96 Dark Pics Show What’s Wrong With Our Society, And You Won’t Get Some Without Looking At The Titles
"As much as we hate to admit it, we're all very vulnerable. The SUN Project is a four-person art collaboration that focuses on the destructive and painful emotions caused by the modern society we often hide. Fronted by Mimi N, the group produces illustrations almost daily and have already built a 164,000-strong following. From loneliness to depression and social media addiction, the SUN Project perfectly captures the feelings you've probably felt on quite a few rainy Sunday evenings in their dark pictures.
"I've been drawing since 2007, and I started by making comics and drawing various creepy pictures as part of my epilepsy therapy," Mimi N told Bored Panda. Inspired by daydreaming and the internet, Mimi N said that the SUN Project isn't only about the dark emotions and social issues that we endure. It's also a homage to wonderful sceneries and fashion. "I just draw what I love, [the] boundary between life and death, beauty and ugliness, smiles and sadness. I love exploring [different] art styles and fashion trends."
"People usually know me from the SUN Project, and I am grateful for all the kind comments," the artist added. "I'm glad people can relate to it, but these social problems illustrations are only a small part of me. I also love drawing anime, fanart, my own comics and much more. I wish my art can make the world a better place."
Scroll down to check out their incredible images, depicting problems with society, and who knows, maybe they will help you to come to terms with your own emotions. At least for a little while.
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Every little thing you say
Emotional/Verbal abuse. One "tack" may not hurt/kill you, but a thousand or more just might.
And it happens slowly, one by one, so you don't notice it until you're in too deep
Load More Replies...Could this also refer to social networks? You know, when someone (specially a celibrity/public figure since they're on the spotlight) gets attacked by something they poted 8 years ago that doesn't reflect them anymore but did sound offensive or inappropiate.
It’s painful to see how much I can relate I feel the emotions with in the art
How sad and how unnecessary. It's usually people who think little of themselves that take out their feelings of inadequacy on others. Sick.
Group assignment
so freaking true.. tho im not that good tho, they are just too lazy to do their parts.... ;_;
Load More Replies...Behind your back
This has nothing to do with "modern society." This is just the human condition, now on cell phones.
Just modern society has AMPLIFIES it and EVERY ONE sees it now.
Load More Replies...There always those kinds of people who would likely to be a D**k at your backs like the bastards they were even friends could also be at your backs..
Four of us
I was, and still feel like I am, the girl on the right...and I'm 46.
This image shows that some group might know would likely to leave you out like your nothing but trash
Disappointment
Yelling at your child for bad grades isn't the answer. Understanding that your child isn't Einstein and helping them with things they find difficult, is.
My mom was always disappointed in me when I got even a B...but when it was convenient she bragged about my good grades
That’s messed up. My parents always encouraged me to do better. Never this harsh.
Load More Replies...When it came to grades in school, I was always compared to my brothers. Why wasn't I as good as them? As adults, things changed. My brothers frequently returned home to live between jobs or whathaveyou. I never did. I spent 20 years in service. One lasted just 6 weeks and the other spent only 3 1/2 years in. I've bought and sold numerous houses over the years. Currently living in my own home. They've only rented. I attended college on my own dime. They never did. Glad I didn't measure up to them back then.
That’s always the best feeling, when your parents see you’ve succeed and your siblings haven’t- sometimes coddling a older sibling isn’t the answer. Congrats on the success on your own.
Load More Replies...A parent's expectations of their children have nothing to do with their children but rather with their own failures and baggage.
And that’s horrible for children growing up in that kind of environment.
Load More Replies...This image shows that word of disappointment were like a gun to your head & might cause mental problems to people who get by that word like bullet
How is there a hand poking out with a gun- ik this is what the child feels like but b***h please-
I wis i can ask my mom for help, but I know it won't make things better for me especially after one time when I was smaller, she slapped me in the face, and yelled at me for not understanding a mtg problem. She even did that with my little brother. Yelling and hurting a child is not the answer to get the child to understand a simple math problem.
Help
i love this one :3 the help of friends and kind people is so important
That's not what's wrong, it's what's right - the support and unconditional love that saved the life of my dearest friends.
The real me
The artist is Japanese so it's not about social media, it's about idols. Idols in Japan are a very specific type of entertainer and they all have to portray a certain ideology to fit in/be liked. The "real" girl here is just playing the idol game and trying to beat it, hence the game controller.
There is a photo of the artist at the bottom of the page. She is clearly NOT Japanese.
Load More Replies...Definitely. With the game controller and audience, "playing the part".
Load More Replies...So telling... Depression and mental health issues are really demonstrated in this work. Where can I purchase these?
Its also could mean multiplayer games where gamers socialise in virtual world like World od Warcraft, etc. Well just the same as facebook , virtual world for adults n kids
Load More Replies...Like how you have to be a remote controlled robot to be accepted among all the other carbon copy* robots so that you will be given their contrived love. *old people reference
Adulthood
It is not like that for everyone. I am much happier as an adult!
Adulthood is awesome. Now you can afford the toys you wanted as a kid.
