I am so glad you're coming out of it. I am coming off a three year writer's block that pretty much destroyed me. I love your artwork, and videos. Thanks for making the world a little better and more fun.
As a fellow semi-adult person with ADHD, I understand the feeling of ‘I’ve hyper fixated on this thing so much for so long that now I’m tired of it and somehow already bored and sad’. Without a passion project, daily life is boring and routine is terrifying. I suggest watching Studson’s miniature building channel for a dose of inspiring projects you’ll never make but tiny things are so cute and it just looks so doable and fun. Once you start collecting trash, maybe you can make a giant mushroom out of it. ~
I don't think I have ADHD but I have depresson & anxiety, & I definitely get what you mean, I kinda feel like this as well.😐 Like I feel like I need to be doing things but then It's hard to find the motivation. 😐
@@jasminstanley1532 I have this often. I find one of the best things I did for myself was to stop standing in my own way by focusing too much on 'prioritizing'. Don't get me wrong, priorities are important, but when you have no motivation to do anything you're supposed to do and a teeny tiny bit of motivation to do one good thing that isn't a priority, just do the tiny thing! That little success might be what it takes just to get started and the motivation can sometimes snowball from there. Hope this might come in handy.
i completely felt this. especially lately its been difficult with ADHD and anxiety disorders. ugh. its really difficult but hey ya gotta do what ya gotta do
Make a mushroom fort! Sew a huge blanket that's spotted on the top and ribbed on the bottom and then build a fort out of it to disappear into and draw or read or whatever you want! Paint a mushroom lamp! Make mushroom fairies based off of weird or interesting mushrooms! These are just a few mushroom centered ideas because I, too, love mushrooms with a passion!
You don't bore me Echo. I'm an old lady that cannot draw. You do that for me. Your live streams are a pleasure. Giant mushroom hut!!! You make something and I'll be here watching. I need those Awesome Points in my life🤟,
😲 Quail Cam! They are so adorable. You could make a giant stuffed Quail. Or maybe a big flower. The pedals would be attached by velcro so they can be removed and used as individual cushions or pillows. I do miss your streams. I think we had some good brainstorming sessions.
I like the farming content, watching your crops grow and quails grow up would be so nice, and I also love your art content, I feel like I mostly watch your videos for your personality so if you’re doing something you like then I’ll be entertained 😄
I feel the whole 'I want to do stuff but don't have the energy or whatever.' I've had books that I need to pick up for on writing again. When I get ready to start writing, the want just fizzles out and I close the apps. Same thing happens with my games and whatever else. Existence itself. I slept all day today, was really cool. Haven't done that in a while. Wish I knew what was wrong a little better.
It is not a "want" or not. I get what you're saying, but as far as I heard, CZcams is not that forgiving (as a plataform). The algorithms themselves put a lot of pressure on creators to be constantly producing (which is terrible, yes). Therefore, when this hot pile of mess we call CZcams is a job, one can go bananas. The more you depend on it(numbers for sponsors, etc), the worse it gets
@@gothic_bxtch_fxg Not at all! Please don't get me wrong, I just wanted to offer another point. 'Internet tone' is probably making me sound way too harsh, sorry. I am not a youtuber, but even I am fed up with this platform's policies. This is not a fight between you, I, and another. It's a platform that dominates the market and promised a future for it's creators for a huge while. And the way it gets away with so much is by making it the creator's responsibility. I'm kinda invested on that right now, since another youtuber I like very much has been banned for more than a week due to such arbitrary policies, bot mistakes, etc. And the way they had to deal with the fear of having everything deleted... bruh Edit: I'm overthinking this in fear I still sound too harsh. Plus, my non-native brain made a lot of grammar mistakes
Just produce what you like and if you get the urge to make a video, go for it. Don’t bow to the platform. There are 3 dozen+ ways to get people to see you and know you.
As a creative person, you have to refill that creative well every so often. Don't be too hard on yourself, and follow your heart. I learned if I try to push it when I don't want to create, I won't like what comes out of it. Do what makes you happy, the rest will fall in line.
For the records, why don't you paint a scene of what the records make you feel ON the record themselves? In your sketchbook tours, a lot of your sketches were based off of the "music and media you were being exposed to" I think was the exact quote. It might also be fun for you! Love ya, Echo
I did that with some old broken records I found ! It was so fun and it makes for some beautiful art to hang in a room. Great conversation starter as well
as a creative neurodivergent person also i feel like i'm stuck in the same brain spot! there's nothing pulling at my brain saying "THIS IS THE THING YOU GOTTA DO" the things you listed all seem so fun, i really like the idea of making your own big pokémon plushie !! maybe even customising one and making it a colour variant you enjoy (black and red maybe....!)
I can't even hyperfixate anymore most of the time because my brain has too many other things to think about, so watching you talk about yours is really nice
You're so right about the school cycle, and I also thought that was really healthy for me. I was always so excited to go back every year. But now I get burned out because I'm an adult and I have a job I can't up and leave for a few months at a time, which makes the creativity I'm not expressing form overwhelming levels of oh god I'm unhappy. It's really sad life is built like this :( trying to adjust to something healthier now tho
Records are quite soft once they're heated up a little. You could try making bowls or other interesting objects. It would also be awesome to see an end of summer plant update or if you're doing any construction or renos after your move. Hope you feel more productive and content soon!
Idk how old you are but I am 36, and I feel like the “lighting the ashes over and over” metaphor spoke to my heart 🥰 I’ve recently been feeling exactly like this! I’m hoping it’s just a life phase! Good luck, I like the new you whatever you decide to do 👍
As someone who needs to be improving at art, and has ADD, I find that art youtubers who do art challenges, character designs, and sketchbook tours, to be fun ways of exercising the creative muscles and inspire me to try doing them too when I am struggling with motivation to make stuff. ❤️ Your sketchbook tours were I think some of my favorite stuff from your channel, so I look forward to seeing more digital art when that ipad is working again 😉
I relate so hard. I got an ADHD diagnosis this year and have been finding some ways to make stuff like this work a little better for me. Here's one; I set an alarm that goes off on Tue,Wed,Thu (social media days) and when that alarm goes off I take a couple pictures and a short video of whatever I'm working on that day, and post it. I do mostly short format because I just promote my art on IG but setting the alarm and then just turning the camera on to whatever you're already doing might help get over the hump of "but I really dont WANT to get the camera and set up the shot with lighting and clean my desk and paint my nails..." Alarm goes off, hit REC, keep going. I'd probably switch focus to something like weekly studio-vlogs that are just clips from throughout the week strung together with music, and maybe a brief intro/outro. It'd be minimal editing and be passively collected footage from the week, which doesn't have to be all art-related. It may at least get you back into a routine that works for you, possibly? Then get other ideas moving? That's just me, I hope this at least gives you some perspective on other possible solutions, but really just do what YOU wanna do. We're here for the ride.
