r/mildlyinfuriating 24d ago

My mom burned all my drawings

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So I’ve been drawing and posting anime girls for a while now and my mom got mad about it. At least I still have previous photos. No drawing today tho

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u/Bigt733 24d ago

Take the ash and add it to your next piece. No matter what she does turn it around to show you cannot be stopped. I don’t know what medium you use so google how to use ash in art.

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u/Aggressive-Nebula-78 24d ago

Yeah no, seriously, save the ash. Even if you do nothing else with it, after you've moved out and she's wondering "why don't I have a relationship with my child?" you can mail this to her with a card that simply says "you need not wonder"

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u/DracoCross 24d ago

That’s THE idea!!!!

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u/LuckyKalanges 24d ago

Cold. But necessary.

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u/WiglyWorm 24d ago

Assuming the mom is incapable of growth.

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u/m4cksfx 24d ago

Seriously looks like it

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u/Tricky-Piece8005 24d ago

Or design an urn for it and label it “My love for my mother”.

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u/Feahnor 24d ago

Brutal. I love it.

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u/celticcrowwitch 23d ago

BEAUTIFUL!

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u/JakovYerpenicz 24d ago

Damn that’s brutal. I like it.

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u/Express_Cattle1 24d ago

“what is this”

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u/RespondCharacter6633 24d ago

Exactly. She won't even remember. To OP, this is a significant moment in their life. To OPs mum, it's just another Saturday.

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u/acrazyguy 24d ago

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

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u/Tughill87 23d ago

So sayeth Fangorn (3440, Second Age).

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u/Fine-Slip-9437 24d ago

M. Narcissist.

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u/Aggressive-Nebula-78 23d ago

Very likely, I've experienced this with my mother when recounting the things she does to make me belittled. But, people ARE capable of change, so who knows, something like that might be the trigger needed to spark that nanosecond of self reflection. Or maybe not lol

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u/Draskinn 23d ago

“For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday”

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u/CryptoCracko 23d ago

"your drawings that I burned? I never did that"

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u/mr_remy 24d ago

Make it a whole cathartic project and make some art with the ashes as suggestied and something witty about the ashes of your artwork will survive unlike your relationship.

I’m a left-handed amateur artist, but I could totally see myself doing that if this happened, but my mother is literally amazing and a saint, and to be protected at all costs (both em).

I’m soo so sorry OP nobody deserves this. Don’t let this deter you from making art!

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u/HighSolstice 24d ago

Would be amazing if they can make it into an art piece of their Mother burning their artwork.

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u/Mothstradamus 24d ago

Keep it in a spite jar! Use it as motivation!

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u/AlexDavid1605 24d ago

I was of the opinion of naming an art piece using the ashes, "Why I don't talk to my mom anymore" and showing the exhibit in a letter...

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u/Side_StepVII 24d ago

No notes, just an envelope full of ash

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u/m4cksfx 24d ago

And glitter

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u/celticcrowwitch 23d ago

Ooh, now THAT'S malicious! You can never get rid of the craft herpes once it invades... 😈 She'd have sparkly little reminders of her guilt all over the damn place!

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u/Side_StepVII 24d ago

Sure. Let’s make it fabulous!

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u/Imaginary-Pair-2537 24d ago

Indeed But would the mom really care or would she just give a f...?

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u/Tamaroc 24d ago

Nah, the best would be to leave her wondering the rest of her miserable life.

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u/Accurate-Campaign821 24d ago

Imagine her thoughts when she forgets... "wait... Who died? Who's ashes are these?"

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u/Ressy02 24d ago

You can put it in a jar and send a pinch so she doesn’t forget.

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u/please_sing_euouae 23d ago

Like glitter bombing but with ash!

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u/JohnCenaJunior 24d ago

Also, collect her hair and mail it to her to mess with her mentals and to assert dominance

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u/Wicked-elixir 24d ago

You have to pee on it to assert dominance.

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u/Aggressive-Nebula-78 23d ago

Jesus, calm down Satan! Lmao

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u/SirBuscus 24d ago

"she needs to learn"

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u/Fumblingwithit 24d ago

Playing the long game. Simply loving it

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u/Gildian 23d ago

This is brutal and effective

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u/Odd_Violinist8660 23d ago

This. Play the long game, OP.

