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goshaag

Inspiration for adult pics

Well, I noticed that I stopped posting adult pictures lately. I pretty much stopped drawing them as well. And now I have a bit of trouble to go back to it! :o

Which is strange to me, since when I joined inkbunny, i was posting almost exclusively only adult art for like a year straight. Did my tastes have changed? Not really, no. Im still very much pro about adult art. So whats the deal?

I feel like I associated something wrong about doing adult art and it now blocks me from wanting to make more. So the solution to that would be to associate something good instead. But Im kinda having trouble with that. Possibly it's a lack of inspiration from the good adult art. I have a little high standards for that. By that I mean, it has to be something that I can learn something from (and not get disgust by XD).

I dunno what else can be a cause of this decline. I definitely feel like I miss doing that, rather than not. Overall, I feel like making it serves no purpose, which is kinda ridiculous, but that's what I get from having the wrong thoughts about it. How do I make it right again?
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Added: 6 years, 6 months ago
 
charyoshi
6 years, 6 months ago
I'd say force yourself to do a quick sketch. Something small quick and dirty to break through the ice.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Well, my motivation dies on the idea stage. Sorta feel like guilty to draw adult art. :o  Or something like that, hard to describe for me.
charyoshi
6 years, 6 months ago
You could open up some commission slots maybe then. If you don't have any ideas, why bother thinking them up yourself when others will pay you to give you ideas?
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Unfortunately its not so simple, at least in my experience. Commissions won't inspire me. Like i said, I think the problem is with me feeling bad for drawing adult art, because for some reason i picked up some wrong thoughts about doing it.
charyoshi
6 years, 6 months ago
Sounds like you should analyze why you started thinking its bad, and what exactly is bad about it. Taking a wild guess I'd think that you're probably being affected by herd mentality. You think it's bad because you're used to being around other people who think it's bad. Unrelated, maybe thinking of why you would want to make a pic could help. To express feelings? To practice a craft? To tell a story? I dunno, I'm just throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. For what it's worth, I've been missing seeing notifications of new porn pics you do, and usually dig up tons of your old artwork when on a Milla binge.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
I definitely was affected by some outside factor. But I think like I shouldn't let that discouraging me. Not sure what exactly and how to describe it. Need to get some fresh look at all these things.
Lex
Lex
6 years, 6 months ago
Maybe to hold your interest, you should try exploring new and difficult concepts that typically go with adult art like weird angles, positions, or perspectives.

Adult or not, I still really like your art.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Thanks. Increasing the difficulty when already struggling is kinda counter-intuitive, but actually might work better than anything. So who knows, could try! :D
Bianca
6 years, 6 months ago
Have you tried turning it off and on again? That usually works for everything. If not, try hit it on the side. You can also trying blowing on it and holding reset while powering on.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
ahahaha XD  (didn't get at first, wow)
Bianca
6 years, 6 months ago
when in doubt, check to see if its plugged in!
JinxMcKenzie
6 years, 6 months ago
I noticed that there is a correlation with you changing art style and stopping drawing porn
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Sort of yeah. But I think it actually related to the fact that I started to post my non-adult art here too around the same time. Like I said, before, I actually was trying to keep my inkbunny gallery almost only adult exclusive, but changed my mind later on.
furryPhantaze
6 years, 6 months ago
It sometimes helps to find inspiration by looking other artists. It can give good ideas. I can't help that much with your problem, but if you don't already, it helps me to dream about adult stuff
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Looking at other artists is pretty much all I do to find inspiration. Like i said in the journal, lately Im having trouble with finding something really good to be inspired by. :/
Rojin321
6 years, 6 months ago
Been a follower of yours for a long time, and I also noticed your shift from mainly NSFW to mainly SFW. I personally don't mind it, but am glad you're still interested in making adult art. Since you said something about finding inspiration and learning from art, I'd suggest finding and following artists who are trying to do the same thing.

My go-to example of this is
Norithics
Norithics
. He's constantly attempting to learn new art techniques, even learning about real world examples of said techniques in the world, sharing what he's learned, and applying them to his own art.

