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Published: 2008-11-02 06:38:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 8736; Favourites: 507; Downloads: 13
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I'll let this one speak for itself.Drawn to display the emotion insecurity
May be used for non profit use in Eating Disorder Awareness functions...but only once you make me aware of the desired use
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Than you. I have actually been considering redoing this picture
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When I lived in the dormitories... There was a girl, who only ate a bowel of celery for dinner every night. I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself... & I like how you have the titles "seventeen" and "vogue" in the mix too.
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Sad though isn't it?
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Yes it really is! It's a shame 'women's' magazines or h-wood (hollywood) don't acknowledge what kind of impact they are having on young people... but I mostly blame it on marketing & advertising... This Aussie comedian says like it is: [link]
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AH! I remember a friend showing me this beautiful work of yours sometime ago, AND ITS YOU! I FINALLY KNOW YOU were the one who drew this! I just want to say, this work has such a strong meaning behind it and I really love your works. ^^
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ah gosh thank you.
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She isn't perfect and she never will be. Nobody will be, but we still try. I wish we understood why we try. Tis sad, no?
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After some thought I've decided to favourite this piece. Originally I wasn't going to, but the message here is a good one and I've found myself looking at it a few times because it's a very powerful image of a problem in our world. We're overly concerned with looking perfect, but none of us are. People need to let go of their insecurities, forget about the things they hate about their bodies, and learn to see the good parts of themselves. As long as you're basically healthy, you should be happy with your body because beauty is only skin deep.
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I'm glad you like it
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I'm glad you made it.
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Poor thing! I always hurt and feel so bad for those girls who are always under the pressure of being "Beautiful"
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its tru, i did a report on bulimia, wich is really the same as anorxia.
its sad to see that this is what they would call 'ideal body' but at the same time, some do it because of their emotoins. anyways, great pics, says alot
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Very intense and shows why anorexia is such a dangerous thing...because they still see themselves "fat".
Very good job with showing what someone with the disorder really believes and sees.
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Its really such an unfortunate disorder
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I know and I wish those with the disorder the best of luck of overcoming it.
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Is it just me, or does that woman look like Britney Spears?
No offense to Britney Spears fans, by the way.
Very well drawn, and I love how much detail you added to this.
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This picture really speaks to me. I think I fall under that category of people who see themselves as a lot more heavy or less beautiful as they really are. I kind of know that I'm not in any position to think that I need to be thinner, or that I need to look prettier, but at the same time, I catch myself thinking about it unhealthily so. I think the most important thing for these people is to have others constantly tell them that they're NOT overweight, and that they ARE beautiful, and help them to feel more secure about themselves. Even if it doesn't work at first, repetition and consistency will really help. I think I can speak from experience.
Thank you so much for posting this. I hope it reaches others who need to realize that they're just fine the way they are and that they shouldn't change anything about themselves.
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This is probably going to sound very strange, and I know it's not really what you intended people to see in this picture but...
I'm actually pretty thin and I've always hated my body. I've been trying to gain weight for the past 7 years and nothing seems to work. I eat regularly, never starve myself. My friends tell me I shouldn't try to gain weight, that I'm fine, but I don't believe that. Other people always look at me and ALWAYS ask if I'm anorexic. So looking at this picture reminds me of what people see when they look at someone who's anorexic and it makes me feel that I look like that.
I'm not saying this to be rude or anything, I just got a strong feeling from this picture and I couldn't keep it to myself.
I do really like the picture though. It's extremely emotional and intense and truly shows just how much of a struggle it is for people who do have eating disorders.
Sorry for the really random reaction I got from this otherwise.
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No no honey I fully understand. I was staring at photos of myself the other day and wanted to cry. My mind thought "Do I really look like that?" So boney...disgusting...unhealthy looking. But its a strange connundrum. As much as I want to gain wait my mind also struggles with putting ON weight. Its hard to explain. I really do hate how sickly being too thin looks...when I discovered I was a size 1 I freaked ;___;
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I know what you mean. I've actually started avoiding shopping in some stores, because depending on the store I rang from a 0 to a 3. So I tend to go to places where I'll 'be a size 3'. It seems sad, but it makes me feel slightly better when looking at the tag on the clothes. It also helps when people ask me what size I wear, that way I don't have to say 'size 0' cause I hate the responses I get when I say that
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-_____- I understand
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Wow, this one really hit me hard.
