Today, I came home and found my desk devoid of all paper. Turned out my mom dropped by and wanted to surprise me by cleaning up my work area. She threw away over 7 months worth of irreplaceable original sketches, notes and storylines, thinking they were worthless. My job is a full-time artist. FML
Collection
Black Friday
70% off something you didn't need, a stampede and a cart that crashes at checkout. Thanks, Black Friday.
Today, my mother-in-law visited the house while my husband and I were at work. When we returned, we discovered she'd shredded and thrown away all the scribbled on papers sprawled on our messy desks. We're graphics designers. Those were rough sketches for about 14 different clients. FML
Today, my mom went snooping through my art bin to "clean out my old drawings". She found numerous nude pieces and accused me of selling porn. My mom mistook and threw out 57 anatomy practice sketches that I worked very very hard on, and ripped up the remainder of my drawings. FML
Today, after I got home from school I went to my room to find the maid had cleaned it, also to find a bag labeled "trash" it was all the sketches and paintings I had done in art class, which is my major plan for college. FML
Today, my mother decided to "help me" by throwing out the stack of papers on my desk. Unfortunately, those were all my notes for my final exams. FML
Today, I finally finished typing up a story I had been working on for about 7 months, saved it on my computer and left to hang with friends. Came home later to find my dad had sold my laptop in order to pay his phone bill. My hard work is now gone. FML
Today, my mother yelled at me for not doing all of my homework. She got so mad, she tore up a drawing I'd spent over a week working on. That was my art homework. FML
Today, I offered to let my niece and brother stay at my apartment, as my brother was going through a rough divorce and had lost his job. After coming home from work, I found my niece had snapped all of my pencils and had ruined over ten years worth of artwork. FML
Today, I found out that my art project, the one I've been working on for the last two weeks and the first piece I felt really comfortable about turning in, was stolen out of the art cupboard. FML
Today, while sitting on a bench drawing, some guy went up to me, yelled, “YOUR ART SUCKS” and flipped my sketchpad out of my hands. I’d been working on that piece for hours and now there’s a big black pencil streak on it. FML
Today, my dad went through my room while I was out and threw away the "inappropriate pictures" that he found. They're the nudes I've been working on for art class. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
girlnamedkris 0
Oh my god. That's rough... Is your mom actually delusional though? Possibly mentally challenged? Did she throw away your drawings as a child? Jesus. You definitely did not deserve this one. Condolences...
tonia_fml 0
daaaaaaamn. i'm really sorry. you never throw away an artists' papers
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (210)
philcrim 0
#76, I commend you on being able to be organized like that, but I have a few friends who work in graphic design, and they are NEVER that put together. Their workspaces have drawings and notes covering the walls, in piles on their desks. It's their organized mess, they work better in it. This doesn't make them lazy or deserving of their hard work being thrown out, it's just how they work; they have their stuff everywhere. In their own space, that shouldn't be a problem. I haven't met any artists who feel the need to organize and file all of their works, especially works in progress.
maggy_fml 0
0_0 doesn't your mom know you're an artist? i'm an artist too and my mom wouldn't dare to throw out any papers and i was raised as an artist so she knows. most moms of artists would know that, what's wrong with yours? lol but maybe she didn't think of it and was only thinking about making you happy.
thequeenofscots 0
I'm a full-time artist too and I think I'd kill myself if this happened to me. Though, uh, at least my mum knows that I'm an artist and NOT to touch all the shit I have lying around.
THC_fml 0
I wouldn't blame you if you were pissed :/ Heck, I wouldn't blame you if you started yelling your head off at her.
Tehalon 0
"Artist" isnt a job, its a hobby!
RuralNinja 0
Look on the bright side, I think you found a client who really likes your work, since she just bought 7 months of it.
that_one_dude 0
Wow, I would be pissed. How do you not know that an artist's papers are important!?
ChristianHunter 0
Damn, thats pretty gutting. Oh and #97 you're a douche. Who made you king of what is and what isn't a "real job"?
imkendra 0
76, no one has to put their sketches in a portfolio to protect themselves against zealous parents who come over unexpectedly and clean out a work space. For some people, sketches out in the open IS organization. Everyone's mind works differently.
maggy_fml 0
#99 you're an idiot. know what you're talking about before saying it