@Em0nM4stodonEm One of the reasons I lost motivation to keep doing pixel art was that I hated when people would post AI imitations of the things I'd made. Or telling me that I'm dumb for not having AI draw for me. I've been too depressed to write code outside of work for a couple of years now, for similar reasons. I still don't use AI myself - I've just stopped doing creative things on the computer because I get depressed.

I've taken up drawing with pencil and paper. But I will not be posting any of that publicly; that is only for family and close friends. I'm not very good at it, but at least it is my own expression.