Daily routines for Artists. Good & Bad.

In this month’s blog post, i wanna talk a little bit about routines and things artists ‚can‘ do to be more productive and even more creative. I said ‚can‘ because i think, that there is no golden rule at all to have the right schedule or routine which works for everybody. I’m not a fan of telling people that ‚when you are doing this and that, THEN your life will change.‘ We have to be honest here. We are all so different that not everything can work for everybody, so keep that in mind and read this post (like every other post) with a piece of salt. :)

"There’s no one answer when it comes to scheduling a day for maximum creativity and productivity. "

Sometimes it’s hard to be creative 24h a day, that’s what people think when you say you are an artist. But being creative is hard work. It doesn’t come to us by default and in any situation. We have to work for it and find ways to be inspired and to get ideas. Non-artists don’t get that. They believe when you are an artist and even more a professional artist that your mind is full of things that can be shifted into cool projects and products all the time. Well, ya, we all have hundreds of ideas but having an idea doesn’t make it a good one.

I know from myself, that sometimes when i don’t take care of things that keep my creative level high, i feel a lack of inspiration and even don’t find any interesting ideas for a project or any kind of solution. And still, my mind is full of a lot of things that i can’t use properly. And that’s why daily routines or habits are so essential. They are meant to be for letting your mind use these kinds of thoughts full of ideas in a useful way. They let you have an easier time starting and moving on with projects. They are helping you to fill up your visual bar and let you escape art holes.

Prologue

But first of all, we have to distinguish which situation we are in. This is important because we have to find out what time you have and what can work for you and whatnot.

There are 3 different types of an artist:

• Working in a job full-time (company) that is non-art related and you do art besides that. This can also mean you are a student or pupil going to school or university and you are doing art as a hobby.

• Working in an art job full-time (company) and you do art besides that.

• Working as a freelancer (from home) and you do art besides that.

I wanna split these because you gain and lose different things when you are in one but not in the other. And you can also do different things based on your free time.

1. Let’s start with the job full-time (non-art related)

In this position, it’s hard to do art besides your normal job. I know that people often advise that you have to do art before your work or in your late hours after work, but when we are honest here, after a full day of hard work, you don’t wanna stand up earlier to do art or work on art when you are fully exhausted. You love your free relaxing time and also your sleep. You don’t wanna skip that what i can totally understand. Balance is very important.

Just to tell you, i TOTALLY understand how you feel. It’s easy to say ‚just do more work after your work‘ but when you are in this situation it’s hard to do it.

So the main advice i can give everybody who is in this situation, who works in a company that doesn’t have anything to do with art at all (because you have to pay your bills), is simple. Keep in mind that life has its different seasons and priorities. You cant be always fully engaged in art even when you want it when you just can at that specific time. And that’s okay!! That means that, when your priority is, to make some money and save it for the future right now, then it’s totally fine to keep art on a lower priority list. That doesn’t mean you give up, it only means that you have to take care of other things first and that can happen a lot during your whole life. Prioritize something over another thing.

Simple examples There is a season where you only have to take care of your financial situation so you work your butt off to save money for 1 or 2 years and you do less art. You have to pay your bills or have to take care of your family.
🔄 Your priority is shifted to money.

Then there is another season, where you are single, and you have enough money so you can fully concentrate on art for a few months nonstop. You go out less and meet fewer friends to build a portfolio and because you are alone and don’t have any other responsibilities, you have all the time you need to focus on your art.
🔄 Your priority is shifted to art.

Another season can be, that you are married and you got your first child during your art jobs. You still do art as part of your job but you don’t spend more time learning new things.
🔄 That would shift your priorities back to your family.

Another season can be, building relationships with clients so your whole year or so is based on client work and building connections during that. That would mean less personal work and holding back products you were working on because clients are more important at that time.
🔄 Your priority is shifted to building a business.

Another season is having enough free time (because you don’t have a job at the moment, you work just half a day or you feel highly inspired) to work on your personal projects and products for a few months or a year so you put your whole focus on that.
🔄 Your priority is shifted to the personal art and growing in that.

Or another season, what a lot of people have on and off is when you have mental struggles. You are depressed and anxious, you are burned out and have a really bad time at the moment. If you are in those seasons, you rarely focus on jobs, art, or anything else. You are focused on yourself and feeling better.
🔄 Your priority is shifted to mental health and self-care.

