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3 Tips on Staying Motivated as an Artist
Staying in the Game
Staying motivated as an artist can go from super easy to as hard as your New Year’s exercise resolution. You may have been really excited when you got your latest commission. But now, you seem to have lost your enthusiasm. Some jobs are just like that. You’ll have the ones that you can’t wait to sink your teeth into and then you’ll have the ones that just don’t do it for you.
It happens.
So what’s the trick to staying motivated no matter what the job is?
First of all, what is motivation? According to Merriam-Websters dictionary, motivation is a “motivating force, stimulus, or influence.” What is the force, stimulus, or influence that makes you want to create? It’s different for everyone. It could be one thing or many. A passion for art. A combined love of drawing and love of whatever your favorite subject matter is. To give back to your community. To break into comics or storyboarding. Maybe it’s to break into video game design.
You have to know what drives you. That’s your motivation and that will help you push through tough projects. Which leads us to our three tips:
- Consider your circumstances.
If you’re creating art for a living and you’ve already accepted the job…your best bet is to pull up your big boy/girl undies and get er done. You’ve already committed to doing it. You may have already signed a contract…
