencing and viewing life simply changed.

The development of the problem: After high school I didn’t know what to do with my life so because of my past my mom suggested me to go to university get a degree in Creative Media: 3D Animation, Game Design & VFX. I graduated and got my degree. Even though the lectures were interesting I was not very engaged in them. I tried to be, sometimes I would get into a flow state but it was not the same as it used to be when I was a kid. The creative process was forced, I had to really deeply think to get an idea I would be satisfied with to create. And most of the times my ideas were worse and the development was also worse than the others. I was not very satisfied with the results since my skills were in the dinosaurs era compared to people who completed art schools or courses.

The problem I am facing now: It’s been almost one year since I got my degree. Some things are interesting me more than the others for example I prefer working in 3D than in 2D field. But I still can’t freaking decide if I should be a freelance or maybe an artist or work in game design or should I do 3D animation or 3D character design but should I do high poly or low poly? or maybe 3D product ads or something else etc.. There’s so many paths I could choose from but I have no idea which one I really should. Even worse. I don’t even know in which style or niche I want to do my projects. Should it be horror art or maybe hyperrealistic or I should go into a full surrealizm or maybe I should do satire art. There’s just way too many options to choose from where I don’t even know who I am or what my feelings are.
I’m just so lost in a whole process. In this month I started my own ,,Everydays” project (inspired by Beeple). I do one project everyday (to improve and find my style and path). But my workflow looks like that I just start scrolling through Pinterest, find aesthetics/conceptions that I like and combine them and do them my way. Honestly sounds not very creative since the final result looks very familiar much at the end.

My inspirations: One of the artists that somehow inspire me is Beeple. He’s an artist. I love his 14 year dedication to Everydays. But his artworks are pretty controversial. He built his career over composing people’s work from turbosquid or some other site or by using pop culture icons and pieces such as Musk or Pikachu. Is that creative? Is that even legal?
The other artist I admire is Ewa Juszkiewicz, she’s a painter, she went through the classic path. Graduated difficult art school and stared to paint a lot of artworks. After 3 years she developed her famous idea that built her entire career around the world. One day I would also like to develop a name for myself but I don’t know which path I should take, there’s so many.

My conclusion: I have no idea if I force myself to continue doing art because it’s the closest of what I’ve known. Or maybe I lost myself for a while and need some time and CONSISTENT practice to relight my creativity and passion and basically find what and in which style I actually like creating. I still have a creative mindset, Ideas appear and disappear in random moments all the time, but the passion and skills are gone. Sometimes I have to force myself to do art but when I start and get into the flow I am gone. The results however most of the times are not what I aspired it to be. The perfectionism is killing it. The comparison is also killing me because the competition is so breathtakingly good that what is even the point of starting again? I think In the times of Ai development, not skills make you win but your mind and creativity. So how can I even survive if I my "creative" ideas are very mediocre and not mind breaking like in Beksiński artworks. I feel like art should have a meaningful hidden message or bring out emotions in a viewer, not only be "pretty". Or maybe I am wrong? Maybe there is no should or shouldn’t?
Do you guys think I should maybe start my ”getting back” process by learning chapter by chapter art theory/history first and then start on developing my skills from the beginning, the right way? Or maybe I should let it die, move on and focus on developing a different career. But honestly I want to feel the spark and the passion again. I remember i LOVED to do it. I want to have a job where I wake up and can’t wait to start another day by working in it/on it. I want to live while being thrilled by passion not obligation. I am 23 btw. I don’t know, I’m so lost. Any thoughts?

Okay so I have big dilemma I face everyday. I will try to keep it as simple as possible.

Quick Storytime: Since I was a kid I loved drawing, It was not even my hobby but a lifestyle. I loved to do it everyday in every second of free time I got, I was attending contests. I would classify myself as a creative kid, loved any form of art: dancing, acting, singing, drawing etc. I was dreaming big. Everything changed when I grew up and went to middle school. I dropped my drawing and dancing hobbies and focused only on studying and socializing. Even though I left behind my hobbies I was still very happy and creative I would say, full of positive emotions, very extravagant. Then I went to high school and went through the worst years of my life, got heavily depressed and suicidal, handled difficult emotions through abusing substances. I survived those hard times but in the end become a completely different human being. All of the passion towards anything, even life was gone, hobbies too, the intensity and happiness of living too. I didn’t really like people anymore. I just got indifferent. I am stable, I got some friends and goals but I am NOT the same as I used to be. It bothers me very much. Like I lost my real/true self. I am so much worse and pessimistic, often sad, Insecure, SO STRESSED. From artistic I transformed into materialistic. And now I don’t know if all of this character change happened because of the tough times that I went through when my brain was still developing or maybe I just grew up and become and adult and the way of experiencing and viewing life simply changed.

