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Published: 2007-04-05 12:25:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 59513; Favourites: 1861; Downloads: 1222
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This must be the most useful tutorial I have submitted yet.Results guaranteed.
Hard to pick a category for this considering its... ah... somewhat parodic nature! It was my response to the fact that I've loafed around being unproductive for the past month and a half.
I hope it provides some amusement.
I forgot to say that it was suggested by the lovely ~Eeyore4444 (the queen of art block, or rather, the queen of not posting anything in her gallery. Ever) - I'm sorry hun!
Edit: I can't believe it. I think that writing this may well have cured my art block. That's it, guys! The solution is to take the mickey!
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I do steps 1-5 way too often, haha. Curse art block! CURSE IT!
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Hahah. Sounds like me. Oh, man. The bad-proportion-sketch. That sucks the motivation out of you.
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this is depressing. But so true and funny at the same time.
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What's sad about this is I've done all of the above...aside from the very last one. xD
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"Freely mix food debris with the materials" It made me laugh.
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Lols indeed. Though another alternative for 4 - 5 with traditional artists is to pin all the failed attempts up or scatter them on your workspace so that the total fail of the surroundings makes you feel like failing more XD
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I hadn't thought of mixing food debris with my other junk--GENIUS! I will surely thwart my own efforts to create now.
This made me smile.
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wow... this depressed me and made me laugh at the same time.
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zomg lol this is actually quite useful and i'm currently on step 3 XD I hope to get to step 4! ... just i hope i never get to step 9 or else my whole life will be ruined XDDD thank you for making a wonderful tutorial like this : >
... btw i'm serious XD <3
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sooo...I've always had art block
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I never had art block before but I tried it and it actually worked! I can't draw anymore
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This.
It explains the entire process of my frequent bursts of art block randomness. Sometimes this will last for weeks. X(
I can't even draw any proportions right with a reference. It's not that I run out of ideas, I just can't draw for a time.
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This is my life. Thank you for writing this.
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Wow, I thought I was the only one who got art block just by taking requests. OxO
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that is exactly how i feel right now XD
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thank you this is going in my learning center.
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Wow. This is exactly how I feel about all things. I now worship you
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haha, that's the most useful tutorial on deviantart. EVER
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I think I just have to look up art block to cure mine XD
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Hey! This is a tutorial I already knew how to do! I feel so smart.
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Hahaha.
This made my day.
Thank you for creating this.
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I've done everything in the "not getting started" section, including numbers 3, 4, 5, and 7 from "maximizing inefficiency".
Artblock is fail.
Really fail.
But, I must say, this tutorial is the most accurately portrayed and easy to follow on the face of the internet.
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step 5 always refers to me - I always get soo depressed when I see how good the others are and when I try to draw something I always say to myself: you cannot draw
omg i should finish some contest entries now but well... 
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I'll never have any problem like art block. The only problem I have is MASSIVE ENDLESS CREATIVITY that only serves to keep me from doing my homework.
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Aahhh, so that's what I've been having! An ART BLOCK. THESE ARE ALL THE SYMPTOMS. *cries*
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"Resort to writing bad poetry. This will allow you to develope a new skill: writing block" 
OMG, 'cause I'm not only a draw-er but also a write-r, so I understand how terrible you will feel if you have both of art block and writting-block
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I'm actually tempted to some of these but that would mean I actually did something
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While I already am proficient at most of these tutorial steps, I will refer this tutorial in the future for improving my methods. Thank you for making this!
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oh LOL, you just phrased in words my life philosophy!!!!!
may I give you a journal feature?? *O* *bows before genius*
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looooooooooooooooooooooool! I was doing all of this yesterday! Except for the whole 'stealing art' bit. That's blinkin' uncanny.
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My gallery is ze proof of my overuse of step 3 in "Maximizing Efficiency"
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OH GOD. I don't steal. That's about the only farging difference. THIS IS ME. D:
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awesome! And horrifyingly true. I've made it through a great many of these steps already! I'll definitely not be plagiarizing, though. 
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Great concept and an all-too-familiar problem... psyching myself out of drawing not the plagiarising part
Nice work!
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good to know I've been failing in pretty much the right way
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So THAT's why I never do anything! 8D
Also, an extra step: "Do a sketch and save it but carefully avoid working on it any further. Then tell people you're going to post the said picture during today or tomorrow, yet just don't go and open the picture. Then moan in self pity for a while until you have no other choice than write an angsty journal about how much you suck. This will drown you into misery and self-pity as you see how much the others art whilst you're doing nothing.
Repeat if necessary.
Guaranteed to work.
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Damn your stuff is funny!
Steps 1-6 are all too familiar to me.
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