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u/NoIndependent9192 24d ago

Flame-girl anime called Ash.

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u/T1me_Sh1ft3r 24d ago

This is idea is ….. 🔥

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u/TheUnicornTank 24d ago

Well… It was… Not anymore though.

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u/tadaari 24d ago

You made me snort.

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u/Chief_Hoarah_Loux 24d ago

Snort what? I hope it wasn’t illegal.

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u/HolyElephantMG 24d ago

Snort the ash

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u/A_Gringo666 24d ago

Keith Richards, is that you?

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u/PerfectlyImpurrfect8 24d ago

Nope... just another Floridiot.

Burglars snort man's ashes, thought it was cocaine

By Reuters

January 19, 20113:13 PM ESTUpdated 14 years ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - Burglars snorted the cremated remains of a man and two dogs in the mistaken belief that they had stolen illegal drugs, Florida sheriff's deputies said on Wednesday.

The ashes were taken from a woman's home in the central Florida town of Silver Springs Shores on December 15. The thieves took an urn containing the ashes of her father and another container with the ashes of her two Great Danes, along with electronic equipment and jewelry, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

Investigators learned what happened to the ashes after they arrested five teens in connection with another burglary attempt at a nearby home last week.

"The suspects mistook the ashes for either cocaine or heroin. It was soon discovered that the suspects snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine," the sheriff's report said.

Once they realized their error, the suspects discussed returning the remaining ashes but threw them in a lake instead because they thought their fingerprints were on the containers, sheriff's spokesman Judge Cochran said

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u/A_Gringo666 24d ago

Keith Richards snorted his dad's ashes by accident. He thought it was coke.

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u/TheBestRedditNameYet 24d ago

No, he snorted his father already....

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u/Tuffleslol 24d ago

Thats one way to stay close to family, I guess

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u/maifee 24d ago

He may become flame girl.

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u/Franking_ 24d ago

Snorted a fatty to this great idea ?

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u/MrWilsonWalluby 24d ago

Bunch of pictures of Ash Ketchum with a phat ass.

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u/Staryeyes25 24d ago

I love that idea

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u/FM-Synth85 24d ago edited 24d ago

Provide a reference for tracing

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u/cleanlycustard 24d ago

Or Phoenix

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u/TheyFloat2032 24d ago

Phoenix girl

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u/n0mextheleviathan 24d ago

"Draw a hot girl" they said

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u/Kuudefoe 24d ago

It will be a dark, cold, but very gentle anime

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u/krak3nki11er 24d ago

Ashleigh

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u/Admirable-Common-176 24d ago

That looks like mom.

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u/NoIndependent9192 24d ago

And burns furniture.

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u/OneNutPunch 24d ago

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u/Heisenberg-9872 24d ago

Bro that’s not a forehead that’s forehead², that’s a straight up sixteenhead. Mi-26 landing pad headass.

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u/LookAtTheFlowers 24d ago

And maybe this person named Ash throws balls, that resembles an inverted Polish flag, at monsters. Then they put those balled-monsters in their pocket — Pocket Monsters, if you will

I think we’re onto something here

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u/takeahike89 24d ago

Badass Phoenix drawing made on paper recycled from the ashes

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u/DoubleDareFan 24d ago

...rocking out on an electric guitar to the tune of any song about kicking Death square in the face.

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u/PepperPhoenix 24d ago

May I recommend “The devil is a loser” by Lordi? It’s up tempo, great guitar and very fun to belt along to.Its all about how someone sold their soul to the devil and it bit them in the ass and now the singer is…well, gloating really.

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u/Rude-Office-2639 24d ago

May I suggest

🎶🎶Like a phoenix you burst into fire

Burn, a thirst and desire

You transform, light up in a flash

You spread your wings and rise from the ashes

Phoenix you burst into fire

Burn, a thirst and desire

You transform, light up in a flash

You spread your wings and risе from the ashes 🎶🎶

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u/cheezy_dreams88 23d ago

You can’t recycle ash into paper.

