um, there's already an Adult Themes thread.

Motivation??
For me it's set a deadline.
Tell others about it, so you can't get out of it.
Leave things to the absolute last moment.
Then cram to get it done and have a job only about 80% as polished as you'd like.

I just get a pad of paper and some color markers and I start drawing. Drawing, drawing, drawing, until something finally looks like something. Then I try and recreate it in Photoshop or CorelDraw. That's when I can run into some snags. But eventually, even that works out.

Pat,

I start listing the reasons why I'm doing the thing that needs motivation. Two things can occur, you will get motivated real quick, or you forget about it and take the kids out for ice cream!

After working for many years on things that today I discoved I hated, today I work on something I love.
So, this is my motivation, making graphics is something really pleasent for me.
It doesn´t metter if what I am doing is hired of free stuff, I am allways motivated.
The thing is, work on something you like and you will be motivated all time long.

Give me my laptop, late night, time alone on the project (web dev in my case) and I can be motivated for hours ...

to get motivation you need to be inspired...Nothing is so dull as making something without inspiration...To get inspired use your imagination...What stories would the bird have told the tree in the wind?..How does a squirrel look like if it was blue and had crowclaws and a large tail? what would be a name for such an animal...Why have trees no knots in their stems? What colour would the leaves of the trees have if the sun shone green light? You saw a car driving too fast? Give it square wheels... whatever...Good luck

"I start listing the reasons why I'm doing the thing that needs motivation. " - Bill_Sawyer

Hmm, lets give that a try:

1) My boss told me to do it
2)

Ok, well, I can't seem to get past 1.

You just were no good at counting, Pat....