How can I get out of my artist block (read below for wtf artist's block is)?

Question

Well, I've been drawing for a while, and I'm trapped trying to draw a character for my comic book series. Unfortunately, I keep drawing him slightly off angle and deformed. I find myself throwing away paper again and again. The character is Squee, and before you ask, this is an SLG publishing...or it will be in a few years.

Anyways, since I've started trying to draw him, I've been having problems...can someone help me?

Answer 1

Buy some cheap modeling clay at a craft store and do a model of him in the proportions you like. Even if it's not an exact likeness, a basic shape gives you the ability to move it around and view it from different angles, which you can use to sketch out the proportions much more accurately.

This is what professional character artists have done ever since the early days. It's hard keeping the proportions and angles exact in your mind :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paradigm4/233283063/

Answer 2

whell i think you should trie go to the nerest park or look at outher animations or what ever it is and see if eny thing comes to you if not then trie angling you're paper so when you angle your person or thing then you will get it to go the way you whant it to go.