art therapy

[NoRespawn]

long before my pc died, (with a graphic tablet) so did my passion for drawing/animating. Spent years practicing to get better, when I should've been outside forming connections and learning how to communicate with others.

It upsets me that even after years of inactivity, i can still pick up a pencil and draw decent anatomy, and if I kept at it I know I get to where I used to be, but I just don't feel it anymore.

nowadays i only draw a quick sketch (and never finish) just to get some emotions out and then go inactive till the next blue moon.

if any of you have any art of your own or anything you go to when you're feeling suicidal, i'd love it if you'd share with us please.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Here is a piece of vent art I made a while back

Spoiler: NSFW-ish

 

[NoRespawn]

Here is a piece of vent art I made a while back

Spoiler: NSFW-ish

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this was a much-needed laugh, thank you

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Spoiler

I got one of these 'Boogie Board' sketch pads a little while ago and drew this. Sorry about all the dust it collected. There's just so much dust in my house. :/

Normally I don't consider myself a very good artist to successfully rely on art therapy though. I used to make crude comic strips in my notebooks but they much like myself are extremely cringe and also weren't actually all that helpful…

 

[overmorrow]

I wish I could draw like you, I'm decent but not drawing for a while, and still making good sketches is impressive ngl, I'm pretty rusty rn

 

[ForgottenAgain]

I totally get you, I spent my life until early 20s drawing and painting a lot, feeling like I was behind everyone else. I forced myself so much that I started hating to draw. It resulted in a 10 year art block.

I restarted painting around 2 years ago and when I was actively suicidal I did paint more as I couldn't work. I did a painting of myself hanged from my own brain, which I felt captured my feelings quite well and I liked my painting techniques, but if I look back at it I can still see a lot of flaws.

Painting is such a personal thing, I should have never tried to make it my job, it ruined the magic.

I hope you can recover, art is a great outlet. It felt good to be able to ctb in my painting, I think art can be liberating.

 

[binturong]

After graduating as an artist, I almost stopped drawing, studying exhausted me. Later I realized that I don't want to sell my art and that I don't want to draw serious things, I decided that I will draw only for myself, it doesn't matter whether others like it, I just want it to be sincere. In recent years, my inspiration has been returning and this year I promised myself to start implementing my ideas but I got stuck in an OCD episode (I don't have OCD, but I have something similar because I'm autistic).

 

[absolutelyyou]

Really forcing myself into my art hobbies has helped me mentally a lot. I kinda had to 'fake it till i make it' if you will as I wont WANT to create (I dont really draw but I do sew) but I still intellectually understand that its good for my brain. It redirects thoughts, gives me a different focus, and gives me some dopamine from accomplishing things that makes it feel a little easier to come back to it the next time. You should keep up with your drawing more, you have a great style and talent already and I bet with more time spent doing it could end up being really really incredible, dude.