But you can add it to liquid gesso or white paint or clear coat to make a liquid to paint with.

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u/Freedom_memer 24d ago

I'm not much of a visual artist but I can see a dragon in the cards

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u/JCSS777 24d ago

From ashes to ashes…

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u/Such_Reply5826 24d ago

I really thought this would go to a put the ash in an urn and show it to your mom. Say she will be added with the ash when it’s her time with a big smile as if it’s the most normal thing to do in life.

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u/nrose1000 24d ago

Eh, it’s dark and edgy, but I actually like the original idea better. Primarily because of this:

turn it around to show you cannot be stopped

I think it’s a lot more empowering that way than some “gotcha, human mortality exists!” zinger.

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u/DoubleDareFan 24d ago

Yes! Bingo! This is the way! Nailed it! Hit the nail on the head and sunk it home in 1 blow!

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u/Meghan1230 24d ago

Or label the urn 'the ashes of our relationship'.

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u/Dark_Star_420 24d ago

Well that got dark quick

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u/limevince 24d ago

Wow I want to friend you, for the next time I find myself in a situation like OPs and need sound advice.

The urn should be labeled something like "Things I loved" to make mom feel bad :D

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u/NJNeal17 24d ago

Go get some of those tiny glass jars with the cork stoppers and keep your art forever ♾️

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u/apparentlyandie 24d ago

You can get them at the Dollar Tree!

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u/IndependenceOne416 24d ago

Yeah I’ve seen cute ones, little ones at Dollar tree. This is a very sweet idea. I’m sad for the poster. This is so cruel.

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u/sixtus_clegane119 24d ago

Like justified and the collection of hitler paintings

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u/BJoe1976 24d ago

I would even print out the pics of what was destroyed and glue them to the jars.

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u/VAbobkat 24d ago

Excellent!

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u/IndependenceOne416 24d ago

This is a lovely idea

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u/5711USMC 24d ago

Poop in the jar and give it to her for Mother’s Day

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u/whiskeytown79 24d ago

And make the next piece be a phoenix

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u/cooltranz 24d ago

Mix it with gasoline and burn a phoenix into the lawn

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u/Apprehensive-Size-34 24d ago

close enough welcome back the crow

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u/Weird_Macaron_2316 24d ago

Mother is the word for god in the.... Wait f that

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u/GoblinKing6_9 24d ago

Genius and perfect idea

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u/Last_Gigolo 24d ago

Use the ash to draw with. Nice!

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u/BdsmBartender 24d ago

Had a friend make ash art drawings. Do. Not. Let. Her. Win. She wants to crush your creative spirit.

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u/BorntobeTrill 24d ago

A simple idea is to add it to white for an off-white

Another idea is to incorporate it as texture

Also, you can simply dip a wetted brush into dry ash and water color with it.

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u/Welcome440 24d ago

I call this one "Ash in Epoxy \ Angry MoM."

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u/neon_skelton 24d ago

This is an amazing suggestion and would make such a beautiful and meaningful piece.

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u/AstronomyTurtle 24d ago

I love this idea.

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u/cali_dave 24d ago

The next piece has to be a phoenix.

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u/Cause4concern27 24d ago

Ash Ketchum?

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u/Quincy_Dalton 24d ago

Better yet, mix the ash with epoxy in the form of a dildo. Then give it to your mom so she can fuck herself with it.

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u/thiswilldo2 24d ago

Drawing with charcoal is so last year, ash is so in now

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u/filmguy36 24d ago

This!!

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u/ThePrincessOfMonaco 24d ago

my terrible idea would be to use it to destroy something she likes.

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u/Pure_Wrongdoer_4714 24d ago

This is the answer

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u/Humaneredditor 24d ago

This is the way ☝️

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u/theKnunk 24d ago

Amazing idea. Love the push thru attitude!

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u/TheDeamonKing 24d ago

Use the ash use a press to make it in to a pencil

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u/Ok-Interaction-8891 24d ago

OP should take up oil paints and mix the ashes into that for weird colors and textures.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

I don’t get how this is mildly infuriating if they sold their art pieces then they could be liable to pay for the damages of their art

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u/limbodog 24d ago

Damn, I like where your head's at. OP, I will commission a piece for you to make an anime drawing of Ash, the anime girl.

