Playing an instrument. Not on stage for others but at home all by myself just for myself. :)
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Same here, also piano! I improvise a lot, just for fun. I donβt hear this as often from people playing other instruments. Great outlet
Thats cool, what instrument and do you write your own music?
Piano as well. I don't write my own music, but love to play with the old ones like playing really fast or slow or loud or .... sadly I am not of good in improvising on the piano but with singing its fine.
Edit: typo
Same. Piano here.
Planning and running my homebrew ttrpg campaign. I've sunk nearly three years into fleshing out my setting from plate tectonics to modern geopolitics!
You need an artificer?!
You sound like a good dm.
Now thats dedicated world building!
Arguing with strangers on the internet.
Seriously though I've never been good at anything artistic. I'm a programmer by trade and occasional dabble in the odd personal project lately, and I have a lot of hobbies. I experiment with electronics, I'm an (really really) amateur blacksmith. I feel like those engage the parts of my brain art might, but I don't feel like they're any sort of self expression. They're more academic pursuits, I do them to learn and learning itself is kinda the end goal.
To be honest I'm not sure I know what "expressing myself" in an artistic sense would be. I use words to convey my thoughts and emotions but I'm certainly no writer.
Thats all good! You don't need to write like Nabakov to enjoy expressimg yourself, any medium in whatever skill level you can that scratches the creative itch is a good medium.
I think youβre doing pretty good at expressing yourself
Writing and photography
Same
Started using an AI art generator. Its great fun and can get some interesting results..
Oooooh you're gonna get flack for that. I think that can still be used to get your creative juices flowing or atleast bring the image in your head to a first draft.
Ah well, Correct you can upload an image of your own.
Correct you can upload an image of your own.
Writing or making beats for fun.
Video game assets/customizing :) I used VRChat as an excuse to design a persona (in my pfp) and I made a game prototype to pay homage to my first car. I wanna do way more stuff but I'm still learning
I love painting miniatures. I like to find or create a vibe in the sculpt and follow that to the best of my abilities. I'm a software developer so I already expend a lot of creativity in at work but there's a degree of freedom in it that I miss otherwise. I just like making stuff.
Doodling on a tablet with Clip Studio is amazingly good, it has all the layers and features of a full blown illustrator clone
Writing, for sure
I write and record/program music, often by myself but sometimes with others. I never release any of it though. Last release I did was in 2014 but it wasn't my music. I was just the drummer for my friend who doesn't play drums.
Cooking. It gives me a chance to be creative, plus I need to do it multiple times a day. Also, you get to share the fruits of your labor with friends/ family. Definitely helps that I don't have any friends who are picky eaters.
Yesss cooking is an underrated creative endeavour!