How Do You Relax?

[ToonDoctor]

I watch cartoons and draw comics.

[Quinn_Li]

The way I relax is either sleep like a bear during winter XD OR I watch funny videos or cute cat/dog videos on youtube. Just do something that will legitimately make you laugh/smile or Happy! That usually knocks down my stress and keeps me relaxed

[sarahrebecca58]

For the most part I listen to 8 tracks. Use to be a spotify person. But the ads were annoying.:/ While playing a little bit of Minecraft.

[VermillionWorks]

Video games (particularly ones that aren't too much of a pain), watching movies - especially watching my favorite past nostalgia films make me feel all happy and comfy XP, listening to music, going for a walk and morphine, lots of morphine.

People say listening to your favorite music is best for relaxation, which it is usually, but other times I just need a change up, lest my favorites become my themes for stressful work. XD If you have a free moment, try looking up some new music to get into (or just revisit something you haven't listened to in a LONG time). When I find a fresh new song I love it actually makes me feel more peppy while working.

I also really don't believe you have to listen to stuff that fits the mood of what you're working on. Sure, when I work on Daniel I'll sometimes want to really get a feel for it and listen to '30s music or some really creepy stuff, but other days? Screw it, I'm listening to The Go-Go's.

Ehm, sorry, went into a different sort of rant about music there...

[ArtistHan]

Thank you everyone for your answers! I actually did try out a lot of the listed suggestions. I found that the outdoors and sleep were two things in particular that helped/I had been lacking previously. Also, I quit the job that had been giving me so much stress and am currently enjoying my funemployment with some long overdue relaxation~

[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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