Anyway, I do hope you can get back into NSFW because I loved your work related to it, but your SFW art is amazing too.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Thanks. I follow quite a number of artists here. Actually, I follow the most people on here than on any other place Im at. But its been kinda a dry time lately in inspiration for me, if im allowed to say that. Not sure what's wrong. Probably need to update my watchlist, yeah.
Rojin321
6 years, 6 months ago
You certainly are allowed to say that. And an update on your watch list couldn't hurt either. Certainly plenty of artists and varieties of art to check out and be inspired by here.
ruink
6 years, 6 months ago
I think you need a taste of proper hentai, like romantic stuff.  maybe seeing that content will inspire you to draw a more positive adult art
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
This is true. It's something that I can't seem to find much on Inkbunny. Need to look elsewhere. Still, Im very picky about this stuff, so it further complicates the search.
Norithics
6 years, 6 months ago
What I find helps me is to go for drawing things that I wish other artists would. Whenever I have a thought like "Hey why has nobody ever done ____? That would be great/hot/hilarious!" I write it down and keep it in a list. It keeps me excited to draw!
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
That's pretty much what I was doing until some point. Now I sorta find it pointless for some reason. :/
Norithics
6 years, 6 months ago
It sounds like you've got a deep-rooted problem here! I think you should take some time out and ponder why exactly that is, and get right to the bottom of what's buggin' you.
sedkitty
6 years, 6 months ago
You could always look through the popular-posts section on IB, or your porn er, pose collection.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Oh man, i really don't wanna to come as a negative person or to offend anybody, but to be honest, when i check popular section on IB I frequently find myself not finding a single pic that interests me. :o  Which is also something I noticed only relatively recently. It sucks to be me, I know. A year or two ago I was checking it regularly.
sedkitty
6 years, 6 months ago
De gustibus non est disputandum, as they say.  (Well, said.)  Are there sites that have art that you do like?
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Yeah, definitely. Not adult art-related though.  I can get a lot of inspiration from there or from my favorite individual artists, but for the art in general, not for adult scenes in particular.
sedkitty
6 years, 6 months ago
Have you considered sites like e621?  Anyway.  I wish you luck getting your mojo back. *hug*
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
I do check e621 sometimes. But I have a bit of a narrow view there, need to explore it more broadly i guess. Thanks. :D
vulapa
6 years, 6 months ago
It always takes some time and effort to "relike" artworks of adult nature. And you have mentioned what's become the main block: there is a current connotation that there is something wrong with working on something adulterated in nature.

I'm not sure if you picked that up from an outward source or it's just a natural inclination to do something else that can be appreciated by the general public, but there is an origin behind that current association. It helps to dissect that origin first because it will affect your decision to work on things hereon out.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
It's all so complicated in the head. I have too many examples of me associating adult art with the things I don't look up to. I feel like it's easier to try to look at it in the new light, completely ignoring anything from the past.
vulapa
6 years, 6 months ago
It would be easier to put things into a whole new different perspective, yeah. All I can hope for is that you ultimately find what really gets you drawing and enjoying your drawings. Best of luck, goshaag!
TeddyLucky
6 years, 6 months ago
You can ask your friends from fandom about good ideas they might have, or ask about doing a collab for adult nice picture. If it is difficult to return, but you want to, maybe it is nice to start doing from something mild erotic and tasteful. You know, what I mean. And after this go on. I think your general pictures are great themselves, but I agree that to see something naughty from you is fun. c:
Also, your comic "Freedom for Love" is a great project, you shouldn't leave it unfinished. If you are not going to finish it, I am a sad bear > < And motivation for adult pictures is good, when you receive it from friends (because it may make them happier), or from drawing commissions (because it makes that one person happier, plus you get a money)
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
The first one is a good suggestion, but not really applicable to myself currently. The mild erotic one is exactly something Im looking into doing more of, but I need to find some inspiration for it or something.
I would love to continue Freedom for love, but it's definitely has a low chance of happening while Im in this kind of state about adult art. To me, nothing motivates me more than inspiration, so I can't replace that with the money from commissions example.
TeddyLucky
6 years, 6 months ago
I can't help you to find inspiration, but if you ever need a translator for your projects (for comics or picture) I want to help you. I know English pretty well. Учил с семи лет. But your English is so good, I am not sure, if you need any help in translation.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Thanks, my comic pages mostly needed proofreading rather than translation, I will keep this in mind though.
DownThePipes
6 years, 6 months ago
You could always try to continue the comic that has hit hiatus for a long time, this is not serious by the way lol your adult stuff got my attention and was super fun and sexy but your current stuff is a lot of fun and beautiful to behold make the art you want to make dude ^^
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Thanks. I just feel like Im missing out on adult stuff lately and could be doing more of it if not for the stupid thoughts in the head.
DownThePipes
6 years, 6 months ago
I can completely understand how you feel I'm always nervous and bothered when I create a new piece of art for my adult content although its not so much worry because it is pervy work on my end more like worry cause the subject matter I make is a very niche and odd fetish collection
TheCommissioner
6 years, 6 months ago
What's to know, you aren't having fun. Art is work, if you aren't enjoying it (or getting paid for it) then there is no point. I say this as a guy who spent waaaaay too much time figuring out how to properly get the ladies of Freedom Planet into a Brothel scenario that wouldn't mess with established canon.

