Artist Creates Honest Illustrations Showing What Women Do When No One Is Watching
In April 2015, Little Rock Illustrator Sally Nixon started a project called "365" in which she had to create one illustration per day for a whole year. As it was not that easy to think of new ideas so frequently, Sally started to search for inspiration in her own life and simple routine moments that she's going through. The artist wanted to show the natural side of women besides staged Instagram selfies, Snapchat filters, and all the other forms of social media that rule our world.
The women of Nixon's illustrations are captured doing their casual things like taking a shower, eating in bed, brushing their teeth, walking around the house without pants, and having lazy TV time with their friends. In other words - women when nobody's watching.
"They don’t have perfect bodies or perfect habits and that makes them relatable,” she explains to TL Andrews. “The scenes I create around them are everyday places: a bathroom, a restaurant, a messy bedroom. However, my goal with each drawing is to elevate the seemingly mundane to something special.”
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I've heard of people doing this, but I have never done it. I brush before bed and in the morning... fully clothed.
yep, we have eternal bitch face. Even with wine and pizza in our faces..
Why all the girly books? I'd usually be reading Stephen King (my favorite!) and eating junk food when no one was watching.
This would never happen b/c 1. as a fat kid, i never waste food, this is crazy to me. 2. if i put my plate on the floor, the cats would be all over it. 3. i'm never to tired to not eat.
We definitely don't want the men folk to know we assemble furniture... really?
women bury their feet on sand in beaches when nobody is watching?
I do this. I am always kneeling in the library. Pretty much all the books i get out are on the bottom shelf
I live in Maine. We'd eat ice cream only 2 months a year if we waited for hot weather.
briught home chicken eating cookies and cocoa. dessert first 😆
Yes, and that nail polish feels weird, tastes nasty, and peels off against your teeth. Bleah!
Oh really your just gonna leave the wine seeping into the carpet...
My legs not smushed together? Me. It's hard for me to keep my legs together since my thighs are too big.
Food took too long... eating or sleeping or being naked is the apparent theme here!
People commenting on this are so shitty. They're just lovely little drawings showing normal women in regular life. They're not meant to be "exciting" or provocative. Just showing regular life. I loved the series. And I brush my teeth in the shower.
The "shitty" comments aren't all that abundant. I looked at them all. A few people had oddly specific complaints and some didn't like the conflation of title to every image's subject. Some people loved them and some didn't. I don't see the outrageous reaction you're referencing.
I chat on my laptop while pooping :-D
With my dog and at least 2 or 3 of my cats! lol
It's art! It depends on each persons perspective . You love the series and some find them boring, that is the beauty of art!
I brush my teeth in the shower all the time, it's so easy...
I love the expression or feeling in the face in every picture :)
Alexis, that really struck me too! These are wonderful and are getting such harsh, petty criticisms.
Yes me too!!
It's actually very enlightening. It fills gaps on men's curiousity over women. We men actually do shittier things, the kind that gets you into trouble or get you sick as if contracting the black plague. Go women!
Me too
I brush my teeth in the shower too!
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Bitch SHUT THE FUCK UP UR MOUTH IS STILL "FUNKY " AFTER U BRUSH UR CHOPS HOE
"When nobody is watching"? Half of these are in public places, with other people, and very normal things that everyone does. Hell, they even put those things on instagram.
Just forget the title. It's a beautiful series
I don't believe the artist meant "When Nobody is Watching", but more "When Nobody is Paying Attention" because the acts are so mundane. I found them clever.
It seems most of the time that the Author isn't being watched in any way, she EATS, EATS, EATS. I understand the idea of imperfect habits... but this is gross. Eating, murderous looks, pants off. I am happy that I DO NOT identify with all this :x
Eating is gross? I'm not walking around pantless and of course women don't ALWAYS eat (or drink wine whenever possible), but it's part of the "homelife" for many. You get home, get out of the tight or fine clothes, hang them up to be good for next day. And while you're not yet in the sloppy, comfortable pants, you do have a look for something nice to eat. Well, I do. Not always successfully, but I do ,-) though I'm not usually looking bored or murderous all the time. But maybe the women in the pics all work as cashiers or flight attendents and are just so effing tired of smiling all day? I could see that.
You sound like a truly wonderful person. Thanks for letting us know.
A few things, no man, no happiness and no smiles. WELL DONE. HOW INTERESTING.
Oh look. A man who thinks this even cartoon woman should smile more.
It does seem a bit antiquated of an attitude, but again, the article says the "when nobody is watching" element is just an additional idea to get to 365 images...
How utterly boring.
If I understand correctly, this was the purpose of the series: to show the "normality" of life. Although I agree, "Nothing spectacular to see here" would fit either. Moreover, most pictures depict a rather similar type of women. What I think lacks is arduousness, curiosity, and many other positive aspirations that may well be as normal as the wish to hand out on the couch.
She said they don't have 'perfect habits'... as if eating cereal and going to a library makes you imperfect. None of this makes any sense
Not similar - the same. It's the artist and her friends.
Well, life IS boring. I think that was the idea. Really, if you take away selfies, Instagram, Facebook, bored panda, netflix, what do you get? Lots of free time to realize you´re bored.
Oh my god. Tiny dynamine I was only trying to point out that expecting life to be exciting at all times is unreal, much like living through the internet. And yes, I DO a lot more than what you´re so "helpfully" suggesting. And no, I don´t think these illustrations are boring, I like it that they depict moments that would ordinarily be overlooked because they´re so "normal".
Oh my god. Do you think there is nothing else to life outside of the internet? Go and volunteer at an animal sanctuary or help children at your local school. Go and walk in the countryside and admire nature. Basically, do something.
i'm very rarely bored. life is far from boring, there's never enough time. sitting at home relaxing with books, internet and pets is extremely normal, so people are disappointed. i expected something fresh or at least funny.