You see, there are many different seasons you run through during your lifetime, and not every season is fully packed with art and being productive all the time. Not everything is always based on your job as well. And that is OKAY!! Seasons can last for weeks, months, or years. They come and go because that is called life! I mean yes, you can hustle in your mornings and evenings and every free minute you have for art. You can do that too. I just say it’s okay if you don’t.

For me, last year was a season where i needed to take care of my mental health so no matter what i did i couldn’t focus on art or a job. I needed to wrap my priority around self-care and mental health. That’s why i didn’t do much art that year. So that season almost lasted for 1 full year. 2020 is another season where i put my focus more on financial things because after paying back my debts, i needed to fill up my bank account to pay my bills. Also because of a lot of client work, i also put my focus on relationships with clients. So overall my priorities were not on personal artwork, it is more based on money and clients. And that’s OKAY! So my priority shifted from mental health & self-care to business and finances. But i also realize that the season is shifting slowly again and i will have more time for personal projects soon.

What i wanna say with all that is, don’t feel bad when you don’t do much art. Maybe you are just in a season where art is not a priority. That’s just how it is, and its totally fine to not force art into every little time you have. Doing art is amazing, and necessary to build a career around it, but its not the only thing in life. So please don’t feel bad at all. :) Im sitting in the same boat. We all are. Every single person has different seasons and when you see someone online who is doing art every single day, only means, that this person has a season which priority is in art. That’s it. Nothing more. They are not better than you. They are just in a different season. I hope that helps to feel less bad about your own journey. :)

2. Then we have been in an art job fulltime

Working already in an art-related job is something great because there you can already fill up your visual library, social connections, and inspiration during your work time every day. That means you don’t need to take care of that after your work and that leads to more time for your own art after work as well.

Yes, i know working in a job full-time in a company even when it’s art, it’s kinda the same feeling as working in a job (non-art related). You are feeling tired after a full day of work and you wanna relax. But the difference here is, that you already are inspired because of teammates you met at work because you had social connections and nice talks there, you are inspired by all the artwork you did at the company’s projects and you warmed up your ideas and mind with some art-related work. So you are in a better mood of doing more art after work.

I often had the feeling of motivation when i worked on a client job and during that, i got some ideas for my own art and couldn’t wait to test it out and to work on it. That’s what i mean when i talk about having an easier time starting something even after a full day of work. This can be a benefit to doing art besides your main job. More ideas, more motivation and inspiration, and an easier time to start doing something.

3. The last one, working as a freelancer (working from home)

This one has the freest schedule for doing a free artist routine because you can arrange your time by yourself. You are the boss on how many hours you work on client work, on personal work, on non-art-related things, on hobbies, on study time, on free time, on social time, and many more. So being in this category is the most freeing one.

The disadvantage here is, that you can easily get overwhelmed and put your time on the wrong things easily. Like doing only personal things even when you have client work. Or doing only client work and totally forgetting to study new things and learn and grow your skills. It’s hard to organize yourself and build up a needed level of discipline as a freelancer. Not impossible but hard.

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So all 3 categories are important to give you the opportunity to plan your life better and to bring art into it. Sometimes you have more time sometimes less. That’s just life.

So going into some tips here and routines you can implement in your life as well on a daily basis. You can combine some, mix them up, do them all, or just one. Try out everything and see what fits perfectly into your life. These are just examples. And if you have more, let me know in the comments so others can see it. :)

Here are some things which will help with being creative

⭐ 1. Make a priority list to not lose focus

Sometimes we want so many things that we don’t do anything at all because of being overwhelmed by what we could do. A simple and useful trick is to write down everything you would love to achieve in art on a priority list. This can be anything that is art-related. Here is a little example of what you could write down:

After you wrote down everything, think about it more deeply and choose only 10 out of these which you are interested in the most. Then shrink it down to 5 and then to 3. Don’t delete or throw away the whole list (it’s still useful for future plans) but shrinking down the list to  4 or 3 topics, makes you less stressed out and confused about WHAT you should work on when you sit down.
I often felt overwhelmed and lost by sitting on a huge list of what I would love to do that I couldn’t choose one of them and ended up scrolling through YouTube to find an answer (but the only thing I did was watch other artists’ vlogs).
To avoid that, shrink down the list to only a few points and focus on that! (when one thing is fulfilled you can go back to the list and choose another one.)

I recommend not doing too many topics at the same time, because you learn faster when you put all your time into max 3 things or even just one and learn and grow there. Instead of doing everything at once.

