*crayonmaniac

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I really really want to know what happens when you finish a work

33%

16 deviants said Do you feel mostly satisfied

21%

10 deviants said Do you feel anxious to get started immediately on a new one

17%

8 deviants said Do you feel mostly unsatisfied

13%

6 deviants said Is it a combination and so which applies

10%

5 deviants said Do you feel elated, walking on clouds

4%

2 deviants said Do you feel bored already

2%

1 deviant said Do you feel drained, empty and exhausted

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~JAMsEye Apr 26, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Sleep.

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*crayonmaniac Apr 26, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

that is a nice one, i love your answer here

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~JAMsEye Apr 26, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

That's the price to pay for finishing at 2 A.M....

. More seriously I often finish late in the night. Or early in the morning

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=LeeAnneKortus Mar 2, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

I often feel a bit drained, and exhausted...but happy to be done with it and satisfied usually!
Sometimes when I have worked on something a long time I am just glad it is done!

So yes, mixed feelings...a bit like giving birth, yes?

except no diapers and loss of sleep afterwards!

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*crayonmaniac Mar 2, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

Good comparison sweetie but I have been known to lose my sleep over drawings.
The more fool me...
I am too intense about my art!
Thanks for all your insights

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=LeeAnneKortus Mar 2, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

oh, I know...mine keep me up at night sometimes too!

sometimes when I am working on something it just totally takes over me...it is like I have a fever and all I can think about it working on it!

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*crayonmaniac Mar 3, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

Incredible, I feel exactly what you describe!
My husband tends to get jealous.
I am a maniac in my art, it is like love, the passion is the same.
You long to draw, like you long to meet a lover.
Than the passion takes over and you can think of nothing else. You are obsessed, thinking only of one thing, to get on with it, no disturbances, just you and your work. It is like lovemaking.
Bye my friend

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*PridesCrossing Mar 2, 2009

A combination of all of the above,I make something and I let it sit for quite a while before I show it to anyone I'm never completely sure if it's good enough,or if I need to work on it more...

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*crayonmaniac Mar 2, 2009 Professional Digital Artist

waw, I admire you.
You do want I tell myself to do, namely to let it rest a bit...
But I always post it too soon on DA and afterwards I see all the flaws...
Damn, I wish I was more like you.
Thanks for giving me your insights on art.
I find this fascinating.

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*PridesCrossing Mar 3, 2009

You're welcome!!

