Miscellaneous: Today, we were drawing self-portraits in school. I'm horrible...

By quasimodo - 22/02/2010 21:24 - United States

Today, we were drawing self-portraits in school. I'm horrible at art, so I turned to the person next to me and stated that mine looked really ugly. He replied saying, "No, it looks exactly like you." FML

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By picasso - 05/02/2013 13:09 - United States

Today, I was partnered up with a girl in my art class, since the teacher had asked us to take turns drawing portraits of each other. I went first and felt pretty proud of how the drawing turned out. I showed it to her and she said "That's OK. I'm not good at drawing either." FML

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By ;_; - 19/12/2013 22:13 - Canada - Burlington

Today, I saw a guy in the street drawing caricatures, and I decided to pay him to do one of me. Being a caricature, I looked pretty monstrous in it. When I showed it to my mum later, she shuddered and said, "Yeah, looks just like you." FML

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By krt - 03/10/2010 23:29 - United States

Today, my dad found the ugliest picture my mom has ever taken. I show it to her laughing. She said it looks like me. I looked again and it kind of does. FML

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By greattt - 10/02/2009 21:15 - United States

Today, I went to get my school picture taken, when the photographer looked at me, saying, "You look like you need a mirror." FML

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By Ouch - 23/04/2023 03:00 - United States

Today, I'm extremely disabled and by all means terrible at drawing, but I tried anyway. Sure enough, my drawings looked like shit, but I still took pride in them. That is, until my brother looked at one of them and said, "Wow! That's awful!" Thanks for pointing that out. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2012 20:48 - United States - Charlotte

Today, in art class, our instructor called me up to the front to model for a drawing. I agreed to pose because it was nice to be called on, and I needed a self-esteem boost. He then thanked me, saying it's a great exercise for the class to draw such strange proportions. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/06/2013 11:43 - United States - Quakertown

Today, I finished a big art project. It was a self-portrait done in acrylics. Proud of my piece, I showed my mom. After some thought her first comment was, "well, I'm either going to insult your art or your face." FML

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By nomoreart - 09/02/2011 00:30 - United States

Today, I was working on my art portfolio. I had drawn a self-portrait. When I was satisfied, I wanted to show my parents. They thought it was a drawing of a bear. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/04/2012 12:36 - Netherlands

Today, after having been told that I looked horrible for the last five months, I decided to give myself a make-over. As soon as the make-up artist was done, I told her I didn't like it, and that I still didn't like how I look. She simply replied: ''Well, I'm a make-up artist, not a magician!'' FML

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By :)) - 22/04/2010 17:37 - Greece

Today, I was getting my portrait done. The artist told me to smile. He looked at me, then said, "Oh, don't smile." FML

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kylejandginap 0

Tuesday 23 February 2010 1:34

did you ever think that maybe he was trying to be nice?

Alex373 0

Tuesday 23 February 2010 1:33

hahahahaha that's messed up

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Six23 1

Thursday 25 February 2010 4:55

I think he was saying you did good, considering you were drawing self-portraits, and you usually Want them to look like you...

burningpassion 3

Friday 26 February 2010 21:27

it could be taken two ways: one he was kidding like people always say "...your face" two he's saying "no, it's not ugly, it looks like you"

Pheronax 0

Wednesday 31 March 2010 1:14

He was just trying to make you feel better -_-

masteroftheWTF 0

Tuesday 29 June 2010 17:42

It's ok if this is the case, but I was wondering whether English is your native language. According to your story the dialogue went as follows. OP: "My portrait is really ugly." Guy: "No, it looks just like you." Sorry if I fail to see the FML... you said the portrait was ugly, he said the portrait was realisitic. That says something about your art skills not your looks, he is saying you achieved your goal. If you had said " I am really ugly." and he had responded "Yea, you're right." then you'd MAYBE have an FML.

chicko_fml 0

Tuesday 24 August 2010 8:07

good u fukn uguly moron

TeenieAmerica 9

Thursday 7 October 2010 6:34

Uh, I think he was just complimenting your art.

OhBehaveAustin 0

Sunday 16 January 2011 6:43

He's not saying you're ugly. The idea was you were supposed to make the best self portrait you can (by making it look just like yourself). He's saying that you did a good job on your drawing.