Your Creative Drive

[Timothy225]

Heavy metal gets me going. I'm serious. I don't know why it is, but heavy metal (the GOOD stuff, not just any old shit will do) just starts my creative juices flowing.

Still, I find that I lack the desire to sit in front of a computer and just write anymore...that's probably because I'm stuck in front of a computer for 8-9 hours every day.

I'm sort of the same way. 8-9 hours a day I'm designing, printing, etc. at work, creating logos, cartoons, diagrams, charts, etc. for work, so that when I come home, I'm burnt out on art. Weekends are spent playing catch up, farting around on the web, etc.

Ah, but when my muse kicks in, and I chase the dragon, I start whipping out artwork for myself. Playing with my programs, etc. Back in the day, I used to carry a small sketch pad and an assortment of pens and pencils, especially when I was bar hopping or catching a show at the Pony. I'd have a brew, start sketchin' away. It was the best, and it served as a hell of an icebreaker (I'd spy a comely lass, draw a flattering cartoon of her, then send it over to her along with a drink. Worked a fair amount of the time. If not, I'd draw cartoons of the bartenders/barmaids - they ate that shit up and I had free drinks for the night. Good times.).

Been so long since I did that, though...