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I am Irina, a designer from San Francisco. It's the end of November, and it's hard to believe we are still in the global pandemic and cases are still going up in San Francisco. With holidays coming up, we have more time to reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives forever.
Since day one, drawing has been a way to blow off stress and share some laughs with others. I work (from home) as a designer during the day, and spend my nights drawing. One day, I just grabbed a piece of paper and started doodling. Lately, I've switched to drawing on an iPad and doing some simple animations to bring drawings to life. I called the series Covid Life, focused on everyday struggles and how almost every aspect of life has been affected―from eating, traveling, shopping, celebrating with family, and so on.
I thought and hoped the pandemic would be over soon, but it keeps on dragging along. I also thought I would run out of ideas, but they are still coming! This is my 3rd post, hope you enjoy these. This is my 3rd post, hope you enjoy these. You can find my previous posts here and here.
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#1
Holiday Scented Masks
Final score:
178points
ScarlettofHydraIsland 5 years ago
Well, sh*t. I had Covid back in March and still can barely smell
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BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
I want Hot chocolate please. This is brilliant: more comfortable and if you can't smell it you know you might have covid
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
I bet people would buy that. Rich people that also by the monogrammed mask and mask with their football team logo on it.
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#2
2020
Final score:
174points
Soph the Loaf 5 years ago
add a titan in the background and it'll be just another day for the survey corps :D
#3
Human Needs
Final score:
172points
Average Grizzlies Fan 5 years ago
I mean, since we spend most of our time inside and do work online (most of us), internet is basically a necessity.
Daria B 5 years ago
Which is kind of funny, when you think we used to joke about internet being a necessity for survival and life maintenance on earth, and that wasn't so long ago....
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#4
Thanksgiving 2020
Final score:
170points
Khloe Ness 4 years ago
Netfilx, sweatpants, google meet, coffee, tea, TV, and sweatshirts for me
Cynthia Bonville 5 years ago
Prednisone (dexamethasone too) and antibiotics for those secondary infections too.
#5
Whac-A-Covid
Final score:
165points
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
This is a very good way to describe what's happening with outdoor places
#6
Quarantine Plans
Final score:
161points
Logan Cheng 5 years ago
There is a magical word out there that's called "procrastination". I'm god at doing it
#7
Calendar
Final score:
157points
#8
Emotions
Final score:
136points
Average Grizzlies Fan 5 years ago
They forgot "bored out of my mind and want to pull my own hair out".
SOPHIA SAIS 5 years ago
well it depends cause you can use there eyes and eyebrows to tell there emotion
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
At least we have become aware of how expressive the eyes really are. Smiling eyes are brighter than a smiling mouth. And often more honest and inviting.
Khloe Ness 4 years ago
Yeah this sucks... so true... Upvote and comment if u agree... (And yes I am doing this because o one ever upvotes me)
Zinia Sundahl 4 years ago
Hey all you miserable peeps if someone is taking a pic just squint and they’ll think ur smilin if u got a mask on
Evripidou Maria 5 years ago
I often smile when I see someone I know in the street and I keep forgetting Im wearing a mask
Nomadus Aureus 5 years ago
Either I have way too many niqabi friends or people are seriously underestimating their own ability to recognize human emotions.
#9
Something To Eat
Final score:
135points
Brandi VanSteenwyk 5 years ago
My refrigerator has looked more like the first photo. My cabinets too. Not only due to lack of funds do I find myself eating things that I had bought months ago but I never got an appetite for, I avoid shopping until it's absolutely necessary.
Victoria Lenny 5 years ago
Yeah seriously D: some of us are poor right now lmao my fridge has never been emptier. A full kitchen is an extreme privilege right now.
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Potato patato 5 years ago
Maybe because they thought it was a fake account thing.
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Ariyana Ritesh 5 years ago
Actually, it's the other way around for me. I have underlying health issues, so it's hard for my family to go out and get groceries. We also try to avoid fresh foods sometimes.
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
My fridge is the second but my fridge before was a bit more filled up
Khloe Ness 4 years ago
Hey we need food! Especially snacks so we can watch netflix without getting hungry
Evripidou Maria 5 years ago
I did that too but later on I discovered some supermarkets that deliver
Surabhi Mahadevan 5 years ago
To the guys who are struggling with empty kitchens, I am sorry to hear that. But are any public/government facilities that help you with food services like some sort of care package or food stamps?
#10
Visiting Places
Final score:
120points
Zinia Sundahl 4 years ago
Don’t forget about when it make ur face disappear into the back ground
#11
World Map
Final score:
119points
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
I was going to go to Spain and Cuba for vacation but we had to cancel it sadly.
Kennedy Longworth 5 years ago
I was going to go on my yearly Canada trip, but it was canceled. >~<
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Nadine 5 years ago
Sorry if I sound snotty or entitled what with everything going on and what many families are enduring, but I just miss traveling so much! My husband and I would always travel at least three times a year (Easter, summer vacation, Christmas). Since we live in Barcelona, we would take short trips to other European cities and man, I miss that so much! Our last trip was right after Christmas 2019. We spent three days in Brussels and it was absolutely gorgeous. This August, I was supposed to spend the entire month in San Francisco and LA visiting my family, but I never even bought my plane ticket.
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
I know you are new to BoredPanda so I'm going to try to help you. You shouldn't ask for upvotes or for people to follow you because you'll get downvoted like your comment has. If you follow someone and you tell them, they might follow you but basically, you don't really ask. If you want a lot of points then you should put good comments (and funny comments) or make posts. I think you can achieve a lot of points. Just trying to help. Good luck!