Load More Replies...The image shows of some High school girl who just graduated & see other adults like her but were in painted black ink like it’s telling you that adulthood is basically going to be very very shitty
I can't
This was often me, people would go and the rare times they’d ask me to hang out I couldn’t because I had gotten a B on an assignment and mother wanted an A...
This is an excellent illustration for agoraphobia, too. Whatever the reason holding him back, he just can't go no matter how much he wants to.
Load More Replies...This was me because of abusive, controlling parents. I'd get grounded to my room for literal months, and couldn't wear some kinds of clothing because of bruises.
Social anxiety, pain issues, sleep issues, family... so many things can hold us back!
This was me back in the day.I was raising my brother and sister because there was only one parent in the house,but that one parent was hardly ever home
This was my parents because they were so overly protective. We weren't allowed to do hardly anything.
Same here. I have only a couple of friends from back when that I still talk to because I could never build strong bonds with anyone, since I only ever saw them at school... wasn't allowed to go out with them or go to their houses.
Load More Replies...This is the exactvdefinition for Escapism for me because I don't like my mother and I even hate hate her at times. I just don't like seeing her presence anymore. My friends and my other parent make me happy and at times when my friends have to go back home I'm like "No please don't go.", "Come back.", "Take me with you.", "I won't ask for anything, as long as I'm away from here. Away from HER.".
Often I find myself in similar situations, although, my parents fall under a religious barrier of which kind that does not allow me to really even talk to anyone at my public school... as a 16 year old, not even allowed to get a learner's permit, this image speaks to me the longer I look at it. I'm not allowed to talk to girls, and when I do, it's in secret and if its found out I'm grounded from any sort of priviledge I may have had. What kind of parent grounds their child from their own books? I don't even care if I haven't been anywhere but the house, church, and school for the past 15 years of my life, just let me read my Gosh darn books...
Argument
1 Square hole being beaten by 5 Round holes. People are not allowed to be different or have a different opinion. Follow the herd...
Look how happy they are, ganging up on the one who holds a different opinion than theirs. Such glee. Mob mentality.
I am home
I had a friend who was in this situation and he was very depressed that suicidal thoughts filled his mind. I can't do nothing but at least tried to cheer him up.
Load More Replies...My parents still have violent arguments and I'm in my 40's. I grew up with this. They refuse to get a divorce. Thank God I have my own place and my own life now.
Same... but still living with them because I'm 22. Nevertheless, as soon as I graduate, I am going to leave the house and then tell them not to follow me to where the hell I'm going.
Load More Replies...This was my whole childhood, then when they finally broke up, Mum got me and beat me daily on either an emotional or physical level. Guess I reminded her of Dad too much.
I grew up with my parents ALWAYS arguing and often they got me in the middle so I am really sorry for people who live this way I have many many problems until thus day because of them.
Introvert
I'm almost sure I'm missing the meaning, but this one seems to be pretty nice and relatively happy. Personally a room full of books and animals sounds like a good alternative to the real world.
This is me!!! Complete with the huge black cat! Her name is Laitey and she does cool tricks too! Sadly, painting is not one of them...
I instantly understand this one. As a massive introvert for as long as I can remember, being alone, in my room, headphones on and surrounded by my dear friends-cats and especially dogs-is where I'm most comfortable. With books and now the internet to act as my social life.
A
I had the chance to grow up with a mother that helped us learning our lessons and make sure we could have remedial teaching when lost, while she never pressured us for good grades. Just made sure we did our best.
You're lucky. Until 12 years old I grow up with a mother who couldn't care less about me or my brother, after that with a aunt who cared about us but hardly had time for, concerning school she at least cared about our grades (she didn't pressure us too much if at all but she cared)
Load More Replies...My mom was a prize. She never helped me with my school work, criticized & called me birdbrain. I did get a 3.6 GPA when I went to collage Thanks mom for all your help.
Japanese parents... -_- no matter how hard those poor kids strive, they are never happy...and they never show that they are proud of them even when they are, so heartbreaking
Back in first quarter, my grades were pretty bad. I know my grades were bad and I was trying to fix them, but my mom kept on trying to get me focused on it even though I already am. She even threatened to beat me up and would care less if I failed and dropped out. I'm in 8th grade by the way.
I am Asian, and I tend to keep my grades up to like a B+ and A's. When I bring those home, my parents always tell me, "Oh we're so proud! Remember, it's okay to get a lower grade sometimes, we won't get mad. So even if you get a B or C, don't worry!" If I were to bring home anything lower than a B? Chaos. Pure. Chaos. My dad will start screaming, I start arguing back, and then my mother tries to help, but ends up siding with my dad every time. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever live up to their expectations.
This is what most parents want regardless the kids talents and all that is beyond getting an *A* at school
Congratulations
This does, for me, not quite fit in this series... Everything else seems to criticize society, abuse, rules or bad character traits. This is just life, and does neither.
I think what it is trying to convey is how often arranged marriages are still a thing, even if the people involved are in love with someone else. They will just seem to happily go along with it because it is "the best choice" for that person.
Load More Replies...Not 100% sure but my guess is the guy who is in love with her is wearing a conbini (convenience store) uniform, (kinda reminiscent of Lawson's uniform) so my guess is it's a parable for marrying for money or comfort and not for love. Or perhaps it is because he is literally blue collar? Just a guess though.
