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I think my OCD is affecting my work
a week ago
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So I was thinking about this last night, and I think my OCD is a big contributor to like
why my process is so slow when I don't want it to be.
I have to do multiple drafts of a sketch, sometimes completely scrapping it and redoing it if I don't like it, then I work on inking and keep inking and then erasing, inking and erasing, because it doesn't look right, again a lot of the time erasing all my progress to start over, again and again and again, and then colouring I do it manually most of the time with a pen, instead of just using the fill tool, going through with it slowly, and finally doing a background takes me anywhere from 20 minutes to a few days/weeks. I'm so much of a perfectionist, the whole of my process is a huge slog, any piece can take anywhere from a few days to over a year. And I don't want it to, I want to do pieces in a few hours or a day or two, and I have, but it's hard getting out of my habits and figuring out how to do that regularly. I mean, I have the kind of OCD where I still wash my hands like 25 times a day, it's hard to break out of. So
yeah, just really trying to figure out how the hell to get out of that. But at least now I most likely know why my art takes me so long.
why my process is so slow when I don't want it to be.
I have to do multiple drafts of a sketch, sometimes completely scrapping it and redoing it if I don't like it, then I work on inking and keep inking and then erasing, inking and erasing, because it doesn't look right, again a lot of the time erasing all my progress to start over, again and again and again, and then colouring I do it manually most of the time with a pen, instead of just using the fill tool, going through with it slowly, and finally doing a background takes me anywhere from 20 minutes to a few days/weeks. I'm so much of a perfectionist, the whole of my process is a huge slog, any piece can take anywhere from a few days to over a year. And I don't want it to, I want to do pieces in a few hours or a day or two, and I have, but it's hard getting out of my habits and figuring out how to do that regularly. I mean, I have the kind of OCD where I still wash my hands like 25 times a day, it's hard to break out of. So
yeah, just really trying to figure out how the hell to get out of that. But at least now I most likely know why my art takes me so long.
For me sometimes it helps me drawing with pencil but without eraser or fineliner and telling to myself to draw with flow and without needing to be good.