10 Tips to Avoid Designer’s Block

1. GET “LOOSE.”
In my experience, there is a danger in sitting down and trying to get right into a design (or drawing.) If the very first time your pencil hits paper you need to be drawing exactly what you’re intending to be your final piece of art – you’ll have a tendency to “tighten up.” You can literally feel your muscles tighten as you start to put down a hard crisp pencil line. As a designer if you don’t start out by getting loose, your brain tightens up on exactly what you think the final design should look like.

2. FIND INSPIRATION.
3. GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE “GAME.”
4. GIVE YOURSELF TIME.
5. HAVE FUN WITH A NEW TECHNIQUE OR TOY.
6. LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
7. BE AWARE OF YOUR DIFFICULTY LEVEL.
8. EAT A PROPER DIET.
9. GET YOUR SLEEP.
10. TAKE A WALK.

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