Looks more like a boy who never told her how he felt & regretted it.
I take it as the person with his heart attached to the bouquet is the father. Notice he has gray hair. His heart is going with his daughter as she goes off to be married.
Um, great idea, but shouldn't the strings be coming from his heart?
Recovery
I love this one. Been there and learned - if alive, don't even think about giving up.
It shows that of a girl removing a giant nail of her heart showing signs of “Recovery” telling the viewer that they have to keep living even underneath pain
Slowly and painfully, we recover, until all that's left is a hole that will hopefully fill up.
Out of the box
I used to be made fun of for being innocent because i wore cat shirts instead of black. i tried to fit in until i met some friends who liked me for who i was and this means a lot to me :3
This is me. While everyone is doing work, I'm drawing or on BoredPanda while doing my work.
Bullied
There's a special place in Hell for bullies. It sucks how modern school has anti-bullying posters plastered all around the school but the staff doesn't bother to do anything at all when someone's getting bullied. And people are killing themselves because of it. Kids are dying. And it's all because some fuckwads decided to drive these children into a state of absolute insanity and anxiety. It's an epidemic, growing by the minute.
Sorry for ranting by the way. This is just so big a problem that I couldn't help myself
Load More Replies...I hate these kinds of people. They don't give an F on others' feelings
As a person who has been bullied for every single year I have been to school so far, this feels to me way too much.
After this one dies they'll just be like, "oh no... Hey look! Another one over there! Let's go kill him too!"
Bullying is like dragging someone to their own death so this is why Anti-Bullying was made for stopping people from Bullies
Illusion
The picture of love, money , good food, plenty to eat and drink and a wonderful house is not what life is for 90% of the people of the world.
Wow this one hits home and when you grow up you realise everything you ever wanted to be and was told to be was an illusion
Sometimes you imagine you had something you want but you have to snap back to reality
Just kidding
I will not watch Pranks or if something starts out with pranks I will turn off the program, I hate pranks, it is another form of bullying and sometimes much worse.
Load More Replies...Scary that society still does not understand the danger of bullying.....
I noticed how they all kave ropes on thier backs, and the one kids is burning short.
Attitude
But that’s how you keep up with the Jones, don’t you? — I hate that there’s that sigma of having to do that... it’s something that hovers in a lot of people’s lives whether they want it or not. (Thank God I didn’t believe the hype, I’m content with being me and not being up to my nose in debt)
Load More Replies...Being Japanese I don't think this is about back breaking work but about honour and place in society, as symbolised in Japan by the deferential bow. And possibly the trade off of personal honour for cash?
I understand
I can really relate to bc I told my mom a while a ago that i had been cutting myself and she told me she does it too
Attention
When the right people get sad, everyone cares. When the "wrong" people do, no one does.
Also, you can see that their sad face is a mask, so it's just for the attention, not true sadness like the person who is alone in the shadows.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of some of my friends on facebook--all they do is post drama and depressing news about themselves, just to get attention and pity. Meanwhile, folks with real pain keep it to themselves, 'cause we don't want to bother anyone with it.
I belong to the latter. Not only do I not want to bother other people with it, I also do not like complaining. Luckily I have a few amazing friends who care and treat me like they treat everyone else. In my case it is about diseases that I have, while others only complain about a disease they have, just for attention. I don't even want the attention. I want and am lucky to have, just a few REAL amazing friends who love me beyond my diseases. They care for me for who I am, and only help me when needed, which is what I prefer! They just treat me like a healthy person. Most of the time I forget I am in a wheelchair and do not notice I am "different". And though it might sound weird, but luckily for my mental health: I do not know what it feels like to live without pain anymore. If I would, it could be very depressing.
Load More Replies...Its like when people say smiling make u happy but sometime sniping makes u more sad. I can relate...
Please, love me
This is why I don't have Instagram or use Twitter...Facebook only to keep in touch with friends and family living far away. Best decision I made after I realized how much time I was spending on SM.
You definitely don't have to look far to see lives run by social media... RUINED by social media would be more accurate. As lovely as it might be to have instant communication with friends and loved ones, that same ability extended to strangers and potentially harmful (mentally & physically) people can destroy a person from the inside out.
Dead inside
Physical, psychological, financial abuse takes its toll. Self harm too...
I am held together by duct tape and super glue. Funny thing though... I can make these parts stronger than before (learn from the past, bitterness, etc... good and bad), or weaker if I don't heal the right way (denial, minimization...) but no matter what, changed forever.
love this one. pulling yourself together never really picks up all of you
Strong
I think you're right. I first thought it was a protective father or older brother who pretends everything is alright but your interpretation makes more sense.
Load More Replies...I sortof see it as a older teen trying to protect their younger, abused self by just trying to smile through the pain.
You put up a wall to hide your true feelings, and everyone tries to destroy it.
Ego
1000 of flower wasted just for a picture, trying so hard to look good on fb,insta...
I want happiness - remove the ego and the greed and you will find it.
