How did they manage to draw a face that so intensely shows that feeling of hating yourself while also being brightly pleasant on the surface
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
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Think it’s from this photo?
Interesting how the drawn version conveys the expression more accurately than the real-life one.
You can do a lot more in drawings than with muscles
Maybe I'm trippin' but it feels like the eyes are wider on the real pic and it sort of conveys more of a "Are you seeing this shit?" Or like a "Really?" Expression, but when I look at each, the eyes are actually wider on the drawn one. Which makes me wonder if we (or at least just me) interpret relative eye sizes differently in cartoons.
Interpreting facial emotions is wild. Tiny tiny changes can change the feel so much
Look at the different relative angles between mouth and eyes in each picture. In the real image the angle of the eyes is very similar to the angle of the mouth and therefore the distance between the left eye and left side of mouth is bigger creating a more "shocked" looking expression, like you described it as "Are you seeing this shit?". While in the drawn image the mouth is more angled therefore the smiling is more pronounced.
Oh shit
That is the face of your self-loathing, pleased to be loathing you.
I have poster syndrome. I constantly think I'm stuck in a work safety poster and I can't get out.
... and thus 'you' now 'are' stuck in it.
Nooooo! Let me out! It smells in here.
Uh here, you're free.
Huh, apparently your uh, "cubicle", was right next to the bathrooms.
sigh
There's a way to fix this, but I really don't want to have to report to my SCP handler again...
Whatever, I'm sure its fine, you're free!
In my experience most people who think they have imposter syndrome don't.
And the corollary statement, “Don’t be humble, you just aren’t that good.”
I've seen this before.
It's not ok to remind me like that.
Thank you for ruining my day. And a Friday no less...
Bruh…