Art block?

Things to do if you're craving drawing but can't think of anything:

1: Scribble (lightly with a pencil if you do traditional art) and see what you can do with the shapes it makes. You can do it in different colours to make different characters or objects and make a story around it.

2: Ask someone for a bunch of random words and/or concepts, then either put them together or just pick one you like. If you don't have anyone to ask, chatgpt might work.

3: Try something new. If you're like me and you usually only draw one thing, try not doing that. Choose something you've wanted to learn how to draw though, if you just choose something random that you don't know how to do, it won't be fun. This includes drawing or painting in different ways, or just a completely different kind of art if you're up for it.

4: Smoke. Not the kind that ruins your lungs, but incense or a video of it or something. I've gotten a lot of weird, pretty cool ideas from how smoke looks. Even if it doesn't give you a full picture, you can get some concepts out of it. You could also just draw the smoke.

5: Random things around you. I've never really been able to do this one, because I'm a perfectionist, but it's fun to try at least.

6: Go down a rabbit hole of searching. Don't spend too much time on this one, and dear god please don't go too far, just search up something simple and see what ideas it leads you to. Examples: traditional clothing from [insert place here]. History of [insert random thing here].

7: Snake(s). Long, short, slim, chonky, spiky, flat headed, sea snakes, flying snakes, fire snakes, snakes with arms, snakes with multiple tails or heads, unicorn snakes, the possibilities are endless, and they start with just a line. This also applies to cats, but those are usually more intricate.

If none of this works, go outside. Even if you love it, drawing can be stressful sometimes, and you deserve a nice break no matter what you are or aren't going through. <3 (If this doesn't work just because this isn't a very long list, that's my bad, this is all I've tried)