All these beautiful flowers wasted because one person wanted to look so amazing on the internet
Toxic
you think someone is beautiful at first, but their really a horrible person
You love them even if it hurts you,is what I interpreted from this picture.This is quite sad...
Don’t judge a book by its cover- judge the pages inside the book
One sided
Its love.wont you Listen to my heart?It is beating for you
Load More Replies...He is in love with her but she is not in love with him.
Load More Replies...Forced
Forced marriages, child brides, unfortunately still goes on all over the world.
Those are terrible... women as possessions. Even without these, this can be the situation.. parents raising girls to find a man who can be "the man of the house" and provide, etc... Even just girls who fall prey to men who believe they own the woman due to financial dependence and culture norms
Load More Replies...Shocking in the simplicity of the drawing. The Groom is leading her on a leash.....
It's her father, the groom is the man with the money.
Load More Replies...Mourn
I once read something that made me pause and broke through the suicidal thoughts in my head. It simply said "Suicide doesn't end the pain. It just passes it on" ex) the family and friends you leave behind.
Yeah I know the sadness of losing someone is pretty rough like you need to keep going & accept the reality
Load More Replies...Social anxiety
This is me. Please don't look at me or try to talk to me. I'm fine. Really.
Cyber judgement
I hate it when people say cyberbullying isn't real. Just because it's behind a screen doesn't make it any less significant. If someone sent you a picture of your dog being brutally murdered, would you shrug it off because it's on your phone?
Actually, some people think it is ridiculous because someone may consider an insignificant online opinion about them so important that they start punishing themselves trying to change. I have seen people shrugging off opinions real people around them have but get affected by something online so much, it tends to change their personality. That is unhealthy. But i reckon it's exactly how we have designed our world. I can't blame anyone.
Load More Replies...I’m so happy I got out of school before social media. School was absolute s**t, I can’t imagine what it would be like with people being able to screw with you day and night.
Deleted my comments. I just saw “Loneliness” and what I wrote fits better there. But want to repeat as I said in my comments here: I am sorry school was so terrible for you. I hope things got better very quickly after you graduated! ❤️
Load More Replies...I think it's ridiculous of some 'fake victims of cyber bullying' say that they're 'suicidal' and 'hated' just because of some negative opinion on their latest selfie. And most of them that I knew all say that cyber bullying is a joke and it isn't real because there's so less people is harmed by anonymous comments on social media. So what's so wrong about cyber bullying if you thought so? Yes, it is stupid to fell for those words so easily. But harming is still harming and it can hurt people, just like how they hurt people in real life bullying.
this one should be up higher, people just don't grasp there are real people on the internet
Unwanted
This is horrible and it is more horrible to find out that this crime is still very strong in Vietnam and China
Being born in Vietnam your comment actually gave the image more power. Everyone says I was left in the hospital not long after birth by my mother.. I don't know if she didn't want me or couldn't care for me.. Though now that I have a great live in America with my, basically, real family I guess it's fine. Unwanted things end up in better hands, even if it takes awhile to get there.
Load More Replies...I'm currently living with a wealthy family who emotionally abandoned their two boys, the youngest one I raised since he was 15 months old; he is 11 now, needless to say I am the one he seeks and identifies as a mother. Today they went to Disneyland to celebrate his birthday. Last night his father told him: "I hope you appreciate I'm giving up my day for you" I know the boy will forever remember how lame his father is, he cries whenever he thinks of the day he goes to high school when I probably won't be needed any longer and it also breaks my heart. To me this picture describes exactly how this parents have emotionally discarded this two beautiful boys.
reminds me of this... : https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.peIiKVYZpDPcmEsjiY3RCgHaJH&pid=Api
I am mad at people who do this to children. It is uncivilized and wrong
No, abortion is killing a group of cells that isn't human yet. If the pregnancy was unwanted, the kid is practically set up to fail. Would you rather a small bit of cells be killed, or a living, thinking child to go through horrible pain?
Load More Replies...I think that is intentional. Like she toss him aside with such ease, without doubt.
Load More Replies...Mistake
Every mistake is a blessing because next time you'll make sure you do it much better, so go ahead. (that's what I tell my kids)
I hate when people post their children's wrongdoings online. All kids make mistakes.
The child's future
I also see it as in the mother only considers it a success if the daughter picks one of these few options she's decided are good, proper ones. Everything else she does is a fail for the mother, regardless of what it is.
Load More Replies...her child is amazing, happy and beautiful person - right now. and she is missing out on it. screw the wheel ;)
Parents can sometimes be hypocritical & they wanted to ensure their kid succeed but they have to let their kids follow their own heart
What I see is a mom removing the "fail" labels so her daughter can be the best of who she wants to be...giving her all the opportunities...that's my Mom to all of us, her children. Miss you, Ma.
the percentage of failure is super high and sadly this child got this as their fortune
Game
I will be downvoted for this. The illustration would make more sense if it showed an animal that's hunted for "sport" only (trophies), and not for food. The populations of wild animals such as deer and elk are tracked very carefully, and limits are set accordingly each year. Responsible hunters abide by these limits, respect the habitat, and use the meat to help feed themselves and their families. Hunters who are after trophies only are irresponsible pieces of s**t who have no respect for nature, and are the ones we should be targeting.
