How Do You Relax?

[Jrej]

I actually get to relax when I work on my comic.
I really try to shut down anything else and to concentrate on this one thing.
Really changes perspective once you get in this mode!

[marcos]

I usually use different apps where you can listen to nature sounds. Somehow, it allows me to evade from everything around me. The ones I really enjoy:
- Naturing: http://naturing.comyr.com/
- A soft Murmur
- Calm

Hope you like them!
Marcos

[TristanJensen]

sleep
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[Silerna]

-Being outside most of the time with radio on, I love local radio
-playing games
-drawing

[iddqd]

I find that switching to anything different helps. When I feel I need to relax after a lot of artwork (or schoolwork), or when I have some kind of artist's block, movies or videogames rarely help: it's even more sitting and not moving much, which I think is part of the problem. So not skipping that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class really helps me to mentally reset, and it alleviates that pesky lower back soreness.

[mjw]

I like three things: deep breathing, meditation, and white noise sounds found in nature. I started making my own recently, if you want to check them out. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqx0YunwV5FintAInjnSWXw

[toonsfera]

But... I'm relaxing when I'm drawing D:
Well, I do play games on PS Vita or PC, watch animes and...sleep!

[OgonoArtFamily]

I do meditation or listen to binural beats theta or delta waves or I listen to hang drum music, and or music from Nujabes!

[HNLEE]

Ugh yes so overworked these days I actually don't have any free time to myself now. With school work and doing commissions for tuition and my comic I'm having a tough time relaxing.
Most rest I get now is during sleep haha which is sparse since my classes are 7am - 7pm and in between i draw

BUT I've found some solace in binge watching cartoons. It can really take your mind of things and they're good to background noise when you're drawing too. Also eating, I try to savor my meal times when I can cause it forces me out of my work area and gives me times to breathe.
But really if you have the time then my ultimate suggestion would be to watch the dawn or sunset, nature is very therapeutic.

[dsandoval3]

"medical" marijuana.

[Silerna]

Drawing is my way of relaxing. Or being outside with my camera.

[demthorshie]

Playing video games and sleeping is how I relax xD if I get just one moment of relax time, i'm out in a matter of minutes x.x.

[60Six]

My comic isn't my job, so honestly it's one of the most relaxing things I do. Just putting on a TV show I like with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate and working on my comic alone while all my house mates are asleep or not home is paradise to me. If I try to draw anything that isn't my comic, I just spend it thinking about how I should work on my comic instead. :'D So rather than force relaxation, I just work on my comic which turns out to be the most relaxing thing to work on.

[Shanny8]

Sometimes kind of hard for me to "relax" coz everything I do is an extension of trying to be efficient. If I get away from the house, either I go to the movies, go to electronics/computer shops(I love getting new tech), and going to the LCS(and after I buy some comics, then I want to get back to work on my comics). Been trying to exercise lately, like going walking- sometimes I'll force myself to stay away from the computer and watch DVD movies for hours(It's easier when they are kung-fu movies). I have this sort of thing where I kick myself(not literally) if I feel I'm not being productive- I dont like to waste days, but inadvertantly it happens sometimes.

[Umair123]

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[tiredfishcomi]

I relax by listening to podcasts. One of my favorites is "Doughboys" which is about chain restaurants.

[Shanny8]

Relax while drawing..? Listening to music is the best remedy for me.

Relax in terms of getting away from comics for a bit- I go watch TV, watch a movie, or go out for a spell. I try to do things to relax my mind, coz I'm mostly always thinking creatively all the time. If I calm my mind down, then I'm able to calm my body down.

[stineb]

I like to watch tv-series or/and movies, listen to music, play games, etc. It doesnt have to be the same relax activities every time.

[indagold]

I got a full time job and it made my anxiety go away completely. Anxiety comes at full force when I'm not doing shit and worrying about not finding work. But for real talk ambient music, isochronic/binaural tones and environmental sounds.

[thomasfallaeriksen]

Play with the cats always work.
Listening to music, playing music and making music also works.
Or simply just go outside and walk. Walking without any timeschedule or specific goal with headphones on is very relaxing.
In the summertime I like to work on old cars. That often slows everything down inside my head. Or driving on quiet backroads. Which I get to do everytime I have to go somewhere since I live out in the sticks. Especially if its a warm and sunny day (not too common where I live). If anyone needs to go somewhere in the summer I often volunteer to drive. I have a portable USB speaker that I always have in the car (a soundsystem was a luxury item in the old Beetles.), then I can roll down the window and adjust the volume so I get the perfect mixture of the music and the engine. For some reason I also find it very relaxing to drive on the highway while listening to Kraftwerk's Autobahn.