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Just want to first say that I'm unsure if this falls under mature content or not. I'll tag it as such if it is considered that. This is basically my take on the personification of colitis. It was somewhat therapeutic to draw something like this. I was diagnosed with colitis in July of 2015. It's almost the 2 year anniversary. We know I have a type of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), but don't know if it's specifically Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis. Both can affect the colon. My first gastroenterologist was strongly leaning towards Crohn's. There is no cure for either diseases. Although, technically for UC, if you take out the colon it's basically gone. That only occurs in the colon. I'm supposedly in remission (although unsure about it lately), but still suffering from the effects it had on me. It's an autoimmune disease, so basically my body thinks that part of me is a foreign object and is constantly attacking it. Or, it's basically eating my colon. (Possibly part of my stomach, too.) Fun. Many of the symptoms are internal, so many people may look fine, but internally they really aren't.

I based the skin color off of my first colonoscopy images. The colon itself looked like an angry red color, and the ulcers were all over the place looking like bright red stars. It was beautiful, but not good. I tried to make the ulcers a brighter orange-like color, but didn't have the right colored pencil. The lines on the skin represent scarring. The damage caused a lot of scarring throughout my colon. Those hurt more than I expected. I personally didn't have much visible blood come out, but people tend to bleed internally because of those ulcers. So, there's lots of blood coming through the hospital gown, and dripping off of them. They're wearing a hospital bracelet and slippers. The squiggly side lines are supposed to show the grumbling/noisy sounds coming from the gut that many of us get. Mine's pretty constant, and is annoying.

I know it's not a perfect drawing. The hands are too small and the limbs are a bit off, but I tried. It's been a long time since I've drawn a full body. I might get more into drawing soon. Most of them certainly won't be like this.

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Just want to first say that I'm unsure if this falls under mature content or not. I'll tag it as such if it is considered that. This is basically my take on the personification of colitis. It was somewhat therapeutic to draw something like this. I was diagnosed with colitis in July of 2015. It's almost the 2 year anniversary. We know I have a type of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), but don't know if it's specifically Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis. Both can affect the colon. My first gastroenterologist was strongly leaning towards Crohn's. There is no cure for either diseases. Although, technically for UC, if you take out the colon it's basically gone. That only occurs in the colon. I'm supposedly in remission (although unsure about it lately), but still suffering from the effects it had on me. It's an autoimmune disease, so basically my body thinks that part of me is a foreign object and is constantly attacking it. Or, it's basically eating my colon. (Possibly part of my stomach, too.) Fun. Many of the symptoms are internal, so many people may look fine, but internally they really aren't.

I based the skin color off of my first colonoscopy images. The colon itself looked like an angry red color, and the ulcers were all over the place looking like bright red stars. It was beautiful, but not good. I tried to make the ulcers a brighter orange-like color, but didn't have the right colored pencil. The lines on the skin represent scarring. The damage caused a lot of scarring throughout my colon. Those hurt more than I expected. I personally didn't have much visible blood come out, but people tend to bleed internally because of those ulcers. So, there's lots of blood coming through the hospital gown, and dripping off of them. They're wearing a hospital bracelet and slippers. The squiggly side lines are supposed to show the grumbling/noisy sounds coming from the gut that many of us get. Mine's pretty constant, and is annoying.

I know it's not a perfect drawing. The hands are too small and the limbs are a bit off, but I tried. It's been a long time since I've drawn a full body. I might get more into drawing soon. Most of them certainly won't be like this.