I get your view, but I think the point of the pic is trophies. Maybe in their culture people do hunt for sport? There are lots of people who hunt for sport only...
Load More Replies...Bobbi makes a good point, but for places where the regulations don't exist or nobody cares about them, things would get really terrible. Like in my country where even near extinction animals are hunted and the governors don't even waste their time to help those who are trying to save them. It's really frustrating :,(
Thank you Mousio, and you make a good point too. Limits only work if people care enough to establish and enforce the rules, and to control themselves.
Load More Replies...Unless you plan to use the animal for something good (food, product, etc) I'm not very comfortable with hunting.
How would Sport hunters feel if they were the hunted? That would change their mind, and I totally agree with you, Newel :)
A good child
This is exactly how it is! I was/am a good child and it so hard to break out of that.
Too much of pressure without considering what child actually wants not good either.
Load More Replies...Justice
I am okay
I have seen people trying to 'fit in' and 'be happier' and I got to know them better...trust me their realities are twisted, and it's not pretty...
I would have to agree with this statement, having come from (and still living in) this exact scenario. It’s a habit that is extremely hard to break. For most of my life, I’ve had to carry it, and I still do. But I’m ever so slowly breaking the habit of keeping my problems in.
Load More Replies...Distrust
same i hate when people say they love you then cheat on you and leave you
Load More Replies...Alcohol
The worst, actually. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2010/11/02/scoring-drugs
Load More Replies...Comfort me
Level one happinesses— immediate gratification— great feeling very short and looses effect
Loneliness
Same. I was not really bullied (luckily), maybe just a little. I was mainly not included in anything and "invisible". I only had 1 school-friend. Who was also my life’s best friend. (also not included in anything and "invisible") Sadly she passed away when we were 13. She and thus I, only became “visible” when she got sick, 9 months before her passing. After her passing, the whole class mourned. But everybody carried on pretty quickly, except for me. And I became a complete loner and "invisible" and not included again. Just because I was / we were a little different and not “society-pretty”. This is the first time I said (and wrote) it to this extend.. some people know a little, but not all of it.
Load More Replies...The lonely ones are the interesting ones , I see someone sitting alone in the cafeteria I go have a good chat and then introduce them to my friends.
Thank you for doing this! You are an amazing person. And a person a lot of people need. You are someone I would have liked in my (high) school period. (I wrote “(high) school” like this because the school systems here are different than for example the US school system. Though I do not know if you are from the US or a country with a similar school system) And I know my only (high)school friend who was also my life's best friend, would have liked you. -See my story as a reply on the first comment of this section-
Load More Replies...My daughter (who studies Japanese culture) says that people in Japan will remove their shoes before they jump. In the cartoon she's carrying her shoes and going up to the roof.
Wow I never noticed that ! Now that pic makes me even sadder !! :(
Load More Replies...This is my whole story in elementary school, even i also try to attempt suicide. But thank God im still alive and now i have a friend, even though i still hide my fragile feelings
Dude I was always the one trying to go talk to others that looked alone.no matter how socially awkward or introvert that I am. I hated to see people go through what I was going through and wanted to make it better for them.
Verbal abuse
"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words leave psychological wounds that never heal."
Verbal abuse can do just as much damage as physical, just without visible scars on the skin.
I've been physically hit and I've been verbally abused. I remember the hits. I still feel the verbal abuse.
Load More Replies...Love
I like how the one on the left had to tear the thorns off the stem before giving the flower to the girl - he sacrificed more it seems, than the one on the right.
If the boy on the right was giving a flower it would still have thorns on it
Load More Replies...But.... the girl is not obliged to correspond.... I mean, it depends on the attitude, but just because the boy is madly in love doesn't mean she has to be too. Unless she's using the boy for her personal interestes? Idk
the kid's hands have blood on them so you know he worked really hard just to give the girl what I think is the prettier flower because he put more effort in, this is how I feel as well so it's good to know I'm not alone
Denial
I know I'm gonna get down voted on this but why is she holding an axe when she's 'poor' or whatever.
This is actually scary. This is exactly what entitled and privileged people act like and it's dangerous.
Oh yeah, she looks so privileged with all the repair/stitching she’s done to have something to wear...
Load More Replies...Self hatred
There are days I dream of this-- I wish I was a separate person so I could beat the c**p out of myself.
I imagine this so often now, I feel like I won't be good enough and I hate it
I actually have these bouts of hatred where I just slam my head on a wal or just beat the c**p outta my head.
Pointless
Broken
His body need to be more glass like — don’t get the wire but still good
Agony
Addicted
We are eating ourselves up by constantly being on our phone/ internet and being addicted to social media and online-attention/ likes I guess
Load More Replies...My true love
People who cheat only see their happiness and how beautiful each other are. They perceive what they are going through to be true love. The spotlight, the colour in their lives...They neglect to consider those they cheat on but selfishly hang on to those anyway hence the hands are dominating and clinging. As they hang on they also would technically have one hand tied behind their backs for their new relationship. A cheater never gives fully even though they can justify what they perceive as true love.
