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I've been drawing for at least 11 years now, from Junior High through High School to now, and recently it's like I've hit a block.
And I've been wondering "Why? Why aren't I motivated?" I used to draw everyday, at home, in class, and lunch... but now after graduating and being away from my fellow artistic friends, one I usually draw with during lunch lives across the bridge in another neighborhood, the other had quit drawing and moved on to a different art, music; one got exiled out the friend group for being a total sex-weirdo and unhygienic (Which is another story), and one seemed to stop drawing in total, barely interacting with the group in total because of other (Which is another 'nother story).
So... it made me realize that "Maybe my mojo came from being able to draw with others, and knowing we can trade glances of our accomplished work?" And it sounds about right, of course my friend from High School, I still talk to on discord, but even then I'm just not even motivated as I'm used to, to draw loads of drawings everyday, it's not even burn out or feeling lazy-- just... bored loneliness?
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I'm a junior, too, going into my senior year this September, and I've been experiencing some hard burnout for about a year and a half now. It just isn't rewarding anymore, like I have no reason to do it. I used to like art because people would be impressed by it, but I think now I realize that I never really had a passion for art, at least not such a strong passion as I thought I did. I just liked the attention it brought me, but now I'm getting older, and my family is used to my artwork, so I get less praise for it, and I don't have a reason to put in the effort I used to. I still intend to take art classes in college. Still, the moment I actually began to consider mabie art wasn't going to be my end-all carrier it lifted this weight off my shoulders and suddenly I could actually see my future. I thought I would be super reenergized about an art carrier when I did some art intensives for the summer but those came and went and surprisingly I felt the same resolve that art was a nice hobby but not my career. I am now thinking of going into interior design or landscaping as a carrier. Nothings set in stone you may think you're going to be one thing for your entire life and suddenly you'll go a whole new direction. I'll probably go a few new directions I never thought I would and that's exciting. People think that growth is this graceful thing but it's not. It's cutting vines and realizing you can stand on your own. It's starting as one thing and becoming something completely different. The important thing is that you don't make decisions based on what other people will think. They don't get to define you, You get to choose your own path.
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