If you limit your exciting and meaning-giving activities to taking selfies, posting on social media, reading online magazines and watching tv series, then your life truly is boring and I am truly sorry for you :(
Yes that's what I thought of
Hey Tiny, one individual can't determine if something is art or not. Not liking a piece of art doesn't change the fact that it's art and that there are people who enjoy it. Does me not liking Picasso's art mean it's not art? No. Art is subjective; you either like it or you don't. And those who think this series is pointless, the meaning of it has gone way over your head.
howutterlylife
Depends on your life. This woman has spent a great deal of time and effort depicting things that are of no interest so I really see it as a massive waste of time.
It is actually great, no evil patriarchal man around, who cares about them? Women don't need man, they can use sperms from a bank, and perhaps kill the fetus if it is a male fetus. I think this will totally work.
then art is a waste of time too dude ;)
Tiny: of course this is art. It's simply not to your liking.
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This is not art.
People commenting on this are so shitty. They're just lovely little drawings showing normal women in regular life. They're not meant to be "exciting" or provocative. Just showing regular life. I loved the series. And I brush my teeth in the shower.
The "shitty" comments aren't all that abundant. I looked at them all. A few people had oddly specific complaints and some didn't like the conflation of title to every image's subject. Some people loved them and some didn't. I don't see the outrageous reaction you're referencing.
I chat on my laptop while pooping :-D
With my dog and at least 2 or 3 of my cats! lol
It's art! It depends on each persons perspective . You love the series and some find them boring, that is the beauty of art!
I brush my teeth in the shower all the time, it's so easy...
I love the expression or feeling in the face in every picture :)
Alexis, that really struck me too! These are wonderful and are getting such harsh, petty criticisms.
Yes me too!!
It's actually very enlightening. It fills gaps on men's curiousity over women. We men actually do shittier things, the kind that gets you into trouble or get you sick as if contracting the black plague. Go women!
Me too
I brush my teeth in the shower too!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Bitch SHUT THE FUCK UP UR MOUTH IS STILL "FUNKY " AFTER U BRUSH UR CHOPS HOE
"When nobody is watching"? Half of these are in public places, with other people, and very normal things that everyone does. Hell, they even put those things on instagram.
Just forget the title. It's a beautiful series
I don't believe the artist meant "When Nobody is Watching", but more "When Nobody is Paying Attention" because the acts are so mundane. I found them clever.
It seems most of the time that the Author isn't being watched in any way, she EATS, EATS, EATS. I understand the idea of imperfect habits... but this is gross. Eating, murderous looks, pants off. I am happy that I DO NOT identify with all this :x
Eating is gross? I'm not walking around pantless and of course women don't ALWAYS eat (or drink wine whenever possible), but it's part of the "homelife" for many. You get home, get out of the tight or fine clothes, hang them up to be good for next day. And while you're not yet in the sloppy, comfortable pants, you do have a look for something nice to eat. Well, I do. Not always successfully, but I do ,-) though I'm not usually looking bored or murderous all the time. But maybe the women in the pics all work as cashiers or flight attendents and are just so effing tired of smiling all day? I could see that.
You sound like a truly wonderful person. Thanks for letting us know.
A few things, no man, no happiness and no smiles. WELL DONE. HOW INTERESTING.
Oh look. A man who thinks this even cartoon woman should smile more.
It does seem a bit antiquated of an attitude, but again, the article says the "when nobody is watching" element is just an additional idea to get to 365 images...
How utterly boring.
If I understand correctly, this was the purpose of the series: to show the "normality" of life. Although I agree, "Nothing spectacular to see here" would fit either. Moreover, most pictures depict a rather similar type of women. What I think lacks is arduousness, curiosity, and many other positive aspirations that may well be as normal as the wish to hand out on the couch.
She said they don't have 'perfect habits'... as if eating cereal and going to a library makes you imperfect. None of this makes any sense
Not similar - the same. It's the artist and her friends.
Well, life IS boring. I think that was the idea. Really, if you take away selfies, Instagram, Facebook, bored panda, netflix, what do you get? Lots of free time to realize you´re bored.
Oh my god. Tiny dynamine I was only trying to point out that expecting life to be exciting at all times is unreal, much like living through the internet. And yes, I DO a lot more than what you´re so "helpfully" suggesting. And no, I don´t think these illustrations are boring, I like it that they depict moments that would ordinarily be overlooked because they´re so "normal".
Oh my god. Do you think there is nothing else to life outside of the internet? Go and volunteer at an animal sanctuary or help children at your local school. Go and walk in the countryside and admire nature. Basically, do something.
i'm very rarely bored. life is far from boring, there's never enough time. sitting at home relaxing with books, internet and pets is extremely normal, so people are disappointed. i expected something fresh or at least funny.
If you limit your exciting and meaning-giving activities to taking selfies, posting on social media, reading online magazines and watching tv series, then your life truly is boring and I am truly sorry for you :(
Yes that's what I thought of
Hey Tiny, one individual can't determine if something is art or not. Not liking a piece of art doesn't change the fact that it's art and that there are people who enjoy it. Does me not liking Picasso's art mean it's not art? No. Art is subjective; you either like it or you don't. And those who think this series is pointless, the meaning of it has gone way over your head.
howutterlylife
Depends on your life. This woman has spent a great deal of time and effort depicting things that are of no interest so I really see it as a massive waste of time.
It is actually great, no evil patriarchal man around, who cares about them? Women don't need man, they can use sperms from a bank, and perhaps kill the fetus if it is a male fetus. I think this will totally work.
then art is a waste of time too dude ;)
Tiny: of course this is art. It's simply not to your liking.
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This is not art.