⭐ 2. Write down a fundamental list

Fundamental lists are kinda like the priority list, but this is even more in-depth. For example, a point in your priority list is 'Learning Zbrush'. This is an overall topic that you want to achieve. But when you open the program, you will see that there are many buttons, workflows, and ways you can use this Software. And this is the fundamental list.

So after you found out which priorities you have, let’s say you want to learn Zbrush, then you have to write down what exactly you want to learn there. Here is an example:

You also can mark them in different colors to set a priority in them. For example, the red points are the most urgent ones so if you want to start learning something you start with one of them. Then maybe the yellow points and then the blue.

I did that as well and wrote down all things I want to learn in different fields. I had a field of Software study, Creature Design Study, and Fundamental study. Furthermore, I wrote down everything I want to learn so that when I have time for studying I can go there and have everything ready to start right away.
Here is an example shot from my list (the topics are more, but you can only see a few of them on the view). I also have a block of 'currently studying'. So everything I’m doing at the moment is at this table. And also have a topic of 'study grown to lvl 1'. Lvl 1 means, when I know the basics of a topic. And if I want to go more into it, I can put it in lvl 2 (what I don’t have here yet). This is how you see your progress and be more organized in general.

This brings me to the next point.

⭐ 3. Sit down and review your current situation and skills

By making all these lists, schedules, routines, etc. you have to keep in mind that situations and life change and also your mindset and thoughts about things will change. For example, at the moment your main priority points were Learning Zbrush, learning animal anatomy, and wanting to learn more about 2d storyboarding. Let’s say 1 year passed, and you looked through your lists again and 2d storyboarding isn’t something that you want to go into anymore. This can happen. Sometimes I want so many things and then situations change (a new job, your life changed, you are interested in different fields), that some of the things I wrote down don’t belong to the list anymore.

That’s why I think it’s very important to sit down maybe once a week or once a month, look through your lists and goals, and see what still belongs there. Is it still something you want to learn? Is it still something you are interested in? If not, put that point aside (maybe on another list of just random ideas), and replace it with a point you still like to do. That makes everything easier when you look at those lists next time to pick something. Because if you only have points there you are not really interested in, you will get the same effect as having a bunch of random points there, and you can’t choose one over another.
Make your life easier, make it less distracting, and organize your thoughts.

⭐ 4. Find time blocks to learn new skills

We all have different life and priorities, so I can’t really tell you what time you should take to do art. You have to find that out by yourself.
Depends on how much time you generally have and when you are most creative. For some, it is in the morning hours, for some when the moon is high up, and it’s dark outside. Some love to do art during their work break outside in a park while drinking a fresh beer. Some like doing it on the work desk, some laying in bed or on a couch.

Time blocks are important because if you don’t schedule your time-out you will lose track of what you want to achieve. Me, I know that I’m most productive in the mornings (even when I’m a night owl), so I plan a time block for studying art for example from 7-8 am. I don’t do any client or personal work there. I take that time to study what I don’t know yet. If I don’t use that time, I will not study new things anytime throughout the day. Because I know myself and know that I’m getting more and more tired after lunch and couldn’t wrap my head around learning things in the evening. So for me, morning block times are important.

If you feel more energized in your evenings then shift that block after the day is almost done. It’s hard to put study sessions into your daily routines because when you are already in the industry you do oftentimes things you already know. You feel more comfortable and secure with already-known knowledge. But studying new things is important to grow and level up your skills. So you have to put it kinda into your daily routine. Even when it’s just a 30min session each day. Better than having a study session every 2 weeks for 4hours.

One important point here is, there is NO golden rule for planning your day. 5 am in the club of successful people? I don’t believe in that. I think every person needs to find out what time is the best for work and for rest. You can be successful while working all night and sleeping over the day, you can be successful by waking up at 5 am, you can also be successful by waking up at 11 am or 2 pm. Doesn’t matter. Many of the old artists had all different kinds of routines and schedules, and they were all famous and well-known. Even the amount of hours of work time was different. Some worked many hours some just a few a day to get things done.

The only thing you have to do is, try out many things and see what works for you. And please don’t put yourself in a box. If you think you were always a night owl, then still, try out to wake up earlier and see if that could work too. Or when you are an early bird, try out to work at night. Maybe you are incredibly productive at that time. If you only think you can work alone then try out to work in a group. The more you test things, the better. I was always a night owl with my gaming personality. I can stay up all night without a problem (I still can do) but I tried out to work in the mornings instead of nights and I found out that this fits better for me. (still love the dark night and the silence, but mornings are amazing as well tbh).

