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Date Taken:Mar 10, 2005, 7:36:43 AM

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Beautyby ~TroyBlue

Traditional Art / Mixed Media

This is yet another pen and ink project. It is based on a figure I saw in a dream.

I wanted to portray the image of beauty that so many women strive to become--shattered, in the mirror.
What the figure represents is the result of self-loathing and the constant torture that so many women around us endure.
It is what their bodies come to look like after their irrational physical conditioning to become what our society has come to call "Beauty", thus the title.
You'll also notice the slit wrist...this was my attempt at emphasizing the sadness and depression that accompanies a woman's inability to become an image of perfection that cannot be acheived.

I hope you guys can appreciate the meaning as well as the art.

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~whilemina Apr 2, 2013

I love this, the concept is amazing! Keep up the good work.

~my-eternal-dreams Mar 26, 2013

This is so neat!

~GingerHeart222 Mar 11, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

My friend dosnt think shes beautiful because of what society thinks of beauty and it kills me to see her and others think like that

~SouOfAnAngel Jan 13, 2013

Reminds me of my best friend :/

~Kick-assBabyKiller Jan 9, 2013 Student General Artist

This. Is. So. True. I have friends that struggle with eating disorders, on top of self-harming. This says so much, I've been trying to think of something like this to do lately. I honestly couldn,t think of a better was to portray this.

*Vive-La-Liberte Jan 6, 2013 Student General Artist

This is so scary but it says so much.

~cronasonlyfriend Dec 15, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This image spoke to me. Sadly, I can relate.

~maisymoola Nov 24, 2012

amazing picture and what you said really touched me i have zero confidence and am very shy but you just boosted my confidence when no one else could , thankyou, i am so gratefull for that ...the image really portraits how society pictures perfect women only as there size and there is no use trying to be perfect you should be your self no one should have to act like someone else everyone should express the individuality inside them instead of keeping everything bottled up and no one will see the real you. thankyou Q_Q

~CantoOstinato Nov 20, 2012 Student Artist

impressed

~Bakuhatsu37 Nov 10, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

this made me cry Q.Q thank you so much for drawin this

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