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Death-Inspired Love Comics That I Create To Cope With My Depression
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Death-Inspired Love Comics That I Create To Cope With My Depression

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Hello! This is Haenuli, I am a fashion designer who owns a small brand and also an artist. My biggest hobby is drawing and doing creative stuff, but I didn’t expect so many support with some of my drawings! Hope you like my drawings.

When I visited the Paris Orsay museum, I saw many paintings but one old painting by Marianne Stoke (“Young girl and the angel of death”), that was Death-like; stood out to me. It was very interesting in human history how Death or Depression were messages and metaphors. They were shown in many different ways and forms throughout time.

This gave me so much inspiration in dealing with my own depression. I thought about my lost friends, broken hearts and hard times that I’ve been through. I wanted to accept my depression and I started to draw with short messages.

Even dark things give comfort, and often depression is the odd comfort for knowing us well. I hope you enjoy my drawings, my book will be published soon. Thank you for reading!

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    Leo BJ
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coping with depression is a hard task, your flight into these drawings makes them masterpieces of expression. Hope you make it through.

    Bobbi Newell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. These resonate. Your artwork is beautiful, and you convey so much meaning with their postures. Thank you for sharing these.

    Janna Gay
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have depression too, and I really connect with these. They pull at a place in my heart. Definitely a piece of artwork to inspire and move people. I hope you feel better soon<3

    Tasha Harris
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have felt some of these at times , I remember the comfort in some of the sadness, it was beautiful. But at the same time so dangerous.

    Kuro Neko
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow!! Really impressive and i really do love your artwork!! Please, keep it up!!

    Dave Axe
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know what suffering from depressing is like, I have been there. Expressing yourself through art is a good way of finding comfort and sharing your thoughts. Keep it up!

    Shunyata
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your drawings said that unspeakable something I feel and experience almost every day. Thank you for understanding, for facing it and not giving in, and for turning the horrible into the beautiful. Bless you & hope you feel better soon.

    Kateryna Berydukhova
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look absolutely lovely... sad but at the same time profoundly warm and gentle. I'm trying to draw similarly-mooded stuff for the same reasons, but you're doing a much greater job than I am, trust me on that.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do I feel like this is pretty accurate? (It's not like I'm a diagnosed patient, I just have my periodical moments) Well done.

    Sarina Schock
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i really really love your work, it' so super unique and somehow tender

    Jacqueline Daly
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had my Daughter not been murdered by a jealous ex-boyfriend I might view this art in a different light. Though it is skillfully drawn and very creative I find it makes me feel sad.

    Marisa Caputo
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonderful. You are gifted. You insights on living with depression are spot on. It really does walk with you and talk with you. Great!

    Louie
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dark and beautiful! Art is a great way to cope with depression and anxiety, I do it too.

    Jennifer Brown
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eric watch Jennifer Job bookshelf crayola friend homework crayola new home Norfolk

    A.H.W 768
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I LOVE these drawings!! I have to admit when I was 8 my parents split and I had a LOT of responsibility put on me and I felt like I would break and I had suicidal thoughts occasionally I'm 12 now and I'm better now,I never told anybody because even though I was struggling I didn't wan't them to worry because they had a lot going on to. I literally have tears in my eyes writing this,it was a very hard time for me,I had to look after 3 of my younger siblings mostly by myself and my my big brother and my baby brother were with my mom and I felt like someone had picked me up,put me in a blender,took me out and tried to put me back together 4 yrs later and I'm still dealing with this while cutting off contact with my mother because we fought all the time and I don't want my siblings in that toxic environment.

    Coco Chanel
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your art brings me comfort, bringing me face to face with grief... looking at it with romance.

    Coco Chanel
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your art comforts, it brings me face to face with grief... looking at it all with romance.

    Isabel Granados Ruiz
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please Haenuli how can I get the book with all draws? Love your work, and understand what depression is and how feels. Love sent from Colombia

    Alice Louie
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello Haenuli! I am very inspired by your designs and I was wondering if it would be okay with you for me to do a photoshoot based on your drawings 😊

    Maria Lane
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find these on the Internet all the time, and they never cease to amaze and inspire me. Nicely done, they're absolutely beautiful.

    OnceUponADepression
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi, my name is Maria. Recently my depression has worsened, but I'm drawn to your little comics. They bring me joy, so I hope you don't mind, I saved them. I want to be friends with you, if you want to.

    Haley Clay
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hi there! i was wondering if you'd mind me getting one of these as a tattoo?? i thought i'd ask instead of just doing it :-)

    bennek
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please do more and publish them! I'd love a copy - I like your art style and how you see depression (and how it should be embraced or at least acknowledged and not avoided). The quirkiness of it reminds me of children stories, but darker and more real.

