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Published: 2014-03-03 01:42:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 15173; Favourites: 738; Downloads: 0
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I've been in a bad place these last weeks and this is a vent. I hate anxiety more than any emotion and I do everything to push it away. But now I couldn't so I felt forced to put a face to anxiety.Does it come across?
Medium: black watercolour.
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Oh man, this is so true. This is indeed how it looks and feels like.
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This is a very accurate way of depicting such feelings. Great work!
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I guess everyone have different kind of ghosts. I can't really recognize myself in this particular one, but the feeling comes across anyway and it's such a good, disturbing picture.
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Thanks. 
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I must say, I struggle to find artworks that portray anxiety. Mostly, if you search "anxiety", you find artworks more relevant to depression: Very calm, numb, unable to move, more wandering and wallowing in thoughts. When I'm depressed I tend to lie down and think forever.
But anxiety is a different emotion: It claws at you, at your brain. I personally feel this intense need to tear my skin away to escape from it. Just me? Also, when I'm anxious, I'd rather punch a wall than lie still. I bite my nails and pull at my hair, pick at my skin.
I'm open, so sorry if you don't like my personal view on emotions.
This is perfect, by the way. :3
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I agree, I'm sure that's because people don't understand what anxiety is and thinks it's equal to sad.
To me, anxiety makes you feel like something inside is trying to get out in panic. So I think you pretty much nailed the description.
And thanks btw.
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Hehe exactly that! :3
My pleasure! ^-^ Happy arting..
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Hope you're doing better... You caught the emotion very well. Lovely piece.
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I'm better off than I was when I painted this.
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Okay, that's good
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I love the style and dark mood of this painting! What a fitting title too... great work
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Thanks. It's always nice to hear that pain sometimes pays off.
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I'm sorry to hear that you had to experience that... For what it's worth, the emotion really comes through in this and it's very relatable and touching 
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Now this is fantastic. And fantastical. A little creepy, but more Tim Burton-like in how it is also whimsical. ANd it certainly invokes a certain amount of anxiety in me, just looking at it. Like I'm trying to tear my own head apart to stop from screaming inside. LOVE IT!!!!
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brrrrr so creepy *___*
I'll take it to my favs
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Not only is this wonderfully painted in a beautiful, outstanding style, but it really captures the feeling of anxiety more than pretty much any piece I've come across - not only the expression and design of the central figure, but also in the colourscheme, and I love the jagged black lines around the edges - their roughness gives a sense of chaos, and the sharp lines themselves remind me of pointed stakes or spears facing inwards... too few pieces depicting anxiety echo that "trapped in your own mind/body" feeling the way you did with that touch, great work!
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Thanks for those kind words. It was the worst painting I've made in a very long time so it truly helps knowing that it touches people. And because of that I just might continue painting while feeling like dying or something.
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You're very welcome!
And of course it touches people, at least people who understand the feeling you're portraying in it. <3
And it is true that sometimes art is borne from painful emotions and can have a lot of power or feeling behind it - sometimes vent art can pack a punch! Yours certainly did here.
Haha, I have done vent-ish stuff myself before, though of course not as good as your masterpiece here.
vannjaren.deviantart.com/art/I… vannjaren.deviantart.com/art/P…
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Which is many because we all will experience anxiety.
Yes unfortunately. There is a truth behind the saying that you need to be miserable to be a successful artist.
Damn you have eyes for details! And patience. I especially liked p-s-y-c-h-o-s-i-s, it's easy to see the black thoughts behind it.
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Yes... though many people have yet to experience it, but I wouldn't say they're lucky since it will eventually happen to them. Everyone does experience it at least once, though I think it varies from person to person as to how severe, how often, and how long.
True, unfortunate but true... there is a point behind that saying.
Haha, aww, I wouldn't have said so(always feel my art could do with more detail :'D) but thank you for your kind words! <3 Glad you liked it, and yes... I kept the blacker notes subtle but still there... I do have another sketch which was made when feeling... not so good... and I intend to one day refine it, detail it and colour it.
This one is a bit less subtle however: vannjaren.deviantart.com/art/C…
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That's true. I was anxious as a kid and I guess I could benefit from it later when the issues of life grew larger. Panic attacks are rare luckily.
Hah! If you added even more details you might risk having a clutter instead.
Oh that looks like you've been having some mental vomits after a really bad day.
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Yes... that is true even if it's horrible at the time, at least a bit of previous experience might not do anything to get rid of those feelings but can at least let you be more prepared for them. ^^
Ah, really? I always thought I needed more detail and my works weren't textured enough, but I suppose I should beware of clutter too, you make a good point there.
Haha, yes, mental vomits... and more a bad month than a bad day, I suppose that's kind of why things like that come out (plus the fact I often have a very gory brain, haha.)
Maybe when I get more time to draw again, once I get some stuff done for my personal characters and species, I think I'll come back to this one and finish it.
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If anything, you could increase the contrast. Every image need an empty space so that it won't get tiresome to look at.
Oh an entire month... That explains the gore. The longer a suffer lasts the worse outcome..... I think.
Make a mental note of it.
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True... I have added more contrast to some more recent images like this one ( vannjaren.deviantart.com/art/T…) and added a bit more contrast/lighting to fur recently... though sometimes I rather like similar colours depending on the mood/feel of the piece.
Haha, yep... it wasn't a great month, bit of an understatement.
I will definitely make a note of it - I liked the concept too much to simply abandon it, instead I'll just keep it for future use. (because a disembodied staring eye on the end of a pole impaling an abdomen is just too fun to resist... never mind all the fun squishy brain matter and pulped bits of eyeball, stitches and gaping wounds. 
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Sure sure. There's nothing that says you have to do the same all the time.
Hah, yeah that really sounds like fun!
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Yep, I guess a bit of variation is a good thing from time to time. ^^
Ah yes, it does indeed... I think I'll definitely colour this one later!
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Thanks. I took the opportunity to paint it when I had the worst anxiety-attack in my life. I think it comes across.
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I think it did too
I hope you're okay now D:
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