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Published: 2011-08-23 21:04:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 5392; Favourites: 283; Downloads: 0
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Alrighty~~I have been working on this for a week or two, I think? It would have only taken me a few days if it were still summer, but, alas! School has begun! My first year of high school
So far it's good... Well, as good as high school's gonna get anyway
**About this piece: It symbolizes a metaphorical mask I wear when I'm depressed, sad, angry, etc, to hide that bitter emotion and make it appear to everyone else as if I'm fine. Lately it seems I've been having to wear it more often, however... Still, I believe most of us have a mask we wear to hide our true feelings, purely for the convenience of our friends and family. I don't really wear it around my family though... Perhaps there will come a day when I can rid myself of this mask without being given odd looks by others. Ah, well, it can't hurt to dream.
EDIT: Just changed the shading in the hair a bit
**Please do not use without my permission**
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I wear masks all the time...does that make me fake or shy? :0
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Oooh...the pic have a deep meaning inside~
This is just like me... smile in the outside-sad in the inside
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Most of us really aren't strong enough to do that.. I certainly am not ;n;
But hiding your true feelings are not always a good thing. While you may be sparing others your troubles, it may lead to your own emptiness. You may feel abandoned and alone, but you never are. Find that one person whom you trust most to bestow these feelings upon if you feel that you can't show them to others yet (but not all at once; you don't want to overwhelm the person xD).
Sometimes when I bottle things up too long, I occasionally snap and lash out at those close to me, generally my family. Of course, they're used to it, but I risk one day lashing out at one of my friends, which I most certainly do not want to do.
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I know what you mean, hidding for a long time is bad indeed but sometimes it is all I can do. Problems are just.. flying to my head like I am a magnet, and people are abandoning me alot because of the problems, and since I don't wanne hurt my family I hidde the problems and just let it out when I'm alone, like in the night etc, it helps a little bit ;_; but yes, I also had alot of snaps, alot of the time at my family but very sometimes at my friends, it feels like only 3 people kinda understand how I feel, and I'm open to them [And strangly enough to you too? xD]. But that is about it D:
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Yeah, I understand how it is. I generally find it easier to speak to others about this type of thing over the internet rather than in person, probably because most of my friends are just jokers; it'd be strange to talk with them about something serious xD
It's especially easy on dA because artists often have similar emotions and problems in life. I mean, there aren't a lot of beautiful, smart, popular people. Most artists look normal, average intelligence, and are fairly awkward around others xD At least, from what I can tell.
I often get carried away with my replies (kinda like now..
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dA is indeed a place for people to show their emotions, in drawings, 3D, letters and go on. That is why dA is very big etc. ^^ Ahum, I like your art by the way xD
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Ah, yes. xD Thank you very much
I really appreciate it!
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Very true...I'm often like this; I'd rather not recall why. My eyes blur up and I feel like I'm choking when I try to remember.
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Yes, most of us feel this way sometime in life. I'd rather not recall my own experiences to spare my keyboard the tears and my body the potential electrocution ;A;
Personally, I guess I have chosen ignorance. After a bad experience, I forget about it and act as if nothing ever happened. Eventually, someone brings it back up, and afterwards, it haunts me forever. Terrifyingly ignorant.
Just remember to never go too far with your mask. You need at least one person you don't have to wear your mask around, though I would prefer we live in a world where no one would ever need a mask. There is always someone who cares for you
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shiny why is she cryen
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If u want to hurt me go on ahed,if it makes u feel any better,Yeah im fat maby ugly n talk too much but i also listen too much n i could b a cold hearted sinic like u but i dont like to hurt peoples feelings. You think what u want about me im NOT changen. I LIKE me My friends LIKE me My family LIKES me,cuz im a real person mostly nice and also if u dont like me ik one person who loves me enuff to die for me n thats GOD so WHAT U SEE IS WHAT U GET! deal with it!
~jessie
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Basically, because she feels like she has to hide her true self from everyone. While she is laughing on the outside, she is crying on the inside. She doesn't realize there are others around her who care about her.
If she would take off her mask, she would see that. But fear keeps her from doing that.
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I dont do anything like that....hmm....Maybe I should to not be rude to my friends...I dunno
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Well it's never really a good thing to be rude towards friends.
If it's a sort of joking like sarcasm, that's always fine, as long as they know you're joking.
Perhaps talk to your friends to make sure you never accidentally hurt them?
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I'm glad my art could move you so, and it's not a bad thing to feel touched by something like this.
It just means you perhaps deal with this sort of thing more often than most.
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Yes, all of us go through this at one point or another.
As long as you remember that there are those who care for you, you can always get through it
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Well, when such person next ^^
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Thanks! I really appreciate it
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Thanks, I really appreciate it ^^
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No need for thanks,your pic is amazing
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Yeah, all of us are like that at one point or another.
As long as you remember there are those who care for you, we can all get through it
Thanks!
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Thanks, I really appreciate it ^^
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I know that feeling my dear, and it really hurts 
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Well I try not to, but it's something difficult to avoid sometimes
But thank you very much! :)
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This picture is so, so, amazingly true. I try to stand out all the time and be myself, but sometimes I think I try to hard and end up faking it. Really the mask is brave, but my face is scarred. This is really touching I love it!
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Thank you! I know many of us probably feel that way, even the people who seem the happiest!
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So inspirational.
I was depressed all of my 8th grade year (I'm a freshie now) and I used to wear the fake smile mask like this. The problem was nobody noticed until cuts appeared all over my wrists. It finally stopped when I had 14 and wrote an essay about it and my english teacher read it to the class so my friends and classmates would become more aware of it. I learned all I had to do was reach out and tell somebody how I felt. Before I knew it my cuts healed up and the mask became a real smile <3
Good job btw <3
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Thank you so much 
I go through depression regularly, I think it's something a lot of artists do. That's why we rely on our art to send into a world where everyone cares for one another, and there's always a happy ending <3
Sorry, I'm getting sidetracked xD
I'm also a freshie now o:
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Most artists are very depressed people. But it helped me develop
my style and learn that pop art mixed with a bit of horror is my
forte outside of manga and anime c:
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