/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

At least you're good enough to get commissioned.

Mid-life crisis.

Find your true calling, son.

>I feel like I'm on the edge of becoming a professional

pee doubleyou why

>>5151732
this
life is transitional. you're just done with art, nothing wrong with that

You don't like art anymore, and you don't have to.

Do something else.

There are so much other fulfilling activities out there.

You are getting crabbed.

Some tips:

Put down the pencil for a bit. Go outside, look at new things: parks, libraries, galleries, sports events, etc. Feel the ambience, get inspired by the scenes of life.

Look at art you don't usually. Illustrations, cartoons, stickers, fine art. Anything outside your comfort zone.

Try drawing something new. Use a new medium.

Imagine a story and illustrate it.

Sometimes I take a two week break from my arts. I'll still think about them and what to improve. Don't guilt yourself however, fully relinquish your desires and responsibilities in art. Taking a vacation gives you time to decompress.

You won't forget how to draw, you may even gain a new perspective.
Take care anon

Making art for money and doing commissions sounds like hell to me personally.

Maybe start a personal project ? Or go on a holiday somewhere inspirational. Rome ?

>>5151713
could you post some of your art? maybe your eye has simply not "leveled up" and you need to refresh a bit

Diffrence between a hobby and a profession is that you will be doing it even if its not fun or you dont feel like doing it. So stop beeing a bitch and get back to work or do you want to flip burgers at mc donalds?

Smoke more weed. Sativa strains help me pass creative blocks and be happier and care less about the outcome when i am working on a project

>>5151713
Just draw.

>>5154482
>Smoke more weed

Jesus Christ you drug addicts. I've never met even one weed smoker who ever created anything interesting, but all of them were so fucking zealously adamant that they're "artists" with heavenly inspiration, and they'd all idolise other weedsmokers' art, just like Pavlov's dogs knowing that it was a trail leading to their next dose.

Then all of them would end up with a train wreck life with no one to associate with except other weedsmokers, and they'd have these brutal relationship crises, emo breakouts and physical breakdowns several times a day, that they were 100% convinced were because "the world is such a bad place", and they'd go steal something from a health food store so they'd have money for weed and then have that red-eyed "healed of constipation" look for half an hour, until it wore off and their fucking head would be on fire again looking for another dose.

On the other hand, if you're from a weed zombieland like Portland or California, you'll genuinely think I'm the worst schizo in the world for daring to insult your god weed cult, and you'll probably go to your grave believing that. After all you have this absolute filter to see weed as good and anything against weed as pure sin and stupidity, whereas healthy people just see your red eyes and refuse to associate with you, so you get to stay in your zombieland free of any outside influences.

Sorry for the outburst but I lost too many really lovely childhood friends to your poison.

>>5156504
this

>>5156504
Agreed. I've stopped associating with people that smoke weed because it causes them problems and they just spend their day high and bitching about how their life choices are everyone else's fault. I've also witnessed it trigger schizophrenia in 2 different friends of mine now, they were fine before but one day it just popped out of fucking nowhere, and of course they keep smoking weed even though it makes them worse.

Not a single fucking one made anything worthwhile or made any gains art-wise. What a fucking waste. Why do people think it makes them more creative, again? Because as far as I have seen, it just makes you lazy and complacent with a shit life.

>>5156504
>histrionic wall of text

You know what'd help you chill out? A fat blunt.