im also not just stagnating in art, im stagnating irl too. not gonna dive into it since ive overshared way too much in the past but like, lots of my days feel the same and i need to get a job but i need help doing that and its all just going so slowly it feels like nothing's happening and i'm always gonna be in the same place i currently am. which, i guess wouldn't be the worst fate in the world? but it could be better and i wanna make it better but it feels like Nothing's Happening and every time smth noteworthy does happen Its Bad
i know change comes slowly, i think im just too impatient drhjrrgghdhdg
i'll prolly delete this later, i feel weird expressing myself on colors bc of seeing ppl vent on here and then getting posts deleted/then getting banned, i feel scared to express myself lol

its really really difficult to develop your art when you stop having the time or energy or motivation to do so. which isn't a personal fault, that stuff just happens
for lacking energy, i either take a nap, eat a snack, do some exercise...wait to get energy (it doesnt happen). I don't actually have any idea how to make energy to draw, all the things i listed just help improve my mood, and i find that i have more energy to draw when i dont feel like...bleh not good.
motivation? Brainrot and drawing for friends are my go-to's. Or i look on pinterest and try to inspire myself through other artists or cool images. it works sometimes! It does feel good to get some mental sparks flying i think.
Its sort of hard to tell since im pretty selective with what i show, but i stagnate a LOT. it does seem to partly be an artist mindset thing though. when i ask other people if they think my art is stagnant, im always met with a "nah". doesn't invalidate the dissatisfaction you feel though. Im not sure if anything ive said here has been helpful lol, but I hope things start to change for you, in a good way.

@invalidation
oof bit of a late reply but, thank you!! tbh i've always strayed away from doing like art challenges n stuff because the one time i said i'd do one (inktober) just Didnt Pan Out Well but, i think i'll try taking on a few and seeing how i feel about that. specifically a redraw challenge regarding this weird old cartoon i used to watch as a kid drhrhfgdhd
i think it doesnt help me that im not super happy with my current artstyle either, i wanna strike a balance between cartoony and stylized realism (more on the cartoony side) but im not doing it in a way i want, my faces are too cartoony and my bodies are too structured/realistic. ig i dont mind the faces too much but the bodies bother me, its hard to exaggerate poses and features the way i want and it always bothers me :'D
one day i'll probably have it all figured out but, for now i just gotta struggle my way through sjdkdhsgsjd