/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

You become an artist because you love being alone

>>3519830
there are actually tons of artists collectives, so it's a totally valid option if you have the inclination and the energy for it.

i think you get used to being alone though, and these days you have the internet as a constant companion, so y'know are you ever really alone anymore.

plus if it gets too much you can always go crazy and hang out with your paintings, take on me style.

>>3519830
I’ve just gotten used to it. Of course my social skills have deteriorated but otherwise everything else is fine

>>3519830

is that a 13 year old girl?

>>3519863
she's 22, now at least

How about you deal with it in a way that doesn't involve blogging about it on /ic/?

>>3519879

Because I want to hear your opinions, surely many people here feel the same way.

>>3519867
and here she is with a bunch of bars in her mouth, lovely

>>3519882

who the fuck is that girl, and is she paying the price for being a thot?

>>3519881
>acts as if rules don't apply to him
>complains that people don't want anything to do with him

Funny. There, you have an opinion.

>>3519830

It doesn't help at all.

I do art since I'm a currycel who is short. Even with no choice loneliness is still painful.

The only place I see people naked is in life drawing classes. I feel the only reason the models don't look at me with disgust is that I'm good at art and tend to bias the drawing to make the person look prettier.

Good luck OP. If your white pick up an Asian or Indian women, they will worship you.

>>3519830
you don't. you outlast it until all contrast of the feeling is gone.

I deal with the loneliness by having hobbies and a social life, same as with any other job.

There's a book called "Solitude: A Return to the Self" by Anthony Storr that you might get some value out of, OP

I masturbate. I get sad sometimes when I realize the only place my semen has been is down the toilet

>>3519965

do you cum down the toilet? the fuck is wrong with you lmao

>>3519968
I like to jack off when i shower

>>3519830
Why do you guys always pretend like you spend 16 hours a day drawing? AT MOST you draw for maybe 6-8 hours a day. That leaves just as much room for a social life as any other job. It's your choice to spend the remaining hours of your day alone at home browsing 4chan or watching anime, don't pretend like this has anything to do with you wanting to be an artist.

>>3519830
>a few days of staying home trying to paint
I love being alone, and I love that I can make money from doing art at home and don't have to go out into a social environment. For the most part, I prefer not to directly interact with people. I do enjoy being active though, and obviously painting is sedentary, so I will take a walk down the the local river if I start getting stir-crazy. So maybe taking a walk will help you. But if you really just want people, consider working in a shared studio.

>>3519846
This.

>>3519846
that is true for me as well, though I also have a day job and it's getting more and more awkward as I age to be an empty individual

>>3519830
>Don't you just go insane after a few days of staying home trying to paint
nope
i only like solitary hobbies

>>3519885
> is she paying the price for being a thot?
with that many xannax bars in her mouth she absolutely is

>>3519830
talk to yourself. create imaginary family members. soon your family will be here, in your mind

>>3519830
>he doesn't do all he possibly can to avoid contact with others
NGMI

>>3519830
I’m 34 and basically an incel who sometimes go with prostitutes as a fix.

I pretty much got used to loneliness. The only redemption in my life will be to reach the limits of what is possible for me.

If I do feel the need to be around people I jut go to a cafe. It is not uncommon that people appreciate what I do while working in those places

>>3519852
>Chris! Where have you been?

I don't know!

>a few days
try a few years you whiny cunt

>>3520887
DO.NOT.DO.THIS

>>3520911
>he thinks that in an incredibly social career field like art, being a recluse is the way to make it
I shiggy diggy dooooo!

>people genuinely believe that being a good artist and having a well rounded social life and relationships are mutually exclusive

>>3521738
bare in mind by good artist most of them mean 'draw smut for patreon'

depression and talking to random people on tje internet

>>3519830
I go to therapy regularly.
It really isn't helping a lot.
Got into some shit and the desire to die came back alongside the crippling anxiety attacks.
But people don't care about that, I just stopped posting my art a long time ago and that's all people "miss" from me.

