@somebodyshortI’ll assume it’s permissible to link to other comics , and mention that this is the best artist’s block cartoon I’ve ever seen:http://megatokyo.com/strip/69
Put one black spot in the middle.Call it “Polar Bear in a Snow Storm with Eyes Closed.”An art student did that in my high school class. However he did not get an A. The subject was landscapes.
Ah, art class in school. When I was in, I think, second grade in Pittsburgh, we had an art class. One day I drew a plum from life and crayoned it in nicely. Then I colored the background a bright, blaring red, my favorite color. The teacher made me do it OVER, without the neat background. Boy, was I mad! Still am mad.
Night-Gaunt, new things are always fun, especially if they are ideas….But some ideas are dead ends…Sure do some dripping of paint. It is a great idea! Do it! Do it again!@ But, seriously, how many big round dots do you need before people get the point….The best one is still Sunrise, Impression..By Monet..Not to say that Pollack or the other guy didn’t inspire other people. But where can you go from there? The whole artistic world went to all kinds of places as the result of the Impressionists, and the Expressionists, for that matter….That’s the difference. Some idea’s should only be done once, just because it’s an idea…Doesn’t even have to be a good one…
dr_dolittle_rwc over 11 years ago
All you need is a different perspective!!
Superfrog over 11 years ago
He’s creating with much more economy these days.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Guess he’s gonna take it easel for a change……..It can easelly be done…..
chassimmons Premium Member over 11 years ago
@somebodyshortI’ll assume it’s permissible to link to other comics , and mention that this is the best artist’s block cartoon I’ve ever seen:http://megatokyo.com/strip/69
The Life I Draw Upon over 11 years ago
With admiration towards Wiley Miller and the many other cartoonist, I don’t see how they do it every day.
watmiwori over 11 years ago
Blue Ribbon for Best Comment!!!!
pschearer Premium Member over 11 years ago
So does this mean that as the comics pages get ever smaller, the cartoonist’s job keeps getting easier?
jreckard over 11 years ago
How do I do this?My brain is just not working.Tabula rasa.
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
after seeing Montys nude painting, he may never paint again, his muse left screaming.
trekkkie052508 over 11 years ago
Perhaps now he doesn’t feel like as big a failure…
KEA over 11 years ago
Just as I told my math students – if a problem is intractable, consider a similar related problem.
dmatt over 11 years ago
Thinking small still leaves you with a blank canvas.
scallyman over 11 years ago
Go big or go home.
mistercatworks over 11 years ago
This is a well-recognized technique for checking elements of composition, especially perspective. Even blank canvas has variations in grain.
Vet Premium Member over 11 years ago
Put one black spot in the middle.Call it “Polar Bear in a Snow Storm with Eyes Closed.”An art student did that in my high school class. However he did not get an A. The subject was landscapes.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
Ah, art class in school. When I was in, I think, second grade in Pittsburgh, we had an art class. One day I drew a plum from life and crayoned it in nicely. Then I colored the background a bright, blaring red, my favorite color. The teacher made me do it OVER, without the neat background. Boy, was I mad! Still am mad.
clementgomez over 11 years ago
I’ve been there before :(
Mickeylacey over 11 years ago
It’s the feeling you get when you force yourself to be creative!!!!
Can't Sleep over 11 years ago
Just think small.
jahoody over 11 years ago
@Varnesoooooggggghhhhhhh……best comment of the day!
DGWillie over 11 years ago
He recognizes, not his limitations, but his strength.
Ernest Lemmingway over 11 years ago
Sometimes smaller is better.
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
Just what we DON’T need one solid week of pink elephants and snakes climbing walls…during his recovery!
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
Only Wiley could turn “artists block” into art!
Hawthorne over 11 years ago
It’s such a pain to get those dratted canvases on the easel right side up …
reynard61 over 11 years ago
@ Radish: …and it’s not a pretty picture.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Night-Gaunt, new things are always fun, especially if they are ideas….But some ideas are dead ends…Sure do some dripping of paint. It is a great idea! Do it! Do it again!@ But, seriously, how many big round dots do you need before people get the point….The best one is still Sunrise, Impression..By Monet..Not to say that Pollack or the other guy didn’t inspire other people. But where can you go from there? The whole artistic world went to all kinds of places as the result of the Impressionists, and the Expressionists, for that matter….That’s the difference. Some idea’s should only be done once, just because it’s an idea…Doesn’t even have to be a good one…
Omniman over 11 years ago
Setting expectations too high is one of the ways of people block themselves. Sometimes the best thing to do is take smaller steps.