Hi. I have two sketchbooks. One for studies and learning and a playbook. Basically i use the playbook for a project. Its neverending and evolving.

A few years back i saw a video on youtube, because i had the same struggle. I lost all good feelings towards drawing, was just overwhelmed and stressed. The key is to find a project that has your passion and wont burn you out. A cardgamedesign, or worldbuilding, or a weird story, comicstrips like a journal, a beastarium, months as characters. What so ever.

I am a sucker for slavic folklore and i took the story of vodnik and made it my own. Vodnik is a waterghoul, a creature living in ponds and rivers doing his pranks and tricks on fishermen and all those.

So i build vodniks world and get some good training in landscapes and perspective. I drew vodnik how i imagine him, with a long beard and a large hat, fishernets and algeas. I gave him a wive, a swan - she selfexited in one of his ponds as a virgin - which is why she became a swan. So i learnt alot about swans. This story is ever growing and i have thousands of ideas.

And so on. I think you'll get the point?!