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In April 2015, Little Rock Illustrator Sally Nixon started an art 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 drawing 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 real women besides staged Instagram selfies, Snapchat filters, and all the other forms of social media that rule our world.

The women of Nixon's beautiful drawings are captured doing their casual everyday life 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 girl problems to something special.”

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard of people doing this, but I have never done it. I brush before bed and in the morning... fully clothed.

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

She should be squeezing pimples on her shoulder. That would make it more relatable.

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

IF that's how women look when they meet up to spend time together, then me and my friends are weird - we laugh, enjoy ourself and definately don't wear a "This is such a waste of my time" or "Honestly I will kill you, or myself in a moment" expressions.

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Kseniya Vasilyeva
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why all the girly books? I'd usually be reading Stephen King (my favorite!) and eating junk food when no one was watching.

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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

"my goal with each drawing is to elevate the seemingly mundane to something special.” Bad luck. Everything still looks painfully mundane.

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Beverly Glover
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is the dog? That plate should have been licked sparkling clean moments after being put on the floor.

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Andrew Scarle
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't this just "things people do sometimes, sometimes while alone, sometimes in company" just pictures of the mundane and I do not understand how the activities pictured are exclusive to women?

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

It's never implied that they are exclusive to women. And if you read the artist's description of the series, it's more like things most women wouldn't show on social media.

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

Oh now! Finish the food first! This would not be possible in a household with pets. ;)

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

I'm currently laying in my bed and flipping through stuff on Facebook on my phone while eating Cheetos. Most of us are always on our phone and hardly reading books .

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Julia Van Stone
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So baisally women do nothing but eat and watch movies in a variety of places and ways when no one is looking. Cute drawings and everything, just kind of a sad commentary on women. After the first 10 I would have liked to see some of the more novel aspects of what women do in thier downtime...

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Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If, instead of food, there would be a book, remote controller, joystick, or snacks (to keep it faithful to the actual picture), then I would relate more.

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Daisy Caulfield
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are all of these woman's thighs so large? It's distracts me far too much to enjoy these. Also, BUY SOME DAMN BRAS :)

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

Accurate! Then when dry, you run your fingers under relatively warm water and the polish on the skin around the nail is easily pealed away.

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

My dog would always curl up in the space behind my knees/legs and rest his head on my leg.

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Linda Munoz
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The title States what woman do when no one is watching, not what woman don't want anyone to see them do.

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

Oh my! God forbid my dad see me eat cereal! My brother will see me on my laptop! No! These were really bad.

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Daria B
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never wear my tights or socks this way because I hate the feeling of my toenails passing through the cloth. I wriggle them all and widen to make my foot enter the hole I create for this.

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Tania Sweeney
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do this. I am always kneeling in the library. Pretty much all the books i get out are on the bottom shelf

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

I live in Maine. We'd eat ice cream only 2 months a year if we waited for hot weather.

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Lynnie Hendricks
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and that nail polish feels weird, tastes nasty, and peels off against your teeth. Bleah!

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

I spend half of my Life in this stance. Checking, checking, checking......

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Melissa Bagley
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh really your just gonna leave the wine seeping into the carpet...

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Elizabeth Sandoval
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My legs not smushed together? Me. It's hard for me to keep my legs together since my thighs are too big.

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

Food took too long... eating or sleeping or being naked is the apparent theme here!

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