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Apr 21, 2013 PPP 152 Any chemists around here, i want to ask a question about practical chemistry or something like that
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Mar 19, 2013 PPP 148 - This was hilarious! To all digital artists i ask this : did you ever look at your work on dA, saw a little flaw that needed mending, took the wacom and started to correct only to realise you were on da and not in your photoshop file, i just did
Feb 22, 2013 PPP 147 - for those avid lovers of books and reading, how do you read your book nowadays
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Jan 26, 2013 PPP 145 Have you have been annoyed here on dA by a horrible troll?
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Jan 13, 2013 PPP 143 - Oh those weekends...
Jan 4, 2013 PPP 142 this weekend we put the xmas decoration away for another year
Dec 19, 2012 PPP 141 - Do you still send PAPER real christmas cards by the post?
Dec 4, 2012 PPP 140 All adults have their hands hanging at about the same height above the ground, no matter how tall they are, try it with friends and family lol.
Nov 12, 2012 PPP 139 - and your ultimate internet addiction is
Nov 4, 2012 PPP 138 - your ultimate sugar shot is :
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Oct 11, 2012 Cultural PPP 137 - Of all the venus marbles of antiquity, i love the Callipygian Venus the most, such a naughty and sweetly indecent girl! I saw her in Naples and she is awesome!And you?
Sep 29, 2012 PPP 136 - I am preparing a little masculine halloween painting for the GIRLS (or guys thus inclined), well in advance with all my work, so reserve yours now!l...
Sep 20, 2012 PPP 135 - today is the 30th anniversary of the smiley! ; - )
Aug 15, 2012 PPP 134 - do you know about the 10.000 hours rule of expertise and do you believe in it (if you practise anything for 10.000 hours you will become an expert)
Jul 17, 2012 PPP 134 - My dear beloved watchers tell me from where you are
Jul 7, 2012 PPP 133 - I am obsessed with numbers, so tell me how many watchers do you have
Jun 24, 2012 PPP 132 - and your avatar is ....
Jun 8, 2012 PPP 131 - in how many art media do you work - if you could tell me in details in the comments that would be fantastic thanks
Jun 5, 2012 PPP 131 - how long does it generally take you to clean up all your dA administration, that is thank for comments and favs, view the new artworks, reply to notes and all that
May 22, 2012 PPP 130 - what is your favorite name for me
May 12, 2012 PPP 129 - Do you fave outside your own area of expertise?
May 8, 2012 PPP 128 - Yesterday while cooking I let dinner burn, i was on photoshop, wanted to correct a little thing while the pots were doing fine and i stayed too long and it burned
Apr 24, 2012 PPP 127 - My good friend J-u-d-a-s is as poll crazy as I am! Do you know him (amazing artist too lol)
Apr 19, 2012 PPP 126 - Do you make lists?
Apr 12, 2012 PPP 125 - Still obsessed with sleep as an insomniac yikes, and you my dear watchers how many hours do you sleep a night?
Apr 7, 2012 PPP 124 - I finally created myself a signature that i will always use - up till now it was one jumble of styes - it can be seen in celtic maiden and daffodil dream - do you like it?
Apr 4, 2012 PPP 123 What do you appreciate more?
Mar 28, 2012 PPP 122 - Did you already exhibit your art in an exhibit hall for the public
Mar 15, 2012 PPP 121 - Are you a romantic?
Mar 10, 2012 PPP 120 - What do you hate to do around the house, for the household
Mar 3, 2012 PPP 119 - And your favorite season is
Feb 22, 2012 PPP 118 - on DA I am most eager for
Feb 15, 2012 PPP 117 - mmmmmmmmmmmm pasta
Feb 10, 2012 PPP 116 - Is attraction age related?
Jan 26, 2012 PPP 115 - My favorite detectives and mystery solvers - do you know them too, love them too?
Jan 20, 2012 PPP 114 - Midnight snacks anybody? Do you empty the fridge at night?
Jan 18, 2012 PPP 113 - how do you treat your sick body
Jan 15, 2012 PPP 112 - Have you done or posted any new art yet in 2012?
Jan 9, 2012 PPP 111 - 5 sexy cheerleaders want a home - it will be a lottery, if you are interested, tell me your name and you will get her
Jan 1, 2012 PPP 110 - Do you even come to DA on the first day of the year?
Dec 13, 2011 PPP 109 During the holiday season I will be drinking mostly
Dec 11, 2011 PPP 108 - can you spot the fakes? The ones who just use filters and pretend that they painted the work, the ones who even steal other people's art, and all the other stuff people do?
