feeling like myself again

i know it's probably not interesting enough to most people to warrant a whole blog post but i just wanted to share that im finally enjoying drawing and doing art again!

for a huge chunk of 2024 i have been in a massive depressive episode (and coping with it poorly). not eating much, hygiene issues, all of that. and while it's been hard to get out of it the huge sign for me that im getting better is when i start drawing a lot after barely sketching anything for months.

this time around it's been mostly due to artfight forcing me to put my pencil to paper and actually do creative things :P but even without that i just feel so much more like myself! it feels very nice and even though life still isn't the greatest and i still worry about a lot of things it feels like i can breathe more freely.

not much else to add :> just wanted to put this out there and see if other artists feel the same

- val