⭐ 5. Warm-ups, physically and mentally

Warm-ups are important for routines when you don’t feel in the mood of doing any art. You can do it in many ways. Of course, moving your whole body is something you have to do for your overall health. Sitting down all day long will bring a lot of back, leg, arm, and head pain. By moving the body you will loosen that up which can also increase your mental health, self-confidence, and overall better feeling about your life. Doing workouts, stretching, yoga, or any kind of sport and activity is good for everything (not a secret).

Then you can do warm-ups with your art as well. I know it’s hard to start a new project or draw on a blank page. Warm-ups will help you to get in the mood for drawing, 3d, or whatever your field is. Some artists just draw a different kinds of circles and lines on paper to warm up the hand flow, some do rough 30sec images to warm up with shapes, some do warm-ups and draw rough people on the street, or you can do a 3d speed sculpt without having anything in mind just to get going with the program.

Important here: DON’T THINK! This is really crucial because you can only relax doing art when you have nothing on your mind. When you think too much you want to do perfect art, put down the perfect story and idea, and sculpt the perfect character head and anatomy. The more we think, the more we get insecure about what we are doing.
As kids, we didn’t think too much. The only thing we had in mind was 'That’s my superhero!! He is so cool!' and we drew whatever came into our head. We enjoyed using many colors and that we can create whatever we want. Keep that child mindset. Don’t think, just do whatever comes around and enjoy the process. Warm-ups are only there to be inspired for the real work you are doing after that.

Another warm-up plays more of a role for those who like to visualize things. I’m a person who loves closing my eyes and playing the scene, story, character, etc. in my head. I need this to get inspired and to get an idea of what I want to do without doing anything. It’s like watching a movie. You can do that by meditation (but one with only nature sounds in the background. No guided one or one with music.), or you can go to your favorite place, sit down and just visualize things there. (I often like looking at any kind of ocean, river, or sea and visualizing that a creature is jumping out of the water or something like that. Or looking up in the tree and seeing a nightelve warrior relaxing there or fighting in the crowns of the trees. - you know that kind of image).
I'm counting that in as a warm-up too because you can get highly inspired from those visualizations. I know not everybody can do that as an artist but those who can, try it out. Sit down for a few minutes, close your eyes, and visualize your current project in front of your eyes. Maybe you get some ideas out of that.

⭐ 6. Make it easy to start

One simple routine but a very important one is, to place everything you use for your art, in such a way that you can reach it without putting too much afford into it.
That means when you want to make a routine of drawing every day, then lay your sketchbook and your pens on the table and leave it there. Don’t put it on a shelf or a box to make the room clean. If you don’t have it in front of your eyes you will more easily forget it. Also, we all know that we have just a limited amount of willpower during the day, and searching your sketchbook or staying up and getting to your cupboard and opening a drawer and going back to your desk, etc, just grabs too much of your willpower. In the end, we don’t bother to let it where it is.
Do you want to play guitar every day? Put it next to your couch to just grab it and start right away. Do you want to write a blog post on your laptop? Have your laptop on the table and the writing program already open when you open the laptop screen. Do you want to start a new 3d model? Have a template file on your desktop, which has a simple sphere in it and the reference image of the creature you want to do next to it. Do you want to paint a big image on a huge canvas? Have a little corner where you place all your painting tools, colors, and the big canvas to start right away. Make it easy to start. Make it easy to reach. Make it easy to overcome the push of starting it.
 

⭐ 7. Be ready for Ideas

One big thing for artists on a daily basis is, to be ready when a cool idea pops up in your head. How often do we sit there while doing other stuff, and suddenly we had that super cool idea, but we don’t write it down, and after we are finished with our work, we try to remember what it was? This is something that happens daily for me and in the past, I forgot so many cool ideas because I was never able to write them down. Also, when I can’t write it down, my focus shrinks down a lot during other work. Actually, my cool idea fights with the current work I’m doing.

To avoid losing focus on the thing you are doing right now and to avoid losing the cool idea that just popped up, it’s important for an artist to carry around a small notebook. This can be in traditional form, or you can write it down in any kind of app on your phone, tablet, computer, or whatever you have around. With those notebooks, it’s easier to move on during the day. It doesn’t interrupt your current work because you can easily write down the idea somewhere in a few seconds and then forget about it and go back to your work. When I have an idea and I can’t concentrate on my current work what is bad? If you can’t focus on the Now your skills will decrease, and your speed and overall everything that you are doing are not as good. That’s why it’s so important to write everything down and look at it later when you have the time for it.