Make a list. But you've got to try to slow Down and do one thing at a time. You're amazing, your art is fantastic and your mind is beautiful. Choose a project you're working on and finish it. Maybe accomplishing one thing will lead you to wanting to accomplish more? I've always had to do this. Same bouts of depression with anxiety, but if I finish one (of many) projects, I'd feel proud of myself and I'd continue- one by one. Breathe love, enjoy your new space.
I think I watch your content more for your personality than specific content. You making farming, gardening, sewing or art vids/streams is honestly dope. I'm down for any content really. Also maybe a cute Stegosaurus plushie could be interesting. Idk right now I'm super into dinos. XD
I first thought about a "making nook bedroom mushroom house", especially the one I watched where you can chill and let new ideas come to mind, but I also remember the Zen garden wall art that I thought would be great for if you made out of pillows so it doesn't have allergens, then I saw wall sculpture that is just a mushroom, all on CZcams of course. Loved baby birds!
Old records are great canvases for acrylic painting! Circular canvases are hard to come by ordinarily, and the shape can make for some unusual art ideas.
Honestly Echo, as someone with adhd, I can relate to all of this a lot. Like to the level of almost spiritually connecting with someone because you understand what something they're describing is like.
Hey Echo, always happy to see you upload :) earlier this year i had a burnout as well. What helped me to start doing the things i didnt want to do was: - make a list /checklist with small steps - pick one thing a day/week/whatever to do - make it easier to do a thing For example i really wanted to learn blender (3D program) but could not push myself to do it. I wanted to upload to artstation every sunday for a month, I made a list with topics, Picked plants as a topic. (day 1) find references for the plant of the week. (day 2) make the flower. (day 3) make the leaf. (day 4) combine them (day 5) texturing (day 6) rendering (day 7) backup day/uploading. the thing i did to make it easier to start was that pureref (reference pictures) opened on start-up, made my artstation-profile my homepage. I wasnt perfect with my sunday deadline, but i did it for 9 weeks instead of 4.
Plushie- Giant plushie Jack-O-Lantern. Project ideas: colored rock squares embedded in concrete (Steps, wall hangings, or to put hot pans on), Leaf art, & wood carving.
Random things Ive been hyper fixated on in the past you may enjoy: Learning an instrument (Ukes are pretty beginner friendly but if not finger pianos are also pretty simple) knitting or Crocheting whichever you prefer, Wood Burning stuff is pretty fun, embroidery (Sewing but Pictures!) , Buying old garden statues and painting them to make them pretty again, 3D wood Puzzles, Bread Making!!! (Idk I like Bread), Cloth making (I failed pretty hard on this one but mb you could do better than I did) Pressing Flowers and pretty leaves to use for other projects :) Thats all I can think of for now, Ik a lot of them arent exactly Art related but they are all creative adjacent so I hope this might help!
I loved your massive sewing projects. But i also loved all the content you made about living in the forest. I really just like watching you so really do what you love! Feeling burnt out is awful but we are here because we like you!!
first thought that popped in my head with the records: Turn into creative clocks! one could be a pizza with 12 slices and the toppings can be the numbers, and you could do one with musical notes as the numbers, and one could be 4 seasons blending into one another with a seasonal flower for the number spots. Random things to turn into anime girls: different kinds of hats- not necessarily the girls need to be the hat but maybe find pictures of hats to put the girls in and then design their outfits or styles around the hat? Ball cap, Sunhat, Pirate hat, fedora, bowler hat, chef hat, cat in the hat striped hat, shiny black top hat, hard hat, a crown or tiara..... there are a lot of hats. I love the idea of you coloring amazingness in the coloring book, and something I've always wanted to do but never seem to have the time/energy/focus to actually complete: use the really big coloring pages as the background, then, using a different medium, add another image on top so it really pops- like maybe the cutesy background is in soft colored pencil but then you use bold paint or sharpies to create a character on top. You could even create the character and then just cut it out and glue it onto the background. You could make the background trippy neon and the character in black and white, or the background in really soft neutral watercolor or something and then smack a neon colored alien in the center lol You could also use the big pages to create a quilted look by drawing your own pattern in the large sections, so like the 5 petals on a flower could be like a pattern of little pink bows, pink with purple polka dots, pink candy cane stripes, doughnut pink icing with sprinkles, and pink and purple butterflies, and the leaves could be watermelon stripes, and a pattern of green gummy bears, and a bunch of frogs. Looking at it up close would show all the little differences, but if you stand back the color blocking still fits for a pink flower with green leaves. As for plushie sewing project first instinct: A blue quail to go with the blue quail eggs! :) I hope your depression takes a really long vacation soon so you can feel more how you described that 'excited for back to school' feeling again, that's a great feeling I miss it too.
Dude, same. As someone in her 20s with autism/Aspergers, I completely understand you I tend to have shorts burnouts but anime just gets me back into the groove or redesigning other people's bad ocs. as for what to do? maybe a giant chewy? (I might have written that wrong >x
I feel this, boredom and art block are my worst enemy but honestly Echo watching your videos really do inspire me to keep drawing. Since I was in 8th grade I would put on your skecthbook tour videos in the back ground while I painted and now as a senior in highschool still I listen to pretty much all your videos while drawing. It really inspires me wacthing your artistic progress and story times, and because of you I got really into JTHM and Invader Zim, I made so much fanart of both. But please don't stress to much about posting while burnt out, just create the things you love and what personally really inspire you like what your art did for me. :D
You summed up depression perfectly. When I get bad I just keep doing the things that I used to like to do. Depending on what you don't like about filming maybe you can do like a go-pro situation and you just take care of your new forest life stuff Oh maybe you could try a new art form, like knitting or crochet (it will get cold soon and theres really cute scarfs and hats). I've been enjoying tie-dyeing channels lately which I connect with summer camp and hanging out in the woods, maybe theres something with that.
Everything you said about depression… I relate SO MUCH. It’s comforting to hear I’m not alone, on the art side too about not being inspired and feeling like our brains are broken into 7 pieces
With the records, one time my mom did some acrylic and resin paint pour art on a old record, you could do something like that, or paint something on them, you could probably break them all up into specific pieces and arrange them in a design to make them into a person, monster or animal, I think that would be cool
The school conversation is something I've been talking with my therapist about, it's a genuinely startling change to life and I really struggle with the consistent working without having at least a month break. So that part of this video really spoke to me (it all did but that conversation in particular was really relatable) 😭
With the records you could look into resin pouring and make super colourful records that could be a fun thing to learn and can be satisfying when you finally get it completed.
