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She slips in after class, just to be away from them, waiting till the sound of shouting and laughter has subsided, till it's safe to walk home alone.School occupies a strange place in my mind. It wasn't so long ago, but when I look back it seems foggy; so different from the life I experience now. I was bullied, a lot, at first it really hurt, but I learned to not let it get to me. I was the 'weird' girl, who drew anime. I relised people would always judge, and knew it's you who has to be happy with yourself, you shouldn't change to please them; I noticed the things people would tease me about were the things they were insecure about in themselves. The most valuable lessons I learned weren't in the classroom. I got very comfortable with my own company
My art teacher told me "Cartoons are not art" so I drew in my spare time and let myself indulge in a world all my own.
Schools such a strange place, and this girls having a hard time of it... I can certainly relate to feeling trapped there sometimes, for many reasons...
~How is/was it for you?
Edit: Wow, thanks so much for the response on this one guys
I've enjoyed reading about your experiences, all those having a hard time- It will get better! School is temporary. Use the time to better yourself. While I do read all comments it is a tall order replying to hundreds, so I'm sorry if you don't get a personal response from me, but please do know myself and others support you Peace, Love and beating the bullies,
~Blue x
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Comments: 1668
Seriously, cartoons are NOT art? I see people draw cartoons all of the time, and I think it's art.
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Haha I can relate to that name
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Hey love the picture and keep it up don't let them get to you follow your own artistic path and you'll do fine
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I know this...the worst feeling -.-
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If you art teacher told you cartoons aren't art, then the people like hi/her are the reason Van Gogh killed himself. People make art out of their own freedom and thoughts, so don't let anybody tell you what's art and what's not.
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I absolutely hate school. I just hate crowds, lots of noise, and being pressured to do things. God i wish i could be homeschooled or online school but i cant because my parents dont let me. Art is just a way for me to escape that place and be free to my own mind. I have very strong hallucinations and a very strong imagination to a point where i can see people or things that arent there. I was always that outcast who could draw. Even today i hate crowds. My art teacher never really bothered me about how i draw but even of she did i wouldnt honestly care. I would probably just give her the evil look. Art class was basically my heaven though because it was always quiet
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In my view, art = anything that makes one thinks it is beautiful. So, I see no reasons why cartoons can't be art.
And I don't think drawing anime is weird. Many anime are insightful or beautifully drawn.
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So, if the 'key' is in her hand, isn't she on the outside, and the cage door open?
Woa, reading so many similar comments how art teachers say cartoons aren't art. So, what's art class if it's not about technique or expression? Non-art?
As the saying goes- draw it out.
One teacher said, 'You have no idea how much people here hate you, do you?'
Had to say, 'No, too busy.'
How could they hate something or someone they didn't even know? That's just ignorance.
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It's awful.
People stare at ne in a strange way, just because i am different.Because I like being me.
My art teacher says 'When will you start drawing?' and it doesn't hurt that much as I expected
I've never been bullied, because of my big mouth and a reputation of ass kicker. But it should feel nice if people say something like 'Nice!' when I am drawing, instead of staring at me like I am an alien
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I was bullied too.
My art teacher told me “What you draw isnt art” ...
At first it would hurt, but with time I would draw in every single class of her something in the blackboard with my own style. I would spend the entire brake with my art, just to annoy her when she entered.
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As if it's how I feel in my mid-years throughout elementary to high school...!
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That school needs to hire a new art teacher.
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School starts on August 12th for me. It's time to go back to that place...
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What kinda art teacher would tell a student that?? Rude!!
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Caged in
No room to breath
Stifled by
The slightest breeze
Nothing makes sense
It's all a big mess
When the hell
Will I find rest
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I believe it is anything that expresses inner feelings, has a meaning, or just something creative.
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I feel the same when I was in school I was judged for liking certain games
and anime but I did not care over time I learned to be strong in myself and love
what I enjoy so much and that is drawing, great job on this art.
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I'd love to hear what your art teacher would say about you now. (:
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amo tu hermosa arte!!!!!! TTOTT
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I knew it!! I bought several of your pictures at New York Comicon 2014. You were in the Artists Alley. I recognize your Broken picture.
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I hate your art teacher, because she made me think my art isn't art.
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wow your art teacher is insane, what did he/she draw anyways? o.o
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Your art "teacher" probably wouldn't know actual art if someone rubbed their face in it. Anyone who excludes a chosen form of artistic expression simply because it doesn't fit their personal tastes isn't worth the paper their degree is printed on. I might hate what people like Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol have turned art galleries into, but I can't deny that they're still art.
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She seems to write with left hand (be a lefty :-p.)
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That's cool, I didn't notice now, thanks!
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I still have a year of school left. And in 10th grade, my art teacher said the same thing... He said I couldn't draw "cartoons" for projects and that they had to be based off of something real. I also used to get bullied a lot. I had a lot of issues in school, but It's so strange to think there's only one last year for me left. It even felt weird when summer began. I almost don't want to forget the precious memories of those I've made friends with or have became fond of. That includes some of my teachers as well. I still miss my teachers and friends from where I used to live. It was an entirely different state than where I live now.
Your artwork is astounding! I'm in awe, it's so breathtaking. I just can't explain how beautiful it truly is!
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I was also the weird one, who drew anime 
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Same situation except my peers were the ones who got me into anime, it looks like us otaku artists are a lot more common than people think.
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Cartoons are art! I know what it feels like to have school trap you. I felt like that when I got bullied by 'friends' (I hate them now). I didn't have much of an escape, so I made my emotions go into my writing and drawing, and there are pictures of me, a small bird, wounded by the bigger, stronger birds, the eagles. I bled to death in the majority of those, because that's what it felt like. I was out alone, surrounded by only a few friends, and I couldn't do anything about it.
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Cartoons are art!!!!
My school has weighed down on me.... But its friends who take that weight off my shoulders.
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I´m bullied by my friends, ya must say theyr not my friends but they (akwardly) are, even tougth they bully me and annoy til they notice Im bout cry, then they try to cheer me up, thought they end bullying me or someone else so . . . I give it a 5
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Schools are a strange place and how cartoons not art that kinda really makes me mad if my art teacher says that and when I was in middle school it was kinda hard for me to do and now I'm going to high school and it's going to be really difficult D:
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I showed this to my daughter who is in high school going through this EXACT thing. I think it really helped her. You're awesome for creating such touching and honest art like this. Thank you.
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...strange. School gives you intelligence. Great work by the way.
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