I have both. A little traditional notebook lies on my desk (because I like writing things down traditionally), and I use the free app Notion where I have a long list of random ideas, which I can categorize as well, which makes the searching so easy. If I only want to see 'online shop' ideas I can show only the one with 'online shop' in it. Sometimes these ideas are something for future plans and sometimes something that I like to do for the next project. So I look through this list from time to time and see if I collected any kind of a good idea, so I can shift it to another list of current projects.
I have Notion opened on my desktop all the time, so I can write things down immediately. The good thing is, the notion can be connected to your computer, phone, tablet, etc. so you can have it on all devices.

⭐ 8. Don’t overwork

Something every artist needs to remember. Good art doesn’t come from sitting down for 14 hours straight for days, weeks, and months. One routine every artist should have is, having a good schedule and management to not do too many crunch times and overworking hours. I already hear you say, 'but i have a deadline to hit!'. If you have a deadline that is very close, oftentimes it’s because you had a bad schedule and you didn’t organize your time well. Let’s be honest. Yes, there are times when you really don’t have much time because a project or task came in too late for you to work on, but 80 to 90% is because you procrastinated too much in the beginning, or you didn’t work smart enough to fulfill this goal. (this happens to me as well sometimes). A good schedule is the key to a more balanced life and should be in every artist’s routine. So grab your app or pen and paper and find out a good productive schedule for your work. Set your own deadlines to have enough time in between and in the end.

⭐ 9. Use your breaks more wisely

If you wanna get more things done you can also plan things during your breaks. I know breaks are mostly used for keeping your head away from work and relaxing, but some smaller breaks are good to fill with more work.
For example, all artists who wait for some 3d work to render know this problem. You are sitting in front of your computer and you render one of your scenes which can take 10min or even longer. After that, did you push some buttons and render again to see some changes? But what are you doing in those little breaks?

You can do a lot of things in between. For example, you can write down the ideas you had from your notebook and transfer them to another list. You can also start sketching a bit while waiting for the render to finish. Or you can start a new course or Tutorial and learn something new. Maybe you have to send an invoice over to your client, do that. Or writing down your expenses from last month for your finances.
Depending on the time you have to wait you can do smaller or bigger tasks. Mostly it’s just smaller tasks so whatever you have on your list, you can do it in that time span. You will see that finishing those little tasks in between work can give you more free time in the end.
 

⭐ 10. Don’t be available the whole time

A very important routine for every artist is, to have time for yourself. As creatives, we need some silence and/or inspiration to get ideas, find solutions, and do our work. If you get distracted all the time throughout the day, you will see that you won’t be as productive as you want to be. Your focus goes down and you are more likely to get tired of your work than usual. Phone calls here, messages there, social media posts every 20min, and friends, family, or partners are coming into your room whenever they want to.

The best thing you should implement in your routine is turning off your phone (really turning it off, turning on plane mode, or putting it in another room), and telling your friends, family, and partner, that a specific time of your day is for your work only so no one would distract you at that time. Find the right time where you are most likely productive and let people know that at this time you are not available for anyone. Even not emails.

Emails are another thing. I like when people reply within 24 hours when it comes to jobs, but you don’t need to be available within 2 minutes. Check your mail in the morning and maybe another time in the evening (or just one time) to see who wants something from you over the day. And if they have anything else, they have to wait till you are available again. The world is still spinning when you take your time for yourself, so no worry.
I realized over the years, that when i was easy with my availability, i got distracted so many times and procrastinated a lot because i jumped from one point to another every 10 minutes. But for doing focused and smart art, you have to be fully in the present. Only that is how you can work less and get more things done in the end.
 

⭐ 11. A little break from your art

The best way to get a nice amount of break from your art is just to go out and take a walk outside. This is something so simple but it can help you a lot with coming up with solutions, you can also ask yourself how you feel and get connected with your inner self and you can keep some fresh air and move your body. Also, it’s the easiest thing to do and doesn’t cost a thing. Just walk around the block one time for 10min. Doesn’t needs more time.
I recommend doing that every day BUT without your phone. Just you and your mind walking down the street or forest and enjoying the present.

I liked adding that to my daily routine. I feel way more refreshed after a 10min block walks around the house. What i also like to symbolize with that is 'starting and ending the day'. What i mean by that is, before i start my day, i will take a walk around the block to tell myself, a new day just started. And after the day shifts to night and I’m done with all my work, i go one little round again and tell myself, that the day is over, now it’s time to relax and have free time. It’s really nice to start and end the day with that.