All of that resonates. Firstly you’re not boring - your personality is why we enjoy the videos. Secondly it’s a joy whenever I get notified, so time between uploads doesn’t matter. Thirdly: how about a beanbag (or similar) chair with a mushroom canopy/tent so when you sit in the chair you can zip yourself into a mushroom 🧐
Echo, I have been watching your videos for years now. And I have enjoyed every single one. I have hyper-fixations too, and completely understand the whole burnout associated with being in between fixations. So here’s a short list of a few off the top of my head. -making art with coloring books for kids -an exploration of the “scene kid” or “scenecore” aesthetic from the early 2000s -making “kandi” braclets i can brainstorm a few more ideas, but that’s all I’ve got right now. I’d love to get in touch with you if you found this helpful!
Ideas... Try some random character generator prompts. Design/ build a gnome house and garden, put in a fairy door, bring a little whimsy to a part of your woodlands. I love the giant stuffed mushroom idea!!! Love mushrooms! Spoopy season is upon us! Time to skeleton-ize EVERYTHING! Turn a Pumpkin Spice Latte into a character. Turn a bat into a human...extra challenging if you can do it without making a vampire. Take the original Strawberry Shortcake (The ones in their frilly dresses) character designs and make them grown up with a glow up.
For the old records, I saw people painting them into porthole backgrounds from Spongebob! I really works with the shape. I also think going through the process or design of some colouring book pages would be super interesting. Showing the theme, how you would personally choose to colour them, how it would look in different mediums and get feedback for further pages. But overall just take the time you need!
Maybe make your own version of a tentacle animal? Like the tentacle kitties, but you could use the old records and paint over them or make some kind of mosaic out of them? But the most important thing is to take time for yourself and recover, your mental health comes first :) you deserve all the awesome points in the world!
As someone who also loves sewing, I was hyper fixated on echos sewing videos and they made me so happy I’m also going to be living without electricity soon
Hi Echo! I think I speak for a big part of your audience that we're happy to see any kind of videos from you- art, sewing, or farm related. I also would rather you do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself, whether that's continuing on posting regularly or taking a mental health hiatus! On the topic of video ideas, maybe you could do something about the grave yard of forgotten hyperfixations? Or abandoned projects? Oh- and for the records, maybe you could do some kind of weaving project? I've been looking into doing something similar with CDs
I feel your pain. I LOVE taking photos but can't stand editing them. I'm also lacking motivation for finding time to take them after recently getting a full-time job at work. It's a catch-22
I constantly go from one obsession to the next, often video games, and I get extremely frustrated when I don't have that in my life and when I have to do other things that get in the way of what I'm obsessed with, like work or eating food, I feel they are inconveniences that are keeping me from whatever the thing is, which is what I feel I should be doing instead of anything else. Never had a word for this before you introduced me to the concept of hyper fixation. Thank you very much for pointing me to that phenomenon. I'm so happy to have a word for it now!
YESSSS ECHO COLOURING BOOKS WOULD BE AWESOME!! Your line art style is incredible! Also I’ve been watching you since I was like 9.. I’m 15 now, and I took a break from your channel. I’m so excited to catch up on all the vids I’ve missed!
I've been around your channel for a loooong time, your videos really inspired me to draw and get better at it when I was younger. This year I finished college (studied Illustration) and I didn't want to draw anymore, I closed my social media, and woke up every morning thinking "what am i going to do with my life if i don't want to make art?". I've been really sad because of this, create things was my everything. The good thing is that lately thing are making sence again, I remembered myself how much I have to offer and that I really love this, nothing is a 100% great but I'm really working on it. Sooo, I really hope that motivation comes to you in a natural way, your creations are amazing and I would love to see the way your new life is, decorations, plants, those baby birds and all the things that you're excited about, 'cause we will be excited with you. Good luck with feelings! greeting from chile, and i'm sorry if my english isn't right uwu.
I know someone who took their old records and turned them into a side table (stacked up, coated in resin, sleeves on, fancy mid-century legs). I feel you on burnout, I haven't even started my youtube channel and already feel burnt out (could be my life...). I watch for your personality, in ye old days of stay at home, no personal interaction, getting to know someone online feels like a friendship.
Ah echo! Not just anyone can have a hyper fixation, it’s a nuerodivergent specific experience. Unlike just a general interest or hobby of a nuerotypical person, a hyper fixation essentially has the effect of a drug on the nuerodivergent person. This is because we aren’t making regular amounts of important chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine, so when our brain releases those chemicals in response to our hyper fixation it’s got a lot of impact leading to obsession. A nuerotypical brain doesn’t experience hyper fixation because it’s already making appropriate amounts of serotonin and dopamine, so the person can’t experience the “addictive” aspects of it that someone with a mental illness would ❤️🖤❤️🖤 It’s rough to be between hyperfixations, in a way it’s like running out of medication, but I’ve always found it helpful to go back through old obsessions to see if anything sticks again!!
a project i started with old records but never finished bc i’m not very good at painting was to get 9(? i think it’s 9) of them and paint each one as a planet in our solar system and then i was gonna put them in order on my wall. and then i was gonna use the back of a cd as the moon.
I’ve been watching your channel since I was 13, and as I’ve grown up, your channel was a huge inspiration for me to continue art despite how depressed I was, because you made me realize art wasn’t just one thing, it didn’t have to be “normal” art can be my escape, it can be a fun world in my head, it can be anything (if that makes sense?), and since then I’ve been using it to cope. I’m 19 now, I use my skills to make decent money for the most part and I’m working towards becoming a comic artist, and that wouldn’t have been the outcome if not for finding your channel. So thank you and whatever you decide to do with your channel I’ll stick around.
You can literally do whatever you want on this channel, and I would probably watch it. You do not bore me. If you need to take a break, do it. Also, an oversized plush set of headphones would make a cool neck pillow!
