How many hours a day do you spend drawing?

[scythe]

I get in at least 3 hours a day, and usually more on the weekends, but I'm interested in finding out how much you all manage to squeeze in.

[Aetherwing]

How many hours am I awake?

[rainbowolfe]

Uhhh, lets say like... at a minimum 6 hours. I generally start drawing after I finish homework and work until like midnight-ish. I take breaks of course, but yeah.

So probably spend like double that on weekends when I'm at home.

[Raven_C]

hmm. On weekdays, probably an hour or two. On weekends or days when I don't have classes, it's from the moment I wake up to when I go to sleep. lol. Usually, 12pm - 2am.

[Riana]

I actually had to track how long I do artwork per day for an art business class I took in college and it's averaged at 9 hours a day.

[scythe]

Y'all are making me feel bad. Between work, time with the fam and other commitments, I'd have to forego sleep altogether to get those kinds of hours in. Except I don't think I'd be able to keep my hand steady on less than 7 hours a night. That and the whole early grave thing.

[mg78]

as sketching: always. just when im eating, sleeping or whatever i dont sketch.
then there s the rest... pen for the comic? less than 10min.
ink? damn i hate it. maybe 1h every 2 weeks,
on PS/digital: somedays some hours... other i dont even open it.

[TAMAnnoying]

depending on the day I'll draw anywhere form 1 to 5 hours. sometimes ill go as far as 9 hours but thats only on my days off. I usually try to stop myself so i can spend 1 or 3 hours on writing for my books.

I also try to juggle three table top games a week and work so Im kind of all over the place :v

I ALWAYS try to at least spend one hour a day drawing (or at least draw a little sketch if it was a super draining day at work )

[zelkats]

Y'all are making me feel bad. Between work, time with the fam and other commitments, I'd have to forego sleep altogether to get those kinds of hours in.

You're making me feel bad, Scythe. I waste precious time that could have been used drawing because even when I have free time after work, I sometimes give in to the temptations of my S.O. called Bed.

[JenThym]

Mmm.... 1-3 hours a day at the moment. I want to increase the hours though!

[DeadAccount]

Well, it depends on where I am with the comic. Usually it's 1-4 hours on a workday, weekends vary from a couple to ALL OF THE HOURS : D

But reading other people's replies, I feel like I should link to this very important post that's been making rounds on Twitter. It's great to practice, but take care of yourself, too! Mental health is a fragile thing, and so are wrists. I know so many people who had to take really long breaks because of tendonitis/RSI.

[Elwetritsche]

I try to sqeeze in at least 1 hour a day, 2-3 at a weekend day. Sleep, cooking and free time is important for me; more important than drawing I guess. My deepest repect to all of you who study (or work full time, like me) and still draw several hours a day.

[jacintawibowo]

About 9 hours on school days :b if it's not a school day, I take up the whole day drawing for about 10 hours (more or less, give and take the lunch hours in between). Especially since I have #dailydoodles to draw on Twitter.

I usually take day-offs if my arm starts hurting :]

[gateofselidor]

I have a full time job, so Monday to Friday I get maybe an hour a day out of my breaks, and in the evenings it varies depending on what else I have to do and how tired I am. At most I can get another three hours in, at worst I won't do any in the evening. Weekends I can get ten hours per day if I have nothing else on, otherwise it might get knocked down to five or so.

[scythe]

Yeah, when I started I was hoping for a page a week, and when I realised that was never going to happen, I shot for a page a fortnight. And I can do that, even with two jobs and family commitments. Then I got shingles on my damn forehead from stress, which knocked me on my arse for a month.

Since then, I aim for a page every three weeks, and if that blows out, I don't beat myself up. I have so many commitments in my life, I have to remind myself that even if I want nothing more than to spend a day drawing, if that's not possible, eating into my sleep to make up for that isn't the solution. Maybe one day if I can make any money off this thing I'll be able to reprioritize, but until then, I can only dream of allocating 10 hours to draw in a single day.

[Elwetritsche]

One should not forget that for a lot of artists here, drawing is a hobby or a passion, and IMO that shouldn't be more than you can handle.

[Kura]

Too many. I really should be working less... but yeah... doesn't happen.

[Damatris]

Frankly, I've got no idea. :'D

But I guess it averages somewhere around 7 hours a day atm as I do not have much other commitments. When I've got school then the hours rack easily up to 10+ as I go to an art school. Basically it varies a lot. Buuuut the fact remains that, I spend most of my waking life drawing nowadays.

[Stellamari]

Same here! I just started a job 1 month ago and today made a post on my wall saying how I can't keep up the a page a week schedule. I always comfort myself by saying that I am in this for the long term so every little step, no matter how small it is, counts! Good luck, Scythe!

[igneriss]

Wow, guys, do you even sleep or eat sometimes? ; U;
I spend about 1 hours a day during week days (there are days that it's nothing at all, and there are days when I catch up with drawing). During the weekend, it's up to 3 hours per day.
I used to think it's quite a lot, but now reading other posts makes me kinda feel bad about how little time I actually spend on drawing ; -;