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I draw because my OCs are the only friends I have

>> No.6527986

>>6527557
Same.
Sometimes I wonder if I should quit drawing and spend all my time just trying to be a normie and socializing.
I think I’ll regret my life no matter what I do.

>> No.6528004

I'll be your friend if you arent a kid and dont ghost me and trauma dump all the time

>> No.6528012
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I'm still trying to work out perspective and architecture first before I start figure drawing but that's the goal yea. All the characters my brain has managed to shit out while daydreaming and making some coherent plot and all with them is good fun and I want to draw them.

>> No.6528019

>>6527557
Join a discord and chat to people when you draw or something. Don't completely isolate yourself.

>> No.6528034

>>6527557
yeah, you can start a comic book. That is one the popular starting point of Japanese manga artists specially the ones that started in 1970s.

>> No.6528233

>>6527557
Take the vtuber pill. You're bound to get someone to watch you while you're doodling and if anything other vtubers will hang around in case they can get a free drawing.

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>>6528019
what the HELL do people do in discord. I see people in chat rooms drawing and I wonder what the FUCK they're doing. Talking to strangers in passing IRL is alright, i'm in an elevator, it lasts 30 seconds it's easy. But joining a discord call is like "hello you will now talk to me stranger, will you be my friend, we shall now talk about art". I am cringe and I can't handle it in the slightest. I talk to these people through text and they're nice but talking over voice... I can't. what the fuck is wrong with me

>> No.6528556

>>6528286
So you've never had a relationship before?
Because that's how all friendships, partnerships and romances start. Strangers talking out of nowhere, then doing it again and more often.

>> No.6528562

>>6528556
i haven't since I was 12, I'm 34 now. My life derailed in my teens and I never recovered

>> No.6528579

>>6527557
giving into schizophrenia again i see, anon

>> No.6528589

>>6528556
I've never talked to people online really, it feels like there's people talking and I just walk in and stand in the middle of them. I've made friends IRL in my adult life, doing so online seems strange at it's core.

>> No.6528675

>>6528579
well I do get schizophrenia ads whenever I am online. Do the robots know something about me that I don't?

>> No.6528678

>>6528589
>>6528562
>I've never talked to people online really
It's essentially this but more often, and when you build a bit of a report, add them as a friend or whatever. You both can do it, I believe in you anons!

>> No.6529205

>>6528678
I used to talk to online friends but now no longer

>> No.6529409

>>6527557
I draw naked women because it's the only way I can have the Chad porn star sex life I missed out on.

Why chase women when you can create them?

>> No.6529450

>>6529205
We eventually lose track of most (if not all) of our friends at some point, don't let it stop you from making more and stop socialising altogether.

>> No.6529463

>>6528012
draw what you want balanced
you will get burnt out focused on a single experience to master
worse: you will master perspective with shitty figures just as proko with imaginative drawings

>> No.6531605
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>Got super pissed about something
>the only thing that calmed me down was thinking about my OCs
am I too far gone? they're not tulpas or anything but it feels weird. can OCs even qualify as comfort characters?

>> No.6531612

>>6531605
>am I too far gone?
I wouldn't say "too far gone", but this has to be a sign of autism or something - though thinking of a friend or loved one could make you less stressed, but if you're thinking characters like that...

>> No.6531617

do you have like a pre-drawing ritual
like a drawing pre-ritual
I need to draw something but I'd like to get in the mood first

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>>6531605
Anon you do what you have to do. Some people do weird things to relax.

>> No.6531643

>>6527986
After becoming an online teacher I have had the experience to talk to 200+ people 1-on-1.

My conclusion is being a normie is a waste of time, as you'll only deal with retarded people with a completely different nature from yours, but engaging in activities that you like and making it social can reveal to you many cool people.

Out of these 200 students, I've met 3 girls who are wife material, 5 girls who I can talk to about anything and have fun, 3 guys who I have started a friendship with outside of the classroom, one of which might land me a job in his country soon because he likes me so much, 2 very accomplished artists (musicians) who give me a lot of their wisdom while paying ME to teach them and about a dozen overall just interesting guys with hobbies and life stories to tell.

I don't have too many students I'd complain about, most are just generic/uninspired, but finding these 20 or so cool people made me realize I am not so alone in the world. You just have to be in your own element and offer people something, so that you may filter the ones who reciprocate and be efficient about your social interactions.

I feel like my posts on /ic/ are getting more and more existential, but it all connects to this infinite struggle for passion that everyone here seems to have.

>> No.6531683

>>6527557
gmi

>> No.6533424

>>6531683
gommamakeit

>> No.6533492

>>6531605
Instead of a comfort character, I remember during my more angsty teen/youth age I made a schoolgirl OC being thrown into the most miserable situations as possible. When I am feeling miserable, I would put that OC in numerous miserable situations, such as the OC losing all her family members in a car crash and she would come back home into an empty house, and she would lay down on the couch weeping that all of her family is gone, and then I would feel bad about her and as a proxy I feel less bad about my own situation.

I kinda wish I could get into those state again though. I accidentally made the OC having more depth that now I feel like I want to draw out the stories for her again.

>> No.6535402

>>6533492
if you do give her the good ending to pay her back for helping you feel better.