    Rich McCormick
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are gorgeous works. I'm glad this all helped with you to cope and thanks for sharing wit the rest of the world! HUGS

    Jamie Nealis
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are just beautiful, I can relate. Thanks for expressing yourself in a way to help me cope....

    Diana Nas
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    great work! :) i hope you feel better soon :) everything gets better at some point, even if it seems to take a long time, but it will get better eventually, just get professional help (even if that means several different therapists until the right one appears and/or medication) and hang in there everyone :)

    Zeeshan Mirza
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the way i was thinking its going to be more romantic but It was funny in the end

    Elżbieta Łabaj
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great work! As a person with depression I can even relate, but I can't draw :D Really beautifu thing

    David Campbell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've suffered with depression for almost a decade (and I'm only 20). These comics actually brought a smile to my face, even though I regularly have panic attacks when thinking about the inevitability of death. Contrary to (unfortunately) common misconceptions and stereotypes, people with depression usually fear death to an unhealthy degree, we don't want it to happen.

    Ivan Pedroni
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can feel so much through those, they are so pristine! Great job!

    Sari
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I asked myself which Person the Death represents in these drawings

    Rajani Sarasan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So relatable.. when life gets overwhelming it's reassuring to know death is always there to take all the pain away..

    Ana T.
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bones and naked girl ? yes i see this before , chiara bautista art .

    Marcela
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a lot of artists done that allready. No need for this negative stuff.

    Load More Replies...
    Mendi Morton
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    *sigh* Though the drawings are good, yet another artist who thinks depression is something cute. It's not. Shame on you for idolizing a disease that destroys so many lives.

    Chris de la Rosa
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's not idolizing it, she's drawing to illustrate and get through her own depression. It's literally there in the title.

    Load More Replies...
    Margaret O'Connor
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Get a job and try to stay as busy as you can. Focus on other people and the world around you.Your self absorption is making you ill but you can escape from it. Devote yourself to service of the least of those around you. This will bring you peace.

    Sara Otterstätter
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, no. That's insulting to everyone who suffers from genuine depression, as it bears the accusation that they are lazy, self absorbed unaccomplished people. Some of the most creative and accomplished peoples in the history of mankind suffered from episodes of extreme depressioni. Words like yours rather drag people into further depression as most of them struggle with extreme and tiresome selfdoubt down to real selfhate. No one enjoys suffering from depression.

    Load More Replies...
    Sick Boy
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    The colored picture is good. The rest is just cheesy. And I couldn't care less about the mental condition of the author. She wouldn't be an artist if she were healthy.

    Leo BJ
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coping with depression is a hard task, your flight into these drawings makes them masterpieces of expression. Hope you make it through.

    Bobbi Newell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. These resonate. Your artwork is beautiful, and you convey so much meaning with their postures. Thank you for sharing these.

    Janna Gay
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have depression too, and I really connect with these. They pull at a place in my heart. Definitely a piece of artwork to inspire and move people. I hope you feel better soon<3

    Tasha Harris
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have felt some of these at times , I remember the comfort in some of the sadness, it was beautiful. But at the same time so dangerous.

    Kuro Neko
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow!! Really impressive and i really do love your artwork!! Please, keep it up!!

    Dave Axe
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know what suffering from depressing is like, I have been there. Expressing yourself through art is a good way of finding comfort and sharing your thoughts. Keep it up!

    Shunyata
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your drawings said that unspeakable something I feel and experience almost every day. Thank you for understanding, for facing it and not giving in, and for turning the horrible into the beautiful. Bless you & hope you feel better soon.

    Kateryna Berydukhova
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look absolutely lovely... sad but at the same time profoundly warm and gentle. I'm trying to draw similarly-mooded stuff for the same reasons, but you're doing a much greater job than I am, trust me on that.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do I feel like this is pretty accurate? (It's not like I'm a diagnosed patient, I just have my periodical moments) Well done.

    Sarina Schock
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i really really love your work, it' so super unique and somehow tender

    Jacqueline Daly
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had my Daughter not been murdered by a jealous ex-boyfriend I might view this art in a different light. Though it is skillfully drawn and very creative I find it makes me feel sad.

    Marisa Caputo
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonderful. You are gifted. You insights on living with depression are spot on. It really does walk with you and talk with you. Great!

    Louie
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dark and beautiful! Art is a great way to cope with depression and anxiety, I do it too.