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Zoom Heaven
Final score:
115points
HappyPig1723 5 years ago
Imagine just dying, and waiting at the gates of heaven like 'Let me in!!!!' while zoom keeps on rolling. Then it kicks you out and you are plunged in the dark void of space.
#13
Bye Covid
Final score:
106points
Khloe Ness 4 years ago
OH MAN!!! THIS NEEEEEEEEDS TO HAPPEN SOOOOON I MISS PEOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLE
Janine Hunt-Jackson 5 years ago
Let's hope that the vaccines really work and we can at least be with each other for part of a year, like with the flu. Or completely safe, like (here in the US) Polio.
#14
Winter Holidays
Final score:
101points
Carolina Fernández González 4 years ago
Since I don't have family I dont have to worry about this.
#15
Preparing For Black Friday...
Final score:
100points
Lululoohoo 5 years ago
#truth I am shopping & buying so much, it's kind of embarrassing. 3-4 packages a day is normal
#16
Greeting
Final score:
96points
Lorelai Purvis 4 years ago
me before covid "time 4 play date" me after covid "um ew people w/o masks"
Giselle Soler Turner 4 years ago
Lol the other day I was at Costco I and I was ew other human beings
CharliAnn Olney 5 years ago
And they wonder why depression, suicide rates, domestic abuse, and murder rates have skyrocketed!
#17
Real Estate
Final score:
92points
Terry Cline 5 years ago
It's going to get worse IF biden is allowed to steal this election. Get ready to speak Chinese
Load More Replies... Ana Vaquer Perez 5 years ago
Wait this is so true tho, our economy is dying but our real estate is booming!
Bob Belcher 5 years ago
Oh just wait. Without another bill all the evictions will begin in January. The bankruptcy rate for this year has been lower than average. Once protections end, both bankruptcy and evictions will jump. Don't know if it will be as bad as 2008/9, but it will be worse than normal. If you have a lot of time to kill go read the Beige Book the Federal Reserve puts out.
Jarrod Nichols 5 years ago
Except it's not true. Typical liberal. Truth is irrelevant. Only their narrative matters. Such bullshit.
Darth Kittius 5 years ago
Except that's not completely true either. There are definitely people on both sides that take things very, very far left or right. Things a made political that probably shouldn't be, people are getting offended over the "opposing" side. I dont know where I stand on most things. In fact, I'm literally a teenager. But let's not point fingers at the "typical liberals" for everything. Same with Conservatives
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#18
You're Frozen
Final score:
67points
BoredPanda is awesome 5 years ago
In zoom meeting if someone gets asked a question they would pretend to freeze by not moving. Before they blink they would turn off their cameras and type in "sorry, my internet commutation isn't stable"
Melanie King 5 years ago
Thats awesome i should try that sometime Then again i usually dont even have to lie about it...
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#19
Doomscrolling
Final score:
52points
Vic 5 years ago
Ha! Doom scrolling!! I will never fall for that.. *continues scrolling till eternity...*
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Both humor and creativity have found their place in coping during these challenging times. While I've been capturing life's pandemic-induced quirks through my Covid Life series, it's interesting how others have also turned to creative expressions.
Take for instance, a cartoonist who explores Christmas through humor. Humorous takes on festive seasons can bring joy and provide much-needed laughter.
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Alyssa Wakefield 5 years ago
It’s strange for me to read things like this to do with covid as I come from an area in Australia where it barely even touched our state. Life didn’t change a lot for us - we had to stay home for a while and there’s new rules about checking in to places for eg., but generally, life was pretty much the same. It’s incredible to think that there are many places in the world that are still in lockdown and having to wear masks. Masks haven’t even been thought of here and life is pretty much just plodding along as per usual.
Tiari 5 years ago
They joys of living on a (huge) island. I am envious. Sigh.
Load More Replies... Bill 5 years ago
I saw a guy infront of the bank put a mask on and walk in. Not too many months ago I would call the cops, now you are supposed to call the cops if someone doesn't walk into the bank with a mask on.
Ivana 5 years ago
If you go to Florida we just stopped believing in COVID and went back to life as normal. Our numbers are not as high as one might think because we also changed the criteria for reporting COVID deaths, so if you have heart failure due to COVID, it is reported as death from cardiac arrest. Problem Solved.......
Alyssa Wakefield 5 years ago
It’s strange for me to read things like this to do with covid as I come from an area in Australia where it barely even touched our state. Life didn’t change a lot for us - we had to stay home for a while and there’s new rules about checking in to places for eg., but generally, life was pretty much the same. It’s incredible to think that there are many places in the world that are still in lockdown and having to wear masks. Masks haven’t even been thought of here and life is pretty much just plodding along as per usual.
Tiari 5 years ago
They joys of living on a (huge) island. I am envious. Sigh.
Load More Replies... Bill 5 years ago
I saw a guy infront of the bank put a mask on and walk in. Not too many months ago I would call the cops, now you are supposed to call the cops if someone doesn't walk into the bank with a mask on.
Ivana 5 years ago
If you go to Florida we just stopped believing in COVID and went back to life as normal. Our numbers are not as high as one might think because we also changed the criteria for reporting COVID deaths, so if you have heart failure due to COVID, it is reported as death from cardiac arrest. Problem Solved.......
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