>>3522336
>I go to therapy regularly.
>It really isn't helping a lot.
I go too and it's not going to fix you unless you also put in the necessary effort but then you will start wondering if you needed the therapy at all, I'm just really glad that most of the costs are covered by healthcare so it doesn't feel like much of a waste.

In my experience, I do need it. Not only do I find it immensely satisfying to talk about deep thoughts and experiences with a cute girl who may or may not care but she actually learned me to be more open towards other ideas and interpretations and become more accepting of myself without looking down on myself, something I was really struggling with and something that often killed my motivation to keep drawing.

No one seems to care for me either at this point but I'm also using the therapy to break out of this isolation and look for opportunities to meet people, using drawing and painting as a stepping stone and the therapist as someone who can guide me. (sounds a bit cheesy but I lack so much experience when it comes to people when left on my own, nothing would change)
And I don't know how other people do it but I really need something in common with a person to even be able to initiate contact, meeting for the sake of meeting just doesn't work but a shared interest can work wonders.

I don't cope with it well.

>>3519830
I don't

https://youtu.be/GImIZ41IL0k

>>3522336
Has no one even tried to get to know you or talk to you and be your friend? Maybe your condition makes it hard to get close to you for multiple reasons, you shouldn't hold it against others if they've tried and you've kept them away consciously or not. If you let your guard down a little you might make friends easier than you think. I'm sorry you're going through whatever it is though

>Got into some shit

Drugs?

I live with a bunch of other artists, and we're all always working on something, so we sort of share the space. Makes it much more tolerable.

I'm interested in seeing how low I can go. I'm too much of a coward to kms, so I'm pretty much a bottomless pit of nothingness. My desire to be around anyone is decreasing at a steady pace. The scary part is that I'm beginning to be okay with that. The days feel like they're all blended together into one bland smoothie. I can't even remember the last time I tried to be close to someone...

What awaits me?

>>3524026
Nothing, you'll keep doing the minimum until you die of disease or old age without doing anything of value.

>>3519830
I got into art because it gives me something to do while housebound. It would be nice to have friends I guess, but I don't have the energy to interact with people. Being alone all the time is relaxing albeit lonely, but I'm used to that.

>>3524030
Maybe you're right. Rip

4chan

>>3519830
anybody know her name?

>>3525988
Try reverse image search.

>>3520911
>>3521728
pro-tip: just don't sell anything in your life, hoard everything you ever make, cut off a body part, kill yourself, and just leave your collection to your art dealer sibling you dimbus. Worked for Van Gogh.

Is going to live with other artists in some sort of temple the only solution to this?

Or just rent a studio in a communal studio space.

>>3521738
>>3521740
no good artist draws smut

>>3526919
>what do you mean, "meet up with local artists in your area"
>what do you mean, "visit or move to places with vibrant art scenes if your local scene's dead"
>what the fuck is a social media
There is no solution besides joining a convent, your right. Fuck, art is a lonely field.

>>3527638
imagine a neet artist convention, everybody would just stare at the floor and/or show their true power level. Although one could grab a few neet cuties for rage sex

>>3526935
tell that to the art niggas that tricked catholics into letting them draw tiddies all over their church ceilings and shit

>>3527908
There's a difference between tastefully nude and smut.
Stuff like pic related isn't smut.

>>3528427
art is just porn with more layers

>>3528431
The person in the painting being nude doesn't make the painting porn.

>>3528469
kind of depends on how you define porn tbphwyf

>>3528701
>tfw no Venus de Milo gf

>>3519830
>ive with other artists in some sort of temple the only solution to this?
Other people fuvk you up. Devotion to a vision is paramount.

>>3528718
this guy fucks

>>3528718
I can't help but misread 'artists' as 'autists' every damn time.
But besides that, I too have desired to meet others simply because I don't want to be alone all the time anymore, at the same time my limited experience with people is mostly negative so I'm also a bit scared of becoming too close.

One thing that I could do is sign up for some model drawing sessions. That way I get to meet some people and at the same time I also have an opportunity to learn so I can still get something out of it even when I don't get along with the people.

Just wish I was more an artist and less an autist. I don't understand how things like friends and relationships come normal to others.

