I follow a lot of artists on twitter and some of the best posts are “I’m supposed to be working but instead I did this…” Now that I think about it Minimumble is an example of that. It started out as something for me to do instead of drawing my “real” comics. This is exactly the kind of realizations I need to stay away from.
Is it really procrastination, when you draw a comic about it though?
The absolute best productivity trick I’ve ever found is to tell myself that I *HAVE* to be productive on something else.
I seem to have an “inner” brain, and an “outer” brain. If I occupy the outer brain with certain mundane tasks or errands, the inner one suddenly starts to crank out all sorts of ideas and complex thoughts. Most of my teachers called it daydreaming, but I never really stopped doing it.
I’ve found that when I’ve consumed every bit of information I can find about a problem, then I have to go do something else (maybe have a late dinner), and before I know it, answers pop up like late toast…CLICK!