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Striker · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2000 11:36 pm

I was just wondering when you guys feel most creative? Do you create your art in the day or at night? I always feel most creative at night and rarely go to bed before 2 am.

Fallen · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2000 11:40 pm

Me too. (but its usually closer to 4)

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kurisu · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2000 11:49 pm

Ditto. I'm 4+ hours later than the 'normal' world... I lose track of time when creating. I forget to eat, too.

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Ko · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2000 11:58 pm

Yeah... I'm a night guy too... the darkness inspires me + it's the only time I can get some nice quiet quality time.
And that really sucks when you got to go to work in the morning...

Ko

Pixelator · member Member # Joined: 03 Mar 2000 Posts: 90

What??? Daytime???? Doesn�t everyone work at night?
Strange, every night I learn something new

AcidDrone · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2000 12:24 am

Daytime? whats that.. oh hang on thats the thing involving light from some kind of sun.
Sorry i only live 12hrs a day and theres definatly no natural light then

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

I usually start cranking at the midnight hour, but I'm most creative during a good rain storm.. it helps me brainstorm. (sorry, had to do it)

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AiA · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2000 7:40 am

Well, I create the best when I drive, so I always need to have a pen and paper. The problem, is that is dangerous for my driving life!!! Maybe one day I recreate a car in my place to safely create!

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neutral? · member Member # Joined: 07 Mar 2000 Posts: 65 Location: UK

the night, definately. thing is, once i get started it's just too difficult to stop. and then when i do stop i can't stop thinking about what i could do, and then i can't sleep! arrggh! being creative has it's problems.

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Adamantine · member Member # Joined: 20 Feb 2000 Posts: 94

actually cause i chat with americans and like want to talk to them when they are online at whatever. and i dont like disturbace by any creatures, thats annoying. and if i get up to early and open my window, i cant see anything cause of the sun. and i like it quiet, and night is quiet. so i usually(but dont anymore cause my parents get insane) get up(here goes!) 10-12 later =) go up when its dark, go to bed when its bright. which doesnt work so good with school, so ive stopped that now=) so im not very creative or whatever......

kurisu · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2000 2:24 pm

Coffin. Fangs. Blood. Full Moon.

*BAH!*

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surphun · member Member # Joined: 05 Mar 2000 Posts: 63

I'm creative whenever. doesn't matter. I just start creating whenever I hit my psychic disturbance and start twitching...
ccchccxccchhhkk..uh oh. there it is again. gotta doodle....

pete · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2000 3:27 pm

im not even concious during the day so I'd say night..

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Golongria · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2000 4:28 pm

Freakin A! Now I'm gonna sound like a friggin conformist.
Day Bad, Night Good
The day: School, tired and can't think, track practice, noisy, sun
The night: Quiet, dark, creative peaking occurs, no sun, quiet, no parents nagging, quiet, no sun.
For some reason, after the clock chimes 12 times I am no longer sleepy and can only think of drawing and writing.

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

And now a dissenting opinion. I usually feel most creative sometime during the afternoon and into early evening. This is mostly because this is when I have idle time. After this time, I'm out wreaking havoc, and before I'm bust with school and whatever else is bothering me at the moment. I used to be able to live on two to four hours of sleep a night, but just can't do it anymore.

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Cos · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2000 5:49 pm

And here I thought I was just a freak drawing big robot demons till 6-7 in the morning....

nova · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2000 6:09 pm

Ah, yes.. nighttime. So I'm not the only one who enjoys the dark with a passion? Most of my ideas come from times where my mind isn't thinking about anything at all but existing, really, which is around 12ish, or when I can't go to sleep. I'll have to agree with Chapel about the rain. I LOVE RAINSTORMS!! Some of my creative anergy comes simply when I'm sitting with a pencil and a (sacred) blank piece of paper. If anything comes to mind, It tends to find its way to paper

I never have the opportunity to safely draw till 4 in the morning anymore though. By safely I mean getting enough sleep to be able to keep my eyes open during school, which is helpful.
During the day I usually work on ideas generated at night, or on artwork that basically only takes pencil strokes (or wacom strokes or whatever), and technical skills, not new ideas. It balances out quite nicely, generating ideas duing the night and working on them during the day.

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Pigeon · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2000 6:50 pm

Well folks, not all of us go to school...

I usually work on my art at night after I get home from my day job (which pays for things like food and shelter). Consequently I'm always a bit tired when I'm doing art.

So on my days off, I get to make art during the day, and I notice a BIG difference in my productivity. I have more energy and am able to plan projects more efficiently.

So basically, day or night doesn't matter, just energy, time, space, and control over those things.