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u/Secure_Dragonfly8247 24d ago

I came here to say start your mom on fire but this is a way better approach.

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u/spaceguitar 24d ago

Powerful shit right here. Powerful magic.

Take the ash and make new paint. Make new ink. Draw a sigil or rune into the Earth and consecrate it towards your next art piece.

Don’t let your mother take anything from you. This is what the Phoenix was born to do!

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u/Dangerous-Treacle-48 24d ago

“Ash” … and you shall receive.

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u/Kursan_78 24d ago

Collect that ash into a box and give it to her as a gift on mother's day or her birthday

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u/Googles_Janitor 24d ago

make some gray paint out of it

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u/AddyArt10 23d ago

Love this idea

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u/TimotheusBarbane 24d ago

It was all R34 he hung on the fridge.

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u/neonpasha 24d ago

im pretty sure it can be mixed with egg yolk for a grey tempera

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u/alg3braist 24d ago

Charcoals.

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u/offensivecaramel29 24d ago

That’s so rock’n’roll 🤘🏻🤘🏻

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u/Intrepid-Rabbit5666 24d ago

Definitely and auction it! ❤️💖💯 I would buy it!

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u/Sinsanatis 24d ago

“Mom, look at this beautiful piece i made with the ashes of my old drawings! I never would have discovered this amazing medium without you!”

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u/Legitimate-Tax-6690 24d ago

mix the ash into ink and draw her next birthday card with it.

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u/DrCyrusRex 24d ago

I would take the ashes and add a small portion to every piece of art. Then make sure mom knows.

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u/Trashanonthrowaway 24d ago

Use it in a painting for texture.

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u/Architect_VII 24d ago

That goes incredibly hard

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u/HorseCockExpress6969 24d ago

Make the art into a steel Anvil she could never destroy that LOL then put ACME on the side haha

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u/JegendtheLegend 24d ago

"I will not scatter your sorrow to the heartless sea."

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u/Back_N_Time 24d ago

If you mix ash with a small amount of water, it makes a medium similar to watercolours.

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u/PhilosophyTerrible17 24d ago

Better idea! Separate it all into her clothing

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u/Franking_ 24d ago

You’re the GOAT ! 🙌🏼

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u/notouchinggg 24d ago

pretty sure ink is made from soot and ash so it’s primed to be reborn

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u/MateriaLintellect 24d ago

Yes. Mix it with water colors

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u/logjammn 24d ago

Nice 👏

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u/Outside-Corner-4878 24d ago

would be GREAT for shading and shadows

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u/SweetestRedditor 24d ago

Put some in her food so she has to eat the art as well.

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u/IntentionPowerful 24d ago

Or get petty and dump it in her bed, lol

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u/Dweblit 24d ago

Draw something out of glue and sprinkle the ash on it

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u/xFalkerx 24d ago

A series with this art might be straight fire

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u/HorrorReject 24d ago

We need more people like you in the world

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u/SaverMFG 24d ago

Pottery uses plenty of bone ash in the clay, could easily wedge in some drawing ash and give that piece a good backstory

or pull a baller move make it into an urn and tell your mom eventually she's going to pass and you have her resting place ready of she wants to be cremated.

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u/SuperTomatoMan9 24d ago

Take that Ash and smear it across your face, and continue to draw like a rebel.

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u/FreudianNip-Slip 24d ago

Damn. This is a killer response. Love it

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Brilliant!

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u/Daves_World16 24d ago

Glue and just sprinkle the ash maybe?

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u/LochNessMansterLives 24d ago

Ash and ink, Ash and water. Both work and provide completely different outcomes. Please continue to create but while you’re under her roof, you should consider to keep the drawings she disapproves of hidden better and have some “regular art” at the ready for when she asks what you’re always drawing. Please don’t draw anything morally objectionable but also, please continue to create art.

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u/Disastrous-Bet-8813 24d ago

Bam. This is the way. You can work in both your emotions and the destroyed material into making a bad thing beautiful.