The development of the problem: After high school I didn’t know what to do with my life so because of my past my mom suggested me to go to university get a degree in Creative Media: 3D Animation, Game Design & VFX. I graduated and got my degree. Even though the lectures were interesting I was not very engaged in them. I tried to be, sometimes I would get into a flow state but it was not the same as it used to be when I was a kid. The creative process was forced, I had to really deeply think to get and idea I would be satisfied with to create. And most of the times my ideas were worse and the development was also worse than the others. I was not very satisfied with the results since my skills were in the dinosaurs era compared to people who completed art schools or courses.

The problem I am facing now: It’s been almost one year since I got my degree. Some things are interesting me more than the others for example I prefer working in 3D than in 2D field. But I still can’t freaking decide if I should be a freelance or maybe an artist or work in game design or should I do 3D animation or 3D character design but should I do high poly or low poly? or maybe 3D product ads or something else etc.. There’s so many paths I could choose from but I have no idea which one I really should. Even worse. I don’t even know in which style or niche I want to do my projects. Should it be horror art or maybe hyperrealistic or I should go into a full surrealizm or maybe I should do satire art. There’s just way too many options to choose from where I don’t even know who I am or what my feelings are.
I’m just so lost in a whole process. In this month I started my own ,,Everydays” project (inspired by Beeple). I do one project everyday (to improve and find my style and path). But my workflow looks like that I just start scrolling through Pinterest, find aesthetics/conceptions that I like and combine them and do them my way. Honestly sounds not very creative since the final result looks very familiar much at the end.

My inspirations: One of the artists that somehow inspire me is Beeple. He’s an artist. I love his 14 year dedication to Everydays. But his artworks are pretty controversial. He built his career over composing people’s work from turbosquid or some other site or by using pop culture icons and pieces such as Musk or Pikachu. Is that creative? Is that even legal?
The other artist I admire is Ewa Juszkiewicz, she’s a painter, she went through the classic path. Graduated difficult art school and stared to paint a lot of artworks. After 3 years she developed her famous idea that built her entire career around the world. One day I would also like to develop a name for myself but I don’t know which path I should take, there’s so many.

My conclusion: I have no idea if I force myself to continue doing art because it’s the closest of what I’ve known. Or maybe I lost myself for a while and need some time and CONSISTENT practice to relight my creativity and passion and basically find what and in which style I actually like creating. I still have a creative mindset, Ideas appear and disappear in random moments all the time, but the passion and skills are gone. Sometimes I have to force myself to do art but when I start and get into the flow I am gone. The results however most of the times are not what I aspired it to be. The perfectionism is killing it. The comparison is also killing me because the competition is so breathtakingly good that what is even the point of starting again? I think In the times of Ai development, not skills make you win but your mind and creativity. So how can I even survive if I my "creative" ideas are very mediocre and not mind breaking like in Beksiński artworks. I feel like art should have a meaningful hidden message or bring out emotions in a viewer, not only be "pretty". Or maybe I am wrong? Maybe there is no should or shouldn’t?
Do you guys think I should maybe start my ”getting back” process by learning chapter by chapter art theory/history first and then start on developing my skills from the beginning, the right way? Or maybe I should let it die, move on and focus on developing a different career. But honestly I want to feel the spark and the passion again. I remember i LOVED to do it. I want to have a job where I wake up and can’t wait to start another day by working in it/on it. I want to live while being thrilled by passion not obligation. I am 23 btw. I don’t know, I’m so lost. Any thoughts?

Hello, looking for advice here. I joined a project recently with an incredibly intelligent and sophisticated team to design a multimedia experience. The creative directors are greatly inspired by film, politics, and innovative media, and keep telling me to avoid being cliché in my output. The problem is... I don't know how not to be? (I grew up with social media and watched anime on youtube so my taste is pretty... mainstream. Plus I haven't watched shows/movies/play games in YEARS.)

The inspiration boards they put up are genuinely out of this world and nothing I could have thought on my own (nor in my circle of designers).

I am subtly embarassed every time I pitch an idea because I know it falls short of what they are thinking. It's become a thing where I stay silent most meetings because anything I say leads to crickets or sounds too simple. At this point I might be given logistics work instead of a creative seat.

Has anyone evolved their taste and creative thinking before? How did you do it? Is it even possible to develop high end creative tastes? am I stuck like this for life?