Help - Creative Slump

The thing you most need to know about me, is that I go in phases.  I get bored easily, and have to move on, so a rotation of projects is absolutely necessary.  I am approaching the end of my most recent sewing phase.  I can feel that.  But it is a terrible time for the onset of what I'm suffering from: creative block.

The wallpaper world project has left me feeling uninspired, unenthusiastic, and unsure where to go next.  There is a possible portrait commission in the works, so I really need to paint.  I WANT to paint.  But what?  I think I need to go back to the fantastic, illustrative version of the concept.

So tell me, folks, what do you do to overcome this block?  What really gets you inspired?  Help!

P.S.
It's been a while since you've heard anything from Rachel and her crazy way with words.  So I give you this gem:

While fixing dinner:
"Cheese me, queen bee!"

Illustrated Rachel

Here she is!  This is the illustrated version of Rachel.  It will be used for her Kickstarter video.  She added her initials to the background.  (RAD, in case you couldn't tell.  She's as proud of hers as I am of mine.) I've got 8 more illustrations to draw, and 16 or something to color.  At my current pace, I'm getting four drawn, and half of one colored each night.  That's three or four hours of work.  It doesn't feel like I'm getting much accomplished.  But when I consider that it took two or three weeks for Rachel's penciler to do her first page, I don't feel so bad.  

I need to start figuring out how much time it takes to do the illustration and color separately.  Then, perhaps I can start making this into a business.  My goodness, I would love to. As much frustration the hair caused me, I still feel better than I have in months.  It's like I've been missing a crucial nutrient, and getting it back, I realize how sick I was feeling.  

We're thinking about doing a weekly web comic.  It would naturally, feature us! Well, her,  mostly.  She's the funny one.  (Look for my Things My Sweetie Says posts.  Redonk!)  What do you think?  Totally lame idea, or would you read about us and look at my pretty pictures?

TMSS: Winner!

Upon agreeing to go to the comic shop:


*alarms sound and gold coins fly out of my butthole*
JACKPOT!


You might have to have a good imagination for this one. 
I promise, it's hilarious if you do.

Things My Sweetie Says (In Her Sleep)

"That's gonna take a lot of giraffes."

Now what on earth do you think she was dreaming about?!

Never a Dull Moment!

Things My Sweetie Says

#14:

It's a time machine, not a dish washer.  It takes them back to a time before they were dirty.

#15:

Me:  How long did you sleep:
R:    14 hours and 1 day.
Me: You're a regular old Rip Van Winkle.
R: What the hell did you just call me?
Me:  I mean Rachel Van Beautiful.
R: Get the hell out of here.

Things My Sweetie Says

I've got a couple of doozies for you!  Ridiculousness at its finest! I'm pretty sure if most people listened to us, we'd be committed to some kind of institution or another.

#12
Me:  You're smiling.  I could watch you smile all day.
R:     Well I'm hungry.

 #13

R: Now that's a paradox!
Me: What is?
R: When I is, I am.  And when I aren't, I'm not.  But I CAN be AM NOT.
 Does it get any better than that?

Goals Schmoals

My first week of having a work completion goal didn't turn out quite the way I had hoped.  I didn't take into account that moving and unpacking loads of stuff takes up a significant amount of time.  Thankfully, we're almost through with the major stuff, and our schedules will be getting back to normal.  Hopefully by this weekend I"ll be able to work towards those goals once again.  Until then, I'll be banging my head at my failure to comply with my plan right after I set my goals.

At least I always have Rachel to make me laugh and lighten the mood!

TMSS #11:

R: "I like to make things difficult."
Me: "I know.  Why is that?"
R: "Fifteen inches."

Being subtle about changing the subject is not her thing!

Life in a Box

Moving is one of my least favorite things, ever.  Now that we're out of the old place, we're living in a junk heap.  There's a small path cut through the living room to the stairs, and everything up there is a jumble too.  While I have very little desire to actually unpack everything all at once, I would like to restore things to enough order that I can think.  I can't follow my own rules if I have no working space!  I guess I never set a start date for myself.  It will be soon, I know that, but it can't be today.  Gah!  I wish I knew where the camera was, so I could take a picture of the madness that is our home.  I have a very long checklist of places to change my address, and things to update.  None of which can be done from work.  Anyway, it's time for

Things My Sweetie Says!  #10
"It makes the sound of fire and dripping."
-on the sounds of the water heater in the new place.

On This Episode of "Things My Sweetie Says"

#9:

R: You hate my pet names.
Me: They're very scatological.
R: They're lovalogicalicious.

Things My Sweetie Says

Welcome to the wonderful world of Things My Sweetie Says! I decided to start keeping track after being shown ThingsMyBoyfriendSays.com and it has probably been more entertaining to me than anyone else. However, since she is really the funniest part of my life, I feel these anecdotes are worth sharing. Without further adieu, I give you numbers one through eight

1. On the transition between a "staccato" writing style, and a flowing one:
“It would feel almost like you were wandering around in the author's mind, picking little bits of fruit from the trees of his memories, and then you were sneezed out and sat in a rocking chair for the rest of the story”

3. "I hope you're really sick tomorrow." Said with love! Seriously!

4. "Viet Nam Crunch! It's not just cereal, it's an experience!"

5. On John Stossel:
"When I met him, he said 'would you like my autograph?' I said 'No, can I feel your head?'"

6. On memory:
"My brain is like flypaper."

7. Me: "Why can't I have a cookie?"
Rachel: "Because they're full of spider eggs and poison."

8. Because I frequently smell things that aren't there:
"sometimes I think you've got a nasalgeist"


If you were wondering what happened to number two, it featured some adult language, and I removed it.  It was a good one though.

Until next time!