Today, one of my paintings was accepted into a local art gallery. It would've been a dream come true, had my "best friend" not submitted it under her own name and taken all the credit. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I turned in my best painting yet for a scholarship competition. For once in my life, I was actually proud of a piece I'd done. I ended up losing the scholarship to some dickface who'd basically just glued together some crap from the dollar store and called it conceptual art. FML
Today, my roommate asked for my opinion of her new painting. The same painting I hand-painted for over ten hours. She apparently thought it was a gift. She won't give it back. 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, I moved into my new apartment complex. I left some items including a cherished painting my best friend made for me outside the front door while I moved furniture into my bedroom. When I went back outside, someone had kicked a huge hole in the painting. Welcome to the neighborhood. FML
Today, after months of hard work, planning, and preparation, I held the reception for my first art show at a gallery. Nobody showed up. FML
Today, my wife sold her first painting and was so proud of herself, until she found the buyer online and realized his YouTube page is full of videos where he paints over horrible art and turns it into good art. Her painting was on it, and yes, he visibly improved it and yes, my wife is raging at me. FML
Today, it was my first big time art show. To celebrate I went out to lunch with some people whose work was also there. When we got back, police were everywhere. Someone had broken in and stolen all of the art. All except mine. Even burglars don't want my art. FML
Today, I finished a painting I'd spent 3 weeks working on for an exhibition. When I came back from lunch, my cat was perched above it on my desk. He looked at me, then down at the painting, then jumped down onto it. He slipped and smeared the wet paint everywhere, ruining the whole thing. FML
Today, I spent the whole night and day painting a portrait of my girlfriend. Being proud of it, I sent it to her hoping she would appreciate it. I spent hours working on that picture only for her to reply with, "That's not me, is it?" FML
Today, I lost an art contest to some talentless arsepipe whose piece was literally just a broken heart crudely drawn in her own blood. FML
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peasonearth 8
You've got a shitty best friend there. Did you not sign your painting?
lilhellian 27
This is a case where you can sue.. She already showed she is a bitch and not a real friend..
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GayMatt 22
**** your friend, why didnt you sign your own name on the picture ?
BlowinChronic 18
And why didn't OP just submit her own painting?...
Mirorbo 27
As an artist, I choked upon reading this... Just... How does someone live with themselves, knowing they pulled a stunt like this? I really hope something was properly done about this, darling. And that this so called 'best friend' was kicked to the curb for good in your life afterwards.
egc573 40
I'm not an artist nor am I remotely familiar with the art world, but in addition to being a cruel move, isn't this also kind of a stupid and risky one? I mean, the friend was an idiot if she thought the OP wouldn't notice one of her works was missing, especially if it was up on display at a local ART GALLERY. OP can probably prove easily enough that it was her own work. After that, the friend would be completely discredited. I imagine that other artists and galleries wouldn't want to associate with a plagiarist, so there goes whatever career the friend was trying to build (this sort of thing does get spread around, doesn't it?). And of course, she just lost a friendship. I mean, really, how did she think this would succeed? Like I said, I know nothing about the art world, but to me this seems like a really, really stupid thing to do, assuming the friend was trying to pass herself off as an artist. And even if it was just a simple prank, she's still going to be in trouble. She is certainly a huge bitch, but I think she may be an even bigger idiot. (Then again, I might be thinking about this too much.)
sucku 1
your friend is a BITCH
howdeedoo 22
Hey, you just offended female dogs all over the world right there
AlexaWuzHere 31
I want to punch her in the face for you. That makes me so mad. I hope for your sake you signed it so you can prove it's yours OP.
Shadow_Phantom 26
Wow, what a horrible "friend." I hope you have photos or WIP/sketches of the painting while it was being painted... FYL
insaneDONUTZ 15
that's just messed up. some friend you have there op
graphicstyle7 17
You need to say something. Now. Speaking as a fellow artist, that's just the lowest thing she could possibly do. SPEAK UP. You must have other work around to show them to prove this? Go tell someone.
perdix 31
How can it not be obvious that it's yours? Do you have one of those Jack Lew signatures?
qirde_15 5
maybe at first ur friend was superbly attracted to ur painting. but then he thought what a great idea to just steal it. u wont be angry anyway cos he's ur 'bestfriend'. - proof that not all assumptions are true
ElatedEarthling 15
I'm pretty sure there was an FML just like this in the past. Except it was a photography contest I believe.