I like using old records for paint pouring. You have to clean and prime them well, but since you can usually find them super cheap in thrift stores, I think it's worth it
Hi Echo! I'm new to your channel, but you seem like an awesome person! What I found that works when I'm burnt out of something is to take time to focus on yourself, and take a break to spend time with those that inspire you and encourage what you do. Sometimes you just need a break from what you are doing to treat yourself and relax from all the commotion around you. I'm not saying this will work for you, but I thought I could suggest to you what might help you from being burnt out. P.S. Do what makes you the most happy every day, it doesn't have to be the same thing every day. I noticed you smiled more and seem more cheerful when you spoke about your man, so maybe you just need to be around him more often to help you getting out of that burnt state. Sorry for the long paragraph, but you really do seem like an awesome person! Hope you continue to create more content in the future! Your community here enjoys your content no matter what you do! ^-^
You should make a life-sized plushie roommate. You can given them a backstory… there can be much weird awesomeness. Love you! Grok the maturing-thing. 😉💜
I've never related to anything so hard in my life. I'm right there with ya. Nothing excites me right now, and if it does it's gone 5 seconds later. I want to micro crochet all the things but cant commit to a project. I want to sit on my couch and do nothing but I want to go do things outside. Life is weird
I have hyperfixation on all things horror, halloween, gothic, and nightmare before christmas. That's cool they have a word for all that. I have ADHD/OCD so that explains sooooo much!! 🖤🧡🖤🧡 I get how you feel though because I've been going through the same thing with drawing/painting/crafting because u haven't felt like doing it until recently. I'm slowly getting back into it and I'm feeling more normal since I have. Do you and keep pushing forward! You got this. Everyone deserves a break! 😁
I made a 9 ft sandworm from beetlejuice as a plush. Used almost 3 target pillows to fill it and some scraps. Hopefully that gives you an idea of what to make. I also don't know who likes to lay on it more, me or my beagle mix.
Maybe you can do some more sketchbook tours. I love to your thought process and you're one of thd reasons why I got into art in the first place. You can even use your unfinished ones as that's been a trend of sorts.
I've seen people decorate and melt vinyl albums into a bowl. They use colored pencils to add color/patterns/drawings to the grooves and then set it on a bowl or coffee can and apply heat using a heat gun to melt the vinyl and push it downward over the bowl or can. When it's all done it looks like one of those tortilla bowls from a taco salad. You can then fill with stuff (I would suggest non-taco) or nail to the wall through the center opening. Or you can sell them on ebay and use the money to buy a real taco salad at taco bell.
i'm generally concern about something that echo feels, not from laziness, i'm all for it. what i'm concerned about how much airflow the whole house gets, or rather grow some indoor plants.
A giant mushroom would be cool! Epically if it was in red and black. Tho that may be kinda odd, I'd still think it would look cool. I watch most of your videos (bc I just love em) so I'd be cool with anything. To add to the mushroom topic, a mushroom as an anime girl, if you haven't done it yet
I for sure feel this. It’s hard to keep up with everything with CZcams and the burnout is real. It’s also hard to have like a life like you said. I’ve been doing better about setting boundaries but like you said, youtubers basically document their life or their work. I keep getting stuck in the “can I make this a video” loop. And man I miss summer break! That is one of the things I feel people need as adults. The US does not have a great vacation system. I envy Europe and all the places that get like 3 months of time off 😩
You can make a giant plushy of you?? Or new desk tour?! I will love your content what ever it may be because you are an interesting human being and much love goes out to you :). I hope you can continue to journey on what ever your struggles and that thing will get better ❤❤❤
Giant sunflower!!! You give me sunflower vibes. Also take as much time as you need your needs and wants are the most important things. (Also a mushroom cocoon would be super cool)
Abstract art about what boredom feels like...or maybe a bunch of watercolor birds and eggs...or an egg world filled with egg trees egg people...egg land... new inventions of the future with seriously small details...abstract art of what laughter feels like...paint a Rembrandt color-by-number...make your own puzzle...document your day art journal, but only what you eat...take a picture of a landscape grab all the colors for a color palette and then make a character out of the landscape color palette like "Tundra" or "Hawaii"... anthropomorphic turtle character named Charlie...sew a mushroom plushie you can crawl into...make a dress out of paper circles that are colored with watercolor gradients...make a paper shirt out of books....wow, I really enjoy eggs
If you can't hold on to idea's and your head 'feels empty': Get a whiteboard. - Write your idea's or thoughts on it. - Come back to it every few days and add/remove stuff. - The idea's that stay on the whiteboard the longest: execute. It worked for me, so maybe (just maybe) it works for you.
For the records, you could paint them! if you don't want to ruin it you can put a layer on top of the record to protect it. The mushroom hat could be super fun! Mushroom video something with frogs? MORE ART! for the anime girls A fox almods frogs! mushroom! paint bees quail
For the albums, you could design new album covers and paint them? Maybe create characters or illustrations based on your favourite song from the album! If you wanted to push it even further, you could do the covers double sided, one for the a-side and one for the b-side?
My sister in law did a whole wall in her house of records that she put in the oven. I know it sounds weird but when you put a record in the oven the edges twist or fold into the middle and each one looks different because of how the record lines work. They almost look like flowers. It's hard to explain but try looking it up, they are called "vinyl record bowls". I promise it looks super cool!
I personally was thinking of a skeleton body pillow for Halloween. But I don't sew anymore so I will give that to you as an idea since Halloween is coming up.
Ooo something that would be cool is if you played with shrinky dinks. It's basically plastic that you color on with sharpie and then bake them and the plastic shrinks. You can make earrings and stuff out of them
Dude. I related to so much of what you said. Thankfully, I'm sort of coming out of my periodic lull, hopefully you will too. Hang in there :)
I am so glad you're coming out of it. I am coming off a three year writer's block that pretty much destroyed me. I love your artwork, and videos. Thanks for making the world a little better and more fun.
Literally me, but art block
As a fellow semi-adult person with ADHD, I understand the feeling of ‘I’ve hyper fixated on this thing so much for so long that now I’m tired of it and somehow already bored and sad’. Without a passion project, daily life is boring and routine is terrifying. I suggest watching Studson’s miniature building channel for a dose of inspiring projects you’ll never make but tiny things are so cute and it just looks so doable and fun. Once you start collecting trash, maybe you can make a giant mushroom out of it. ~
I don't think I have ADHD but I have depresson & anxiety, & I definitely get what you mean, I kinda feel like this as well.😐 Like I feel like I need to be doing things but then It's hard to find the motivation. 😐
@@jasminstanley1532 I have this often. I find one of the best things I did for myself was to stop standing in my own way by focusing too much on 'prioritizing'. Don't get me wrong, priorities are important, but when you have no motivation to do anything you're supposed to do and a teeny tiny bit of motivation to do one good thing that isn't a priority, just do the tiny thing! That little success might be what it takes just to get started and the motivation can sometimes snowball from there. Hope this might come in handy.
i completely felt this. especially lately its been difficult with ADHD and anxiety disorders. ugh. its really difficult but hey ya gotta do what ya gotta do
Make a mushroom fort! Sew a huge blanket that's spotted on the top and ribbed on the bottom and then build a fort out of it to disappear into and draw or read or whatever you want! Paint a mushroom lamp! Make mushroom fairies based off of weird or interesting mushrooms! These are just a few mushroom centered ideas because I, too, love mushrooms with a passion!
okay, i'm gonna use this idea for myself if that's okay because this is flippin amazing
Oh man! I might have to try that one myself! Mushroom fort sounds so fun, an my cats would love it too!