It's stupid, it's pointless, it's cost me a good deal of money paying an artist to draw, but I'm smiling. Means I'm doing something right.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
I agree to some extent, but Im imagining, if I was drawing only when I felt like its fun doing it, I would have drawn considerably less pictures than I have right now, and probably had far less developed skills as well.
PurpleLust
6 years, 6 months ago
Не жанр комментария, но если коротко...

The general stigma against the adult art is being fueled by sexually unsatisfied, envious masses. They don't have the sex life their bodies desire, therefore they're busy policing other people's bedroom. Pornography is a taboo because it implies that there exists sex that isn't done for child conception, in the shadows, in the "worker & peasant" position. Ergo, many artists who were grown among such mentality were programmed to feel shame about expressing themselves through pornographic art...

How do you overcome this? Not sure, but there are two things to understand and accept:

1. That feeling of "wasting" your talent on an NSFW art is not yours, it's based on the moral compass forced on you from outside.
2. As an artist, you will always have a group of people who hate your guts whether you're drawing porn or not. The worthless, the talentless and the ignorant will always hate those who have talent and passion to express themselves, especially if they have a large audience who like what you're doing.

Think about what you like in porn (art or live action), what part of it ignites your passion, what poses, scenarios, etc you find aesthetically pleasing, what you yourself like in bed, and express yourself without feeling obliged to ponder to someone's opinion... Enjoy the drastically higher attention to your work as a result, too. :)

Don't worry, most of the NSFW artists I've known have been there, and have overcame this mental obstacle eventually.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
This is a very good point and something I stand by myself. So I already have this kind of mindset about adult art from the beginning and never had an issue with it. I have a problem with something else. It has to do more with the use of porn. It's difficult for me to talk about this, because I don't want to offend anyone. But basically feel like I get discouraged by the 'corrupt' stuff. I guess I need to try to disassociate myself from all of that, since it has nothing to do with me personally.
Doomp
6 years, 6 months ago
Playful pinups? Something cheerful and inviting. Positive attitude. Doesn't have to be raunchy.
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
Yeah, that's something Im looking into doing. Actually, that's what I pretty much used to do. So it's a matter of going back into it.
Doomp
6 years, 6 months ago
Yay n.n
MakkoMichoko
6 years, 6 months ago
My personal motivation that makes erotic art good to practice and enjoy is to imagine heroines I like enjoying the pleasures of sexual relation or sensual caresses, with the gasps and moans, the smiles and satisfaction that comes with. And I see nothing wrong with it as it brings a positive view and without necessarily showing nudes, privates, fluids or other stuff that could class the art as mature. Just imagine something sweet you would love these girls could live that would motivate you to draw it. For instance, I love the idea of Lilac melting of pleasure when she gets her neck kissed :3
goshaag
6 years, 6 months ago
That's a pretty good advice. Thanks.
ynad
6 years, 5 months ago
If you want something different, try looking up uncommon/niche kinks you're comfortable with.
goshaag
6 years, 5 months ago
Im not sure if I have those. ^^'
ynad
6 years, 5 months ago
You know, what I initially had in mind and what I posted were two different things. What I meant to say is try looking up obscure, uncommon, rare, and niche material out there. Not just kinks/fetishes but characters, themes, and whatnot. Find a list of kinks and pick out something you feel doesn't get presented often (change it to be within your comfort zone if you have to). Go look up the imageboards and dig up a thread on lesser-seen or background characters. Just some ideas.
goshaag
6 years, 5 months ago
I do have a list of characters that I like (or would like) to draw adult pictures of, the problem, like I said in the journal, is a lack of inspiration and ultimately motivation, to start or finish those.
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