A trick I use a lot to make line-art look a little less plain is to add small imperfections and rumples in the lines. Tiny squiggles and ‘scratches’ do well. Or to break up a line by erasing some parts or to even draw in a second line beside it to make some parts look sketchy. I dunno, just something I thought of off the top of my head. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah me too. Lately I haven’t self-harmed as much though. Honestly, I don’t feel the calm and adrenaline rush afterwords. It’s really weird since I just like seeing the blood.