I've just got back into art and I used to be halfway decent. Now I suck balls and when I can't seem to get something right it makes me so goddamn mad because I know I should be able to do it. It's a huge character flaw, anytime I can't do something that I know I can my rage meter just goes off the scale. Of course the rage subsides I don't even bother trying to fix or redo the piece because I can't even stand to look at it. Wat do?
Quit bitching and criticize your work harder. It's natural for an artist to be harsh towards themselves. Ask what you are doing wrong, and try something else. So what if you make a screw up? Who cares? Wouldn't you rather have a few screw ups and hone your skills than get mad and give up?
used to be good and now you suck? maybe you lost your touch at your chosen medium but having the proper mind isn't something that you can loose (imo) sounds like you just need to get inspired brother. if its a possibility for you set aside a entire day for nothing but your creating, maybe/hopefully around 3/4 of the way through a infuriating day of mind block you will get an idea and become ravenous about it. then you will wake up the next day wanting to start where you left off.
Hey there, I hear this one a lot LOL I have a lot of friends around me that get in a creative mood and then hop right back out and stay out for YEARS! And then one day Bang, they want to create again. I am an artist by trade, and a lesson I learned ( just this week too, and while High Was that let it go! Shake it off. Maybe try the whole go wild bit. No one ever ever has to see it, so your safe. Get paint and just make a mess. Go back wards into that little kid and have fun with it. Once you start having fun, you'll get your skills back, and then new ones too. Also another way to look at it is for how ever long you didnt do art work you have changed. And it may be hard to believe but that does have an effect on your work. I cant draw my faeries like I did way back in High School, and I kind of wish I still could, they were SWEET. But its all good, now I can draw hands way better and thats a cool skill to learn. So yeah man chill
id say give it a break, come back to it at a time when youre happy like...idk, maybe right after a bj or something (not kidding)....