You know your an artist when....

[CuteyHoneyChan]

Let me see.....

There is a thin layer of eraser shavings and broken pencil lead on your carpet....

You get twitchy whenever you enter a art store or office supply store....

You've been yelled at more than three times at school/work for doodling when you should be doing something else.... xd

80% or more of your cash goes to art supplies and research material.....

[cassiepoohx]

you know you're an artist when
you spend more than six hours on a drawing that isn't for anything in particular
and you still haven't done the background yet

[D ll M ll T]

you know your an artist when:
- you do something awesome on lined paper without trying and mentally scream wtf brain why dont you ever work when i need you?
- you get in fights with you parents or room mates because your room is messy but you dont bother to clean it because your too busy doing something else to avoid cleaning
- your two options in life: sell art like a hobo or go to school and earn a degree and sell art
- you eat cup-a-noodles cause making dinner takes too long
- you have thick rimmed glasses
- you draw under the influence of substances because its funner
- you know how to make at least four emoticons by using punctuation marks
- you need a job (lol)
- you get angry when people ask "who's that?" because they dont understand that artists dont always draw real people
- you know your primary's and the difference between shade and tint
- you are on gaia (har har)
- you watch anime to get ideas (but also enjoy them)
- you have some sort of action figure to help you draw different poses ( mine is spider man >W< )

[rosesxmusic]

Mister Flopilopigus

you know your an artist when:
- you do something awesome on lined paper without trying and mentally scream wtf brain why dont you ever work when i need you?
- you get in fights with you parents or room mates because your room is messy but you dont bother to clean it because your too busy doing something else to avoid cleaning
- your two options in life: sell art like a hobo or go to school and earn a degree and sell art
- you eat cup-a-noodles cause making dinner takes too long
- you have thick rimmed glasses
- you draw under the influence of substances because its funner
- you know how to make at least four emoticons by using punctuation marks
- you need a job (lol)
- you get angry when people ask "who's that?" because they dont understand that artists dont always draw real people
- you know your primary's and the difference between shade and tint
- you are on gaia (har har)
- you watch anime to get ideas (but also enjoy them)
- you have some sort of action figure to help you draw different poses ( mine is spider man >W< )

Yes, yes, yes!

[La Promenade Morte]

xXxXNeverMoreXxXx

When you have more sketches in your notes then actual notes
When you'd rather buy art supplies then new clothes (at least for me)
When you go see a cgi film and only pay attention to the artwork and character designs
When you watch people randomly to study them (drawing wise)

I do that last one all the time

[xXbpet_yepXx]

You know youre an artist when...

You'd rather stay in and finish all your personal pieces than go out with your friends.

[FruitsBasketFan125]

you know when you can draw well xD

[Deflated Lung]

-You can draw a realistic human face without looking at anything as a guide.

-Your floor and walls have charcoal/pastel smudges that piss your parents off.

-People constantly ask you if you've drawn anything recently, even if you've gone on a one-year strike.

-People who are far worse than you are start telling you that you have no talent.

-The grid method becomes unnecessary and seems elementary (I've never used grid method, but I hear this from other people all the time. I think it's better to learn without a crutch, so I wouldn't try it as a step to realism.)

[xxdarkestdreamxx]

wen theres sketch papers all over ur room until u hve the perfect drawing

[Neurotic Indecency]

- when you constantly observe your surroundings for good perspective-ized sights to draw or sketch.

-When every time you look at something (an object, animal, TV, movie, landscape, surroundings, food, layout, etc.) and start breaking it down in your head how you would draw, paint, sketch, photograph, model it yourself/in your image.

-When ever any type of architecture, other person's art, just slightly pretty, etc picture or image (real life or not) gets you wanting to work c:

-When you'd rather spend your money on art supplies instead of food or clothes.

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[bayti]

when you can stay up till 3 getting your drawing just right, and you don't feel tired at all (until you finish, that is)

[rigamortous]

when you can find the smallest most boring thing in the whole world and see what could be a beautiful work of art

[aekea_moshi]

When your so distracted by your drawings that you forget what your own name is...
O_O

[Love in a Thunderstorm]

... when you get into a fight with someone, you end up referencing events from art history to back up your statement, no matter what the fight is over. Even peanutbutter.

... when you can't get the charcoal out from underneath your nails, even though though you've scrubbed them down five times AND have taken a shower.

... when you wake up with paint in your hair

... with you freak out at advertisements/signs/product labels for being unbalanced, or the colors don't match, or the font they're using is far too unoriginal.

... when you go home and re-create a new label for that said object you freak out over.

... when you go to an art high school

... and then an art college

.... and then drop out of that college because it sucks *coughcornishcollegeoftheartscough*

... then take a break to work at a pet store because it's more fun to be around bunnies and fish that you can doodle all day instead of at a real job/school

... when your parents know to stay out of your room because every inch is covered with some project that they could mess up, and they don't want to see what you're like when they've messed up your art.

... when you want to do intaglio printing so bad that you roll over the printing blanket+paper+plate with a car because you can't afford a real etching press

... when your boyfriend doesn't even ask why there are naked people in the living room anymore.

... when you loose your pallet and use real plates to mix your paint on... and then get yelled at because you forgot it was good china.

... when your art history teacher references YOU for specific eras/syles of art.

... when you know there are a hundred more things you could add to this list.

(I am guilty of all of these sweatdrop .)

I ♥ Green Spotted Puffers!

[allegro-agitate]

When you spend most of your money on art supplies
When you have innumerable used and empty paint tubes
When you don't just use any normal HB pencil, you use your own special one wink