This one I'm not sure about. Were they both already in relationships when they met and fell in love, is that it?
They might represent a perfect couple perceived by others yet actually love somebody else and stay together because of the peer preasure?
Load More Replies...Make up
This one is very sad. Some people just take outside beauty as a priority and forgot they have an inside too
Some don't forget, some never realise it's something they need to develop until they learn the hard way. If they learn at all.
Load More Replies...People don’t self harm without being driven to it with emotional abuse. And then they’re abused for the self harm. So, put on a happy face...
Been standing there... only instead of painting the mirror reflections smile I drew one on my own face with the blood
Assumption
Worst part is when they themselves don't know what they want
Load More Replies...people pressure you to be what they want you to be no matter if it's against your moral code
They make assumptions, and while some try to fight, others just let themselves be painted over.
Memories
a fact of life, not all memories are bad. They can become wistful memories with time.
Artblock
This is basically my room when I'm drawing, since all 4 of my dogs and 4 of my cats want me to pet them while I'm drawing
Soulmate
No such thing as a soulmate. If you’re lucky, you’ll encounter someone that works well with you in a long term relationship. Even better if that lasts a very long time. If you’re REALLY LUCKY, you’ll have a mutual infatuation with that person. Ultimately, though, it’s more about choosing to maintain the best connections you can find, and not refusing merely imperfect options. No one is perfect and no relationship is perfect. (I’m not saying you should stick with an abuser or someone you actively dislike and/or can’t harmonize with!!!)
Identity crisis
I actually went through this not too long ago. I felt like I had to do and say things that people would like me for. For example, I would laugh at something I didn’t find funny, or I would examine other people to see what others liked about them and I would sort of act like those people.I was so full of self-doubt and I thought my normal self wasn’t good enough, but what I’ve come to realize is that you don’t want to be liked by the wrong people. If you aren’t yourself, then people are going to like you for the wrong reasons.
True. I feel you. It feels like i have two or three skins. One at school, my true one. One for home, my quiet one. And one for public. Silent one
Load More Replies...Numb
Get used to it
No, society is a good thing. Our cultures are full of toxic b******t that is antisocial. It’s entrenched by tradition, for the maintenance of the privileged. That’s what sucks.
Load More Replies...Just patch it up, and go on with your day. Not as if anyone cares.
I was trying to say what the picture was talking about
Load More Replies...Downfall
People 'undermining' you can cause your 'downfall' it you don't pay attention to your surroundings.
Load More Replies...That is what i feel like happens every time i get close to being truly happy.
Don’t let it get to you, don’t let it drag u down.
Load More Replies...Hierarchy
I think that instead of the person on the pitchfork, I was more of the person the girl is sitting on.
I think instead of the one on the pitchfork, I was more of the person the girl is sitting on.
Household
I thought they were mourning the happy time before the family fell apart and everyone became unhappy.
The father has the mother and daugther in chains, the dead person was only 6 years old when they died (maybe another child that the father beat up to death). This is such a powerful image.
Oh! and there's more (the more I look at it, the more I actually see) the small girl is holding a picture of her parents wedding day, and the bride is carrying a baby, so maybe she was forced to marry him because she got pregnant [my heart is breaking, goodbye]
Load More Replies...I think it means "R.I.P. Love", because the husband changed after the 6 years and started abusing the wife and the girl
Wow this is so me, i only registered to respond ob this. Mama is mourning her old life. Imagine being an independent outgoing human (possibly working in entertainment or even a barkeeper) and as you figure out you are pregnant all this will be shut down. Not only you will have to neglect friends with our kids or from work, but also burden yourself with a shitload of responsibilities, duties and worries. NOT TO MENTION CLEANING, or, dear mama, how many times did you wipe the kitchen floor already (9am)? Don't get me wrong, I love my family and would do anything for them, but since I put all of them first, I became a slave and it backfired destroying my health! So for all the mamas drowning themselves in wine, I feel you! No matter the weather; just go outside so you won't see the mess at home. The kids will love it!
The man is holding the chain while the mother and child is chained up :(
Load More Replies...It's the parents love that died, thus the heart on the grave, but they are still maintaining an image of being "connected". Dad is probably also abusive, why he's holding the chain.
Aboit the chains: daddy is usually working and girls are usually required to help in household. She will be trimmed for her future. For me the scars are many options; relying on the other pictures, i think other people cause them by telling them what or what not they should be. A good wife, a good girl.
It looks to me, especially with the bandages on the mother and daughters face, that the father is holding onto the chain like a leash and that he is abusive and possibly the cause of the one being in the grave.
Domestic violence. Father is holding the chain whereas the mother and child are bound by it. Seems like the mother and child was hit on their faces. 2018-2012 is roughly 6 years... when the child was born. Often a time of a lot of pressure on most households. Mother is bound to stay because of her ability to look after her child with both hands tied...reliant on the father... She tries to justify it by memories of love with her husband prior to the child being born. The child is set aside, neglected... desperate for the love between the father and mother so they can be a family.
Scammer
Love how the girl uses the scarred arms( a common element in most of the other drawings) as a way to disguise herself as someone who is hurt.
