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So I picked up drawing about 2 years back and at the time, I didn't have much of a social life. I stumbled across a forum and starting posting my art. Immediately, I saw that I was getting feedback from other artists and so I continued to post almost every single day. Every comment I got felt so good.

Fast forward, 2 years later my social life and thriving and whenever I come back from hanging out with peeps I just don't feel the "need" to draw. Like today, I did laser tag and I tried coming back home to draw and I just wasn't in the mood. Might be because my social stimuli was satisfied whereas when I was doing art in the past, I was hungry for the feedback because it was the only social interaction I got. Thoughts? Any similar experiences

>> No.3287998

>>3287990
Having no social life doesn't imply you are GMI either

>picked up drawing
>improvements and motivation
Beginner gains. Everyone goes through that phase. Eventually you realize your shortcomings, get depressed and demotivated, start coping with games or social interaction, eventually stop drawing altogether.

>inb4 projecting
Yeah we're all different, but artists are surprisingly similar in that we encounter the same problems and go through same phases. It's only the solutions that we come up with that are different.

>> No.3288000

>>3287998
"Start coping with social interaction" That's so weird. Personally, I feel social interaction is the most important thing. To be honest, I actually was using ART to cope with lack of social interaction so the fact that you put it the other way around was quite interesting.

>> No.3288001

i dont have a social life, devote 3 hours a day to drawing and im shit at drawing
what now OP

>> No.3288048

>wanna make it
>no social life
>made it

>now got gf
>art stagnates

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3288116

>>3287990
>Every comment I got felt so good.
How do I get this feeling from feedback? I've never felt the need to share my drawings online and the times I was forced to make a blog by an artist friend and got feedback I never really felt anything close to that.

I always see people drawing with a purpose and it makes me kinda jealous since all I do is grind for the sake of grinding.

>> No.3288330

>>3288048
why improve when you already have someone's unconditional love and support? (until they leave you)

>> No.3288349

>>3287990
Every pursuit requires some kind of deep lack in your life. It's not just about social life, is about being fullfilled in general.
Someone that has all of their needs fullfilled doesn't feel the need to create anything. People that create (or do anything productive, really) are doing it in a effort to fill a hole in their life, be it social recognition, self steem, a purpose, etc. At least that is what I've found.

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3288402

>>3287990
>im 12 and this is how it works for me therefore it applies to everyone else in the whole world cause i know everything even tho im 12

why are you even here if you have a social life? go shoot lazerbeams at your fictitious friends.

>> No.3288410

>>3287990
Not a problem if you know how to make a good schedule... Sure, you got more time to draw, but rotting in a corner your entire life (even if you're doing something you love) will at on point make you completely Miserable! And this applies to all the other basement dwellers who happen to read this. LIVE

>> No.3288415

You’re an idiot and this is just an excuse to not bother to have a social life OR work.