I am TheN1K0L4Z. . .

[TheN1K0L4Z]

. . . And I fail at originality. Everything I try to make in LDD turns out garbage, no definite color palette, no definite design style, no idea what to do. I come to here, because I'm out of options. My parents are unsupportive of my imagination, because it's unoriginal. I keep making story crossovers with mixed media, that I end up scrapping because of writer's block.

Where will I find the imagination? In a white room! Which I will never find. I'm sorry, I used to be very optimistic. Then I learned the ugly truth about the real world, and realized, no one gives a minifig! I feel very bad venting on this thread. But, I didn't sleep good last night, plus it is Friday the 13th, the one day I suffer from reversal of fortune.

Maybe if people were not so critical on my work, I'll stop feeling bad about myself. Just as well, I'll post a model soon.

Thanks for your support.

[jimmynick]

Hi TheN1K0L4Z, and welcome to Eurobricks.

I sometimes feel I have trouble with imagination - and I think that's why I'm studying engineering rather than art (for example), I think. I do know that when I open LDD with no specific plan in mind (supported by roughly-dimensioned sketches) I have a hard time getting done what I want doing. And when I do have a plan, I get good results.

Not everything is about imagination. I'm certainly not a source to consult on that, so maybe you could research authors and how they exercise their creativity? Perhaps you could consider making models of things that exist, or building more often. As the trite saying goes, "practice makes perfect". If you build more often, I'm sure your skills will improve - it's certainly been the case for me.

Maybe you're too hard on yourself - I look forward to seeing what you have to offer.

[TheN1K0L4Z]

Perhaps, you have a point. As an AFOL I should keep myself thinking beforehand on what to do. It's too bad that SNOT connections are not allowed on LDD, It's how others made such amazing designs.

Tell you what, jamesn, I got something planned for the spacefaring voyagers. Stay tuned.

[Ragnar_Deerslayer]

Welcome! Just a suggestion - find something in real life and model it in LEGO. It requires (perhaps) less imagination, but just as much (or more) technical skill.

Ragnar