@@katrinthorsdottir7514 Don't it tho? Like ughhh living my fairycore lifeee
Of course yall can use these ideas too! I'm just glad yall like em!
Mushroom fairies would be so cool!!
You don't bore me Echo. I'm an old lady that cannot draw. You do that for me. Your live streams are a pleasure. Giant mushroom hut!!! You make something and I'll be here watching. I need those Awesome Points in my life🤟,
😲 Quail Cam! They are so adorable.
You could make a giant stuffed Quail. Or maybe a big flower. The pedals would be attached by velcro so they can be removed and used as individual cushions or pillows.
I do miss your streams. I think we had some good brainstorming sessions.
THIIIIIIS. LARGE QUAAAIIIIL. PLEASE.
Yes. These are great ideas.
"I'm making birds." I mean, I'm down!
I like the farming content, watching your crops grow and quails grow up would be so nice, and I also love your art content, I feel like I mostly watch your videos for your personality so if you’re doing something you like then I’ll be entertained 😄
This... ^
And play the records, a couple look like classics.
I feel the whole 'I want to do stuff but don't have the energy or whatever.' I've had books that I need to pick up for on writing again. When I get ready to start writing, the want just fizzles out and I close the apps. Same thing happens with my games and whatever else. Existence itself. I slept all day today, was really cool. Haven't done that in a while. Wish I knew what was wrong a little better.
Honestly take time to do what you want.
Do what you want. We don’t want you to be stressed and burnt out!
It is not a "want" or not. I get what you're saying, but as far as I heard, CZcams is not that forgiving (as a plataform). The algorithms themselves put a lot of pressure on creators to be constantly producing (which is terrible, yes). Therefore, when this hot pile of mess we call CZcams is a job, one can go bananas. The more you depend on it(numbers for sponsors, etc), the worse it gets
@@De_Elias you just like to fight don’t you
@@gothic_bxtch_fxg Not at all! Please don't get me wrong, I just wanted to offer another point. 'Internet tone' is probably making me sound way too harsh, sorry.
I am not a youtuber, but even I am fed up with this platform's policies. This is not a fight between you, I, and another. It's a platform that dominates the market and promised a future for it's creators for a huge while. And the way it gets away with so much is by making it the creator's responsibility. I'm kinda invested on that right now, since another youtuber I like very much has been banned for more than a week due to such arbitrary policies, bot mistakes, etc. And the way they had to deal with the fear of having everything deleted... bruh
Edit: I'm overthinking this in fear I still sound too harsh. Plus, my non-native brain made a lot of grammar mistakes
Just produce what you like and if you get the urge to make a video, go for it. Don’t bow to the platform. There are 3 dozen+ ways to get people to see you and know you.
As a creative person, you have to refill that creative well every so often. Don't be too hard on yourself, and follow your heart. I learned if I try to push it when I don't want to create, I won't like what comes out of it. Do what makes you happy, the rest will fall in line.
For the records, why don't you paint a scene of what the records make you feel ON the record themselves? In your sketchbook tours, a lot of your sketches were based off of the "music and media you were being exposed to" I think was the exact quote. It might also be fun for you! Love ya, Echo
I did that with some old broken records I found ! It was so fun and it makes for some beautiful art to hang in a room. Great conversation starter as well
i swear most of the world is like this and echo is the only one who has explained it very well.
Gijinka ideas: Slinky-chan, Battery-chan, Gas-Can-Chan, Slot Machine-kun, ...Blockchain-san?
Giant Plushie: Kirby... because I fucking love kirby.
SLOT MACHINE KUN IS SUCH A COOL IDEA
Damn I feel the same. Past year was exhausting and I didn't fully recover from that. I feel you.
as a creative neurodivergent person also i feel like i'm stuck in the same brain spot! there's nothing pulling at my brain saying "THIS IS THE THING YOU GOTTA DO"
the things you listed all seem so fun, i really like the idea of making your own big pokémon plushie !! maybe even customising one and making it a colour variant you enjoy (black and red maybe....!)
I can't even hyperfixate anymore most of the time because my brain has too many other things to think about, so watching you talk about yours is really nice
I have no idea how it would work but a very large sheep would be awesome!
You're so right about the school cycle, and I also thought that was really healthy for me. I was always so excited to go back every year. But now I get burned out because I'm an adult and I have a job I can't up and leave for a few months at a time, which makes the creativity I'm not expressing form overwhelming levels of oh god I'm unhappy. It's really sad life is built like this :( trying to adjust to something healthier now tho
Records are quite soft once they're heated up a little. You could try making bowls or other interesting objects. It would also be awesome to see an end of summer plant update or if you're doing any construction or renos after your move. Hope you feel more productive and content soon!
Idk how old you are but I am 36, and I feel like the “lighting the ashes over and over” metaphor spoke to my heart 🥰 I’ve recently been feeling exactly like this! I’m hoping it’s just a life phase! Good luck, I like the new you whatever you decide to do 👍
"and im bored" i need that moment of yo saying that as a reaction gif. its so perfect .
As someone who needs to be improving at art, and has ADD, I find that art youtubers who do art challenges, character designs, and sketchbook tours, to be fun ways of exercising the creative muscles and inspire me to try doing them too when I am struggling with motivation to make stuff. ❤️ Your sketchbook tours were I think some of my favorite stuff from your channel, so I look forward to seeing more digital art when that ipad is working again 😉
I relate so hard. I got an ADHD diagnosis this year and have been finding some ways to make stuff like this work a little better for me. Here's one; I set an alarm that goes off on Tue,Wed,Thu (social media days) and when that alarm goes off I take a couple pictures and a short video of whatever I'm working on that day, and post it. I do mostly short format because I just promote my art on IG but setting the alarm and then just turning the camera on to whatever you're already doing might help get over the hump of "but I really dont WANT to get the camera and set up the shot with lighting and clean my desk and paint my nails..." Alarm goes off, hit REC, keep going.
I'd probably switch focus to something like weekly studio-vlogs that are just clips from throughout the week strung together with music, and maybe a brief intro/outro. It'd be minimal editing and be passively collected footage from the week, which doesn't have to be all art-related. It may at least get you back into a routine that works for you, possibly? Then get other ideas moving?
That's just me, I hope this at least gives you some perspective on other possible solutions, but really just do what YOU wanna do. We're here for the ride.
Make a list. But you've got to try to slow Down and do one thing at a time. You're amazing, your art is fantastic and your mind is beautiful.
