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Drawing's an Addiction by DestinyBlue Drawing's an Addiction by DestinyBlue
Intoxicating and overwhelming... that urge to draw.

Having never been a smoker, I've struggled to understand why someone would want to pick it up. While talking with an old friend who had started the habit again after quitting for a year, he explained it to me "It's like having you own window of time; a box which you know will be filled up only with this, nothing else, your mind can wander anywhere. You hold a small corner of the world to just yourself for those few minutes"
His words surprised me, that's just how I feel whilst drawing. It's my own little space I have to to myself, where I can let my mind wander, relieve my stress, and not worry about anything else. And believe me, if I am not able to do it I get grumpy! XD Like it's my addiction. I'd never thought of it that way before...

This is in no way an avocation of starting smoking though :P The friend has since quit again and I'm very proud of him. I think my drawing addiction will be harder to kick, so I medicate with daily doses of doodling, and new sketchbook monthly, seems to do the trick ;)

Was having some serious urges after traveling so much I could fit barely any drawing in, can you believe it's been a month since I posted there?! Gosh, thanks for sticking around, you're great guys :hug: So I drew this in remembrance for the month I gave up my addiction for ;) Not too happy with the face, but I've got to get back into practice ;)

Peace, love and healthy addictions,
~Blue x




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kenzikenzo Featured By Owner 3 days ago
I agree =p
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AndreeaLupsaNL Featured By Owner Feb 17, 2017  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Amazing ^_^
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MoralSky Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2016   Digital Artist
I don't know if I already made a comment but, this is one of my top favorite artworks you have done, because this is basically my whole life in a nutshell, the urge to draw and can't stop to the point it's intoxicating, and the other meaning I get from it, is you draw so much to the point the pencil starts smoking from to much use. This artwork is just incredible.Blue Heart Icon 
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IngheanBhuidhe Featured By Owner Oct 5, 2016  Student Photographer
Your art is so very beautiful, Blue.
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swordcat9 Featured By Owner Aug 1, 2016
How do you do this!? Its amazing!
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SnowySparkles Featured By Owner Jul 12, 2016
WARNING! Carry on reading! Or you will die, even if you only looked at the word warning!
Once there was a little girl called Clarissa, she was ten-years-old and she lived in a mental hospital, because she killed her mom and her dad. She got so bad she went to kill all the staff in the hospital so the More-government decided that best idea was to get rid of her so they set up aSPECIALROOM to kill her, as humane as possible but it went wrong the machine they were using went wrong. And she sat there in agony for hours until she died.
Now every week on the day of her death she returns to the person that reads this letter, on a monday night at 12:00a.m. She creeps into your room and kills you slowly, by cutting you and watching you bleed to death.
Now send this to ten other pictures on this one site, and she will haunt someone else who doesn't. This isn't fake. apparently, if u copy and paste this to ten comments in the next ten minutes u will have the best day of ur life tomorrow. u will either get kissed or asked out, if u break this chain u will see a little dead girl in your room tonight. in 53 mins someone will say i love you or imSORRY
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Spophia Featured By Owner May 26, 2016  Hobbyist Digital Artist
so true
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millyfan224 Featured By Owner May 13, 2016  Hobbyist General Artist
Drawing is one of my addictions. I'M PROUD !!!!!!! Heart  :happybounce:  :D (Big Grin)  =P (Razz) 
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AliceSacco Featured By Owner May 9, 2016
Luckily drawing is a harmless addiction.
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cullyferg2010 Featured By Owner Edited May 2, 2016
An addiction of any kind is easy to start and difficult to stop.  Having a father and two older brothers who smoked cigarettes made me think about it.  I knew I was going to smoke, but looked at an alternative.  There was an uncle who smoked pipes and his home always smelled pleasant.  So I took up the pipe and enjoyed it.  But two seizures two years ago put a halt to that vice.  I still miss it, not so much for the taste of the tobacco, but the very act of handling the pipe.  With you, Blue, its the act of drawing and coloring that is your addiction.  However, your addiction is far better than mine and your friends, and is not such a threat to your health.  So keep drawing and don't try to kick it.
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EmilyFaithFazbear17 Featured By Owner Apr 18, 2016  Hobbyist Artist
cool :)
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miartista Featured By Owner Mar 27, 2016  Student General Artist
This is so beautiful!!
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lovelygirl1738 Featured By Owner Feb 27, 2016
love it
Deadpool - Watching you 
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:icontheresa-maria-falcon:
Theresa-Maria-Falcon Featured By Owner Feb 3, 2016  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I know what's this feeling :') i can't draw at least 5 times a day i think...
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:iconqwen2018:
Qwen2018 Featured By Owner Feb 2, 2016  Student Artist
That's cool 
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A1exanderArt Featured By Owner Jan 31, 2016  Student Traditional Artist
Crazy good idea and execution!
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WhovianBoomer Featured By Owner Dec 28, 2015
i know addiction well. unfortunately it is not a healthy one. either way the description is perfect. and the art is mind blowing.
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Meadowlark555 Featured By Owner Dec 23, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
This picture is me and my friend, in a heartbeat.  

