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Writer’s block is universally known as the moment the writer can’t figure out where to take the story her characters to next. Or more simply “the inability to write.” Its like when a runner hits the point in a marathon when he feels like he can’t go any further. They call it the wall. In art when I can’t figure out what to design, draw or create its simply known as a lack of inspiration. Or if you want to get all artsy, it feels like you’re searching for a new muse…

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How to feel miserable as an artist

I was bouncing around twitter today when I came across the tumblr page of Filthy Fabulous and found this little diddy. It basically breaks down the mentality of an artist. How we constantly doubt ourselves, worry what others think about our work, get complacent and even let others dictate our own creative flow. Its all self-deprecating and very unproductive. Now I won’t say that this short list will be the beginning of change for me… I’ve grown out of that phase. But it does present a challenge to fight against my normal thoughts and creative processes. Hit the break for a bit more inspiration…

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http://the99percent.com/videos/6806/frans-johansson-the-secret-truth-about-executing-great-ideas

The link above will take you to a terrific discussion by Frans Johansson about the executing great ideas. His biggest discovery is that people who execute great ideas do two things.

  1. They create tons of ideas more than you can possibly believe. EX. Picasso created 20,000 pieces of art in his lifetime
  2. Push through your idea even when everyone believes your crazy.

No. 2 is probably my biggest flaw. I have tons of ideas that sit in creative limbo cast they by the evil entities Time and Responsibility. The most fundamental idea I’ve learned this year is that if you want to do something you’ve find time to do it. If there’s time to watch a movie, go to work or hang out with your friends, there’s time to work on that project you want complete.

One of my favorite quotes is from Muhammad Ali “If you want to see your dreams come true, you have to wake up first.”

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Erik Jones is a dope illustrator that combines detailed rendered textures with solid blocks of color. He works mostly with women and puts them in really crazy situations, using vibrant colors and highly detailed hair lines. I love his use of texture and composition. I’ve posted a couple other images after the jump but check out his deviant art page for more: theirison.deviantart.com/

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Couple weeks back I got a Netflix account and have been taking advantage of their instant play feature. Well, Azailia has been taking more advantage of it than I. She’s been watching a bunch of cartoons she’s hasn’t seen in a while since I cut off my cable. (honestly, in this day and age what am I paying cable for??)

Azailia loves Peter Pan and while searching through the Veggie Tales, Johnny Test and Clifford movies  she found play performance of Pan. She was so enraptured that I let her stay up way past her bed time to watch the who show which ran around 2 hrs. She was so excited to watch it I got into it and was inspired to create the image above. She also drew the type, I added a little Pope Dust to the final though. I wish I could’ve captured her face when I told her Pan was played by a woman…

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This image is a menagerie of inspirations ranging from Afros, my place on the planet and most importantly, Erykah Badu. A couple days ago, EB dropped a video for “Window Seat” off her newly released album, New Amerykah Part 2. Besides being a deep song its accompanied by a creative video. In the video, Erykah is seen, in one rolling shot, walking through the streets of Dallas stripping down to her humility, baring herself for who she is without nothing to hide. All the people in the video are not aware of the shoot and are shocked, even more so as she’s gunned down by a world afraid of what’s different and what they don’t understand.

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