i love art and i know what you mean by being a stress releaver. sometimes when i draw it's like escaping to a whole other world . i love it. you should make an account on deviantart.com and post your work on there it is a great site
the kind of world i want to live in. that is what i try to illustrate. currently my place i post it is http://www.furaffinity.net/user/themnax/
i wish i could blow $$$s to find inspiration :? i too, just have this drive to make things. i get an idea, or i see an image of something in my head and i feel like it HAS to manifest into something. completing something is one of the most satisfying feelings to me. drugs (LSD, MDMA, shrooms) have inspired me, weed has given me focus, i listen to varying music to find inspiration, read books, go into the woods/nature, watch movies, play video games, browse random pictures online, websites ( http://miserabledesirable.com/ , http://banksyforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=streetart , http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php , http://lifeandtimes.com/ ), talking to people, driving my car, people watching, freestyle rapping, getting drunk, remembering dreams, emotion, uuuhhhh