Dec 6, 2011 PPP 107 for all wacom users : sometimes my wacom just falls out, the pen has no more contact and I have to restart the pc, does anyone know the cause, and how to remedy this
Dec 2, 2011 PPP 106 Let's talk about make-up girls (and boys)
Nov 29, 2011 PPP 105 - 2011 is almost over ...
Nov 29, 2011 PPP 104 those who watch me know i am on this huge recycling spree of my works, endlessly combining new and old
Nov 15, 2011 PPP 103 - It's all about passwords and codes nowadays - how do you handle this?
Nov 8, 2011 PPP 102 - At which "exact" point do you get really really excited about your art and can you no longer put it down?
Nov 3, 2011 PPP 101 - do you have the ability to "see" your own art like an objective spectator does?
Oct 10, 2011 PPP 100 : JUBILEUM POLL NUMBER ONE HUNDRED - thank you everybody - I will keep it open the entire month of October
Oct 9, 2011 PPP 99 - Your really old works
Oct 4, 2011 PPP 98 - how long can you work on your art without a break?
Oct 3, 2011 PPP 97 secrets are :
Sep 28, 2011 PPP 96 - Artists of the Renaissance often inserted hidden codes and messages in their artworks, do some of you do that too?
Sep 23, 2011 PPP 95 - when you see a truly breathtaking mindblowing masterpiece of someone else in your own field of expertise, your first instant reaction is :
Sep 11, 2011 PPP 94 - Journals on DA
Sep 9, 2011 PPP 93 (PART 2 WOMEN) women are more beautiful and hot when they wear (sorry if i poke fun at the guys for once, big time lol):
Sep 7, 2011 PPP 92 (PART 1 MEN) : Men were much more handsome and yummy when they wore :
Sep 3, 2011 PPP 91 : Both in september 2009 & 2010 I did a painting called The mists of Avalon - This year again?
Aug 31, 2011 Polly's popular polls (PPP) number 90 : News from Wacom, Inkling the new pen to sketch and transport to your pc - out in october 2011 cost 160 euros
Aug 24, 2011 Polly's polls 89 : fresh and clean means
Aug 18, 2011 Polly's poll 88 (for once it is about my art) Which Moe do you prefer of the 5 Moes? (My 5 last paintings)
Aug 14, 2011 polly's polls 87 : magical powers anyone?
Aug 13, 2011 Polly's practical poll number 86 - is there a way to find an artist by name?
Aug 4, 2011 Polly's poll number 85 - do you use swear words or bad language?
Jul 29, 2011 Polly's crazy polls number 84 : Does it bother you that you have to type a capital letter on "I" all the time in English?
Jul 26, 2011 Sorry for the dark scary poll but here goes : Are demons haunting you (regrets, guilt, problems from your youth, bad things that happened to you...)
Jul 19, 2011 Do you have a muse? Do your feel her presence?
Jul 10, 2011 Do you get remarks, scolding, rows even, that you spend too much time on the computer by the people living with you
Jul 1, 2011 Drat, such a pity that
Jun 28, 2011 How do you see the next chick Moe (still 3 to go and 2 to dedicate, the fifth is for bob
Jun 25, 2011 you are
Jun 17, 2011 Do you flirt?
Jun 15, 2011 Ultimately I chose
Jun 15, 2011 Ok this is a special poll but in all anonimity I ask, do you have other accounts here on DA than the one I know you from
Jun 8, 2011 without your art you would be
Jun 7, 2011 Must haves, to die for, cannot do without
Jun 4, 2011 High summer, 30° C, bright sunlight, neighbour barbequeing, everyone wears bright colored shorts and bikinis, children splashing in the water and you, can you still do your art inside?
May 30, 2011 Believe it or not but after the mermaid I am painting vampires
May 10, 2011 Any deviants with glamorous professions? (Pilot and doctor, please give your name/email lol) (still no lawyers, good, that way nobody will sue me lol)
May 8, 2011 The Kiss by Francesco Hayez (1859) is one of the most known paintings in Italy, probably second after the Mona Lisa, I did not know it, do you?
Apr 30, 2011 Have you ever been to Milan
Apr 28, 2011 real love is
Apr 26, 2011 Do you sell prints on DA?
Apr 13, 2011 Memes, collections or whatever you call them, hot or not?
Apr 3, 2011 I have finally found how to showcase my gifts! I left it too long and may have overlooked some, please tell me
Apr 2, 2011 I may be stupid but I still don't know this : My painting style is that ?
Mar 22, 2011 My indian girl, what name suits her best (May Fong I especially want your opinion lol)
Mar 21, 2011 Digital painters : when you have to delimitate the contour of a red dress against a white background and you want a neat line, do you :
Mar 9, 2011 Does anyone out there know my most favorite movie Avanti? I am an absolute Billy Wilder fan. Tag line : Italy is not a country, it is an emotion
Mar 6, 2011 Do you phone other deviants?
