how do you keep your sanity while working on really involved

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>>2624323
Get used to it fuccboi.

>>2624328
im a baby bitch and i will burn in hell

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I did this one to keep me sane. 300 hours or so of work,its poster sized and quill pen and india ink. I suffered through a terrible relationship and an impossible work environment which culminated with my ass being transferred to another place needing 4+ hours of commuting. I had one night off and any spare time I had was poured into this.It was worth it,if just for the peace of mind it gave. You will get the same as your labours culminate into such a wonder.

>>2624574
Before you pour 300 hours of your life into a work I'd recommend learning anatomy and perspective as well as how an eyeball looks.

>>2624923
Post ur work

>>2624323

Sanity? That's the first thing you have to get rid of to be an artist.

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>>2624323
Off the top of my head, here are two things I do:

1. Find some sort of controlled distraction to help you drone out and stay mildly entertained for many hours on end. For me, thing means turning on soft piano music while playing a podcast over it. Podcasts are a truly wonderous thing that everyone should check out if they haven't already

+ Work on multiple pieces at once. Going from project A -> B -> C in some metholodical fashion doesn't work for everybody, so it might be a good idea to mix it up with smaller & easier projects while you work on the big ones.

Hope this helps!

>>2624574
I had a professor that used to sarcastically say "If you can't make it good, make it big. If you cant make it big, make it red" when talking about painting.

She could have said "detailed" instead of "red" though.

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>>2625089
fucking scrub

>>2625207
I agree with this.Point 1 is def efficient