I relate to this more than I care to admit; I've always struggled with my weight and have always struggled just to come to terms with how I look. I'm a relatively well adjusted adult now but the damage has been done. I wish that there was a louder "pro body" voice when I was growing up, it might have helped counterbalance all the media messages and torture I went through.
Fight the good fight, sista.
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It really is pretty sad. >< Its kind of a frustrating situation. Seeing overly thin people dramatized all over the media when I see one in real life I cant help but think "my god that person is soooo skinny..." But at the same time I know I'm that way by nature's hand...and people look down on me for it. >>
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Yeah, you know its a bad deal when big chicks AND skinny chicks feel like they'll never be beautiful.
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Has anyone ever told you that she resembles the Witch from Left4Dead?
[link]
Anyways, amazing picture!
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hmmm nope never heard that. Glad you like it and thank you
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i know how terrible it is to suffer from that illnesses it takes such a massive toll on your body and your emotion, striving everyday to be beautiful but every time you look in the mirror you only see the ugly what you believe to be truth.
i suffered from it when living with my ex.. i didn't know i had dropped so much weight because littlerly every time i looked in the mirror of our bedroom i still looked fat and undesirable to my fiance (now ex) but when i got home 3 months after moving out i was a literal skeleton and my dad kept threatening to put me in the hospital. it's not fun.. and a serious disease.. i still haven't recovered 3 years later.
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Putting on weight isn't as easy as people think. Keep fighting it lovely I'm sure you can do it
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oh trust me i have manage to put the weight back on over the 3 years. but my stomach still can't handle eating more then once a day.
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This woman is literally STICK. THIN. yet she thinks she's obese?! I always knew anorexia was serious, but since I'm a visual learner, seeing an image just illustrates exactly how much of a mental illness it really is
Personally I've never had that problem. I love food too much and I don't give a damn whatsoever about society's image of beauty. But yeah, having the woman with just the mirror would have made the point alone. However, having all the images of thin girls and the unrealistic goals surrounding her TRULY accentuates the point.
Great job with this emotive and angsty deviation 
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well to be honest it varies from case to case but the obsession is only in part from their desire to be thin, or the idea that thin=beautiful...another part of it is often driven by lack of control in their life...eating is something they can control. Its a pretty dark illness and much more complicated than people think. This was just one angle of it.
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*enlightened* AAAAH. Well thanks for clearing that up for me. That's another side to it that I didn't think about
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The unfortunate situation for many people, in varying degrees.
Great job. Powerful message.
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When I first saw this picture, I felt an overwhelming amount of sadness. I'm reminded of how one of my friends almost died from anorexia.
I think I need to look at this to remind myself that it isn't worth it to starve yourself to death like this.
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it really isn't I hope your friend overcame it then
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that was years ago. I only recently found out about her struggle at a fashion show.
I was so upset the next day at the thought of never being able to laugh with her if she continued with her destructive behaviour.
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the expression on her face is heart-wrenchingly painful ;~;
i became teary-eyed just watching her
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I hpe you were able to make it past it
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Wow...I'm gonna fav this to remind myself to NOT end up like this..not to mention it was drawn very well
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Its a scary disorder thats for sure
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again powerful art
on something there is far to much of in the world
on the personal levels of us
I think anyway
Thank you
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Thanks. I dont have too many social statements in my art. I try to make them stand out when I do them
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I dont think there can be ever too many
Art is a good way to get them accross
too
I suppose what we have to watch, like everything
is we dont become consumed by them
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I really like her expression.
Some people torture themselves when there is nothing wrong with them in reality.
I also like the BW colours.
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thanks. I love to work in black and white <3 There is just something about the feeling of monochrome and texture
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Very powerful, very real image.
very well drawn, as well
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