Like when someone puts up a fake 'gofundme' page to get money (in her purse) when nothing is really wrong with them.
I hate that people like this ruin everything and make things worse for people like me, who do actually get depressed.
people fake it so they can get cash or something, but when people are actually like that they don't want to show it, yet this is the sad truth
She's pretending to be depressed and cutting so others will give her sympathy and attention. Which is horrible because when someone is truly in pain and self harming, a lot of times it'll be dismissed as 'they're only doing it for attention' and that's not true.
Load More Replies...Whatever
Unhappiness,loneliness,an empty feeling of feeling like your alone .That is painful.I had to learn to break away from that.Its ok to care,it’s ok to have feelings and please know that u are never alone.
Victim
It can also be read as a victim turning into a psychopath, as the shadow could be the child’s future self looming.
Load More Replies...Growing up
Growing up means you know more about the world and how cruel it can be. Your friends aren't the people who you used to be. People become crueler and you don't know what to do about your life. You become depressed and you actually care what people think. I'm 14 years old and I f*****g hate my life. I remember when I was 11 and I was so much happier. But now I lost a lot of friends because they changed or weren't the people who I thought they were. I was betrayed by people so many times I lost count. Also I get judged so hard to the pint i can't be myself.
I think it’s sweet. The older girl now knows the harder things in life, has lost a little innocence, but still came out alright. She’s looking at her younger self fondly as a memory and thinking back on her simple dreams; not abandoned but a little less idealistic.
The older one isn't happy and misses her childhood happiness, hence the color scheme. She's no longer so "pure". Meanwhile, the little girl is considered "pure" because of the dreams she has, her purity is shown in her color scheme again, with the green shadow. It's sad that the adults can be considered hypocrites, even if they're just trying to keep the child's sense of innocence.
Yeah Growing up is terrifying like you had one of those “Dreams” of what you wanted become that person in your “Wonderland of Dreams” but you have to leave it behind & let go of those childish fantasies & accept the reality of life…
Failing in life
Net
Top stories
that's why they always tell you about who died, and not enuff about the victims who survived.
Load More Replies...Not to mention there’s a perfectly wholesome story in the background no one pays attention to.
Mom
My mom left me at 2. So did my father. It’s really hard for a child to deal with
My mom left to work abroad even if she's old now, I never wanted to, but she wants to help us for the family expenses.
I never wanted my mom to leave, but Alzheimer and Dementia took her away.
Bipolar
i love this not many people can draw about something this serious and get it right
Thoughts
My thought can be this way, or they can be the "butterfly" that will fix the mistakes. Which is why my brain is a good, and bad thing.
Liberation
oh my god, this is really strong .... it almost makes me cry....
Doctrine
Oh... i can relate... I hate trying to fit the mold by being corrected by what society endorses/ accepts...especially creativity. Today we had a project where the teacher said you could organize the words however you wanted to... she showed an example... a few minutes later, we all presented our thoughts... they kept repeating each others, and the example... THEIRS BEING A NEAR EXACT REPLICA. I was different though... I made several Venn diagrams with many facets... and cut them out so words could fit near anywhere. I thought for myself... and my general ideas... not just some input codes, expelling the same output everytime. Ppl just want fast... or reward... but lose their humanity in the process.
Jerk
I think it represents someone using others to fly
Load More Replies...This represents some one 'taking someone else's feathers just so they can fly.' In other words, taking other people's happiness so they can be happy.
I think she was abused and she couldn’t fly away so she took a different way out. But yeah I don’t know. The people below have good ideas too.
I’m not generally to smart about these things, but most jerks generally can’t feel good about themselves with out others being deeply affected by their choices (good or bad). It represents this in the way that this one angel had to rip of the wings of so many others, just to happily fly herself.
I think it.s about wishing something that doesn.t belong to you, hoping for the same results like hapiness - in this Illustration flying, but it.s not going to work for you because you need Custom „solutions“ for your own need .. :( I find it very sad and true. For me it does fit to the SM theme
I see that she killed all the birds and used their feathers for her fake angel wings that won't work because she isn't one
I believe it's like what others said but also a step further. Some comments say its about people who take happiness away from others just to make themselves happier. But no matter how much happiness you take from others, don't expect it to make you happy; just as how no matter how many birds you had to pluck, the feathers won't let you fly.
Regret
She somehow knew she'd regret her decision, hence the hammer. When she reached the point of regret she decided not to move on (smashed path) and now she is trapped in the notion that she could have done better and that she screwed up everything. She just kept looking back that she failed to notice what is ahead of her which might have led her to a better place.
No you can't. You can't go back and thats what makes it regret.
Load More Replies...She took what looked like the easy the easy way out instead of smashing though the wall to get to the other side. Now she is stuck with regret. That hammer that was supposed to help her through the wall is now only good for destroying her path forward.
Amazing
The person behind the flower - is that the creator? So the art is celebrated, but the artist is unknown?
Teardrop
Again, like my friend on facebook--she actually posts pictures of herself crying. And no, she's not really looking for help--others have offered help, myself included, and she turns them all away.
Idol
The idol industry is absolutely disgusting. Just pandering to pedophiles and other perverts. Stealing children's childhoods.
