Art & Stress

[redwhitejacket]

How stressed do you feel on your job, with a client, or just doing art in general? Are you a perfectionist? Are you highly critical of your work, or super anxious about what others think? Does art help you lose the stress, or does it add to stress?

Also, do you feel any obligation for doing art?

Discuss

[OmenSpirits]

what I do, personally, I don't consider art. Creative expression, yes, art, no.

Why?

Intent.

My current intent is learning, so I consider what I do as practice. Once I've cemented my foundation and clearly go into an illustration with a solid grasp, and application of all I've learned, THEN will I consider it art in my mind because I'd have learned what I needed to clearly express my intent.

So there's no real pressure, though I've been know to be critical of not know how to use such-and-such medium because I'd feel like a fool, but that was just nerves before an intensive. Once I began to study up, a little practice, I felt better.

Besides, I consider most of what I've created so far between okay...could be better...and crap. :D

[Ilaekae]

Strezz? We no got no steenking strezz here. We all layd back steenking artEEESTS...