Are you addicted to drawing?

[Mane]

I guess , if you count doodling as drawing. Whenever I have a piece of paper and a pen or a pencil nearby I will inevitably draw something on it , be it a face or a part of the body or something ....but I don't always have the energy to do something more serious at the end of the day, which is really the only time I have for drawing
And yeah, it depends on the mood too . I could sometimes go for days without drawing something , but when the need to draw hits I just have to sit down and draw.

[winglesscomic]

Not really. I only like drawing when I know it is possible to completely transfer my vision to the canvas. Otherwise, I abhor it. My inability to cope with my skill level causes me agony and sometimes I wish I never could draw.

[TristanJensen]

Not really, I tend to procrastinate for long periods of times (sometimes weeks). I guess I'll have days where I'm really excited to work on something but it only lasts a few hours then I'm back to putting it off.
I'm not sure I'd last too long if I was... I'd starve to death...

[Doubtcent]

In some ways, yes. I'm not sure if you can call it addicted, rather than enjoyment. Just this week I was doing daily updates (since I missed a ton last week) and found a good feeling of accomplishment from it. At some points it does feel tiring, that all of these man hours of art, paneling and coloring mean nothing, but in many ways, so does sitting around watching YouTube and playing video games.

But comics feel as though I'm doing something productive, something creative that helps improve some sort of skill. I've never been this proactive or creative before. If I do end up being "Addicted" I think I'll find some enjoyment out of it.

[nobody]

It was kind of a relief reading your comment...I have a bachelor degree in illustration, I'm supposed to love drawing ALL THE TIME, so I almost feel like there's something wrong with me when I feel like I need a break - good to know there are others that aren't as addicted to drawing either. I work a full-time job that I'm not too fond of (it has nothing to do with illustration), and that sucks out a lot of my energy, so when I finally get home I just want to do NOTHING.

I have the same problem with boredom too - if I want to draw something that is a bit of a challenge and that takes more time than I had planned, I find it hard to keep focused and so I get really bored, especially when I'm just working on my own stuff. If it's for clients it's different - it's more like a mission, and you're getting paid, so you have to deliver! Telling stories is the fun part, and I've chosen to do so through comics because I do like drawing, I'm just low on energy and not on the skill level I'd like to be.

[TetheredComic]

In short. Yes. XD

My day job is full-time creative designer/illustrator, and in the evenings and weekends I draw my comic : P

[AlkseeyaKC]

I try to draw 8 hours a day, five times a week, sometimes more. XD

Its my job to sit here and draw. I love creating new pictures non stop to see how happy they make people.

I can get a bit antsy or crazy if I don't draw for two or three days. I get angry at my self if I don't draw enough.

[Caelestie]

You know I feel the same way about that. I start feeling really bad if I cannot draw at all. Though art is a great way to get out your emotions too. I draw everyday except when I am extremely stressed. I do love drawing though!

[SpavVy]

Yeah I'd say I am, I love working with both traditional and digital. I enjoy watching my favorite artists on picarto just to see what techniques I can learn from them. I can't draw every single day though, after work I tend to fall asleep and not draw those nights.

[Quinn_Li]

For the oddest reason I draw when I know I have a ton of things to do. Like I'm somehow addicted to the anxiety of finishing a comic at the same time having barely enough time to finish an essay or something. But then when I have absolutely nothing to do my drawing muse just packs her bags and leave until I have something due again XD

[HVOICE]

I wish I was able to do that! I'm sure it takes a lot of commitment.
I actually did make a schedule for myself last year very similar to that, but I could never stay on it. Life around me is full of too many interruptions haha.

[HVOICE]

Hell yeah I am! I'm also addicted to not sleeping because of drawing.
If I go a day without drawing, it's either because I'm in incredibly low spirits or I've suffered an injury or sickness of some kind.
While I may not be able to schedule the time I draw as well as other artists can, I always make sure to draw for a certain amount of time everyday, and if I end up drawing longer than the time I give myself, well that's even better!

[GouFigg]

I definitely have to either draw or write each day or I feel really useless! I've been told I'm addicted but I see it more as "If I don't draw I won't get better, and I want to get better"

[danitasibert]

I like to think i am addicted to drawings and art as a whole, i think its normal to want to draw everyday it helps to improve your technique and style. I had gotten a normal job recently and i noticed that i have not been drawing as much as i would love to, and i noticed i get really depressed when i can not draw, i am just trying to adjust to this lifestyle of having a normal job and being an artist on the side. its really hard but i am trying my best to make this work :3

please come and check out my comics here: http://tapastic.com/danitasibert/series

[pTerra9]

i draw every single day all day. i do between 3 and 5 pages a day, sometimes i spend all day just line drawing sketching out panels and the next day just lining them all in, the next day coloring them all in. If i don't do my comics i feel like ive missed work or i haven't accomplished anything. i have a schedule for my pages of my blood bank comic set up until next august drawing is my one and only OCD

my comic: Blood Bank

[atlas]

Yea, I am very much addicted to drawing. I draw if I ever get the time and feel VERY unproductive if I'm not planning and writing for my comics, every day.

[shawnmjones796]

Yes, I wish to die with my pencil or pen in my hand.

[lilylily09]

when i was still in high school and university, I was very addicted to drawing. I drew everyday, if i didn't draw, i feel like i can't do anything else(eat, sleep, go out...), and that addiction make me forgot to do assignment sometimes. Now I'm busy with job and I didn't have much time to draw, so i only make fast sketching.

[Iron]

I am most definitely addicted. I don't think I can take a break from drawing longer than two days ._. And I always find something to draw WITH and something to draw ON even if I'm left stranded in the jungle xD

[keac]

I am too addicted to drawing, even now that one of my bruhs are concerned.
I'm addicted even if I'm not good at it.
Even if I suck at everything I do, even if I'm always forgetful, even if I now wanna kill myself for being the most most most worst person in this world ever created.

(I just love what I do even if I'm the worst person, according to what my mind speaks)