/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I miss the times when I could still pass off as an aloof, socially retarded art boy on the internet and soak in the vibes/atmosphere from games like All Of Our Friends Are Dead or Starbound. I remember getting a lot of nice comments and genuine appreciation from my friends before I went paranoid thinking they never really liked me, and entered downward spiral.

Out of all the things I lost, that spark that had me drawing initially is what i'm missing the most. I'm at the skill level that I wanted at the start, but without any of the soul or passion that kept it going for ages.

>>4639095
Some dudes I met on tgchan's IRC were nice enough at first - comforting me on my 16th birthday after I I got confronted for being a sperg, gave me plenty of encouraging advice and words to drop the misconceptions I had that kept me in the self-hate cycle (such as talent being the sole deciding factor in making it), and just being there for me.

That is, until they got tired of me saying hello to moment they come online and wouldn't stop crying over the same points. Still, massive dick move for them to softblock and shittalk me behind my back.

>>4639755
Not as much as I used to, why?