Closing myself in the studio. For a long time. Even the nicest sm platforms are designed to steal our time and now we have one where you can not only get instant gratification in the form of a cute comment from a stranger but you'll also get paid for your participation. Constantly. Oh, and isn't it a nice feeling? The perfect drug. As much as I love the idea of supporting artists daily (being one myself)... the never-ending cycle of dopamine hits is dangerous for our minds and craft. This incentive system is very addictive when the reward for being a slave of the screen is high and the rules of a game are so simple. <Just post stuff> We get tips on absolutely whatever, which is completely fine but at the same time It makes us, it makes me creatively lazy and I don't like it a bit. You can say: "Hey you, dude with a weird name. WTF are you talking about? Get a life" and this is exactly what I'm doing. Getting my life back to work on something meaningful... like happy dead people clapping hands for no reason.

Animator, musician, and misanthrope. Self-taught. ☠️
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I completely agree my friend, the million dollar question is how to find balance in all of this.

Artist and architect | 
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I didn't find it. In my case I need to cut it down to the minimum or I'll be remembered as a top caster on some random leaderboards instead of an artist.