    Jennifer Brown
    Community Member
    4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eric watch Jennifer Job bookshelf crayola friend homework crayola new home Norfolk

    A.H.W 768
    Community Member
    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I LOVE these drawings!! I have to admit when I was 8 my parents split and I had a LOT of responsibility put on me and I felt like I would break and I had suicidal thoughts occasionally I'm 12 now and I'm better now,I never told anybody because even though I was struggling I didn't wan't them to worry because they had a lot going on to. I literally have tears in my eyes writing this,it was a very hard time for me,I had to look after 3 of my younger siblings mostly by myself and my my big brother and my baby brother were with my mom and I felt like someone had picked me up,put me in a blender,took me out and tried to put me back together 4 yrs later and I'm still dealing with this while cutting off contact with my mother because we fought all the time and I don't want my siblings in that toxic environment.

    Coco Chanel
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your art brings me comfort, bringing me face to face with grief... looking at it with romance.

    Coco Chanel
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your art comforts, it brings me face to face with grief... looking at it all with romance.

    Isabel Granados Ruiz
    Community Member
    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please Haenuli how can I get the book with all draws? Love your work, and understand what depression is and how feels. Love sent from Colombia

    Alice Louie
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hello Haenuli! I am very inspired by your designs and I was wondering if it would be okay with you for me to do a photoshoot based on your drawings 😊

    Maria Lane
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find these on the Internet all the time, and they never cease to amaze and inspire me. Nicely done, they're absolutely beautiful.

    OnceUponADepression
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi, my name is Maria. Recently my depression has worsened, but I'm drawn to your little comics. They bring me joy, so I hope you don't mind, I saved them. I want to be friends with you, if you want to.

    Haley Clay
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hi there! i was wondering if you'd mind me getting one of these as a tattoo?? i thought i'd ask instead of just doing it :-)

    bennek
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please do more and publish them! I'd love a copy - I like your art style and how you see depression (and how it should be embraced or at least acknowledged and not avoided). The quirkiness of it reminds me of children stories, but darker and more real.

    Rich McCormick
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are gorgeous works. I'm glad this all helped with you to cope and thanks for sharing wit the rest of the world! HUGS

    Jamie Nealis
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are just beautiful, I can relate. Thanks for expressing yourself in a way to help me cope....

    Diana Nas
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    great work! :) i hope you feel better soon :) everything gets better at some point, even if it seems to take a long time, but it will get better eventually, just get professional help (even if that means several different therapists until the right one appears and/or medication) and hang in there everyone :)

    Zeeshan Mirza
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All the way i was thinking its going to be more romantic but It was funny in the end

    Elżbieta Łabaj
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great work! As a person with depression I can even relate, but I can't draw :D Really beautifu thing

    David Campbell
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've suffered with depression for almost a decade (and I'm only 20). These comics actually brought a smile to my face, even though I regularly have panic attacks when thinking about the inevitability of death. Contrary to (unfortunately) common misconceptions and stereotypes, people with depression usually fear death to an unhealthy degree, we don't want it to happen.

    Ivan Pedroni
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can feel so much through those, they are so pristine! Great job!

    Sari
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I asked myself which Person the Death represents in these drawings

    Rajani Sarasan
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So relatable.. when life gets overwhelming it's reassuring to know death is always there to take all the pain away..

    Ana T.
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bones and naked girl ? yes i see this before , chiara bautista art .

    Marcela
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a lot of artists done that allready. No need for this negative stuff.

    Load More Replies...
    Mendi Morton
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    *sigh* Though the drawings are good, yet another artist who thinks depression is something cute. It's not. Shame on you for idolizing a disease that destroys so many lives.

    Chris de la Rosa
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's not idolizing it, she's drawing to illustrate and get through her own depression. It's literally there in the title.

    Load More Replies...
    Margaret O'Connor
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    Get a job and try to stay as busy as you can. Focus on other people and the world around you.Your self absorption is making you ill but you can escape from it. Devote yourself to service of the least of those around you. This will bring you peace.

    Sara Otterstätter
    Community Member
    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please, no. That's insulting to everyone who suffers from genuine depression, as it bears the accusation that they are lazy, self absorbed unaccomplished people. Some of the most creative and accomplished peoples in the history of mankind suffered from episodes of extreme depressioni. Words like yours rather drag people into further depression as most of them struggle with extreme and tiresome selfdoubt down to real selfhate. No one enjoys suffering from depression.

    Load More Replies...
    Sick Boy
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

    The colored picture is good. The rest is just cheesy. And I couldn't care less about the mental condition of the author. She wouldn't be an artist if she were healthy.

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