I have been writing about burnout for years now and I'm happy to say I'm out of it now. How'd I know? Random ideas just pop in my head without any effort, just like how it should be. I'm motivated to do things - even doing makeup and some other stuff at the same time. During the burnout years, literally no ideas. Blank lol. And now I have the energy to be visualize them. :D
This is a work in progress that I'm doing. I miss painting on canvas too (traditionally) but it's just not efficient now that I don't have anywhere to store them and no physical exhibitions ahead. So I'm continuing digital art.
With the equipment and knowledge that I have now, there are a few adjustments I needed to make to have better output and process. I'm utilizing my knowledge with lighting and photography, something that I learned when filming makeup haha. Before that, I was just thinking about the pose and perspective when I'm taking photos for my references... I don't even think about the lighting at all. But now I realized having a dramatic lighting makes the work so much better and easier for me to draw. It's such a "duuuhhhh" process for me because lighting is literally the first thing every artists think about especially in those live drawings and such. :P
Right now this drawing doesn't have a plan. I just started taking photos of myself (like I usually do) in random poses and just picked whatever resonated with me at the moment. I'm more into planning kind of artist. An example of that planned work will be this. But right now I'm being spontaneous because I want it to be chill so I can manipulate my brain to not be afraid of mistakes. :P
I'm also refreshing my use of brushes and techniques in digital art. My process is still programmed like traditional painting even though I'm using Photoshop - like I barely use contrast, selection tool to fill colors, and all the other digital tools. So it would be nice to just develop that habit first before having a planned work and having expectations for myself etc. :P
Anyway, I'm not sure how this will turn out or what the idea would be but so far, enjoying the process is more important. :D