Eye strain?
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Does anyone else deal with eye strain? What do you do about it? I try to take regular eyeball breaks, but, man, looking at screens all day wrecks my vision and gives me headaches.
Bailey Vidler
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Hi @baileymvidler, definitely a problem in today’s age given screens are everywhere.
Here’s a good resource.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2013/09/flux-eyestrain/amp -
OMG, yes. Plus drawing hand strain. Neck strain. Back strain. I totally empathize. For eye strain in particular, here are a few things that have helped me:
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regular breaks doing something other than looking at your screen.
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dimming the brightness of your screen if you're just drawing and not figuring out value and color
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lying down and closing your eyes
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making sure my contact lens or glasses prescription is up to date
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going outside and looking at things that are far away (clouds, sky, tree tops are my favorites)
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resting a beanie bag eye mask scented with lavender on your eyes
I hope you feel better soon.
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@baileymvidler I got a curved monitor. That made a huge difference. Also doing colour balance settings for night time and daytime. Plus I throw in the odd walk outside.
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@baileymvidler I have had to leave digital illustration after trying to learn it for 2 years because I kept getting ongoing migraines and even now going back to traditional I still easily get tension headaches so one solution I found that helps is taking Magnesium -drink mixture tastes like blueberries -helps reduce the pain/fuzziness. I have another neck/head issue but that can't be solved with the magnesium unfortunately.
Other than that, rest a lot, heat on my head/eyes, good sleep, blue blocker screen (sort of helps), and redirect your eyes to a none screen. But I get eye strain on every screen and in good light and poor -so I just have to pace myself -can be a pain.
