Do whatever you need, your art is very cool, there's no deny for that, but you should do this as something that YOU LIKE, and if it starting to be some kind of a "trouble-maker", it's fine you say it's time to stop. If in some moment you wanna come back, perfect, and if not, also well, but stay sure about you're fine before putting body and soul for the others (I'm not talking about the friends you say). This comes from someone who has lived that