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I Make Art To Cope With Depression And Here Are 30 Of My Best Digital Paintings
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About year and a half ago, I was depressed... and then I found drawing.
At first, it was simple for me, and I started to put all my thoughts and feelings into it. It was very comfortable to find a way out the darkness, there are many different ways, my art was mine, and I hope you will feel something!
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My ideas are usually coming from how I feel. If I feel like I have heavy thoughts, I'll try to get rid of that feeling or just make it easier for me by painting it and sharing it with people. It's a real scientific way to cope, I think. Then I think about the easiest visual way to produce my idea... maybe I can draw just a couple of lines, maybe it has to be a complete color picture. Whichever I feel would be right and direct to the viewer's heart.
This is exactly how I feel. You have that lump in your throat and tears that stream down your face, each one is like a blade drawing a line into your skin.
It's not difficult to come up with ideas, what's difficult is to paint them, to have energy and such. I'm always overwhelmed by those feelings, it's like an inner storm I face. Finishing one piece usually takes 6-12 hours depending on the details.
wow. It's as if your depression is pulling the strings on what you're allowed to speak aloud.
All other artists inspire me. Just the idea that someone picked up the pen and tried to create what's in their mind. I think we are all born with our unique style, but it's not in making the eyes bigger or the nose smaller. It's about the personality in your lines and the way you color, so it's just a matter of time - after you master copying, you'll start to create.
I started my painting career just to feel better and I think my goal is to continue doing that. I hope to keep helping myself and other people through what I paint and what I say.
Music is powerful. Even when it gets hard, it is the one thing that will always be there for you, no matter what.
I think this are all beautiful because you are expressing yourself and they are all really good
I belive that I have depression and I just feel like I'm in someone else's life and I don't belong in this body or universe
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You're very talented. :) I like your style. And drawing is a great way to express yourself.
How amazing, how can I beat depression if I can't draw?
Music helped me a lot.
Do you make music?
You can find other ways to express your self. We all are empowered with our own gifts, you just have to find yours.
Any art will help from painting to photography. It's what's inside you get out to free your mind and soul! flash-5ac2...e8d341.jpg
Play with clay, gardening, just draw anything - it does not have to be good. I used to play the piano - terrible at it - but i just used to play the keys. You do it for yourself, the restnof the world does not matter. You do it because at that moment you can focus on something (mindfulness) and for a short while the darkness is kept at bay.
Write. Not Necessarily about you, but create a story. Poor emotions into that
I found a wonderful antidepressant that saved my life. Over the years, I tried many before finding the one that worked for ME.
Keep trying, anyone can draw if they practice. I could show an example for myself but that would give away my identity. I'm telling you it is literally just practice.
I hope more people will be able to view your work. These are truly what art is meant to do and that is to touch each of us in our own way, to find meaning in each painting and know that we are not alone. It's a sharing of the heart and soul that needs no words to communicate. I hope I expressed myself so others understand what I am trying to say. It's so hard to express the feelings these paintings inspire me with.
You're very talented. :) I like your style. And drawing is a great way to express yourself.
How amazing, how can I beat depression if I can't draw?
Music helped me a lot.
Do you make music?
You can find other ways to express your self. We all are empowered with our own gifts, you just have to find yours.
Any art will help from painting to photography. It's what's inside you get out to free your mind and soul! flash-5ac2...e8d341.jpg
Play with clay, gardening, just draw anything - it does not have to be good. I used to play the piano - terrible at it - but i just used to play the keys. You do it for yourself, the restnof the world does not matter. You do it because at that moment you can focus on something (mindfulness) and for a short while the darkness is kept at bay.
Write. Not Necessarily about you, but create a story. Poor emotions into that
I found a wonderful antidepressant that saved my life. Over the years, I tried many before finding the one that worked for ME.
Keep trying, anyone can draw if they practice. I could show an example for myself but that would give away my identity. I'm telling you it is literally just practice.
I hope more people will be able to view your work. These are truly what art is meant to do and that is to touch each of us in our own way, to find meaning in each painting and know that we are not alone. It's a sharing of the heart and soul that needs no words to communicate. I hope I expressed myself so others understand what I am trying to say. It's so hard to express the feelings these paintings inspire me with.