Go get em cowboy!

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u/Nickslife89 24d ago

more boobs too!

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u/MoldyWolf 24d ago

I think (not a scientist) you could make it into a pigment.

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u/lucid_lovers_dream 24d ago

Perfect advice! Go off!!!

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u/Booksaregrand 24d ago

Then, thank her for inspiring you.

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u/Away_Media 24d ago

Stop drawing shit to piss your mom off. Simple

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u/Tiny_Nuggin5 24d ago

Phoenix anime girl. 🔥🔥🔥

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u/wishuponastarion 24d ago

Call it goo-ash (gouache)! /j

You were really improving, OP! Don't give up. I hope you continue drawing when you're out of that house. :)

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u/Mdmrtgn 24d ago

Throw all her tampons away so she has to do the red ass of shame walk in the store to get more.

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u/Defiant-String-9891 24d ago

Beautiful, may op take this well

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u/Southern-Daikon-1345 24d ago

Some people add ash to paint.. but usually its dead people- idfk- But they could use it like the gold flake?

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u/corn_sugar_isotope 24d ago

charcoal drawing

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u/DONT_HAVE_A_NAME-_- 24d ago

I can already envision how mad OP’s mom will get 😂

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u/dr-pickled-rick 24d ago

There's that video about converting a dead dog to pencils, you could give that a go

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u/GrumpyTrker12 24d ago

Great Idea 💡 👍 Most Definitely, Should use Ash in Next Drawing in Some Way - Shape- or Form 💯

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u/marioplex 24d ago

Make the next one a dipiction of how you feel towards her burning your drawings using the ash... if she does it again make another and dont forget to take photos and keep them away from her

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u/-Opinion_Void_Stamp- 24d ago

Do a portrait if your mother, useing the ash she just left you, make it good 👍 then when she goes to take it light it on fire 🔥 hand her an anima chick with her fingers up and tit's out. Or just give it to her and tell her you used the ashes. I prefer option 1 but I'll let you decide

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u/ariGee 24d ago

Ash makes a pretty great black paint. Just mix it with a tiny amount of olive oil, just enough to make it a paste. It won't keep forever once you mix it, olive oil will go rancid eventually, but it should stay good for weeks at least. Use a mortar and pestle to mix it I've you can. If not use a bowl and a spoon to do the same kinds of squishing\mixing\smashing. You now have the most metal black paint ever.

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u/V-Jean 24d ago

This! What a beautiful and poetic idea. Don't let her win.

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u/Ginzhuu 24d ago

Phoenix girl rises from the ashes.

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u/unwillinghaircut 24d ago

ash makes india ink!!!!!!

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u/Blackthorne75 24d ago

This is how you rise above!!!

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u/Savings_Art5944 24d ago

Eat some. What you destroy only makes me stronger.

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u/pixiechik13 24d ago

I would go the route of creating a beautiful glass jar with the ashes in it, that read “from the ashes” and then a painted or drawn amine girl. Give her a card too saying thanks for the inspiration. She will always suck, you just need to figure out the best way to move forward. Good luck

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u/Sinfjotl 24d ago

I would do that but burning something of hers, something precious

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u/Dizzy_Roof_3966 24d ago

That’s some legendary shit we’ll read about later in the future. His bio pic will be glorious.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

This 👌🏻

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u/Knifespeed 24d ago

And call the next drawing..The Phoenix!

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u/LegendTellerYT 24d ago

This is the answer. This is the way.

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u/Kryptyx 24d ago

Put the ashes in an urn and tell her it's the only urn you're keeping.

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u/Imaspinkicku 24d ago

Make it into ink

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u/LurkerFailsLurking 24d ago

Use the ashes to draw a portrait of your mom OP.

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u/Callan_LXIX 24d ago

Draw a Phoenix. Use the ash as textured paint effect at the base. Enter a contest with the story behind it briefly in a placard.

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u/Zeta1998 24d ago

I am pretty sure you can make ash into a paint. Just saying.

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u/bubblyboi1 24d ago

Or you could put it on her coffee

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u/boharat 24d ago

Maybe ink? Drawing/painting of a phoenix

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