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when i'm making my art...
    #14184960 - 03/26/11 12:23 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

i feel real good.  like i feel it's a good piece, i make funny t-shirts by the way.  so they are real good but i have doubts about it because i guess i've never done anything like this before and i'm worried people might take it the wrong way, because i'm just trying to help people, so when i put them up for sale i start to get panicky, like a full on panic attack.  or i'll get sick to my stomach.  and it wont go away until i take them down.  what does this mean?  i'm super confused about whether i'm doing the right thing, and i guess you wouldn't know without alot more details, like you haven't even seen the t-shirts... but how do you know what you are doing is right?

this reminds me of a story about a guy who found out he was gay one day, and was giving another guy a blowjob and it felt good in the moment and then he would puke afterwards...  so, any ideas?  help me out here!


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: sleepy]
    #14185025 - 03/26/11 12:48 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Do you like making them? Does it feel good to look at your work afterwards? Then you're probably doing the right thing. It might be some social anxiety not the work in itself that's the problem, pop a benzo, drink a beer or something like that and see how you feel then...

Good luck, and if it's not to much of an effort it would be great to post some...:super:


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: 13.step]
    #14185117 - 03/26/11 01:16 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

i liked coming up with the ideas in my head, and then making them once i have the idea isn't hard but i second guess myself endlessly, always too afraid to just go with the original idea which was probably the best.  i really have severe anxiety.  i can take benzos and relize that all the fear is in my head but when they wear off, it's back to thinking my tshirts suck and will just piss people off.


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: sleepy]
    #14185380 - 03/26/11 03:28 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Well you have one thing then, you know that what you are doing is right...and you produce stuff...maybe just do it for the fuck of it for a while, get some confidence from amassing a big body of work? I have much of the same problem, only when my anxiety soars I can't produce anything, not even a stupid drawing, every line I draw just doesn't feel right, when my anxiety lifts I produce like an insane weasel and share it with the whole world in the idea that there will be people who may like it and the rest don't really matter. I don't know what else to tell you, I'll probably go back on SSRI's since they work for me and I absolutely hate wasting my life to anxiety...but that's just me, I have some rather serious mental problems and I know I'll probably need medication for a very long time from now on...if you have only anxiety then maybe you'll be able to slowly overcome it...anyway...good luck to you!


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: sleepy]
    #14192476 - 03/27/11 02:00 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

yeah, there will always be someone who has a criticism to give, but don't let that possibility keep you from moving forward with, what sounds like at least, a passion!

I once did some self-help exercises, called "artist dates", that were to help anxiety and confidence I guess. Anyway, here's the link - http://www.theartistsway.com/the-basic-tools, in case you want to try something like that. It helped me identify sources of anxiety, especially in social situations.. idk if I've completely dealt with all them sources haha.. on the other hand, the artist dates I did last culminated in me getting an exhibition, so they probably helped me somehow. But I had the fear real bad; it made me sick for other people to even know about what I did.


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: Penelope_Tree]
    #14261432 - 04/09/11 12:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)



Edited by sleepy (04/09/11 12:32 AM)


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: sleepy]
    #14261441 - 04/09/11 12:21 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Hey, those are good...I love the uranus one...:super:


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Re: when i'm making my art... [Re: 13.step]
    #14261462 - 04/09/11 12:34 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

i think i'm gonna change it a little bit, holdon


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