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I Drew A Series Of Portraits Of My Friends’ Self-Documented Injuries & Medical Issues
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I Drew A Series Of Portraits Of My Friends’ Self-Documented Injuries & Medical Issues

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I’ve wondered often why humans take pics of certain misfortunes, especially injuries (the non-life threatening ones) & medical issues ~ in the past I’ve documented my surgery incisions, cuts, scars, etc. in photos. I asked around and apparently this wasn’t uncommon, and that was intriguing.

So I made a public social media request that explained my intentions, and asked for friends to send me reference photos of their documented mishaps. I specifically requested that no one send photos of injuries in progress, and nothing related to domestic violence… & when I solicit references, I prefer selfies ~ that way I have the photographer’s visual permission to use the reference. A lot of photos were sent in. I chose 5 in particular.

These were drawn with colored pencil, using a bit of distortion as well as focused color around the issues documented in the reference pics.

This series was not meant to make light of these issues, any people going through difficult times, etc. What was (and still is) so fascinating is that this kind of documentation is very common, but odd. I love that.

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    Diana Lopetaitė

    Diana Lopetaitė

    BoredPanda staff

    Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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