Overwhelmed by Influence
Hello. As per the title of this post suggests, I am struggling with trying to get my foot back into Art and am too overwhelmed by my feeds to really settle into one particular style.
After graduating 4 years ago, and already having been burnt out my last school year, I ended up getting a retail job since all the art jobs I applied never responded/declined. Trying to balance art w my job was often difficult, and with the fluctuating hours and schedule, I found most of my free time spent scrolling social media or playing games instead.
More recently I have only been using social media and nothing else really. I figured I'd try to jump back into Art again but I feel so overwhelmed by what avenue to take. I don't think I'd do a complete 180° with my art style, but I kind of want to experiment with different things, but it just gets too crazy spending hours on Pinterest or Instagram for inspiration and everything looks enticing.
How do you know what style/practice you want to take with your art? How do you know how to control your feeds and that overwhelming feeling for influences?
Sorry if this post seems hard to read, I guess just jumping back into Art seems more complicated in my head than it should be...