Choose a project you're working on and finish it. Maybe accomplishing one thing will lead you to wanting to accomplish more? I've always had to do this. Same bouts of depression with anxiety, but if I finish one (of many) projects, I'd feel proud of myself and I'd continue- one by one.
Breathe love, enjoy your new space.
I'd really like to see a big Kirby cast ensemble drawing
As someone with ADHD, I think livestreaming sounds like a good idea. It just kind of forces action. That kind of thing always helps me get going.
I think I watch your content more for your personality than specific content. You making farming, gardening, sewing or art vids/streams is honestly dope. I'm down for any content really.
Also maybe a cute Stegosaurus plushie could be interesting. Idk right now I'm super into dinos. XD
I first thought about a "making nook bedroom mushroom house", especially the one I watched where you can chill and let new ideas come to mind, but I also remember the Zen garden wall art that I thought would be great for if you made out of pillows so it doesn't have allergens, then I saw wall sculpture that is just a mushroom, all on CZcams of course. Loved baby birds!
Old records are great canvases for acrylic painting! Circular canvases are hard to come by ordinarily, and the shape can make for some unusual art ideas.
Honestly Echo, as someone with adhd, I can relate to all of this a lot. Like to the level of almost spiritually connecting with someone because you understand what something they're describing is like.
Hey Echo, always happy to see you upload :)
earlier this year i had a burnout as well.
What helped me to start doing the things i didnt want to do was:
- make a list /checklist with small steps
- pick one thing a day/week/whatever to do
- make it easier to do a thing
For example i really wanted to learn blender (3D program) but could not push myself to do it. I wanted to upload to artstation every sunday for a month, I made a list with topics, Picked plants as a topic.
(day 1) find references for the plant of the week. (day 2) make the flower. (day 3) make the leaf. (day 4) combine them (day 5) texturing (day 6) rendering (day 7) backup day/uploading.
the thing i did to make it easier to start was that pureref (reference pictures) opened on start-up, made my artstation-profile my homepage.
I wasnt perfect with my sunday deadline, but i did it for 9 weeks instead of 4.
Plushie- Giant plushie Jack-O-Lantern. Project ideas: colored rock squares embedded in concrete (Steps, wall hangings, or to put hot pans on), Leaf art, & wood carving.
Random things Ive been hyper fixated on in the past you may enjoy: Learning an instrument (Ukes are pretty beginner friendly but if not finger pianos are also pretty simple) knitting or Crocheting whichever you prefer, Wood Burning stuff is pretty fun, embroidery (Sewing but Pictures!) , Buying old garden statues and painting them to make them pretty again, 3D wood Puzzles, Bread Making!!! (Idk I like Bread), Cloth making (I failed pretty hard on this one but mb you could do better than I did) Pressing Flowers and pretty leaves to use for other projects :)
Thats all I can think of for now, Ik a lot of them arent exactly Art related but they are all creative adjacent so I hope this might help!
I loved your massive sewing projects. But i also loved all the content you made about living in the forest. I really just like watching you so really do what you love! Feeling burnt out is awful but we are here because we like you!!
first thought that popped in my head with the records: Turn into creative clocks! one could be a pizza with 12 slices and the toppings can be the numbers, and you could do one with musical notes as the numbers, and one could be 4 seasons blending into one another with a seasonal flower for the number spots.
Random things to turn into anime girls: different kinds of hats- not necessarily the girls need to be the hat but maybe find pictures of hats to put the girls in and then design their outfits or styles around the hat? Ball cap, Sunhat, Pirate hat, fedora, bowler hat, chef hat, cat in the hat striped hat, shiny black top hat, hard hat, a crown or tiara..... there are a lot of hats.
I love the idea of you coloring amazingness in the coloring book, and something I've always wanted to do but never seem to have the time/energy/focus to actually complete: use the really big coloring pages as the background, then, using a different medium, add another image on top so it really pops- like maybe the cutesy background is in soft colored pencil but then you use bold paint or sharpies to create a character on top. You could even create the character and then just cut it out and glue it onto the background. You could make the background trippy neon and the character in black and white, or the background in really soft neutral watercolor or something and then smack a neon colored alien in the center lol
You could also use the big pages to create a quilted look by drawing your own pattern in the large sections, so like the 5 petals on a flower could be like a pattern of little pink bows, pink with purple polka dots, pink candy cane stripes, doughnut pink icing with sprinkles, and pink and purple butterflies, and the leaves could be watermelon stripes, and a pattern of green gummy bears, and a bunch of frogs. Looking at it up close would show all the little differences, but if you stand back the color blocking still fits for a pink flower with green leaves.
As for plushie sewing project first instinct: A blue quail to go with the blue quail eggs! :)
I hope your depression takes a really long vacation soon so you can feel more how you described that 'excited for back to school' feeling again, that's a great feeling I miss it too.
Dude, same. As someone in her 20s with autism/Aspergers, I completely understand you
I tend to have shorts burnouts but anime just gets me back into the groove or redesigning other people's bad ocs.
as for what to do?
maybe a giant chewy? (I might have written that wrong >x
i started watching you as a hyperfixation then stopped but i’m back now and that makes me really happy
I feel this, boredom and art block are my worst enemy but honestly Echo watching your videos really do inspire me to keep drawing. Since I was in 8th grade I would put on your skecthbook tour videos in the back ground while I painted and now as a senior in highschool still I listen to pretty much all your videos while drawing. It really inspires me wacthing your artistic progress and story times, and because of you I got really into JTHM and Invader Zim, I made so much fanart of both. But please don't stress to much about posting while burnt out, just create the things you love and what personally really inspire you like what your art did for me. :D
Honestly just vlogs of what you're doing!! I'm interested in what you're doing in your garden and whatnot.
Take time for yourself Echo. It's OK we will be here when you feel better.
I would love a video about how your baby quail are doing! Or how your garden is going!
You could build a cute house for the quail?
You summed up depression perfectly. When I get bad I just keep doing the things that I used to like to do. Depending on what you don't like about filming maybe you can do like a go-pro situation and you just take care of your new forest life stuff
Oh maybe you could try a new art form, like knitting or crochet (it will get cold soon and theres really cute scarfs and hats). I've been enjoying tie-dyeing channels lately which I connect with summer camp and hanging out in the woods, maybe theres something with that.
Everything you said about depression… I relate SO MUCH. It’s comforting to hear I’m not alone, on the art side too about not being inspired and feeling like our brains are broken into 7 pieces
With the records, one time my mom did some acrylic and resin paint pour art on a old record, you could do something like that, or paint something on them, you could probably break them all up into specific pieces and arrange them in a design to make them into a person, monster or animal, I think that would be cool
Burned out, broken in the brain, ADHD - yep, completely relating to this content. ❤️
The school conversation is something I've been talking with my therapist about, it's a genuinely startling change to life and I really struggle with the consistent working without having at least a month break. So that part of this video really spoke to me (it all did but that conversation in particular was really relatable) 😭
With the records you could look into resin pouring and make super colourful records that could be a fun thing to learn and can be satisfying when you finally get it completed.
