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By Anonymous - 25/05/2020 14:00

Today, I got my commissioned anime portrait done. One of my friends commented on why all my commissions are skinny look-alikes, when I'm really fat in real life and active in body positivity. Then everyone started agreeing with her, stating that if I was so happy with who I am, why my art is of me slim? FML

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By humiliated - 14/01/2011 16:28 - United Kingdom

Today, a friend asked me to come with her to the art building at school so I could pose in the stance of a figure she was drawing for her exam. I obliged and sat for the pose. When the art teacher walked by, she looked at me, then at the sketch, pointed to the legs, and said, "Make them fatter". FML

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By Jill - 25/02/2010 01:26 - France

Today, a friend of mine commented that I "have a lot of confidence for a fat girl". Ummm... thanks? FML

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By fat…? - 13/07/2022 04:00

Today, when people ask me what I’m doing this summer and I answer that I’m going into plus-size modeling, they rudely say, “Oh, me too,” or, “Oh, my grandma too.” I have an hourglass figure and spent hours on my portfolio, but everyone still thinks I’m just trying to feel better about being fat. 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 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 artclasstrauma - 15/05/2009 15:14 - United States

Today, in my art class we had to paint a nude portrait of a fat, old woman. About halfway through the piece, and while painting her fat rolls, I realized she was the only person other than myself I had ever seen naked. FML

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By unhealthy - 05/07/2022 06:00

Today, my friend went on a lengthy rant about how people are "healthy at any size" and I need to embrace fat pride, after I said I intend to lose weight to alleviate my digestive and breathing troubles. Apparently her activist forum knows more about my health than my own doctor. FML

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By I’m a boy - 09/03/2021 05:01

Today, I was told that because I have an anime profile picture, I’m obviously extremely ugly in real life. I’m not ugly, I’m trans. 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 Mayo - 04/12/2018 13:30

Today, I met one of my favorite fitness models. She told me I need to get in shape. I weigh 150lbs. FML

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AmbrosiaFan 18

Monday 25 May 2020 15:13

They are asking a very good question. What was your answer?

RichardPencil 30

Monday 25 May 2020 17:07

You sound like a hypocrite. If you're really into "body positivity" of your plus-sized self, you'd reject your artists' works and tell them to portray you accurately. The simplest solution to your quandary would be to lose weight.

Comments

Amanda Howard 9

Monday 25 May 2020 14:04

those aren't your friends. even if they agreed they should of kept that to themselves

bloopaloop 27

Monday 25 May 2020 22:13

Friends are the ones who ask the hard questions.

Anna_Lu_Minum 9

Friday 29 May 2020 10:23

Real friends ask difficult questions. It’s definitely something OP has to think about if they’re really positive about their own image

AmbrosiaFan 18

Monday 25 May 2020 15:13

They are asking a very good question. What was your answer?

RichardPencil 30

Monday 25 May 2020 17:07

BeefyQueefy 14

Monday 25 May 2020 19:53

As someone who works hard to stay in shape, I'd be curious to what your answer is. If I ever called you fat, I'd get my head ripped off but it's ok for your kind to attack me for my body even though it takes a lot of work. How are you not a hypocrite?

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Tuesday 26 May 2020 0:29

Where did the OP insult anyone for how they look? Why do you assume the OP looks down on people who work super hard to stay fit? Also you don't know that the OP actually is really fat and doesn't just have asshole "friends". Believe it or not there are people who just enjoy insulting others and so keep people around specifically to be metaphorical punching bags.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Monday 25 May 2020 22:42

Why is everyone calling OP a hypocrite? He never said looked down on people skinnier/more fit than himself. It's his damn anime portrait, he can have it done however he wants. How many of you make a main character in a video game look as close to you as possible? It's not that easy, is it? Especially if you don't have the body of a chopstick.

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Tuesday 26 May 2020 0:26

Everyone is jumping on the OP as being a hypocrite and the like but there are at least two other possibilities. 1. The OP isn't actually all that fat but simply has those kind of friends who treat anything other than stick thin as morbidly obese. 2. The OP legitimately doesn't see themselves the way their friends do and genuinely didn't realize that they are overweight. Being Body Positive is not a guarantee that you don't have a kind of body dismorphia causing you to see reality as different than what it is.

Iseme 3

Tuesday 26 May 2020 2:36

Your friend was a jerk for wording it that way but it's a valid question. Unless your commissions are not drastically different from real life you. Anything else would make you a hypocrite.

RainbowPandaChan 9

Tuesday 26 May 2020 18:53

This is something I can relate to. There aren't a lot of plus size anime characters, so if that's what you've been learning to draw it makes sense that you wouldn't learn to draw that body type. Plus the way they hold themselves is different than thin people I'm larger sized too and I didn't learn to draw larger people for a long time.

faifai_fml 21

Wednesday 3 June 2020 20:23

Then OP should look for an artist that can draw heavier people. This isn't the artist's fault. The artists are simply drawing what OP is asking for. This is OP's problem for asking for skinny drawings of herself.