I don't want to create a portrait where she sees herself was like ugly or different.

It's no a part of my body that I normally show showing it someone that I don't know.

We'll be scary for me So when you're ready, if you take your gun off I was injured when I was about 1.5 years old and I was a bird with a really hot water, my scar to cover half my face, my left hand, my left shoulder, most off my back on my chest.

Sometimes I feel quite held back by the need to explain what happened to me.

I think because my story could be quite difficult.

I just realized that I just have to say I got injured as a teenager.

I struggled quite a bit, was just finding who I was and how other people sold me.

I'm hoping that by getting the portrait done, I'll be able to see myself in a different light.

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I feel like this is part of my journey of regaining my confidence.

I don't usually create a painting or a piece in such a small time scale.

Usually got a bit longer to work on it, so it'll be a bit of a challenge.

I'm excited.

Nervous?

See how I guess I think this'll my den.

Okay, so when you're ready, if you take your gun off is your hand Actually, that color did you die has, like, life blonde, actually.

Okay, so what I'm gonna do now, I'm just gonna, like, briefly sketched the outline of your figure.

How was that when you went to school for the other kids are accepting towards your scars or like, was it a difficult time for you?

I think what I definitely found hard growing up was having toe validate it.

Other people think I struggled with the battle of What do I need to tell them?

Can they just accept the fact that I have a scar that's parfait and who I am?

What have people's reactions being nice?

I went on holiday with a friend, and so she was just putting a bit of some cream on my back on a lady walk past and said that I should cover up because nobody wanted to look it, which I think was quite hard.

It quite a shock to me because I wasn't quite ready for that.

I think I went from being quite a confident, happy, chirpy like child to like, just suddenly losing all of my confidence.

I felt really low.

I was insecure and I just didn't want to have anything to do with anybody.

Was there like, a particular point in your life when things turned around for you s?

Oh, I think I spend a lot of time in hospital from a really young age.

For me, the team of the hospital became quite like family.

When I got adopted, it was actually my place specialists that adopted me.

So she had bean there, like all the way through, met me.

The first day I came in on, I was actually one of her first patients.

And I think my parents have always encouraged me to do things so that instead of just giving up, it was like actually, if I will stuff to change, I'm gonna be the one that has to start doing it.

I usually use instagram, but that's only bean.

In the last 6 to 9 months, really It gave me the opportunity to restart and I could be who I wanted to bay.

And it's definitely mend.

I can share pictures of me doing normal things with normal people to highlight the fact that just because I have a scar, it doesn't mean that I'm living life particularly different.

Any other 20 year olds I think that we're done with today we've done a good few hours, so I'll be working on this tonight and we'll see what it looks like more.

I'm a bit nervous about the reveal tomorrow Pies.

Other works are really cool, but they're really big and bold, and so I can't really picture were longer look like a tool, so I'm excited about it.

Ever since, I've tried to get a lot of new fullness and playfulness with the Net, like bringing some bright colors through capture that nice like energy that I got off from tar.

I don't have a lot of time till Tara gets here, so I was so one had to love it, and she's never had a painting done of her scars before.

And so cause another.

I'm quite nervous to see how I look through someone else's eyes and to see how she's done it.

I'm definitely really excited, but they're definitely like nerves mixed in there.

How are you feeling?

Always.

All right.

A bit nervous now.

I know this is Well, let's go look.

Oh, wow.

Wow, That's amazing.

Doing good?

Yeah.

To see that somewhat has looked at me and come up with something so amazing.

Just really special.

Like e like e just brilliant.

I'm definitely proud of myself.

Like I think it really represents how far I've come on Dhe.

Anyone that feels different in some sort of way.

You should be proud of that.

Keep going with what you're doing, do more exciting things and push yourself because the sky's the limit.