All of that resonates. Firstly you’re not boring - your personality is why we enjoy the videos. Secondly it’s a joy whenever I get notified, so time between uploads doesn’t matter. Thirdly: how about a beanbag (or similar) chair with a mushroom canopy/tent so when you sit in the chair you can zip yourself into a mushroom 🧐
Echo, I have been watching your videos for years now. And I have enjoyed every single one. I have hyper-fixations too, and completely understand the whole burnout associated with being in between fixations. So here’s a short list of a few off the top of my head.
-making art with coloring books for kids
-an exploration of the “scene kid” or “scenecore” aesthetic from the early 2000s
-making “kandi” braclets
i can brainstorm a few more ideas, but that’s all I’ve got right now. I’d love to get in touch with you if you found this helpful!
Ideas...
Try some random character generator prompts.
Design/ build a gnome house and garden, put in a fairy door, bring a little whimsy to a part of your woodlands.
I love the giant stuffed mushroom idea!!! Love mushrooms!
Spoopy season is upon us! Time to skeleton-ize EVERYTHING!
Turn a Pumpkin Spice Latte into a character. Turn a bat into a human...extra challenging if you can do it without making a vampire.
Take the original Strawberry Shortcake (The ones in their frilly dresses) character designs and make them grown up with a glow up.
I get this emotion so hard
Especially the summer feelings
For the old records, I saw people painting them into porthole backgrounds from Spongebob! I really works with the shape. I also think going through the process or design of some colouring book pages would be super interesting. Showing the theme, how you would personally choose to colour them, how it would look in different mediums and get feedback for further pages.
But overall just take the time you need!
I would love to see something done with those records! Maybe a custom drawn record jacket, some painting on the record itself?
It would be really cool to see paintings/drawing on the vinyls!
Maybe make your own version of a tentacle animal? Like the tentacle kitties, but you could use the old records and paint over them or make some kind of mosaic out of them? But the most important thing is to take time for yourself and recover, your mental health comes first :) you deserve all the awesome points in the world!
I'm on vacation in a cabin and have been taking mushroom pictures so sewing a giant mushroom would be epic!!!!
As someone who also loves sewing, I was hyper fixated on echos sewing videos and they made me so happy
I’m also going to be living without electricity soon
Hi Echo! I think I speak for a big part of your audience that we're happy to see any kind of videos from you- art, sewing, or farm related. I also would rather you do whatever you need to do to take care of yourself, whether that's continuing on posting regularly or taking a mental health hiatus!
On the topic of video ideas, maybe you could do something about the grave yard of forgotten hyperfixations? Or abandoned projects? Oh- and for the records, maybe you could do some kind of weaving project? I've been looking into doing something similar with CDs
I feel your pain. I LOVE taking photos but can't stand editing them. I'm also lacking motivation for finding time to take them after recently getting a full-time job at work. It's a catch-22
I constantly go from one obsession to the next, often video games, and I get extremely frustrated when I don't have that in my life and when I have to do other things that get in the way of what I'm obsessed with, like work or eating food, I feel they are inconveniences that are keeping me from whatever the thing is, which is what I feel I should be doing instead of anything else.
Never had a word for this before you introduced me to the concept of hyper fixation. Thank you very much for pointing me to that phenomenon. I'm so happy to have a word for it now!
YESSSS ECHO COLOURING BOOKS WOULD BE AWESOME!! Your line art style is incredible! Also I’ve been watching you since I was like 9.. I’m 15 now, and I took a break from your channel. I’m so excited to catch up on all the vids I’ve missed!
I've been around your channel for a loooong time, your videos really inspired me to draw and get better at it when I was younger. This year I finished college (studied Illustration) and I didn't want to draw anymore, I closed my social media, and woke up every morning thinking "what am i going to do with my life if i don't want to make art?". I've been really sad because of this, create things was my everything. The good thing is that lately thing are making sence again, I remembered myself how much I have to offer and that I really love this, nothing is a 100% great but I'm really working on it. Sooo, I really hope that motivation comes to you in a natural way, your creations are amazing and I would love to see the way your new life is, decorations, plants, those baby birds and all the things that you're excited about, 'cause we will be excited with you.
Good luck with feelings! greeting from chile, and i'm sorry if my english isn't right uwu.
I dont know why, but I feel watching you sew a giant can of soup would be nice
I know someone who took their old records and turned them into a side table (stacked up, coated in resin, sleeves on, fancy mid-century legs). I feel you on burnout, I haven't even started my youtube channel and already feel burnt out (could be my life...). I watch for your personality, in ye old days of stay at home, no personal interaction, getting to know someone online feels like a friendship.
Owl Bear! That would be just amazing!
Ah echo! Not just anyone can have a hyper fixation, it’s a nuerodivergent specific experience. Unlike just a general interest or hobby of a nuerotypical person, a hyper fixation essentially has the effect of a drug on the nuerodivergent person. This is because we aren’t making regular amounts of important chemicals such as serotonin and dopamine, so when our brain releases those chemicals in response to our hyper fixation it’s got a lot of impact leading to obsession. A nuerotypical brain doesn’t experience hyper fixation because it’s already making appropriate amounts of serotonin and dopamine, so the person can’t experience the “addictive” aspects of it that someone with a mental illness would ❤️🖤❤️🖤
It’s rough to be between hyperfixations, in a way it’s like running out of medication, but I’ve always found it helpful to go back through old obsessions to see if anything sticks again!!
a project i started with old records but never finished bc i’m not very good at painting was to get 9(? i think it’s 9) of them and paint each one as a planet in our solar system and then i was gonna put them in order on my wall. and then i was gonna use the back of a cd as the moon.
I’ve been watching your channel since I was 13, and as I’ve grown up, your channel was a huge inspiration for me to continue art despite how depressed I was, because you made me realize art wasn’t just one thing, it didn’t have to be “normal” art can be my escape, it can be a fun world in my head, it can be anything (if that makes sense?), and since then I’ve been using it to cope. I’m 19 now, I use my skills to make decent money for the most part and I’m working towards becoming a comic artist, and that wouldn’t have been the outcome if not for finding your channel. So thank you and whatever you decide to do with your channel I’ll stick around.
You can literally do whatever you want on this channel, and I would probably watch it. You do not bore me. If you need to take a break, do it. Also, an oversized plush set of headphones would make a cool neck pillow!