Load More Replies...Cheer up!
Coming to someone in their time of need, so they thrust them, then cutting them down
Surrender
Guilty
No more tears to water my heart
If only I was the only one watering my heart — I’m being watered by all
Snowflake
The way I see it, a lot of people use the term 'snowflake' to undermine others who stand up for the weak and what is right. It's no coincidence that these naysayers are of a particular party. Snowflakes, to me, means strength and individualism...not allowing yourself to be led by the herd. Individually they might not be seen as much, but together they are powerful and carry force... avalanches are a great example.
But then you have people whose job seems to be getting offended about everything under the sun and always want preferential treatment... even while they treat everyone else like trash.
Load More Replies...Desire
He wants what the other guy has, but he's not willing to work for it like the other guy's doing.
he truly wants more in life, that's me on the balloons, I want stuff I can't have and I know I can't get even if I try super hard. We had a lesson today about Buddhism and it is partly right, life is practically suffering due to desire, wanting stuff we know we can't have, so what do they do, they actually let go of all their worldly desires so they don't suffer and reach enlightenment.
Choice
Don't get this one. Was she leaning against that and fell, or did she just made it and couldn't hold on?
I think that she could choose one of the other, stronger parts of the fence, but she choose the weakest one to lean against.
Load More Replies...maybe she was exhausted and just wants to feel her feet on flat ground rather than shoes and was trying to lean on and accidentally fell
I think the title is ironic. She fell by complete mistake but people are all going to think it was her decision to jump.
Means she's been bullied. Her shoes were hidden by classmates.
Load More Replies...Ungrateful
NO its trying to appreciate the small things... at least that is what this says.
It could be that the plant is "biting the hand that feeds it", so to speak. I can't tell if that monster plant is supposed to be coming out of that pot.
Load More Replies...I think it's titled 'Ungrateful' because the daisy monster wants more attention than the other plants. The evil daisy wants more attention than it's getting even though it already has more than enough attention (it's way bigger) and the others are only now getting some (small). The evil plant is greedy and ungrateful. It's like my evil 'friend' who continues to be the people in these pictures that fake. I try to give other people my attention but she always forces my attention back in her because I feel bad for her, I amscared of what she'll do if I don't help or care about her 'problem', or because my personality it to keep giving. That's really my problem, I keep giving and others take advantage of that.
See my comment above. I think the plant is the one being ungrateful.
Load More Replies...Restless
Excuse
just because u got hurt doesn't give you the excuse to hurt others break the cycle
Echo
"Where is your common sense?"
I get told this is all the time by my dad. It’s doesnt seem like much but it still makes a big impact.
Countdown
Wasting your life - waiting for opportunity to come to you and barring the door
Well, he is a school boy in Japan. Entrance and exit exams for school. In America, there is the PSAT, Scholastic Assessment Test, American College Test, Advanced Placement test. Lastly, the test of English as a Foreign Language. I had to take an exit exam for high school. You don't pass. You don't graduate. He is locked in there to study,lol.
It’s like he’s still waiting.Maybe he’s waiting for his mother....
well don't isolate yourself and lock your doors, break those barriers, and get out if you don't do that you r just going to spend ur life locked up in that room tearing off day by day from ur life.
Left
Same like my friend Antonio can’t let go of the person he loves named Jenny when we’re entering High school next year & I want him to stand up for himself & Godspeed to him
Load More Replies...u need to let go when its high time "u need to know when to hold on or let go"
I can Relate to almost all of these. this is the first time I have felt understood. Like. completely.
You'll find a lot of Pandas relate to a lot of these. If there was a gathering of the Panda's everyone would probably be awkward as s**t, haha.
Load More Replies...This entire thing really got to me, I even cried. To me it was very relatable, growing up in a family where they only wanted me to get good grades, and often left alone at school, seeking redemption with the internet :|
I guess that's how the introverts (myself included) see the world - always analyzing and observing. Many pictures are very relatable to me which is kinda weird... I mean, how do they know what I feel?!
They know because they're human and so are you. All of our "it's just me" thoughts are far from it.
Load More Replies...Thought provoking. As someone over the age of 50 this is life. Give more empathy to other humans; listen more, talk less. Thank you for this
Wow, these are really strong and thought provoking! The more I read the more I admire the brilliance of each idea and depiction.
I can Relate to almost all of these. this is the first time I have felt understood. Like. completely.
You'll find a lot of Pandas relate to a lot of these. If there was a gathering of the Panda's everyone would probably be awkward as s**t, haha.
Load More Replies...This entire thing really got to me, I even cried. To me it was very relatable, growing up in a family where they only wanted me to get good grades, and often left alone at school, seeking redemption with the internet :|
I guess that's how the introverts (myself included) see the world - always analyzing and observing. Many pictures are very relatable to me which is kinda weird... I mean, how do they know what I feel?!
They know because they're human and so are you. All of our "it's just me" thoughts are far from it.
Load More Replies...Thought provoking. As someone over the age of 50 this is life. Give more empathy to other humans; listen more, talk less. Thank you for this
Wow, these are really strong and thought provoking! The more I read the more I admire the brilliance of each idea and depiction.
