Artist Block

For the longest time, I had artist block. It's much like writers block, where you feel like you're in a slump and lack creativity or inspiration, which is exactly what I had. Now mine isn't so bad, because I am working off pictures to create my portraits, but I believe I still qualify for artist block.
Every time I pick up my pencil, I can't seem to co-ordinate my hand with my eye, to create the image I'd like to have. I pick up my eraser, erase my mistake and try again. The same result. Than I erase and re-draw so many times, that my paper becomes a huge muddy mess of faint lines of past mistakes, that I need to start fresh on a blank piece of paper.
It's very frustrating, because I want to draw, but it's just not showing through in my work. So I decided to take a break for a while. Abandon my work completely until the time is right, and finally, it came back to me.
I spent hours drawing and drawing. Once confident enough with my portraits, I made it permanent with my micron pen.
I feel relieved finally getting back my creative side, that I missed for too long. I'm going to take advantage of this, and create as much as I can, before another artist block, and before I get too busy with school as I am near the end of the semester. What a relief.

Time is on my side.

Much to my excitement, John Cameron, a fellow writer from the Carillon has brought it to my attention that I wouldn't necessarily need to be done my sketches by the end of reading week anymore. The production has been delayed as they haven't yet gotten their new software for the new set up of the Carilon. They said time it could vary anywhere from the end of the month, or the end of the semester. I'm hoping that it will be on time for when this assignment will be due, so the new design and my sketches are available for peers to see and evaluate.
In the meantime, I was able to complete three more sketches. I'm happy with Taylor Bendigs, and Austin Davis portraits, but plan on a second attempt for Graeme Zirk.

Sketch #1

So this is me in the middle of my process drawing James Brotheridge. I took some familiar photos of him and meshed them together to create what makes him, him.
It took me a few tries to get what I wanted, but I feel fairly comfortable with this sketch so far.
I'm not sure whether they wanted it in colour or not, I usually don't tend to colour my sketches.
Anyways, here's a close up of my sketch of James. I drew it in pencil then went over it with my mircon pen to make it permanent.