I like using old records for paint pouring. You have to clean and prime them well, but since you can usually find them super cheap in thrift stores, I think it's worth it
Hi Echo! I'm new to your channel, but you seem like an awesome person! What I found that works when I'm burnt out of something is to take time to focus on yourself, and take a break to spend time with those that inspire you and encourage what you do. Sometimes you just need a break from what you are doing to treat yourself and relax from all the commotion around you. I'm not saying this will work for you, but I thought I could suggest to you what might help you from being burnt out. P.S. Do what makes you the most happy every day, it doesn't have to be the same thing every day. I noticed you smiled more and seem more cheerful when you spoke about your man, so maybe you just need to be around him more often to help you getting out of that burnt state.
Sorry for the long paragraph, but you really do seem like an awesome person! Hope you continue to create more content in the future! Your community here enjoys your content no matter what you do! ^-^
At 4:14 Bill Cipher, the ace flag, owl house or quail, Mushroom
You should make a life-sized plushie roommate. You can given them a backstory… there can be much weird awesomeness.
Love you! Grok the maturing-thing. 😉💜
For giant plushies, I think a lemur would be amazingly cute! Big eyes and long tail!
I've never related to anything so hard in my life. I'm right there with ya. Nothing excites me right now, and if it does it's gone 5 seconds later. I want to micro crochet all the things but cant commit to a project. I want to sit on my couch and do nothing but I want to go do things outside. Life is weird
A "life size" Totoro would be amazing
I have hyperfixation on all things horror, halloween, gothic, and nightmare before christmas. That's cool they have a word for all that. I have ADHD/OCD so that explains sooooo much!! 🖤🧡🖤🧡 I get how you feel though because I've been going through the same thing with drawing/painting/crafting because u haven't felt like doing it until recently. I'm slowly getting back into it and I'm feeling more normal since I have. Do you and keep pushing forward! You got this. Everyone deserves a break! 😁
I made a 9 ft sandworm from beetlejuice as a plush. Used almost 3 target pillows to fill it and some scraps. Hopefully that gives you an idea of what to make. I also don't know who likes to lay on it more, me or my beagle mix.
Maybe you can do some more sketchbook tours. I love to your thought process and you're one of thd reasons why I got into art in the first place. You can even use your unfinished ones as that's been a trend of sorts.
I've seen people decorate and melt vinyl albums into a bowl. They use colored pencils to add color/patterns/drawings to the grooves and then set it on a bowl or coffee can and apply heat using a heat gun to melt the vinyl and push it downward over the bowl or can. When it's all done it looks like one of those tortilla bowls from a taco salad. You can then fill with stuff (I would suggest non-taco) or nail to the wall through the center opening. Or you can sell them on ebay and use the money to buy a real taco salad at taco bell.
:D I really like your content Echo!!! I think maybe painting the records would be cool!! Also it's okay to be burnt out!
i'm generally concern about something that echo feels, not from laziness, i'm all for it.
what i'm concerned about how much airflow the whole house gets, or rather grow some indoor plants.
GIANT MUSHROOM HAT WOUDK EB AMAZING, you could do a giant slime?
A giant mushroom would be cool! Epically if it was in red and black. Tho that may be kinda odd, I'd still think it would look cool. I watch most of your videos (bc I just love em) so I'd be cool with anything. To add to the mushroom topic, a mushroom as an anime girl, if you haven't done it yet
Can relate because that's how I feel with art currently. You could maybe paint on the records? Also giant mushroom would be cool.
I for sure feel this. It’s hard to keep up with everything with CZcams and the burnout is real. It’s also hard to have like a life like you said. I’ve been doing better about setting boundaries but like you said, youtubers basically document their life or their work. I keep getting stuck in the “can I make this a video” loop. And man I miss summer break! That is one of the things I feel people need as adults. The US does not have a great vacation system. I envy Europe and all the places that get like 3 months of time off 😩
I recommend a gaint Snail with a detachable shell that you could crawl into a home on the go.
Echo I don't think any of your fans find your videos boring. We love your humor and beautiful soul. I'd buy an official Echo Coloring Book!
You can make a giant plushy of you?? Or new desk tour?! I will love your content what ever it may be because you are an interesting human being and much love goes out to you :). I hope you can continue to journey on what ever your struggles and that thing will get better ❤❤❤
Giant sunflower!!! You give me sunflower vibes. Also take as much time as you need your needs and wants are the most important things. (Also a mushroom cocoon would be super cool)
Abstract art about what boredom feels like...or maybe a bunch of watercolor birds and eggs...or an egg world filled with egg trees egg people...egg land... new inventions of the future with seriously small details...abstract art of what laughter feels like...paint a Rembrandt color-by-number...make your own puzzle...document your day art journal, but only what you eat...take a picture of a landscape grab all the colors for a color palette and then make a character out of the landscape color palette like "Tundra" or "Hawaii"... anthropomorphic turtle character named Charlie...sew a mushroom plushie you can crawl into...make a dress out of paper circles that are colored with watercolor gradients...make a paper shirt out of books....wow, I really enjoy eggs
If you can't hold on to idea's and your head 'feels empty': Get a whiteboard.
- Write your idea's or thoughts on it.
- Come back to it every few days and add/remove stuff.
- The idea's that stay on the whiteboard the longest: execute.
It worked for me, so maybe (just maybe) it works for you.
Echo, everything goes in cycles….have spring, summer, fall, and winter in your own life and don’t try to put pressure. Do you have a mindful practice?
For the records, you could paint them! if you don't want to ruin it you can put a layer on top of the record to protect it.
The mushroom hat could be super fun! Mushroom video
something with frogs?
MORE ART!
for the anime girls
A fox
almods
frogs!
mushroom!
paint
bees
quail
For the albums, you could design new album covers and paint them? Maybe create characters or illustrations based on your favourite song from the album! If you wanted to push it even further, you could do the covers double sided, one for the a-side and one for the b-side?
Make a plushie mushroom foot stool... functional and cute fairy décor for living in the woods! :D
My sister in law did a whole wall in her house of records that she put in the oven. I know it sounds weird but when you put a record in the oven the edges twist or fold into the middle and each one looks different because of how the record lines work. They almost look like flowers. It's hard to explain but try looking it up, they are called "vinyl record bowls". I promise it looks super cool!
I personally was thinking of a skeleton body pillow for Halloween. But I don't sew anymore so I will give that to you as an idea since Halloween is coming up.
Ooo something that would be cool is if you played with shrinky dinks. It's basically plastic that you color on with sharpie and then bake them and the plastic shrinks. You can make earrings and stuff out of them
You could make a giant cozy mushroom tent plush thing. That'll be cool to disappear in.