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A picture is worth a thousand words... At least that's exactly how people feel when seeing illustrations by a mysterious Japanese artist Avogado6.

The illustrator and video editor don't share many personal details about his life. "I am an ordinary person who likes chemistry," he writes on his Twitter profile, but the meaningful drawings of the artist are far from ordinary.

Avogado6 manages to create sentimental, vivid images by drawing feelings and emotions that might seem hard to describe with words. And sometimes his sad drawings don't really need an explanation, as they convey the emotions so well, often hiding a harsh social issue behind them.

The artist has more than 650k followers on Twitter and has published two books. And his success is sure to grow bigger with time, as this Japanese art maestro delivers new deep meaning illustrations very often, deciphering problems with society and our inner fears better with each one.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Look at the shadow... it seems that his own chipped parts are casting that chipping shadow. Maby it meens that we are our greatest enemies. I know that I can be great... as long as I trust myself. On other hand, when I am insecure, I am dumb as hell 😉😎

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This illustration is more poetic than much of the artwork that is out there today.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing - this is one of the few illustrations that exactly sums up how my depression feels to me

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a sheltered and restricted child being lured out of their cage and safety by someone taking advantage of their innocence

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like that sometimes. I keep giving pieces of me away - sometimes the pieces get abused and most never come back.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trying to pout yourself back together but can find the pieces for your heart

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Douglas Thomas
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Without a heart and a brain, the puzzle is not complete. To finish one must find the pieces of the heart. If you put the brain in first all that is left will be your heart. Think first.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At least, all these illustrations don't give anyone something as disgusting as hope.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well no but that is not the message the artist is trying to purvey. He is very eloquently portraying the effects that modern society is having on the human psyche. This work is more a testament to the fact that we're killing ourselves striving for success in the physical world at the expense of our mental health. He's giving a voice to the people that can't put into words how they're feeling, so rather than giving them hope, he is saying "I understand you. You are not alone".

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This says to me "So many things that want to plug into you. To use your energy and lifeforce, and drain you." Perhaps referring also to the electronics and devices that seem to consume our lives, in this illustration, quite literally.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be patient when helping someone who's struggling to adapt. (There's enough yarn)

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I may be looking way too deep into these but heres what i thought: The flower could be repesenting love and the picking of the petals could be playing on that whole "he loves me, he loves me not" rhyme sooo it could be representing a broken heart and the more times the person's heart was broken the more desensitised the person became, leading on to become a doll which is made of plastic and emotionless...?

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there are multiple doors waiting to be opened by you in this tree of life

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The night owl. Or insomnia, depending on how early you have to get up in the morning.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People are slowly chipping away at you, then they leave behind you and their tools of distruction

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is kind of what depression is like.. you try to stop crying but there isn’t really a reason for it., it makes sense to me

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

there is a plethora of emotions trying to burst out but you bottle them up inside a cage

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this reminded me of the book "The Kite Runner", pomegranates are a symbol of life

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe this shows how our constant destruction of others will only lead to our own destruction.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we see the ballerina dance, we only see the beauty and gracefulness of her dance. We never thought of the harships she had gone through to perfect her moves. The anching feet for one. Beauty comes with a price.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Work is draining your soul, creativity, imagination, aspirations.....

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Life is a choice. There’s an easy way out (exit door on the right). To end it once and for all(the noose). Or the journey may be long and high, but it’s the light at the end.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see this like natural light that wants attention from the person getting comfort from the artificial light of the TV and the cell phone.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poppies are opiates. This could be the unwell person contained but not cured underneath medication

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

instead of letting bad things go, you hold on to as many as possible

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Low of oxygen... That's exactly how I described it during my previous period of depression. I could breathe just fine but the air was suddenly low on O2.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This actually references jiang shi (chinese zombie/vampire), which are corpses reanimated by a talisman on their forehead. It is said that these corpses were reanimated when they needed to transport bodies, as jiang shi can move by hopping (their dead bodies are too stiff to move normally). To me, this image is a play on jiang shi, with money instead of a talisman that causes the person to mindlessly act, much like the jiang shi themselves.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone who you care about turns into just a memory and you try to nourish it, but it will eventually die.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believe those are tuning forks on their heads. Seems to be a comment on the pressure for every person to be the same "to sing the same tune" if you will.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

死ね、消え mean (tell someone)to die, to disappear. 馬鹿 mean stupid or fool. ウザイ mean annoying. All these are curse words in Japanese. It's mean he never say these words.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When the people in your life make it all about themselves except they manage a small scrap for you

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Child is just used, like a domestic object with no regard for their humanity or individuality.

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like an Asian Wish Tree. Maybe a big wish that the wishes of others come true?

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We play this game every week to look forward to Sunday. If fail, Sunday won't come and will working all week. (だるま落とし is a traditional game in Japan. Kick out all these blocks below the red block.)

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