>>3528782
>can't help but misread 'artists' as 'autists' every dam
whatever.

>>3528782
>because I don't want to be alone all the time anymore,
You will see, other people will suck you into their horrendous lives.

>>3528782
>do is sign up for some model drawing sessions. Th
It's a start.

>>3528782
>nds and relationships come normal to othe
normal people have rubbish friends.

>>3519830
>How do you deal with the loneliness?
I deal with it by having genuine friends and relationships and sort of a social life.

>Don't you just go insane after a few days of staying home trying to paint?
Why would i waste days at a time painting. I have art time, and when its over, i do other shit.

> Having something traumatic that happened to you in the past draining your energy doesn't help either.
Excuses. stop being a victim

It would be nice to have a sibling that draws competing with you. I do but both my brothers have this teenage revenge attitude against me and we don't talk at all. I don't know where it all went wrong and it's pretty useless at this point to try and repair a relationship if I know I didn't do anything wrong. Shit sucks, man.

>>3529100
God you're such a self right cunt, I bet your "friends" love having you around

>>3519830
No family, no close friends after leaving my old town, been moving and wandering around for the past 7 years.

I used to be a stripper and a figure drawing model to help with the loneliness (obviously as an art model don't try to fuck with the art students) but idk how many people have the balls to actually do this though. I was already unhibited when it came to self preservation.

Hitting the gym and regularly getting massages also helped. You won't connect with people or necessarily make friends that way but you'll be around people who recognize you, talk to you, and touch you. Plus it's healthy.

Talk to other art people, or find one/two closest art friends. Don't be afraid to meet your art friends in person and skype.

24 hours day:
8 hours at work
8 hours sleep
8 hours to do whatever you want

i am very fortunate to have other friends in a close social circle where we only really have eachother. If I were to lose them I don't know what I'd do, but I try to stay as independant as I can in case that happens.

i don't actively meet other people.

I get use to it.

I'm getting older. It was bound to be a lonely endeavor.

i dont get lonely

>>3519830
Get a dog or a cat

>>3529545

All my dog cares about is that I give it food and take it out to shit. Not even my dog loves me.

>>3519922
I think this is about people who aren't good enough to live off their art and have to work 40 hours so they need to draw a lot in their free time to get better.

>>3519830
>How do you deal with the loneliness?
I plat videogames nonstop and post art here to be hated.
Works wonders.
Also internet hentai/jav/porn fap.

>>3529566
>I plat videogames nonstop
you should stop

She is so sexy.

>>3529553
Well then it sounds like your fucked then

>>3519846
This x2

I havnt had sex in 23 years, although im in a promising relationship atm.

>>3529802
i play a shit ton of games too, and im better than you lol...

>>3529566
Oh hey I see your art here every now and then, really like your style. Unironically do you have a blog?

>>3527638
>>what do you mean, "meet up with local artists in your area"
Not OP but how do I even do this. I don't know of any places like that around where I live, maybe because I don't live in a big city. I wouldn't even know how to google this, is there a site or something for that kinda stuff?

>>3535088
I think your best bet is to look for activities, like plein-air meetups and maybe you can find drawing classes or model drawing sessions in your area.
I don't know how that shit works either but this is what I'm planning on doing myself.

I did some searching and I did find some artist in my region but I still wouldn't know how to get in contact with them, many of them also seem to be into abstract painting and that's a real turnoff for me.

>>3519846
can be an artist by working with someone

>>3519830
>don't you go insane after a few days of staying inside
oh sweet summer child...

>>3519830
Place it in a sturdy frame and forget about it.

>>3528427
Women had their tits out all the time until the Georgian period you anglofag.

lmao fucking faggots
you can literally have a life and paint
just because you are incels it doesn't mean everybody is too

the 80% of the time you spend jerking off and playing video games you could be hanging out with friends or dating

>>3535526
This, jesus christ it's not that hard.

>>3535526
>you could be hanging out with friends or dating
But with who? I have nobody and don't know where to meet people.

>>3519830
tinder
>bitches love art fags