 
⭐ 12. Together or alone time

This point depends on your personality. If you are someone who loves to be surrounded by others and you can get things done so much easier when you are in a room full of other people? Or are you okay with being alone while doing your work?

For those who feel more comfortable being alone while working this point isn’t for you. (or maybe it is? Try it out!) But for the others who feel better surrounded by other people, you can start adding this to your routine. What about meeting your teammates or friends and working together in a restaurant, bar, cafe, or park? Or maybe start doing a daily or weekly hangout around with other artists and do your work while hanging out. For those who need these social interactions, this can be a nice part of your routine. You would feel overall better and can get things done more easily. If you dont have anybody around you, you can go alone to a cafe or library and work there. So you have people and some noise around you without having the force to meet someone you know.

⭐ 13. Fill up your visual library and brain with creative things

One big thing every artist should have in their routine is, filling up their inspiration and visual library with all kinds of things they like daily. We as artists are not creative by default, but we often need to be for our jobs. The only thing you can do to be always on a level where you have ideas all the time is to give yourself something you can use in your field.
Take a little bit of time every day to fill up your mug with some cool inspirations before you start your day. Or you can shift it in your evening to fall asleep with amazing visual things in your brain. For example, you can have 20 minutes before going straight into your job, and look into an art book, or scroll down on Pinterest and look at art you love. Watch movies and shows that inspire you, and read comics or articles about something you do for your project at the moment.

Being creative means, that you take something out of your brain and create something nice out of it. But when your brain is empty and you didnt fill it up again with new inspirations and things you like, then you will be less likely to get good ideas or feel inspired to do art at all. That’s why it’s so important to NOT stop doing what you love. If you love watching superhero movies, then do it. If you like putting your time to know everything about Magic the Gathering Cardgame, play it. If you like reading fiction books, sit down and do it in your free time. You love playing games, play the hell out of it!
Whatever interest and hobby you have, don’t stop doing it. Because everything you are feeding your brain with is a reflection of your art. If you skip that, your art wouldn’t be you anymore.

If your parents or friends tell you, you are reading too many comics or playing too many games, stop listening to them. That is what makes you the artist you are. Your art is a reflection of what you do in your life and what you like. So fill up your visual library every day a little bit so that you always have something you can work with.
 

⭐ 14. You wanna do something different? Follow trends

One nice routine you can implement in your day is following art trends. There are so many out there all the time that you can literally do daily art out of that. The good thing about trending art is, that you can do something you probably never did before which is a cool thing. Going out of your box, being in a community that is doing the same thing, and finding maybe new interests over that.

So if you have a day where you really don’t know what to do, search for a recent trend and participate in that as well.  Also, trends can help to get more attention for your art online, which is a nice bonus.
 

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After i talked a bit about some good routines which can make a better impact on your work-life balance, i also have to list a few bad things here to make sure that you are aware of it.

Things and routines you shouldn’t do as an Artist

• Forcing your schedule to fit into a typical standard routine like everybody else. (If you just do what others are doing without thinking about it, you will never be happy with what you are doing. Be yourself and find your own way.)

• Stop having free time. (you will be exhausted and find yourself in an art hole pretty fast when you work all the time without balancing your life.)

• Stop doing things you love. (If you wanna be creative on a daily basis then you have to take care of your visual mug. Fill it every day again with new inspiring things so you will never get empty of ideas.)

• Doing the same things over and over again. (We as artists need to grow especially when you wanna be successful in your career. But you can’t grow when you never learn something new. So sit down and do those boring study sessions!)

• Jumping from one task to another in a short time. (I guess there are people out there who are more productive when they change tasks all the time to stay interested, but most of the time it’s just distracting. Multitasking is not as good as you think. Focus is more important to work smart)

• Don’t do too many things at the same time. (We have so many ideas in our heads, i know. But when you do everything a little bit you will never finish something. Focus on max 3 things and do the work for that.)

• Spending more time on consuming than doing your content. (I know there are so many addicting things out there that grab your attention but keep in mind, that you can only be successful when you create your content. It doesn’t help when you only consume the whole day. Because in the end, you don’t have any art to show anymore.)

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Okay, i think that’s it for now. I bet there are way more things you can do as an artist but i hope these few things let you think more about your own routines and the things you do on a daily bases. :)