How to start drawing when you have little motivation #art #characterdesign #drawing

Name: How to start drawing when you have little motivation #art #characterdesign #drawing
Uploaded: 2024-11-20T17:00:20+00:00
Duration: 21 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this video Ryan Maloney shares practical advice for maintaining motivation while drawing. He explains that focusing on tiny details—like adding a…

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In this video Ryan Maloney shares practical advice for maintaining motivation while drawing. He explains that focusing on tiny details—like adding a shadow to a tooth—can trigger a dopamine reward that pulls attention away from the overall composition. To avoid this trap, he recommends constantly zooming in and out, alternating between working on the big picture and refining details such as shadows and highlights. He also suggests starting with the part of the drawing that currently interests you, but staying mindful of the need to integrate those details into the larger artwork.

In order to keep my interest in a drawing, I need to work on the part that interests me right now and sometimes I'm drawing the teeth and I say, "Oh, that needs a shadow over it right now before I move on to another part." Trap there is you get a dopamine release from these tiny little details and you forget to focus on the big picture. Constantly zoom in and out as much as you can, try to work on the big picture and work into the details, into the shadows and the highlights.