Feb 27, 2011 Most people here hide their stats, why? I don't see the avantage in that
Feb 27, 2011 To all photoshop and digital artists, do you sometimes embellish pictures of yourself, f.i. slimmer, less wrinkles etc...
Feb 22, 2011 This is no poll !
Feb 9, 2011 Do you have daily contacts with some friends here on DA regardless of posting art
Feb 7, 2011 what always works for you in an artwork (painting, drawing, manip, pictures...) and will make you fave
Feb 4, 2011 Any fans of pandora bracelets and beads out there?
Jan 23, 2011 Beside your family, what is most precious to you?
Jan 10, 2011 Are you a child of likewise artistic parents?
Jan 5, 2011 I have written two unedited novels, should I start to post chapters on DA (I have to translate them) under a new account crayonbooks?
Jan 4, 2011 Any insomniacs amongst my beloved watchers? I am
Jan 2, 2011 The pillars of the earth by Ken Follet - do you know it?
Dec 21, 2010 What is on the Christmas menu?
Dec 13, 2010 In 2011 CM goes
Nov 20, 2010 your favorite city is
Nov 19, 2010 My poor Clodia gets no favs at all How comes?
Nov 10, 2010 Does anyone here knows the historial novels of Steven Saylor about Rome, I send him my Clodius painting and he complimented it, waw, cool
Oct 30, 2010 I have been told by so many people on so many occasions that my praise is always over the top, should I restraint myself and no longer play the gushing cheerleader or art groupie?
Oct 29, 2010 In an ideal world, when would you like my next work to arrive?
Oct 23, 2010 when you were at home as a child and you bumped by accident into a door or a chair or such what was your parents basic reaction?
Oct 20, 2010 A funny painting where the girl has big boobs and a message - what do you think???
Oct 11, 2010 do any of you lovely people have grandchildren?
Sep 28, 2010 Anyone want to see me do pencilwork again, it has been two years
Sep 5, 2010 Crayonmaniac, a name that is absolutely not appropriate for me, never worked with these darn crayons in the first place, should I change it?
Aug 11, 2010 For commissions what are decent honnest fees, let's say a work of some 10 hours? Thanks for helping me
Jul 26, 2010 I have a stonehenge pic which is perfect, pure sky, rocks and grass, no people, do you want this for stock my dear watchers?
Jul 15, 2010 Any hypochondriacs out there?
Jul 12, 2010 Somebody interested in a photoshop step by step tutorial on my body droplets like in my last painting
Jun 1, 2010 DD's and stuff
May 8, 2010 How long can you wait before you start on a new artwork
Apr 5, 2010 Thusfar 2010 has been
Mar 13, 2010 I like to invent speaking poetic titles for my works and sometimes the space to write runs out of characters, does this happen to you too?
Feb 28, 2010 Physical problems due to art?
Feb 6, 2010 Are you glad you watch me?
Jan 30, 2010 Crayonmaniac is :
Jan 3, 2010 I am painting this galaxy babe, can I do what I want or are there rules to obey in space for outfits and UFO's
Dec 13, 2009 Are you as sad as I am when you lose a watcher?
Dec 8, 2009 What gives you more support?
Nov 22, 2009 Should I put up my egyptian wall for stock for my watchers, I don't mind doing this?
Nov 18, 2009 Do I make too many paintings?
Nov 2, 2009 18 of my watchers faved my early work when I explicitely asked not to (lol) what shall I do?
Oct 20, 2009 Horrors for Halloween, who would like to see horrible work of me when I could barely paint?
Oct 9, 2009 I have been doing some fantasy paintings lately, so what do you really think
Aug 29, 2009 Is it OK to do a dedication for two persons? (lots of comments please )
Aug 21, 2009 And my new work should be ...
Aug 16, 2009 For the female population, free non household money goes to
Aug 16, 2009 For the male population : free non household money goes to
Aug 13, 2009 What made you so good at what you do artistically?
Jul 31, 2009 Need help with my research : are all stone celtic crosses tombstones? Thank you all for answering and commenting
Jul 22, 2009 My latest work, angel versus demon, should I have painted a head on the body?
Jul 8, 2009 What is the fashion for a girl in the jungle nowadays? I lost my cosmopolitan, help me out
Jul 8, 2009 The relation between your art and your health
Apr 12, 2009 What do you do with works in your gallery you don't like anymore
Mar 24, 2009 Art! When did you start?
Mar 14, 2009 What do you think when you get another poll in your inbox
Mar 2, 2009 I really really want to know what happens when you finish a work

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