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Fearlyss
Fearlyss aka Lyssa is a 23.7 year old girl, has been a member since December 6, 2005, has scored 1,019 submissions, giving an average score of 3.17, helping 29 designs get printed.
I find this design very disturbing, it makes me feel really sad, I mean the poor woman is crying when she's missing her clothes and looks in agony without her skin(which anybody would be). It is very well drawn and a good concept but I feel awful for the lady. I know it's a drawing but I don't want her to get hurt... it's probably just me being far too soppy and attached to fictional characters, but does anyone else think it's slightly disturbing?

alicakes
alicakes on Jun 08 '07 at 8:32am
couldnt agree more. i could never wear this.
chelly
chelly on Jun 08 '07 at 8:49am
those are the exact reasons i love it
Fearlyss
Fearlyss on Jun 08 '07 at 8:52am
Glad its not just me, all of the blogs about it were saying how great it was and it just makes me shiver, isn't it just taking pleasure in suffering?
Tonteau
   Tonteau on Jun 08 '07 at 8:55am
Nothing is suffering here. It's called 'illustration', it's not real.
Fearlyss
Fearlyss on Jun 08 '07 at 9:00am
I know its an illustration but it depicts the suffering of this woman. I don't know why people are attracted to this kind of illustration, and why you would want an image where someone is practically being tortured on your shirt.
chelly
chelly on Jun 08 '07 at 9:02am
i think of it as the layers of a person whether they be mental, physical, or spiritual. the awareness of those layers is beautiful although sometimes painful.
Tonteau
   Tonteau on Jun 08 '07 at 9:02am
It's a nesting doll. A toy object. If you don't like it, fine. But it's really not worth getting upset about.
Fearlyss
Fearlyss on Jun 08 '07 at 9:15am
I knew someone would say, but its a nesting doll. I was just expressing my opinion, I don't feel like I sound like I am getting upset. I was just curious as to why people liked it . Yes I am aware that it is a nesting doll and that is why the concept works, I'm one of those people who doesn't want anyone to be upset even a depiction of a nesting doll.



I like chelly's view on the image, it does make it seem much less distrubing when you think of it that way, I was just looking at it at face value and didnt even think to look at it that way. I don't always look deep in to images because if I draw something it rarely means something deep, can't an artist draw for the sake of drawing?

emmy.withwings
emmy.withwings on Jun 08 '07 at 9:28am
This shirt was in my order that was lost. Part of my soul was lost with it.
shadowboy
shadowboy on Jun 08 '07 at 9:32am
Some people expend way too much energy reading into things.
deboraborialis
deboraborialis on Jun 08 '07 at 9:33am
I love this shirt. I guess I just like the fact that it's the idea of the dolls taken that one step further. You have every right not to like it, but it seems strange to think an illustration has feelings.
Monkey III
   Monkey III on Jun 08 '07 at 9:35am
No nesting dolls were harmed while making this tee-design.



It says so on the tag.
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oneitis
oneitis on Feb 03 '08 at 9:21am
I just read this by coincidence and I totally agree with you. But I feel that way about many Threadless shirts, and also things like Happy Tree Friends ... I guess I just have no sadistic core in me whatsoever.
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Um..well.. I'm Lyssa, I'm 21, and I'm studying Computer Games Programming at De Montfort University in Leicester.

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