#ArtLovers
#BFF 
#AWESOMENESS
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gingytoast Featured By Owner Dec 13, 2015
Cuz its cute
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agarc123654 Featured By Owner Dec 13, 2015  Student
AHHH Your colors are amazing!
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Ebonicade Featured By Owner Dec 11, 2015  Hobbyist Filmographer
Beautiful!! Smart approach and perspective on art 💭
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iiBlueAurora Featured By Owner Dec 10, 2015   Artist
That moment when you felt a urge to draw, but at same time you have got an art block ..

aaaaAAAAAAAAAAA-
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Aeophex Featured By Owner Dec 7, 2015  Professional Artist
How is it that you get better and better? lol Very impressive work. I wonder why smoke coming from the pencil only connecting to one eye. Is it saying that once you start having those creative juices flowing you start seeing almost everything as a inspiration to keep bringing up that habit? Sorry, for over analyzing. :P
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Ayamoon10 Featured By Owner Dec 6, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
Whhooooaaaa so cool!!!!!!
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SamanBrosefineIzzle Featured By Owner Dec 5, 2015
Agreed. XD
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TopHatBigPencil Featured By Owner Dec 5, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
Yes! :clap:
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InsanityWorksforme Featured By Owner Dec 4, 2015  Student General Artist
This. . . . is  . . . so. . . . true.
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Ururuty Featured By Owner Dec 3, 2015
cool
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Wolf-Regis Featured By Owner Dec 2, 2015  Student General Artist
Do you use a special program to draw or by hand?
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boxingglovehands Featured By Owner Edited Dec 2, 2015  Hobbyist Artist
it is a picture, and a great one, the addicted to art theme is as great to enjoy, as the habit i'm not keen on which you mention in your description, smoking, it's quite the opposite opinion in my case, at least it looks like you drew a very good picture, i like this addiction the most. (more than cigarettes, if you know what i mean.) :)
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CaptainHook33 Featured By Owner Dec 1, 2015  Professional Traditional Artist
I love this so much, both content, subject matter, and composition/placement of color
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Uniqorn91 Featured By Owner Dec 1, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
Amazing work at always, love it! I totally understand! Drawing is like weed to me, it relieves me of my stress and rarely do I every have a day in which I'm not drawing. Art is like the air I breathe, it's my utopia, my place of solace, clarity, and where I can unleash my imagination without rules or boundaries. Highly addictive and hard to quit. Nicely done.
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goblinbandit Featured By Owner Nov 30, 2015
this is amazing and very inspiring 😊
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YumieChizuru Featured By Owner Oct 24, 2015  Hobbyist
I love! *^*
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tuasna Featured By Owner Sep 23, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
mind blowing..:)))))
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CalicatLinnie Featured By Owner Sep 14, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
I really like this. Drawing is addicting!
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MoonRises Featured By Owner Sep 9, 2015
Great job on this .:D (Big Grin) Nod Heart 
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Toxic--Ink Featured By Owner Sep 7, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
do you think you could post some of your doodles and sketches? i know, i hate people looking through my sketchbooks but i think heaps people ( and me ) would love to see some 
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Joey-GB-316 Featured By Owner Sep 4, 2015  Hobbyist General Artist
TRUUUUUUUUEEEEE
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Michi-chan-desu Featured By Owner Sep 3, 2015
Wow :O :D
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Other-Zone Featured By Owner Aug 17, 2015  Student Digital Artist
Needs moar fuchsia!! Lol
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:iconjoudie:
Joudie Featured By Owner Aug 16, 2015  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Nice
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Firiel-Archer Featured By Owner Aug 15, 2015
Lovely. :) It feels sort of urban-fantasy, to me...
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AnnabethLovegd Featured By Owner Aug 14, 2015  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
ADDICTION ACCEPTED
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Cosmo-seedrian Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2015
I love how creative this is
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artist387 Featured By Owner Aug 12, 2015
Immediate watch! This is breath taking! 
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