i havent heard of this concept until recently, but just because i havent heard of it doesnt mean it hasnt been happening to me since forever. because now that i AM aware of it, it makes a lot of sense. its that thing where. when you draw for too long in one sitting the drawings become shittier. i dont know if it has an actual name, ive just seen people talk about it here and there so its relieving to know im not the only one who experiences it. i hate whenever it happens, and the effect doubles when its past 9 PM. by 12 AM it just feels like im dragging my pen against the tablet while my brain turns to mush.
its so strange to me because it feels like it should be the exact opposite, after a few warmups the drawings should get better and more clean, but youre telling me when i put down the pen for a good few days im way happier with the result once i do draw again? that sounds like bullshit even though its so true and it pisses me off. i mean, of course i like taking breaks, i DO have a life outside of drawing and i have a bunch of other hobbies. its just weird that this thing can happen when i do want to draw, especially when i want to make an actual, whole piece. thats when it hits me the worst.
its happened enough that ive slowly started to develop ways to counter that experience. yknow. things to make sure that feeling goes away. for example, once i notice the Thing taking effect, i just drop whatever i was trying to draw and find something else to do. sometimes its writing (like right now) or reading a book or doing a puzzle, i just try to stray away from socials, since it only fries my brain even more. Things like TV shows dont have this effect though. another thing that works well is just getting up and going outside. usually i cant do that because the Thing likes to take effect near night, but just doing a workout is effective too. I also dont doodle anything, because it takes away that motivation more, for some reason. its weird, because i genuinely enjoy doing it, i dont know the sciences. Taking time to think about what i want to draw next helps as well, sometimes brainstorming is nicer than doing the actual thing. i pick up the pen again whenever i get the next huge urge to draw, by then the Thing should be over, so i get to go back to drawing constantly with out a care in the world.
i dont have a good conclusion for this, i am just dealing with the Thing right now.
