A new path
a year ago
I got my schedule under control for now, being creative and uploading constantly. I Found out I had my mature filters on and was blessed in ignorance. Yet that way I missed so many awesome art of artist out here. More art I guess with a price to pay. I didn't expect to see that much pornographic material. I feel again that my art doesn't belong here because of that but it's the best place I have found. Nightmare artists still exist on this platform and so this little skeleton has a home.
Anyway I wasn't about to complain about porn, jezzz. No what I suffer from lately, (beyond my excitement to be under artist and draw each day what I love) is the urge to check everything. Again and again. to see reactions to see content. Why is that bad? Because it makes me dependent on external rewards. I love interaction, don't get me wrong but it shouldn't be the main focus. The main focus should be my art. Internal rewards like having fun at drawing, seeing my gallery growing with each art piece. So to do so, I will try to be less online, like checking every 6 hours or maybe 10 hours offline. I don't know, but I wanted to say I may not answer immediately if someone wants something. I think this method will train my brain to relax a bit.
Anyway I wasn't about to complain about porn, jezzz. No what I suffer from lately, (beyond my excitement to be under artist and draw each day what I love) is the urge to check everything. Again and again. to see reactions to see content. Why is that bad? Because it makes me dependent on external rewards. I love interaction, don't get me wrong but it shouldn't be the main focus. The main focus should be my art. Internal rewards like having fun at drawing, seeing my gallery growing with each art piece. So to do so, I will try to be less online, like checking every 6 hours or maybe 10 hours offline. I don't know, but I wanted to say I may not answer immediately if someone wants something. I think this method will train my brain to relax a bit.
My current browsing strat is to just use the filter all the time except with profiles of artists who I know mostly do gore & stuff (or new ones who I suspect would). I did have the filter always-off for a while, but I just have a better time like this.
I don't mind the dicks that much but I find it funny that I didn't knew about it, on deviantart or other sites you knew there were mature pictures out there but they had a filter on them, here there is nothing XD
I had 7 years of innocence :3 with no clue what lies below...
I also got another mystery solved, people who fave your stuff but have no faves in their fave gallery! And the solution is, the fave gallery is just hidden to other users, and it appears they don't have faves but they have... I had no clue!
I expect to see more unexpected stuff as I go XD
I get the impression that nearly half the art here is mature, the design choice to remove it entirely when browsing with a filter makes sense.
I'm also really excited for you to post here more often! I really enjoy looking at your gallery! :3
And congrats on how you've managed to stay off the site for over 6 hours! I used to want to check my profile all the time too, but then I just got tired of it
I still strugle a bit to keep the 6+ hours limit.. I'm getting there! I must! since as you said at some point its just makes you tired. And all that energy I need it to create. I need that art to feel Excited, to feel that I make progress. To feel that I dont fell into the old trap of waiting for things to happen and just grind my way to were I want to go >:D